The Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal (TASA) is a Scottish charity that the Tartan Army â supporters of the Scotland national football team â operates.
The group also operates the Tartan Army Children's Charity (TACC). Both donate to children's causes, but what differentiates the two is that while the Children's Charity supports mainly Scottish domestic causes, the Sunshine Appeal supports children's causes in other locations where Scotland plays (both men's and women's teams and including elsewhere in the United Kingdom such as England).
In 1999 following the Bosnian War, Tartan Army members traveled to Sarajevo for Scotland's UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying away fixture against Bosnia-Herzegovina despite the Foreign Commonwealth Office discouraging travel to the country. While there, they delivered items to war orphans and also made a donation to support the purchase of a prosthetic limb for Kemal Karic, a boy who lost part of his lower leg due to a bomb blast. The organization was formally started in 2003 for the second donation in Lithuania.
Donations also continued when matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For their UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying playoff final against Serbia in Belgrade, the 78th donation was presented remotely to Evo Ruka in Zemun Polje, who assist children and young people with disabilities and rare diseases. Scotland won on penalties, which qualified the men's team for their first major tournament since the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
As of October 2021, donations totalling over $200,000 (ã145,000) have been made in 88 countries. Primarily, donations are made to local children's healthcare and rehabilitation organisations. Donations are typically collected from travelling Scottish football fans and total ã1,000 to ã5,000.
The charity is non-religious and non-political.