Charity News

Scottish rugby legend Kenny Logan is preparing to lead a 555-mile cycling challenge around Ireland in memory of his friend and former teammate, Doddie...

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...

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

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...

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

Men aged 30-64 are invited to attend a  ‘Team Talk’, run by The Changing Room, on Monday 11 June at Easter Road Stadium. Taking place within the...

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

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

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...

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

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...

The Dogs Trust West Calder team is searching for a home for Stuart Little Shortlegs who may be small in stature but has a...

An extra special community event took place at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo this Father’s Day (18 June), with over 400 guests from five Scottish charities...

As politicians from all sides argue about the complexities of organising trade deals across the globe, a Canadian teenager and a retired Edinburgh policeman...

A new Chief Executive has been appointed at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre. Mridul Wadhwa takes over from Caroline Burrell who has led the...

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...

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

Parents Paul and Meghan Godsman are to join the charity cycle challenge, bp Coast to Coast, to raise funds for the charity which helped...

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

A team of costume-clad superheroes and film characters ran 22 miles from Dunfermline to Edinburgh earlier today, all to bring smiles to children and...

Warner Music has announced the reissue of the single ‘Sunshine on Leith’ pressed for the first time on 7” clear green vinyl for release...

Sara Thomson founded the Leith Collective as a place for artisan makers to sell their work while also supporting the local community. The buzz...

Scottish Government Minister, Neil Gray, has praised the work of a pioneering charity which provides life-saving surgery for children in low- and middle-income countries. The...

One young ambassador for Edinburgh based cancer charity It's Good 2 Give had a big surprise from F1 World Champion Max Verstappen last night....

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

Team GB athlete and animal lover Eilidh Doyle got the Scottish SPCA’s first ever ‘Pound for Paws’ event off to a flying...

As the countdown to the final day of the nation’s old £1 coin looms, Livingston Designer Outlet is encouraging people in West Lothian to drop their...

Hibernian Football Club, through its GameChanger partnership with Hibernian Community Foundation and NHS Lothian – is working with the Penicuik Thistle, Bonnyrigg Rose, Tranent...

A charity shop in Edinburgh is due to re-open after a major makeover, with the help of local councillor and regular customer Susan Rae.   Staff...