Scotland’s Longest Clothesline transforms Edinburgh’s Inverleith Park with local residents being urged to donate their unwanted clothing and bring them down to the event on the day.
The one kilometre clothesline – a first for Scotland, is being organised by the UK’s leading door-to-door clothingcompany Clothes Aid to raise funds for Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS). CHAS provides the only hospice services in Scotland for children and young people with life-shortening conditions. The event is also being supported by local MSP Marco Biagi.
Any clothes donations can be brought down to Inverleith Park on 14 July between 11am – 4pm. All the donated items from the clothesline will be sold through the CHAS shops and overseas to raise money for CHAS. Alternatively, donations can be dropped off ahead of the event at the CHAS Fundraising Office in Edinburgh at 42 Craiglockhart Avenue.
Director of Fundraising and Communications Roslyn Neely said, “We’re hoping that local residents will turn out in force to join in the fun of creating Scotland’s Longest Clothesline. It’s going to be a great sight and it hits home the message that we need your donations – no matter how big or small.”
Business Manager at Clothes Aid Michael Lomotey said, “Since Clothes Aid began its partnership with CHAS over two years ago, the Scottish public have helped raise £230,000 for CHAS. We hope that this event will encourage even more people to donate while diverting hundreds of tonnes of waste from landfill at the same time.”
If you would like to support CHAS please contact the Edinburgh Fundraising Office on 0131 444 1515 or go to www.chas.org.uk
According to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency the fashion hungry Scottish public bins over 2,000 tonnes of textiles each year which end up in landfill. This is the equivalent of over 400,000 black bags of textiles.
Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) is a charity that provides the only hospice services in Scotland for children and young people with life-shortening conditions.
CHAS runs two children’s hospices, Rachel House in Kinross and Robin House in Balloch. The hospices support the whole family by offering short planned breaks, emergency support, end of life care and a range of bereavement services.
CHAS also provides a home care service, called CHAS at Home, staffed from both hospices and with a dedicated team in the North of Scotland. The service offers care to families in their own homes when they need it most.
CHAS supports over 250 families, as well as a significant number of families who receive bereavement support. The services are funded mainly through the generosity of the many supporters who help raise over £6 million needed each year to provide these vital hospice services.