Airport chaplains in hearty charity gift
Glasgow Airport’s chaplaincy team has donated more than £7,000 to British Heart Foundation Scotland after a year of fantastic fundraising.
Chaplain Keith Banks handed over the bumper cheque after staff made donations from book sales, raffles, sponsored challenges and a Wear Something Red To Work day, while passengers also dug deep through a series of collection days.
Mr Banks, who presented the cheque to the charity at a special Christmas service attended by the Salvation Army Band, said:“We selected BHF Scotland due to the incredible work the charity is doing to fund research into combatting heart disease, one of the country’s biggest killers.
“One of BHF Scotland’s main areas of focus is education and to support this Glasgow Airport also invested in 10 CPR training kits which have been very popular with staff and has allowed us to train even more of our people as potential lifesavers.
“I am very grateful to everyone who helped us reach this fantastic total. It is a reminder of the incredible depth of good will that exists amongst the 5,000 people who work at the airport.”
The life saving charity was quick to thank Keith and his colleagues Jim McDonald and Stephen Baker for their year long efforts, raising a magnificent total of £7,569.63.
James Cant, director of BHF Scotland, said:“This is a fantastic Christmas present from the airport’s staff and passengers and our heartfelt thanks go to Keith, Jim and Stephen for choosing to support the nation’s heart charity.
“Money that’s raised and donated to us is enabling scientists to carry out pioneering research at our BHF Centre of Research Excellence at the University of Glasgow into conditions like heart failure, stroke and hypertension.
“Every pound raised by Glasgow Airport is helping us to find new, life-saving diagnoses and treatments that will benefit people across Scotland if not the world.
“Not only that, thanks to learning CPR, airport staff now have the skills themselves that could save a life if someone suffers a cardiac arrest.
“It’s really reassuring to know that such vital help would be at hand for staff, passengers and loved ones at home.”