Heart of Midlothian Football Club (Hearts) is pleased to announce a fundraising campaign in support of the Sick Kids Friends Foundation and Heart of Midlothian Education and Community Trust

The Heart of Midlothian Education and Community Trust and Sick Kids Friends Foundation, in partnership, have developed a 'Legends Mug' to raise valuable funds for both Scottish Charities.

Hearts supporters were asked which five players, from across the eras, would they like to see depicted and this resulted in favour of John Robertson, Willie Bauld, Dave Mackay, Gary Mackay, Stephane Adam and Craig Gordon.

The mug is now available from the club's Superstore, CityStore and Ticket Centre as well as the Sick Kids Friends Foundation shop at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.

Maureen Harrison from the Sick Kids Friends Foundation said, "Hearts as a club, the players and their fans have always been very generous in their support for our work so it is really good to be working with them on this project.

"Buying one of these mugs will be putting the heart into our joint efforts to help children in the capital.'

Community development manager Alan White said: "We are delighted to be working in partnership with the Sick Kids Friends Foundation to raise funds for our respective charities.

"It was important for us to receive feedback from the club's fans as to who they would like on this mug as we wanted to provide them with ownership of this project and in turn create awareness of the excellent and valuable work delivered by both charities.

"While we have always tried to support the Sick Kids with player visits we hope that we can further assist with additional fundraising initiatives in the future."

The Trust would like to thank Laurie Dunsire from Maroon Platoon for organising the poll from which the players were selected by Hearts supporters.

Sick Kids Friends Foundation (Scottish charity no SC020862)

The Sick Kids Friends Foundation was set up in 1992 to support the work of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. The Hospital receives over 100,000 children through its doors each year, from all over the East of Scotland and provides assistance in five prime areas.

- the provision of a wide variety of extra comforts, which make time in hospital better for children 

- the provision of extra child and family-friendly facilities 

- the purchase of extra medical equipment over and above NHS provision 

- the provision of extra support for sick children who are cared for in the community

- funding for extra training and research

Heart of Midlothian Education and Community Trust (Scottish charity no SC 037311)

The Heart of Midlothian Education and Community Trust has been created to form partnerships, create initiatives and further support current practice that will assist schools, community groups and organisations that work with young people and adults in our community.