Give us a Round Pound!

Give us a Round Pound! Donate your old style coins to the Sensory Centre (please!)

With the new 12 sided pound coins in circulation from 28th March, Forth Valley Sensory Centre is inviting people to donate a Round Pound to help provide equipment for sensory groups and classes.

The old style pound coin which has been in service since April 1983, will become obsolete in October and the Centre is urging everyone to check jam jars, rainy day funds or piggy banks to make sure that their coins are not left unused.

Martin Allen, Partnership Manager at the Centre said:
“We are asking everyone to donate us a Round Pound before they go out of circulation. We considered asking people to donate a nice shiny new one, similar to the ‘First Fiver’ campaign which accompanied the new notes, however, with the old coins going to the piggy bank in the sky, we figured getting people to search their pockets and look down the back of the sofa was a much better way to go!

“The new design is interesting and we are confident people will want to hold on to some of the first ones. At one of our groups recently we were looking through some old money and remarked on the similarity between the new pound coin and the old multi-sided threepenny bit and I know that a few of our Centre users are looking forward to getting a new coin for that reason alone.”

The new coins are twelve sided and include a mix of metals similar to the existing £2 coin. The old Round Pound will cease to be legal tender from 15th October 2017.

People can show their support on social media with #roundpound and the money will be going towards the purchase of new equipment for a personal safety class, designed to be accessible to blind, partially sighted or hearing impaired people.