Charity News

A community fund which will support organisations in and around Musselburgh has been launched by an independent Scottish housing developer. Totalling £5,000, the new community...

The charity Dads Rock is staging a family day at Tynecastle on 19 June to celebrate their 10th birthday and to have some fun. The...

Edinburgh Leisure’s Chief Executive, June Peebles, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Outstanding Leadership category in the ukactive Awards. The winner of...

Official opening of first children’s operating room in a refugee camp ceremony to celebrate work of paediatric surgeons making a huge impact The long-awaited opening...

Social enterprise and charity, Edinburgh Community Food, which uses food to tackle health inequalities, have teamed up with Veg Power UK to deliver ‘Grow...

Mains of Taymouth Country Estate & Golf Course in Kenmore are holding a special fundraising event for a local Ukrainian relief organisation, with a...

Thousands of tulips lined the Vennel Steps in the heart of the Old Town to thank the public for supporting charitable causes.  For the fourth...

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) run the annual charity awards celebrating the cream of the voluntary sector in Scotland, and this year...

Thanks to the determined fundraising efforts of Team Elsie, there is now (almost) enough money to appoint a sculptor to create a statue for...

Scots encouraged to step outside to celebrate National Walking Month Scotland's national walking charity is encouraging members of the public to get involved in a...

In a corner of Craigleith an important award was presented on Thursday morning in the back garden where Mrs Violet Hogg lives. Violet is the...

Today an outstanding achievement has been announced for a Leith-based social enterprise which has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise recognising its excellence...

Hame Fundraising Flash brooches are available online and the proceeds will support the work of Sunflower Scotland. These beautiful brooches have been made by Dunbar-based LoullyMakes...

YOTEL Edinburgh has agreed to host local charity Smart Works Edinburgh in a free working space one day a month for the next six...

Funstation is supporting Sunflower Scotland with a donation of £3,000 to cover the cost of sending a truck full of aid driven directly to...

Housing provider Bield has strengthened its management team with the appointment of two new voluntary board members. The appointment of Beth McNeil and David Fisher...

Alzheimer Scotland wants to get you chatting over a cup of tea. The charity is launching its Tea & Blether campaign to get people...

The Big Issue Invest Power Up programme will deliver £500,000 of funding for a variety of social ventures, including Wee Seeds growing in Edinburgh. Christina...

Scottish law firm Thorntons is supporting Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) by becoming the headline sponsor at the charity’s fifth Rocking Horse Ball. This year’s...

Stockbridge-based charity, Lifecare, are running an art competition for children 12 and under, asking them to imagine themselves at 80. Entry is free, and the...

Actor and TV personality Christopher Biggins has been revealed as the host for a major charity event in Edinburgh this summer to raise funds...

Ten year-old Maia Bombrys is flexing her entrepreneurial skills with fundraising efforts for Ukrainian aid charity, Sunflower Scotland, and has already broken her initial...

At Ocean Terminal the former Debenhams store has been temporarily changed into a space welcoming community groups as a new social enterprise - The...

Teapot Trust, a mental health charity with its base at Eskmills in Musselburgh, has been awarded £5,000 of funding to help children and families...

Meet the volunteers behind Sunflower Scotland at Starbucks Fountainpark, between 10am and 2pm on Sunday 10 April. Have some tea, coffee and Ukrainian cakes and...

On a drizzly Edinburgh morning, Californian Heidi Kuhn was all smiles as she planted a hickory tree at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh accompanied...

Last month Dine restaurant on Cambridge Street hosted the Elsie Inglis campaign fundraising Gala Dinner. As well as entertaining all the guests who bought...

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

Mary's Meals is a charity with a simple idea, providing one daily meal in a place of learning in order to attract chronically poor...

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