The charitable arm of Celtic – the Celtic FC Foundation – has donated over £6,000 to the GoFundMe page for Scotland’s National Deaf Team’s trip to the European Deaf Football Championships this summer.
When the team qualified for the tournament in Turkey, which runs from May 20 to June 1 this summer, they set out a fundraising goal of £40,000 to help finance their journey.
They had raised over three-quarters of said target before the Celtic FC Foundation got involved and donated £6,600 which got them over the finishing line.
Celtic is known for its support of the oppressed and things are no different here. In the first place, though, the fact a national team of Scotland are having to raise funds to go to a tournament is somewhat questionable.
Nothing should be taken away from the kind gesture that the club made last Saturday, however, and all Scottish Celtic fans will be cheering on the team when they play at the deaf Euros for the first time in their history next month.
