CREATIVE students from Fife College have designed unique pieces of jewellery which they will be raffling soon to help raise funds for a range of local good causes - from kittens to young carers!

And the Lochgelly based Sunny Harbour Cat Rescue Centre will be benefitting.

The raffle is a great opportunity for people to win and own some amazing creative silver jewellery, worth £150 per piece, which has been designed and hand-made in the College’s jewellery workshops at its Stenton Campus, in Glenrothes.

The class of 12 students, who are all studying HND Jewellery, have been set the task as part of their first year course, to work in groups and create jewellery which follows the theme of ‘beads’ and incorporates their individual styles .

The students are working together in four groups of three and each group has designed two pieces of jewellery which were raffled on Friday 9th December.

The four groups are raising funds through ticket sales in college to help four charities: Sunny Harbour Cat & Kitten Rescue; Rottweiler Rescue; Barony Contact Point and Fife Young Carers.

Brogan Cunningham, 19 from Glenrothes has partnered up with fellow classmates Jenna Hutton (30) from Dunfermline and Alison Carscadden (51) from Kinross, to raise funds for Sunny Harbour Cat and Kitten Rescue based in Lochgelly.

Said Brogan: “We’ve really enjoyed working together to create these pieces of jewellery – normally we work on or own so it’s great to be in a team and share ideas.

"Each of us has designed our own beads and our necklace includes a kitten shaped catch to represent the charity we are helping. It’s great to be doing something which is realistic and can help others.

"Our passion is creating amazing jewellery and it is great to get the chance at College to help others as we learn and improve our skills.”

Susan McMillan, Jewellery Lecturer said: “The students have done a fantastic job so far and created eight pieces of amazing silver jewellery including brooches, necklaces and rings – these are fantastic raffle prizes and a great opportunity for individuals to win a bespoke piece of jewellery for themselves or as a gift for Christmas.

“This assignment enables the students to work together, share skills and creative concepts while raising money for a number of local charities. Fingers crossed we sell lots of raffle tickets and raise a good sum of money for each of the good causes.”

The other three groups of students include: Rottweiler Rescue: Kayleigh Anderson (21), Kirkcaldy; Rebecca Taylor (22), Lochgelly; Lizzie Melville (45), Glenrothes.

Barony Contact Point: Penny Sinclair (51), Kirkcaldy; Holly Cunningham (29), Glenrothes; Kirsten Cook (26), Auchtermuchty.

Fife Young Carers: Celda Tyndall (21), Kingskettle; Adrienne Honeyman (48), Kirkcaldy; James Martin (19), East Wemyss.

Fife College is offering a range of courses in January and the full-time Jewellery course will also be open for applications for next year towards the end of January. For further information visit [http://www.fife.ac.,uk]www.fife.ac.,uk or call 0344 2480115.