A BARRHEAD charity has unveiled its mascot, with the help of its members, volunteers and an East Renfrewshire artist.

Include Me 2 Club (IM2C) provides activities for children, young people and adults with an additional support need, disability or mental health condition.

The charity had asked members to come up with a name for a highland cow it has adopted as its mascot, with Macy Moo chosen.

Paul McIlvenny, IM2C chairperson and co-founder, told the Barrhead News: “The idea behind Macy Moo developed from conversations with our members about having something that represented the charity for events and activities, particularly for our children and young people.

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“We have seen other charities do something similar, so it felt like a natural evolution for us to have something like that.”

Artist Bronwyn Gilgallon used her skills to bring the mascot to life.

Macy Moo features multicoloured hair and puzzle pieces, representing IM2C’s ethos of being inclusive and connecting various communities.

Paul said: “Bronwyn designed her based on all the ideas and feedback we had generated, turning Macy into reality.

“Macy also went out on her first litter pick with youngsters at Hazelden Family Centre, in Newton Mearns.”

Bronwyn, 25, also designed an Oor Wullie statue in 2019 which sat at the Allan’s Corner roundabout in Barrhead.

It was later auctioned for £16,000, with the money being donated to the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.

Bronwyn said: “It was very easy to come up with the idea of using a highland cow as the mascot because IM2C is a Scottish charity.

“I paint a lot of highland cows as part of my own designs, which Paul really liked.

“I said straight away that I would like the mascot to be a girl, as most mascots you see are male. It meant I was able to make her colours lighter and give her big eyes and long eyelashes.

“I have a disability, Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), which is why I also feel so included at IM2C. I struggled academically but my art has really helped me.”

Bronwyn’s work can be found at the IM2C gift shop, based at the James McGuire Building, in Barrhead’s Main Street.

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