The Celtic Foundation has raised £385,000 for charitable causes this year through their Christmas appeal, it has been announced.

Organisations that will now benefit as result of these donations include Glasgow and the West families with children, Irish families with children, Sydney families with children, gifts/pantomime/party for Glasgow children, local OAPs, children/families charity beneficiaries, women’s aid charity beneficiaries, homeless charity beneficiaries and refugee charity beneficiaries.

A statement on the club's official website read: "Following a joint campaign with the Football Club to ‘Share the Magic’ this festive season, Celtic FC foundation are delighted to announce that our 2022 Christmas appeal is our most successful to date, raising a phenomenal £385,000.

"The impact of the Covid pandemic, swiftly followed by a crushing cost of living crisis, means that the appeal has been more important this year than ever before.  

"In a period where so many of you have been impacted financially, the support we have received for the foundation’s annual Christmas appeal has been outstanding, inspirational and humbling.

"We simply could not have achieved this incredible total without the magnificent generosity of so many people including worldwide Celtic supporters, the club and its staff, the manager, players, directors, trustees, partners, sponsors and funders."

The Foundation was set up in 2013 and has been a vehicle for the club to donate to charitable causes over the last nine years through a variety of different fundraising events.

Read more about the Celtic Foundation's work fighting fuel crisis here, while TCW columnist Kevin McKenna attended one of its showcase events and wrote about what he witnessed here.

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