COUNTY charities are being given the opportunity to benefit from fundraising activities at this year’s Genesis Scottish Open.
All eyes will be on Renaissance Club, Dirleton, July 7-10 as a host of the world’s best golfers gather for the global sporting event, co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and PGA Tour.
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Scotland’s national open – a Rolex Series event - has been hosted in East Lothian since 2018, and at Renaissance Club since 2019, and aims to have a positive impact on the local community outwith the annual week of stellar golfing action.
This year, charities are being invited to tell the tournament organisers and partners about the work they do, as the Genesis Scottish Open strives to benefit a range of local causes.
Rory Colville, Genesis Scottish Open championship director, said: “Each year charities are selected to benefit from fundraising activities at and around the Genesis Scottish Open.
"This is shaping up to be one of the biggest and most exciting editions of Scotland’s national open and, to celebrate that, we want to encourage charities in East Lothian to come forward and help us to reach different areas of the community.
“We want to hear from charities that benefit the local area in all different ways, whether that is supporting young people, community groups, the environment, or anything else that may be important to the people and places around East Lothian.”
Scottish golfer Stephen Gallacher; Doddie Weir, the former Scotland and British and Irish Lions lock forward who has motor neurone disease; and Leuchie House patron, Gavin Hastings, got together at Leuchie House in 2018
The European Tour Group, The Renaissance Foundation (set up by the owners of Renaissance Club), and title partner Genesis will organise and contribute to fundraising activities throughout the tournament week, with the total to be split between the charities selected through the nomination process.
Leuchie House, located just outside North Berwick, is the most recent beneficiary of Scotland’s national open, receiving charitable funds raised in 2018, 2019 and 2021. Last year, Leuchie House received £102,455 thanks to the tie-up.
It is Scotland’s only dedicated respite centre offering caring respite breaks to people with long-term neurological conditions, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease
The funds raised facilitated modernisation of a range of facilities and services, including the construction of state-of-the-art wet rooms, transformation of shared bedrooms and the installation of new boilers. Investment was also made in the building’s broadband and wi-fi infrastructure, computers, and emergency call and care planning systems.
Representatives of charities in East Lothian who would like their organisation to be considered as one of the charities who will benefit must submit details by Wednesday, June 29 via the website et.golf/GSOCharityNomination
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