We are delighted to tell you that some of the £53,000 that you helped us raise has already been donated to a worthwhile cause.

On Friday 29 January 2010 Alison McRae, wife of the late World Rally Champion Colin McRae, presented a cheque for £35,000 to Yorkhill Children’s Hospital to help purchase the specialist medical equipment for a new paediatric intensive care ambulance.

The money will allow the fit out of the ambulance with state-of-the-art monitoring equipment, which could help save the lives of 300 of children a year.

Alison said: “This donation is the first of many we plan to make and it is particularly important that it is going towards such a worthwhile project. Colin’s fans have been amazing in their fundraising efforts, for example the McRae Gathering organised a convoy of Subaru Owners to drive from Lanark to Banbury, raising more than £53,000 through sales of stickers, posters and memorabilia.
I am very honoured to be presenting this cheque today on their behalf.”

Please click here to read the full press release.

We are still in touch with the family and can tell you that the Colin McRae Vision will be actively fundraising in 2010.

Visit their online store to look through the new line of ‘Vision’ merchandise
>> http://www.colinmcrae.com/store_main.asp

McRae Gathering team