Comedian donates £20,000 to help out kids’ hospice charity
CLYDEBANK funnyman Kevin Bridges has urged the public to help double a £20,000 donation he made to a children’s hospice organisation in memory of a “wee pal”.
He donated the cash to Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) as a tribute to Dylan Hairstains, a boy he met at Robin House near Balloch in 2012.
Bridges has not forgotten the boy, originally from Lockerbie, who died aged 16 in 2012 after suffering complications from cystic fibrosis.
He said: “A lot of good causes like CHAS are struggling for funding during all of this, with their regular fundraising events being either postponed or cancelled.
“I wanted to make this donation in memory of my wee pal Dylan Hairstains, who used to scud me at FIFA.”
CHAS care for children throughout Scotland with life-shortening conditions and their families.
The charity says that they make sure that no matter how short their time together may be, it is filled with happiness.
A spokesman for CHAS said: “In these extremely challenging times, we are so grateful to Kevin for his commitment to helping other children and young people with life-shortening conditions.
“He has also laid down a challenge to see if those who are in a position to contribute to CHAS can help double his donation at this crucial moment in time, and we’d like to take him up on challenge.
“At CHAS, we’re doing everything we can to reach as many children and families who need us, but there’s no escaping the fact that we need to work even harder to raise enough money to continue our vital work as our fundraising events, face-to-face fundraising activity and many of our usual community fundraising efforts have been put that on hold leading income.
“Please join Kevin Bridges and help us reach £20,000 to make sure every child in Scotland dealing with a life-shortening condition receives the support they so desperately need.”
CHAS has set up a fundraising page at justgiving.com/campaign/ KevinBridgesChallenge for the foreseeable future, to a drastic drop in our