By Dionne Abolghassem
A Christmas appeal to help raise money for the Royal Blind School is hoping to make over £2000 extra each day to carry on running.
The Scotsman today launched the Christmas fundraising campaign Light Up Lives, which supports the wide-ranging work of the charity which is based in Edinburgh.
Helen Forrest, Marketing and Fundraising Manager for The Royal Blind School, told Dunedin Napier News: “We are hoping to engage the community to raise funds in all sorts of ways, including by phone and online, or even via text messages.”
The School is supported by local authorities and the Scottish Government, but still needs these extra funds to support its pioneering work for young people with multiple disabilities at its Canaan Lane base in Morningside.
The Light Up Lives campaign aims to ensure vital work for this charity can continue.
Over the next three years, the charity hopes to raise £6 million to redevelop the Royal Blind School. The campaign aims to use the funds to rebuild the school swimming pool, improve accommodation and modernise the Scottish Braille.
Helen Forrest added: “There are loads of ways to donate and we hope to keep-up the charity work that we have managed to achieve so far.”
