HOME improvements company CR Smith, which has its main factory in Cowdenbeath, has stepped in to help a specialist children’s charity in Kinross make much needed repairs to its school buildings.

The firm donated and installed new doors at Seamab, a school and residential campus for vulnerable and emotionally fragile children, instantly making the children’s living space more welcoming, warmer and more secure.

Unique in Scotland, Seamab offers a nurturing environment for 5-13 year olds with very complex needs and the charity’s chief executive, Joanna McCreadie, said that the generosity of CR Smith and its joiners has made a huge difference.

She said: “We are so grateful to CR Smith for making this extremely generous gesture to enhance the children’s living space.

"The new doors have really brightened the look and feel of the bungalows, but even more importantly, they provide additional security and warmth for the children.

“At Seamab, we feel it’s really important that the partnerships we form with local businesses reflect the way in which they want to offer support and CR Smith has contributed something that reflects what they know best.

"We were delighted when they came out to the school and identified the improvements they could make to the bungalows, and then provided the doors and the time of their staff to install them.”

Gerard Eadie CBE, chairman of CR Smith, whose factory at Old Perth Road, is a major local employer, said: “Seamab is a small charity, but the commitment shown by Joanna McCreadie and her team is vast.

"We wanted to help and having visited the children’s homes and the school, felt that something as simple as new doors could make a big difference. Seamab does a difficult job, extremely well and as a local business we were pleased to be able to offer our support.”