CHARITY CHAMPIONS CELTIC SCORE
A WINNER FOR SCOTS KIDS
Glasgow, 4 April 2004
CELTIC Football Club are to deliver a bumper cash windfall for children with cerebral palsy.
The proceeds from the Club's annual Celtic Charity Fund Sporting Dinner will go to The Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments, it was announced this week.
Known as the Craighalbert Centre and based in Cumbernauld near Glasgow, it is Scotland's national centre for young children with cerebral palsy.
The total amount - due to be revealed shortly - was gathered at this sparkling event held at Celtic FC's ground at Parkhead in Glasgow on Sunday April 4.
A galaxy of sporting stars from Celtic's current team attended the occasion along with the Club's Directors and leading business figures from across Scotland.
It was organised jointly by Celtic and Ross Wilson Public Relations with key sponsorship from the Scottish Daily Mail which supported the event for a second successive year.
The Craighalbert Centre combines conductive education, as devised at the Peto Institute in Budapest, Hungary with the Scottish curriculum.
It does the following brilliant work:
- Teaches the children independence, everyday activities and life skills, within a nursery or school day.
- It is a nursery and school.
- Children who are unable to attend on a daily basis may attend Periodic Placements. These placements can last from one week to three months when the children stay within the care of their family in one of the three houses owned by the Centre or the short-term accommodation.
Its principal aims are:
- To foster the development of an active learning child with an active personality
- To support children towards their inclusion into mainstream education and work closely with their families
- Outwith the Centre it assists others in providing education based on the Craighalbert model for children with motor impairments
- To advance the knowledge and skills of the Centre's staff and others in the education of children with motor impairments, through developing theory and practice
Celtic Chairman Brian Quinn, writing in the Official Programme, said: "Through this sporting dinner, the Fund will break the £1 million barrier in terms of total funds raised. Without continued support of the Fund, reaching such a remarkable milestone would simply not have been possible. The Craighalbert Centre is a wonderful cause and one worthy of our full support." Also writing in the Official Programme, Celtic Manager Martin O'Neill said: "Before I joined Celtic I was obviously aware of Celtic's rich charitable tradition. Since joining the Club it has been tremendous to see that this tradition is being maintained so successfully through the Celtic Charity Fund."
Ross Wilson Public Relations produced the evening's Official Programme - a copy of which can be downloaded here (PDF) >>
Celtic operates a Charity Fundraising Action Group - set up in 1996 as the vehicle solely responsible for raising money for the Charity Fund and promoting the traditions and values of Celtic Football Club.
It consists of professional business individuals who share the values of Celtic's charitable traditions and its members are selected by Celtic Football Club.
* Ross Wilson Public Relations acknowledges the outstanding cooperation of the Celtic Football Club Public Relations Department without whom the Celtic Charity Fund Dinner could not have taken place.
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