A new initiative by Weatherseal and the SPL.

[Joe O'Rourke]

One of the SPL’s major sponsors “Weatherseal” has come up with a new initiative to help those in Scottish society who are less fortunate than others.
They have decided to use their brand name to give five charities in Scotland the opportunity to raise awareness as well as funds.
Weatherseal / SPL’s are launching the first charity weekend on 8-9 December.
The big change from previous events like this (Show Racism the Red Card and Football Against Hunger) is that we are letting supporters choose the charity.
There are five on the shortlist, which has been created by Weatherseal, the SPL, and of course the clubs who have all sanctioned it:

CHAS
Women’s Aid
Shelter
Alzheimer’s Scotland (supporting the Football Memories project)
Samaritans

Each is designed to cover a different area and reflect projects that go on across the areas of the 12 SPL clubs as best as possible – to ensure fair representation.
On the weekend itself Weatherseal will gift their SPL rights (advertising, digital perimeter boards, space in the Daily Record) to the chosen charity and they will also hold bucket collections at all six games with their own staff as volunteers.
You can vote for your preferred charity at ([URL="http://www.weatherseal-charity.co.uk"]www.weatherseal-charity.co.uk[/URL:5a25a00c]) - vote opens Monday 22 October.

I must say it is refreshing in these days of global recession to see a company like Weatherseal using their company brand for the benefit of those in society who need some help in life. Celtic Football Club was founded with the needs of others in mind; we would support anyone who follows that tradition, The Celtic Supporters Association is happy to endorse the initiative. We would like to congratulate Weatherseal, and wish them every success in this new very worthwhile venture, we hope this new initiative will lead to other major companies following the lead of Weatherseal, and using their substantial influence for the benefit of others.
Joe O’Rourke,
General Secretary,
Celtic Supporters Association.

[braebhoy]

Joe
A great initiative
I have a family member who works at womens aid
The work they do is really helpful to the women and Children that come through their doors
And things like this highlight the need for assistance to these worthwhile charities


Hail Hail

[pensionerbhoy]

It is to the credit of Weatherseal that they have made this decision to use football to raise awareness of these charities. It will provide further opportunities for the Celtic family to enhance and compliment the outstanding charitable work at the heart of the club's ambitions. There is absolutely no doubt that Celtic fans, not unusually, will be to the fore in any charitable ventures undertaken by Weatherseal.

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