The ARCHIE Foundation

Big-hearted Shell Students help ARCHIE

(photo above, left to right: Peter Hutchison, Community Fundraising Manager for the ARCHIE Foundation, with Shell placement students - Annabel Norton, Danuta Szczerbinska, Krish Khushalbhai, Mark Donaldson and Jamie Campbell. Another placement student Martyn Hickin got into the spirit of the occasion by donning the ARCHIE mascot costume.)

A group of enterprising placement students, currently working at Shell in Aberdeen, have raised £3,600 to boost the ARCHIE Foundation, which is the Official Charity of the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital.

The Management Studies Students from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and Engineering Students from Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, revived a tradition of Shell placement students enjoying a diversion from work and study with an annual fundraising project.

The money will be used to buy a special piece of equipment to assist patients suffering from a severe form of muscular dystrophy.

Amongst the varied ways the students raised the funds was to organise the design of a Christmas Card by the young patients with selected cards sold to colleagues and friends.

RGU Management Studies Student Annabel Norton from Banchory, Aberdeenshire said, "The fundraising project gave us the opportunity to work together and was a great way for us to give something back to the community where we are studying and working."

Peter Hutchison, Community Fundraising Manager commented, "We are really impressed by the students efforts and they raised a fantastic sum of money. We are glad that the ARCHIE Foundation has been a positive part of their year-long placement."