SIR, Please could we say a very big thank you to all the staff and personnel who supported and donated to the Scottish Public pensions Agency Sports & Social Club in Tweedbank.

Their amazing generosity has resulted in our Group being presented with a cheque for £400 from treasurer Lorraine MacRae. We are absolutely delighted, surprised and very honoured at being chosen as one of their beneficiaries.

This huge amount of money will be used towards maintaining the caravan and enable us to continue to offer low cost and affordable holidays, short-breaks and respite to the families who live with an autism condition. They have the option to have a break either from each other or together in a family-themed holiday park in Berwick on Tweed. The park itself has all amenities and facillities you could wish for in a very convenient location close enough to home in case you need to return at short notice - as some families often have to do - but far enough away to feel you are having a break.

Thank you to everyone who continue to show their support to our group, we very much appreciate that there are so many other conditions and causes which reach your heart, and how impossible it is to support them all. Thank you for giving what you can and when you can to our Autistic people in the Borders.

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Derek Purvis Chairman Borders Asperger & Autism Group Support.