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Coastguard crew members welcomed aboard an extra special guest to help him on his important Christmas mission.
Santa Claus joined the Rescue 900 team at Sumburgh this morning (Christmas Eve) for a “reindeer refuel”.
“We have been checking the weather and checking it twice, trying to find out if it’s going to be naughty or nice,” the crew said on Facebook.
Santa was airborne shortly after 9am and will be flying over the isles this morning.
“We are up, up, up and away,” the crew said.
“Eyes to the skies, Shetland - give us a wave.”
People can follow Santa’s progress on Flightradar24.
And anyone who catches a glimpse of the jolly red feller in his helicopter is invited to share their pictures and videos with Coastguard 900 on Facebook.
The National Lottery has awarded Clan more than £180,000 to support children impacted by cancer.
The funds will be split between the Clan’s children and family services (CFS) wings in Shetland, Orkney, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
CFS support is not only for children fighting their own cancer diagnoses, but also those who are affected when parents or guardians fall ill.
2024 has been the busiest year from Clan since it launched its children’s service a decade ago.
“We work with around 300 children and young people every year, often through what can be the most difficult time of their life,” said Kay Johnston, head of cancer support services at Clan.
“We are incredibly grateful to National Lottery for this significant amount which will sustain this service for three years. As a commercially independent charity this funding is essential.”
Clan currently keep five dedicated staff for children’s support, one of whom is based in Shetland.
Aquaculture staff raised a four figure sum for care home residents by hosting a Christmas raffle.
Cooke Scotland’s employees in Unst, Yell and Mainland raised £4,520 at their annual festive party at Baltasound Hall.
Raffle tickets raised £,2,260 - with the company match-funding the total.
The proceeds will be split between care homes in Unst, Yell and Walls in support of their Hansel Fund which is used to buy residents gifts and promote wellness activities.
Cooke’s Shetland office manager Katrine Johnson, who organised the raffle, said: ”As a family business and one of the largest employers on the island, helping the local community is incredibly important to all of the staff at Cooke Scotland.
“The Christmas party was made even more enjoyable knowing that money raised from the raffle will be used to support so many residents of the care centres in the areas we operate in.
“Thank you to every member of our staff who bought tickets and helped raised funds towards this great cause.”
Ms Johnson has also offered a “special thank you” to company’s suppliers who provided more than 50 raffle prizes.
These included vouchers for jewellery, travel and hotels, an air fryer, hampers and gift sets.
“We were completely overwhelmed with their generosity,” Ms Johnson said.
The SIC’s political leader Emma Macdonald thanked Cooke for its donation.
“I know from personal experience just how much our care centre residents and staff appreciate the Hansel funds, which help provide birthday gifts, entertainment and wellbeing activities which fall outside of normal service provision.
“We’re very grateful to Cooke and their staff for this kind donation.”
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