Kind-hearted supporters of an Angus family whose child is lying in a Spanish hospital have arranged a collection at a football game.
Arbroath woman Kate Miller maintains a vigil at four-year-old Cally Simpson’s bedside after she was found motionless at the bottom of a swimming pool in the holiday resort of Salou.
Kate arrived in Barcelona following a nightmarish struggle to be with her daughter, who is now in a critical but stable condition.
And friends have organised a bucket collection at Saturday afternoon’s game between Arbroath and visitors Aberdeen.
Nikki Webster has organised a squad of willing volunteers to help pay for potentially costly travel for Cally’s family.
She has also set up a Paypal account to accept donations.
Cally had been on her first foreign holiday with her dad Steven and gran Wendy Simpson when tragedy struck at the Villa Marina resort.
After attempts to resuscitate her, the critically ill girl was rushed to a specialist children’s hospital in Barcelona.
The accident sparked a desperate struggle by Cally’s mum to get to Spain, with her efforts to rush to her daughter’s side blocked by a French air traffic controllers’ strike.
A Saving Cally Simpson Facebook page was set up when news of the tragic accident broke and it has been flooded with messages of support for the family.