Kirkcaldy company donation as Cottage Centre prepares for Christmas appeal deliveries

Staff from a Kirkcaldy based window and door designer, manufacturer and installer have raised more than £1200 in a year-long fundraising campaign for the Cottage Centre.
By Allan Crow
Published 21st Dec 2020, 12:30 BST
Staff from window and door designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Group have raised more than £1200 in a year-long fundraising campaign for the Christmas appeal of Kirkcaldy-based charity The Cottage Family Centre.Staff from window and door designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Group have raised more than £1200 in a year-long fundraising campaign for the Christmas appeal of Kirkcaldy-based charity The Cottage Family Centre.
Staff from window and door designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Group have raised more than £1200 in a year-long fundraising campaign for the Christmas appeal of Kirkcaldy-based charity The Cottage Family Centre.

CMS Group dominated the cash to the centre’s lifeline Christmas appeal.

Led by contracts manager, John Deacon, volunteers provide hands-on support including the use of its vans for deliveries and a facility at the company’s Hayfield site for storage, preparation of the crates and distribution.

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This year the team has gone the extra mile by raising money over the past 12 months to enable the Cottage to buy more items for inclusion in the crates.

Pauline Buchan, strategic manager at the Cottage Family Centre said: “The team at CMS has always played a big part in helping us get packages to so many families on our Christmas appeal delivery day. The extra donation is so very welcome to help us make sure that no child in our area will go without at Christmas.”

Billy Semple, account director at CMS Group said: “The Cottage’s work is so important in helping families who are facing some very challenging circumstances, which is why we are dedicated to providing assistance throughout the year and, in particular, for their Christmas appeal. “

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The Cottage Family Centre’s Christmas appeal delivery day will take place on Wednesday when volunteers will deliver crates to over 1300 children and their families.

The space provided by CMS Group at its Hayfield Industrial Estate facility gives the charity a conveniently located logistical hub for the operation.

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