RUDOLPH’S red-nose days are set to put an extra jingle in the charity coffers of Dunfermline Rotary Club and Dunfermline Round Table.

For Santa and his little helpers are set to hit the road on Monday on a six-night sleigh run around local neighbourhoods to collect for local good causes.

After touring Queen Margaret Fauld and the Queensgate estate on December 10, Tablers and Rotarians will take their door-to-door canvass to Duloch on Tuesday and Wednesday, and to the Dover Park area on Wednesday and Thursday. 

Fergusson Road is next on Rudolph’s itinerary on Thursday, 13, and, for Tablers, the merry-go-round ends in Pitcorthie Estate that weekend. 

However, be sure to check Dunfermline Round Table’s Facebook page for updates on each night as all routes are subject to change and weather-dependent. 

For Rotarians, the Christmas festivities continue when Santa and Rudolph park their sleigh outside the car park entrance to Tesco’s Fire Station superstore, where collectors will be can-rattling from 12 noon to 4.30pm on December 15 and 16 and the evening of the 17th. 

Santa’s final pit-stop will be on Saturday, December 22, in Dunfermline High Street where he will be gathering Christmas wishes and cash donations for deserving causes from 1pm to 5pm.

Rotarian Graham Steedman, the club’s community convener, said: “Santa’s sleigh is always a magnet for local youngsters as excitement mounts in the count-down to the Big Day. Santa never fails to deliver Christmas cheer to deserving causes around the district.”

Tablers David Lawrence and Craig Smith added: “Our donations are channeled each year through Fife Council social work department to families for whom the generosity of the Dunfermline public will provide some extra stocking-fillers this festive season.”