THE friends and family of Daniel Turner were delighted with the backing they got for the memorial football match in memory of the young Cowdenbeath man who lost his life to a senseless murder in Glenrothes a few years back.

The event raised £500 and originally they were going to donate it to the Paul O'Brien Foundation.

However, at the end of last week the organisers of the memorial fund discovered that the Paula O'Brien Fund no longer operates so the decision was taken to donate the cash to the Aberdour based Cookie Jar Foundation.

Daniel's mum explained this week: "We only discovered when we went to hand the cheque over to the Paul O'Brien Fund that it had just ceased to operate to we have now chosen to give the money to Cookie Jar which is a very good cause."

The work that The Cookie Jar carries out represents the personality of Christopher “Cookie” Coutts. Christopher was taken from his family at the age of 19 after a valiant fight with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer.

Christopher acted as an inspiration to all who knew him; not only with his fight against cancer but with other mental and learning disabilities he faced in his day-to-day life. The role of the Cookie Jar is to continue Christopher’s legacy and to help provide the necessary tools to those who are in need.

Daniel's friend Joe Schiavone who helped organise the match played last Saturday at Beath High paid a massive thank you to everyone who donated and a special thank you to Beath High School for use of their astro pitch and local businesses for their continued support of the cause.