Kathleen backs the charity helping kids where she grew up

Recent coverage from the Daily Record to help promote the With Kids Charity ball & Fashion Show. 


When a casting director spotted Kathleen McDermott walking down a Glasgow street, it turned out to be the moment that changed her life...

The chance meeting led to Kathleen starring in Lynne Ramsay's Morven Callar, a role that won her a Scottish BAFTA award for best newcomer.

But Despite rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous, attending showbiz parties and jetting to film festivals around the world, flame haired Kathleen never forgot where she came from and this never left her.

And unlike many celebrities who move away when they achieve success in the film industry, Kathleen 33, has remained loyal to her roots and still calls Glasgow home.

She's lived in the east on all her life and recently chose to build her family home in Gartcosh on the city's outskirts.

"I grew up in a stable background but a lot of kids didn't. There was no charity like With Kids back then. Now all i can do is raise awareness. 

I am born and bred in the east end of Glasgow. I was raised in Barlanark, it's not the most glam of places. I still speak with a Glasgow accent and i am not ashamed of it."

To young people growing up in deprived areas, Kathleen is an inspiration. This is why she was invited back to her former school, St. Andrews secondary to speak to pupils.

It is also the reason why With Kids, approached her to become one of the charity's ambassadors alongside fellow Glaswegians, actor Robert Carlyle, and photographer David Eustace.

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Star Wars Family Day..

Hilton in the Community Foundation will be donating proceeds from their Star Wars Family Day. Darth Vader himself and some of his stormtroopers will be attending a screening of Star Wars Clone Wars at the Hilton Ball Room on Sunday May 15th.





To find out more about this event at the With Kids Website.

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Father's £800 safety net for movie star

This is an extract from the coverage in the Daily Mail, from our recent interview with Robert after him deciding to become a With Kids ambassador

He is a Hollywood star whose TV and cinema roles from the rural Bobby Hamish Macbeth to the violent Begbie in Trainspotting have made him a wealthy man.

But Robert has revealed that his father always kept a secret savings account for him to use if his career flopped.

His father, Joseph Carlyle, had saved £800 to give to his son to help him re-launch himself as a painter and decorator if he struggled to find acting work according to Robert in Part Three of our interview with him.

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Robert Carlyle becomes a With Kids ambassador - Part Three

Robert Carlyle becomes a With Kids Ambassador. In the final third part of 3 videos he talks about the influence and inspiration his father was to him, Robert also shares with us a story about the support he received from his father. Robert was with his father about ten years ago, when his dad showed him a bank book, with money saved from when Robert first declared he wanted to be an actor. This is a great finish to an excellent interview with our new ambassador, he finishes off telling us of his upcoming projects, we wish him all the best.

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Robert Carlyle becomes a With Kids ambassador - Part Two

Robert Carlyle becomes a With Kids Ambassador. In the second of three videos he talks about how Glasgow is the type of city that will always remind you who you are and where you came from and how his up bringing has helped him remain very grounded. Robert then goes on to talk about how there are places he has been where a charity like With Kids is crucial, as children need people to help and support them.

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Robert Carlyle becomes a With Kids ambassador

Robert Carlyle becomes a With Kids ambassador

With Kids help hundreds of disadvantaged children and families in the east end of Glasgow. We are focused on delivering excellent services which are highly regarded in our field.In order to raise the profile of With Kids so that our public profile matches our professional expertise, we work with exceptional Ambassadors who can help us raise awareness of our fundraising campaigns amongst the general public and business communities.
  
 Our Ambassadors reflect the brand values of With Kids

• Belief that everyone has potential for growth and change

• Dignity and choice for our staff and the children and the families that we work with

• Respect for the diversity and rights of the individual

• Inclusion and participation in everything we do

• Embracing learning, change and improvement

• Honest and rigorous accountability for everything we do

We are please to announce that Robert Carlyle has become one of the With Kids Ambassadors. Below is Part 1 of 3 interview with Robert. In this video, he talks about why he still lives and works in Glasgow and what his worst and happiest childhood memories were.

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With Kids Charity Ball & Fashion Show gets ready to dazzle at the Hilton, Glasgow

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One of the most unique and moving events Glasgow has ever seen will take place in the city this year.

On June 23rd at the Hilton Hotel a fashion show with a difference will help to raise funds for some of Glasgow’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable children. The show will be organised by With Kids, the charity that seeks to help these children in Glasgow’s East End.

The show will feature clothes from Marks and Spencer and perhaps some exclusively designed t shirts made by East End children and their families. These children themselves will take to the catwalk to model the clothes they have designed.

In this way, not only will much-needed funds be raised for one of Glasgow’s most important charities but the children will be undertaking something that can empower them in a way that they have never before experienced. Owing to grinding poverty, severe deprivation and chronic ill health in their families, these children will never have had the opportunity to see an event such as this, far less participate in it.

With Kids seeks to break the cycle of poverty and deprivation in Glasgow’s east end by intervening in the lives of young children with play therapy schemes that seek to strengthen their self-esteem and bring out their innate gifts. The boost to their confidence and self-esteem will be incalculable and will help to change their lives.

The event itself will be hosted by Kathleen McDermott Carberry, the Bafta Award winning actress who is herself a native of Glasgow’s East End. Kathleen will be joined on the night by John Amabile, the celebrity interior designer and television presenter.

A table of ten will cost £750 and we’d be delighted if you and your friends and clients could join us for a memorable night.  Drinks Reception, Dinner, Fashion Show, Auction, Entertainment. Tickets are available from fiona@fatbuzz.com.

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