A huge thank you to the team at BagPurse, who continue to show their support by offering a 'Product of the Month' with 10% of all sales coming to CHAS. This month it's the fantastic 'Bagatidy', a handy accessory for organising your handbag.

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CHAS supporter Lee Partridge and three friends completed a mammoth fundraising challenge in June, cycling 272 miles from their home town in North Yorkshire to Edinburgh.

The route took four days to complete and was almost entirely along the coast. The group raised a fantastic £903 for Rachel House in memory of their friend, eight year old Verity Young who died last year at Rachel House.

Central Scotland Police officers and staff joined forces with a host of celebs and teed off recently for a charity golf event and helped raise £9,000 for CHAS.

Alloa-based police staff member Andrew Mathieson, who organises the event, now in its tenth year, said the total raised this year was the highest ever generated. The money comes via entry fees, a raffle and an auction.

CHAS will benefit by just over £22,500 thanks to the efforts of a determined bunch of cyclists from LDC, the mid market private equity house of the Lloyds Banking Group.

The cyclists recently completed a grueling Land’s End to John O’Groats marathon – with the objective to raise as much money as possible for a number of charities including CHAS, the nominated Scottish charity to benefit from the event.

Representatives from Balfron High School visited Robin House to hand over a cheque for £1,500 raised by the pupils during the last year.

Presenting the cheque to Libby Gold, Director of Care at Robin House were Head Boy Ruairidh Clark (16yrs) and Deputy Head Boy Jamie North (17yrs).