Charity News

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...

Medals won by Hibs’ legendary forward Lawrie Reilly have been purchased by the Hibernian Historical Trust for £12,000 and will be displayed inside Easter Road Stadium....

SCOTLAND’S most innovative housing and care specialists showcased homes which could save the NHS millions per year at Europe’s largest housing conference. Blackwood took its...

Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has paid tribute to Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) after a visit to their base at Perth airport last week....

Andy Moloney, from Shannon, Country Clare in Ireland, is getting himself ready to cycle nearly 550miles from Edinburgh to his hometown in aid of...

The Eric Liddell Centre, a registered care charity and major Edinburgh community hub announced support of £25,000 towards the services it offers to support...

If you hand your crisp packets into a local pub the money raised from recycling will help fund a second charity air ambulance for...

Walking Football Scotland and Prostate Cancer UK has identified August as walking football month. Earlier today, generous members of Edinburgh City's strolling 'ballers got the...

The Eric Liddell Centre in association with VOCAL (Voices of Carers Across Lothian) is hosting health and benefits surgeries for carers in August. The surgeries...

Edinburgh Napier lecturer Isabel Dosser is a lecturer in palliative care within the University’s School of Health and Social Care. She launched a charity...

A Gorebridge woman who lost her grandmother to ovarian cancer is holding a charity night to raise funds for gynaecological cancer research charity, The...

Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in Scotland. Every year more than 3,700 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the country...

A life-changing social enterprise has been helped to celebrate its 10th birthday by ScotRail Street Soccer Scotland hosted its Summer Festival at the Tony Macaroni...

Edinburgh charity Cyrenians Golden Years service has been awarded £233,075 by the National Lottery Cyrenians will use the funding to continue its befriending service which helps tackle...

The new Jim Clark Motorsport Museum dedicated to the life and motor racing career of the legendry Formula One world champion opens to the public today. The...

Scottish football fans can spend an evening with Hibs’ legend Pat Stanton and guests at the Usher Hall on Saturday 7th September. Pat enjoyed a...