Charity News

The Hibernian Community Foundation and Team United will launch the first ever partnership of its kind – starting with a session on Tuesday 15 October at...

Her Majesty the Queen has bestowed the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service on two Edinburgh-based charities. The first is It's Good 2 Give! which...

This year’s Lunch with an Old Bag at Prestonfield House last month raised £760,000 for The Prince’s Trust Scotland, taking the ten year total to...

SANDS Lothians have become the latest big winners from Scotmid’s Community Connect initiative – being awarded funding of £15,000 to help them to provide...

Last week CEO, business leaders and MSPs from across Edinburgh spent the day ‘In the Dog House’ locked up in Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home’s kennel’s...

Mark Barclay from Edinburgh has been fundraising for Help for Heroes for ten years and is on target to reach £50,000 by undertaking challenges...

Social Bite, the social enterprise dedicated to ending homelessness in Scotland, has entered into its first retail partnership with Scotmid. This means branded products, normally only available directly...

Bield has revealed it remains focused on continuing to bring innovative changes to housing and care services to underline its commitment to improve the...

Fancy seeing the sights of Edinburgh while raising money to support people with cancer? Maggie’s Edinburgh Culture Crawl could be just the event for...

Watermans Solicitors announces new sponsorship agreement with Blood Bikes Scotland Volunteers who courier urgent medical supplies around Scotland have received a new set of wheels...

The 2019 Buccleuch Property Challenge raised over £12,000 for children's charity Seamab. The corporate adventure took place last weekend at Drumlanrig Castle on the Queensberry...

Former Scotland internationalist Ben Cairns and members of the Wooden Spoon Scotland committee were delighted to be at the Riding for the Disabled Association...

Scotland’s capital was a sea of tartan as 6,000 people took to the streets for Edinburgh’s biggest ever Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk on...

Lothiancountry announced a new partnership with Team Jak this week, a local charity fighting cancer in young people. Team Jak’s logo, as well as details...

This weekend you can see all 61 Oor Wullie statues which have been out on the Edinburgh streets in one place. They have been...

Hibernian Community Foundation has appointed Lewis Melee as Community Development Manager with a remit to develop the already wide range of community projects the...

One Big Day at the Royal Highland Centre is giving disabled motorists, their friends and their families the chance to find out all they...

Scotmid Co-operative has announced Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland as its 2019/20 Charity of the Year – aiming to raise £300,000 to support stroke...

The Leith Community Pottery is a social enterprise which will give free access to working in clay and the benefits of that to mental...

In the last year Lidl has donated over 27 tonnes of surplus food to good causes in Edinburgh. The food surplus distribution has supported...

Two local charities benefited by several thousand pounds each thanks to Hibs’ legend Pat Stanton’s birthday celebration at the Usher Hall last night. The Hibernian family turned...

This Sunday 8 September 2019 at the Colinton Inn they are holding the second half of a defibrillator fundraiser. There will be music from...

Dancers from the Moulin Rouge all of whom are Scottish joined ‘Old Bags’ at the sparkling annual ladies’ lunch which brings together 335...

People's Postcode Lottery which has its main office in Edinburgh is inviting applications from schools for up to £500 to pay for outdoor learning...

Tickets are going fast for ‘An Evening with Pat Stanton’ at the Usher Hall on Saturday. Hibs’ legend Pat will be joined on stage by many...

 Independent Living Fund (ILF) Scotland, the public body supporting disabled people to live independently in Scotland and Northern Ireland, is inviting Edinburgh residents to...

Charities, good cause groups and community projects from across Edinburgh and the Lothians are invited to apply for a share of £25,000 as part...

Walking Football Scotland have been encouraging their members to raise funds for their partner charity Prostate Cancer UK and the Midlothian players took part in an...

A defibrillator purchased following a fundraising initiative by generous walking footballers in the capital has been sited just outside Gorgie Farm below the bridge...

Three fundraisers, Neil Winstanley (37) from Ayr, Stuart Kennedy (35) from Fife and Witold Gawlikowicz (30) from Warsaw are undertaking The Stevenson Way next...