The Sunday Post: Hospice News

A great way to finish off

By Murray Scougall

THE decision to disband an organisation which represented Scotland’s special needs schools has resulted in a windfall for our hospice campaign.

The Scottish Independent Special Schools Group was established 16 years ago.

Its main aim was to provide the special schools in the country with help when they came to deal with politicians and local authorities.

By joining together they were able to provide each other with moral and technical support.

The group was made up of representatives from 22 independent special needs schools based all across Scotland, including Aberdeen, Perth, Glasgow, Dumfries and Fife.

John Hart, Kenny Bright, Ian Church, and
Paddy Hanrahan, from the Kibble School in
Paisley, with the Scottish Independent
Special Schools Group cheque.

Ł5162

A few weeks ago, however, when it disbanded, there was Ł5162.80 left in the bank account and they voted to send it our hospice appeal.

Each member school paid annual subscription costs of around Ł200, which would be used to cover any pamphlets or booklets they produced, as well as the cost of hiring hotel accommodation for the regular meetings they had.

The SISSG decided to split after finding that their individual aims were becoming too diverse.

John Harte, as well as working at Kibble Education and Care Centre in Paisley, is also the SISSG’s treasurer.

He said, “When we disbanded we thought we would give the money to a good cause rather than attempt to split it amongst the schools.

“We saw The Sunday Post’s appeal and since we all work with disadvantaged children at these schools we decided the hospice appeal was the perfect choice.”

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