Old clothes help organisation raise £500k for hospice charity

A partnership between Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) and a chothes collection organisation has raised £500,000 for the charity.

Clothes Aid has now renewed commitment from to increase distribution and collection in Scotland in aid of CHAS.

The charity offers children and families palliative care, family respite and support at its two hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch as well as providing at home and community and hospital support across Scotland.

Since the partnership began in 2009, generous Scottish residents have donated over 7,000 tonnes of clothing via Clothes Aid bag collection service for CHAS.

From the depot in East Kilbride over 50,000 CHAS bags are delivered per month across Scotland. Next month new deliveries will commence in East Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and the Edinburgh areas boosting CHAS support considerably.

Jonathan Clegg, community fundraiser for CHAS, said: “We are absolutely overwhelmed at the fantastic amount raised by Clothes Aid and can’t thank the team enough for their continued support.

“This is a big year for CHAS, there are 15,400 children and young people in Scotland with a life-shortening condition and we are determined to be there for all of those children and their families. Every penny raised by Clothes Aid will help us keep the joy alive for families facing the most difficult time imaginable, by ensuring that no matter how short the time they have together may be, it is filled with happiness.”

Clothes Aid has raised over £10 million for charities across the UK to date.