Charity News

International Volunteer Day is on 5 December 2019. The Edinburgh Reporter found out from Robina Brown, a volunteer with Ageing Well, about the impact...

Hibs will be hosting a foodbank collection in partnership with the team at Helping Hands ahead of Saturday’s game against Aberdeen. Helping Hands are committed to...

Scotmid have marked St Andrew’s Day (30 November 2019) by launching a special tartan produced in conjunction with Perthshire-based The House of Edgar, as part of...

Lothian MSP Miles Briggs is backing the Charity Retail Association’s ‘Good Cause Santa Claus’ campaign. Briggs is encouraging local residents and businesses to participate in...

Cramond care home and local school children team up for charity Christmas card Cramond Residence has joined with pupils at a local school to design and...

Epilepsy Scotland is holding a Christmas concert at Morningside United Church in Edinburgh on 29 November 2019. The Christmas concert will be a great opportunity...

A property development company has made a second substantial donation of baby equipment and furniture to local charity Pregnancy Counselling & Care (Scotland). The move...

Lothian is today saying thank you to its staff and customers, after they raised over £35,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support across their two year...

Vintage Vibes, a local charity is spreading kindness across Edinburgh this Christmas by creating the first ever chocolate Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar. This builds...

Vulnerable people living in food poverty in the Scottish capital will be dished up nutritious ingredients after an Edinburgh foodbank received £7,238 from Aberdeen...

At its high profile event held at The Hub recently, North Edinburgh Arts raised £4,500. The evening was held to celebrate the seventeen years...

A CONTRIBUTION from a housebuilder active in the local area is helping to support the new Pentlands Men’s Shed in Currie. CALA Homes (East) has...

Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) has launched its Make Christmas Magical appeal – a campaign with a different door in the Royal Hospital for...

At the beginning of November supporters of Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) raised an incredible £223,677 at the charity’s ninth annual Fawkes-y Ladies Lunch at...

ROLAND MOURET AND MARC ALMOND HELP RAISE £305,000 FOR MAGGIE’S CENTRE World renowned fashion designer Roland Mouret, accompanied by his friend international award-winning musician Marc...

A charity which teaches babies and young children to swim held swimming races to raise funds for special care babies. Turtle Tots Edinburgh and...

Edinburgh-based Sara Hawkins joins 20 women from across the UK as a finalist in the 2019 NatWest everywoman Awards. The founder of The UK’s...

The Centre Livingston will be the first mall in the UK to sign up for Social Bite's World's Big Sleep Out on 8 December...

Author, Ian Rankin, launched Save the Children’s rescued phone box ‘Gilbert’ on Queen Street on Friday. The old-fashioned red phone box is run and maintained...

The doors at Scotmid’s first-ever store at Ponton Street, Edinburgh opened on Friday 4 November 1859 and to mark the Society’s 160th birthday there are a...

Will Aid invites you to have a professional will drawn up during the month of November in exchange for a donation to charity. The scheme...

Hibernian Community Foundation is the charitable arm of the Club established in 2008 to use football and the brand name  to improve people’s lives...

Edinburgh photographer set to be awarded by blood cancer charity for his ‘super’ fundraising efforts at the Tower of London next month. Micah Stanbridge...

National homelessness charity, Bethany Christian Trust, is encouraging festive shoppers to buy a bed for people who are homeless this Christmas by purchasing a...

Today Big Hearts honoured over 300 guests at their 5th Kinship Care Family Day, known to be Scotland’s largest gathering of families living in...

A survey recently revealed that over 1 million people in Scotland are living in poverty. Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home is witness to the...

Edinburgh’s newest, coolest gym has launched its latest charity adventure. A team from CaveFit at The Edinburgh Grand will climbKilimanjaro later this month to...

Earlier today the Shaw Trust Disability Power List 100 for 2019 was announced and Euan MacDonald, founder of Euan's Guide and the Euan MacDonald...

Hundreds of families from across Edinburgh and the Lothians gathered together earlier today at Dalkeith Country Park, to take part in Alzheimer Scotland’s Midlothian...

The Cyrenians Fareshare depot has surpassed its target of delivering over 1 million meals to charities and community groups across Central and South East...