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Dundee charity washing machines out of action after vandalism

Club officials Colin Lamb and Danny McGregor beside the vandalised washing machines last August, Image: Gareth Jennings, DC Thomson.
Club officials Colin Lamb and Danny McGregor beside the vandalised washing machines last August, Image: Gareth Jennings, DC Thomson.

Charity washing machines in Dundee have been vandalised for the third time in less than two months – leaving them out of action.

The washing and drier machines at the Fairfield Sports and Social Club football grounds on Drumgeith Road were targeted on Thursday evening – with the damage discovered on Friday.

The digital washing machines, which opened at the end of June, are open for the community to use with a percentage of earnings going towards the club’s charity food larder.

The glass doors of the machines were smashed.

The club’s facilities manager, Danny McGregor, says is it the third time the machines have been vandalised since they opened.

He said: “You pay by card so there’s no money to steal. It’s just sheer vandalism.

“We’re going to lose out on money, all the machines are completely out of action.

Bricks thrown through doors

“It left glass all over the car park, which impacts our car wash and the time it took to clean up the mess has put us behind on preparing for our food larder, which runs on Saturdays.

“The vandals threw bricks through the glass doors of the washing machines and just left the bricks inside them.

“They also smashed the automatic turn-off button and have broken the top of the machines.

Danny checks damage to the washing machines.

“We don’t know exactly how much it’s going to cost to repair them yet but we do know it’ll be hundreds and hundreds of pounds.

“We only opened a couple months ago.

“All of the machines are out of action now and we’re not sure when we’ll be able to get them fixed – we’re hoping it’ll be on Monday.”

‘We do a lot for the community’

It comes just eight months after a container at the club was broken into and thousands of pounds’ worth of damage caused in a fire.

Danny says the club are now looking into installing more security cameras to prevent further vandalism in the future.

He said: “We have cameras around the grounds but not one covering that specific area so we’re now looking into getting funding for more CCTV, but that’ll also be costly.

Fairfield Community Sports Hub.

“We’re looking for anyone with information as to who these vandals might be. We do a lot for the community so hopefully someone will come forward.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers received reports of damage to a premises on Drumgeith Road, Dundee at around 7.15am on Friday.

“Inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”

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