Charity News

Space at The Broomhouse Hub appoints a new Employability Manager to oversee projects which help people into paid work Broomhouse and the surrounding areas will...

The partnership will help Polar Academy expand its mission to give vulnerable young people a chance to redefine their physical and mental limits. Scottish transformational...

Edinburgh-based Sight Scotland, a charity that supports people with sight loss, were thrilled to be awarded a donation of £10,835 from the Morrisons Foundation. The...

Scotmid President, Harry Cairney, who will retire at the end of this month, was recognised for his outstanding contribution to the Society with a...

A new report from the Trussell Trust published on Wednesday shows that there is a record level of demand for food banks in Scotland...

The charitable walking event Kiltwalk has been boosted by Royal Bank of Scotland signing a new deal with them for two years. This is...

The Big Help Out will take place on the Coronation weekend, and the campaign backed by the British Red Cross, RNIB and Age Scotland,...

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is celebrating the birth of twin male large hairy armadillos at Edinburgh Zoo. Expert vets at the...

A new group involving the NHS, The Scottish Government and Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) is trying to improve the global healthcare donation system, which...

Many of us would struggle to row half a mile let alone 3,000 miles across the Atlantic but that’s what a team of five...

As part of a campaign to get medication to people with Parkinson's in a timely manner, the Parkinson's UK Scotland charity has teamed up...

The Explorer, a Leith-based charity, has been awarded a grant of £20,000 to develop a Conservation Management Plan for the SS Explorer, one of...

A letter from Breast Cancer Now about the Pink Ribbon Walk to encourage people to sign up for the 10 or 20 mile walks. Breast...

The Movement for Good Awards has £1 million to give away to charities in the UK and Ireland. All that you have to do...

A welcome message signed by more than 1,400 Scots has been delivered to the new First Minister, Humza Yousaf asking for the best possible...

Trekstock is a charity supporting young people in their twenties or thirties living with and beyond cancer. The charity offers lots of support to...

Foundation Scotland’s release of over £2.3 million from dormant trusts is the “tip of the iceberg” windfall for communities. Trusts formed over a century...

Scotmid is inviting charities in Edinburgh to become its charity partner of the year for 2023-24, working together on a programme of fundraising and...

At the start of the war in Ukraine, one Queen Margaret University (QMU) student felt compelled to travel to Ukraine to support civilians whose lives were devasted by the invasion.  Since then, his volunteering work has...

Landmarks and buildings across Edinburgh will light up purple to help raise awareness of epilepsy for Purple Day on Sunday 26 March. Purple Day was...

Edinburgh charity Circle has issued it sixth annual challenge called DARED - which stands for Do a Run Every Day. The charity has so far...

A youth care charity has announced a new service for children and young people who have been victim to, or witnessed, a crime. SAFE is...

There is an amazing list of 33 organisations based in Edinburgh which will receive funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. The awards range...

Robbie Tolson who set up a social enterprise called Turn the Tables to offer opportunities through the experience of DJing and beat making is...

LifeCare Edinburgh and Hibernian Community Foundation announce partnership benefitting local older people  Hibernian Community Foundation has announced an exciting new partnership with local older people’s...

LifeCare Edinburgh is looking for new trustees to help the charity in its work supporting local older people. The organisation is at an exciting stage...

Actress and comedian, Nina Wadia, was in Edinburgh at the weekend to meet children living with type 1 diabetes. Following her own son’s diagnosis...

Eat Out Edinburgh has announced a new charity partnership for its 2023 campaign with the Scottish charity Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) – an organisation...

Next week The City of Edinburgh Council will set its budget for the year ahead. The council will have to find almost £80 million...

A charity set up in memory of an agricultural student who died tragically young will benefit from Musselburgh Racecourse’s next race day on Sunday...