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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Shelter sale success

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The Shelter charity shop made more than £22,000 in just over two days at the start of its 22nd annual January sale of designer...

Pettycur Bay make local food bank donation

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Soup bags and £570 worth of groceries have been given to the local food bank by the owners of a Fife holiday park. As...

LifeCare’s Chatty Café celebrates its first birthday

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LifeCare invites the local community to celebrate one year of Chatty Café. Are you looking to get out and about and meet new people?  Then...

Chris is taking on the Mongol Rally in an electric car

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Chris Ramsey from Aberdeenshire will take on an epic rally challenge this month by becoming the first person to enter an electric vehicle (EV)...

Fundraiser to celebrate new arrivals to Edinburgh at St Mary’s Cathedral

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The unique contributions of Edinburgh’s refugee and migrant communities will be celebrated in an exciting evening of music, art and discussion this St Andrews...

Grassmarket Community Project set up fundraising appeal

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The Grassmarket Community Project does such good work with those in recovery and people experiencing homelessness, but they are encountering very difficult times as...

Sam Heughan joins bikers on the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride in Edinburgh

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On Sunday actor Sam Heughan joined the motorbike riders who were taking part in the Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride in Edinburgh. Thousands of others were...

Edinburgh Women’s Aid celebrates half a century

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Edinburgh Women’s Aid, which opened its first refuge 50 years ago in 1973, marked its 50th anniversary with the unveiling of a commemorative artwork...

MoonWalk Scotland takes place in Edinburgh

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Women, men and young people wearing brightly decorated bras or colourful “bra t-shirts” set off from Holyrood Park in balmy, late summer temperatures at...

Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride visits Edinburgh

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Riders gathered at Dalkeith Palace on Sunday for the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride uniting classic and vintage styled motorcycle riders from all over the world. The...

Hibs’ charity provides 50 four-season sleeping bags for Edinburgh homeless

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A campaign to help Edinburgh’s homeless rough sleepers stay warm on cold winter nights has raised enough cash to buy more than 50 four-season...

Street Soccer Scotland Teams Up With QMU to Promote Social Justice

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Street Soccer Scotland has joined forces with Queen Margaret University to promote social justice and health improvement. The charity and social enterprise venture and the...

Recycle your crisp packets and turn them into a rescue helicopter

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If you hand your crisp packets into a local pub the money raised from recycling will help fund a second charity air ambulance for...

Edinburgh artist designs National Lottery’s Christmas card

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Edinburgh artist, Amy Nash, has been chosen by The National Lottery to design a Christmas card which will be sent to over 400...

Hockey club to run in Edinburgh 10K in support of Down’s...

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Falkirk and Linlithgow Hockey Club 1st team goal keeper, Kevin 'Kev' Cummings, and outfield player, Murray Paton, have 'persuaded' a few of their club...

Is this Edinburgh’s best charity shop?

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There are few things which have changed more in the last few decades than the character and status of charity shops. There are now...

Volunteers Week – Barnardo’s Scotland thank their volunteers

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Barnardo’s Scotland is making the most of Volunteers’ Week which begins today by thanking the thousands of volunteers across Scotland who offer their time to...

Local businesses support annual sleep out in Festival Square

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  Over 200 people, including staff from Tesco Bank, Artemis Investment Management, Shepherd and Wedderburn, Yorkshire Building Society, DJ Alexander, MediaCom and Almond Housing Association...

Specsavers donates high visibility vests to local primary school

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An Edinburgh opticians is helping to keep local children safer by donating high visibility vests to a primary school ahead of Road Safety Week...

Scotmid Funeralcare make Edinburgh charity awards

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Two Edinburgh charities have been awarded £10,000 by Scotmid Funerals. Cruse Scotland and The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (SPPC) will both benefit from...

Two Edinburgh charities receive funding from ScottishPower Foundation

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Two Edinburgh-based charities will receive a share of almost £1.2 million funding from the ScottishPower Foundation, which supports incredible projects that make a positive...

COP26 – award announced for The Welcoming

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Edinburgh charity The Welcoming has won the Ashden Award for Green Communities.  The prize was announced at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, UK, at a ceremony attended by the President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado. https://youtu.be/5nm97h_DLW4 The Ashden Awards honour pioneering organisations lowering carbon emissions and building a...

New restaurant in drive to help local charity

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A new restaurant in Penicuik used its opening night to raise funds for local charity, Food Facts Friends. Owners of Koshi, the new Nepalese...

Edinburgh Tool Library opening at new base this weekend

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The Edinburgh Tool Library, which lends out tools to those who know how to use them and teaches those who want to know, is...

Edinburgh entrepreneur to meet King Charles at Holyrood reception

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Aayush Goyal, the co-founder of Edinburgh based social enterprise Social Stories Club has been invited to The Palace of Holyroodhouse on Monday to meet...

Elf Toddle Walk at The Centre raises thousands for CHAS

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Last weekend more than 150 little elves lined up to take part in the toddle walk at The Centre in Livingston, raising thousands for...

Pet food appeal for two animal charities

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South Gyle animal lover Linda Lee Thomson is carrying out a Christmas drive for two charities to ensure their animals have enough food and...

And we’re off on the Edinburgh Taxi Outing

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The 75th Edinburgh Taxi Outing takes place on Tuesday leaving from the Zoo Car Park around 10 and heading to the coast. Taxi driver Neil...

Charity Super.Mkt officially opens at St James Quarter

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  Charity Super.Mkt is now officially open at St James Quarter.   The charity shop is back with a new pop-up store after its sales success in...

School uniform exchange opens on Saturday

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The Leith Collective launches its free school uniform exchange on Saturday 1 June at Ocean Terminal and Fort Kinnaird.  The Community Interest Company is calling...

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