Charity News

North East Edinburgh Community Policing Team will be launching the ‘Beat Hunger’ campaign in the coming weeks aimed at tackling food inequality and food...

A project which has its base at Ocean Terminal is working to keep older people connected during lockdown. The Wee Museum of Memory is...

Edinburgh charity Lifecare has appointed Damian McGowan as its new Chief Executive. Based in Stockbridge, the charity offers care and support for older people...

Simon Community Scotland the leading homelessness charity has worked with University of Edinburgh and Manchester-based Street Support Network to develop a website and an...

On the last Monday in January two years ago the Heart of Newhaven Community was launched with great enthusiasm at a crowded public meeting in Victoria Primary...

Three charities, ENABLE Scotland, National Autistic Society Scotland and Scottish Autism have begun a campaign for a commitment to have a Commissioner appointed in...

Supermarket group, Morrisons announced on Wednesday it will set aside a further £5 million of food supplies to help keep the UK's food banks stocked...

When Rachel Nicholson visited Morrisons at the Gyle for some shopping she was only there to buy food and essentials. But when she turned...

The Eric Liddell Centre is offering home-cooked meals for some of Edinburgh's most vulnerable people with the help of funding from Celtic FC. The...

The Hibernian Community Foundation  are urging people to sign up to this year’s Kiltwalk and support their work. With mass events looking unlikely in the...

If you have walked down Leith Walk recently during your daily exercise, or while shopping, you may have missed the lovely new mural on...

The charity, Age Scotland, has warned older people to be on their guard against scams, saying these are heartless attempts to trick people into...

A partnership just before Christmas between ECEC (Edinburgh City Electrical Contractors) and Cyrenians (Homeless Charity) Scotland ensured that two families were able to cook...

Fusion Meetings & Events, one of Scotland’s premier Meetings & Events companies, now active in over sixty countries worldwide, has announced that it has...

The Hibs’ Community Foundation has received funding from the Postcode Community Trust to develop an exciting new project that focuses on the importance of...

All charities are finding it difficult to raise funds during the pandemic, and now a neurosurgeon is backing an appeal which he says will...

Michelle Brown who runs Love Your Business (LYB) tells us the organisation is looking for a new charity partner who will benefit from the...

The Scottish SPCA has revealed a 134% increase in calls to its animal helpline to give up unwanted animals. Between 1 September 2020 and 5...

Hibs’ midfielder Scott Allan has urged anyone who is struggling with mental health issues to speak to someone after he revealed that he has...

Edinburgh jewellers Hamilton & Inches have raised over £8,000 for the NSPCC. In December there was a virtual fundraising event urging people to walk...

Age Scotland, the charity for older people is urging everyone to take extra care and look out for their older friends, relatives and neighbours...

Among the many sad sights in Edinburgh during the pandemic has been the locked doors of the Stafford Centre in Broughton Street, one of...

Scotland rugby legend Doddie Weir has created a new fundraiser called DoddieAID (Doddie’s Active Inter-District challenge) which will run between January 1 and February...

by Jim Paterson Treasurer of Food Facts Friends. Charity organisation, Food Facts Friends moved to 42 John Street, Penicuik the old RBS bank branch,...

Cancer Research UK s urging people to sign up now to Walk All Over Cancer and get sponsored to take 10,000 steps every day...

During the month of January a number of police officers and their friends will be completing a daily cardio challenge to raise much needed...

The Scottish SPCA is celebrating some of its achievements from the last 12-months which has been one of the most challenging in its 180-year...

This week’s food parcels being prepared for distribution before Christmas by Leith Gives, a collaboration of local charities, businesses and volunteers in Leith giving back...

·        As the countdown to Christmas continues, Edinburgh-based charity, Empty Kitchens Full Hearts, has ramped up the number of meals it is providing to...

Children and young people at Edinburgh’s Sick Kids hospital were treated to a Christmas surprise from some famous faces when players from Hibs, Hearts...