And so the money 
keeps rolling in...

By Jackie Bytheway and Fiona Miller TEENAGERS WITH problems of their own are putting their difficulties aside in aid of our hospice appeal. Kibble Education and Care Centre in Goudie Street, Paisley, caters for 90 boys aged between 12 and 16 who have emotional and behavioural difficulties.  Some of the boys come from disadvantaged families, others may have been in trouble with the police and some have been removed from violent homes.  The Centre provides them with a bit of stability and direction in their lives. Having read about our campaign to build a second children’s hospice for Scotland, the teenagers realised that there are children worse off than themselves and wanted to do something to help. Teacher Laura Cairns and her class set about planning a 12-hour silent auction in the school on October 4. The boys have been busy printing T-shirts and posters and writing to businesses asking for prizes. As well as raising money for the new hospice, the work the pupils put in will go towards their standard grade in social and vocational skills. Many other schools are backing our appeal. The pupils of Forrester High School in Edinburgh, for example, proved that collecting money for a good cause can be lots of fun. They held a disco in the school, with all the proceeds going to our campaign. Teacher Viv Lauder said, “The pupils had a great time and raised £324.60. They’re delighted to be involved in such an important project.” The 619 pupils at Calderhead High School in Shotts, raised £462 by having a no-uniform day on Thursday — even the headmaster Bill Campbell donned his denims for CHAS.  Bill said, “Normally the school has a very strict dress code, with all of the pupils wearing school uniform, so they were more than happy to wear their jeans to school for a change.” He is also helping to raise money next year for CHAS as part of the Glasgow Lyric club. They’re putting on Singing in the Rain and Annie at the King’s Theatre for the charity.  He added, “The appeal is very close to me as one of my former colleagues sadly had to use Rachel House several times.”

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