INVERCLYDE businessmen James and Sandy Easdale have donated £30,000 towards the work of the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity.

The donation was made by the McGill’s Bus Group tycoons during the charity’s annual fundraising ball at the Hilton Glasgow on Friday, November 8.

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This brings the total of the brothers’ latest donations to Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity to over £130,000 and made them the largest donors of the evening.

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During the ball £234,000 was raised by guests, all of which will go towards Crossbasket House, which provides on-site accommodation and wraparound support services to families of children undergoing treatment.

James Easdale said: “We are proud to be legacy partners to the charity. We’ve been involved for around 14 years now.

“We have visited the hospital many times and I can honestly say the work they do is amazing – the films and video clips which they show you can only convey a small snippet of how incredible the care really is. It’s heart-breaking but wonderful at the same time.

“During the evening, I asked the guests to dig deep and pledge as much as they could to this fantastic charity. It’s great to see such a huge amount was raised.”

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Sandy Easdale said: “We have a longstanding relationship with Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity.

“We are honoured to be able to support their latest fundraising efforts for Crossbasket House which is focused on providing families with a place to stay when their children are undergoing treatment.”

The charity’s chairman David Kennedy said: “We would like to thank the Easdale brothers for their very generous donation which will support us in providing a ‘home away from home’ for the families of children receiving care at the hospital, which could be for weeks or months at a time.

"These funds are vital to help us make an unbelievably difficult time in people's lives that little bit easier.”

In addition to their generous donations, the McGill’s Group also makes its state-of-the-art bus fleet available for free, so that children attending the hospital can go on special trips and outings facilitated by the charity.