# Lib Dem leader chooses charity Christmas card

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/12/10/lib-dem-leader-chooses-charity-christmas-card/
- Published: 2004-12-10T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Liberal Democrat Party leader Charles Kennedy MP has selected two Christmas cards
from the Highland Hospice’s catalogue for his official personal Christmas cards 
this year.**

Mr Kennedy selected two cards by local photographers and produced by the Highland
Hospice. One, by Alex Gillespie, depicts a snow-covered croft at Glencoe near Inverness
and the other, by Duncan I McEwan, is of Ben Nevis. They feature Christmas greetings
in both English and Gaelic and are signed by Mr Kennedy and his wife Sarah. Neither
photographer charged the Hospice.

The two cards are part of range sold by the Highland Hospice. Last year the charity
sold 200,000 Christmas cards in the Highlands, almost one for every person in the
entire population.

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Martin Edwards, Fundraising & Finance Director at the Highland Hospice, said: “Charles
Kennedy is a longtime supporter of the Highland Hospice, which cares for patients
in his constituency and other Highland areas. He has also spent time talking to 
staff, volunteers and patients at the Hospice and we are extremely grateful to him
for his consistent support of our

work.”

The MP’s past support includes donating his £8,800 fee from presenting “Have I Got
News For You?” in the first series of the TV comedy show after Angus Deaton left
the programme.

The Inverness-based Highland Hospice is within Mr Kennedy’s constituency and is 
the Highlands’ biggest charitable service. It needs to raise £29,000 a week to fund
its care for patients and families from throughout the Highlands and parts of Moray.