Bank of Valletta branches are accepting deposits of old Maltese coins in favour of the Euro Children's Trust.

The scheme runs until February 15.

The Euro Children's Trust, launched last month, is an initiative from which the children who are resident at children's homes stand to benefit.

The National Euro Changeover Committee has distributed about 20,000 money boxes that were made available by the European Commission Representation in Malta.

The bank is acting as Trustee of the Euro Children Trust and is working closely with Middlesea Valletta and the National Euro Changeover Committee on the initiative.

The sole beneficiaries under this Charitable Trust will be about 200 children who, as at December 31, 2007 were and still are resident at a children's home in Malta.

The beneficial interest of each child under this Charitable Trust would materialise once the respective child would have attained 25 years of age.