The team at the fulfilment centre at Amazon in Gourock has made a £1,000 donation to the Calum’s Cabin charity.

The contribution was part of the company’s global Amazon Goes Gold for Kids with Cancer campaign for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

The campaign raises funds and awareness for organisations working to increase survival rates for those with childhood cancer through life-saving treatments and research.

A gold ribbon is a universal symbol for childhood cancer, so Amazon employees from Gourock held a month-long series of gold-themed events, as well as making the donation.

Calum’s Cabin will use the money to help more families who have a child suffering from cancer.

Amazon Gourock site leader Jamie Walker said: “We are proud to support Calum’s Cabin in honour of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and this year’s Amazon Goes Gold for Kids with Cancer campaign. We look forward to doing our bit for children with cancer every year, and hope that this donation offers encouragement to the charity’s brilliant team and the families it supports.”

Amazon employee Billy McLellan said: “It was great to take part in Amazon in Gourock’s Pyjama Day and help spread awareness of the realities of childhood cancer. I’m so pleased that we could offer support to such an excellent charity.”

This year, Amazon employees in the UK also had the opportunity to volunteer with childhood cancer charities and organisations and put together activity packs for children facing cancer, which were distributed to nearby hospitals and hospices.