Chance for Edinburgh child to win £1,000 cash prize

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Education activist Just Enough has launched a new Children’s Award. The organisation is calling for nominations for this first of its kind prize. Who are...

Edinburgh children to benefit from art therapy sessions

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A Musselburgh-based charity providing art therapy for children with chronic conditions in hospitals is receiving a four-figure funding boost The financial help from...

Grassmarket Community Project planning trip to Africa – and they need...

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Part of the social enterprise Grassmarket Community Project is the wonderful woodworking project run by Tommy Steel. They have made bespoke wooden items from...

Hibs launch ‘Famous Fiver’ appeal

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Hibernian Football Club established the Hibernian Community Foundation in 2008 as a registered Scottish charity to harness the power of football to improve the...

Brian Logan to leave Bield

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Brian Logan is to leave his position as Chief Executive of Bield to take up a new challenge as the Chief Executive of Capability...

Hibs latest Football fans in training course starts this month

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The Hibernian Community Foundation’s Football Fans In Training (FFIT) programmes for men and women starts on 21 January at Easter Road. The 13-week...

Football – More than a Game

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Hibernian Community Foundation has teamed up with The University of Edinburgh to create a Hibernian based SCQF course, ‘Football More than a Game’. The course...

Christmas Day Cheer at Tynecastle Thanks to Big Hearts

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Big Hearts, the official charity of Heart of Midlothian FC, are hosting a free Christmas dinner for isolated and vulnerable people in the community on Christmas...

Thorntons team raise over £15,000 for Social Bite

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A team from Thorntons Solicitors raised over £15,000 for Social Bite after sleeping out at this year's Sleep in the Park both in Dundee...

Building contractor’s Christmas elves make special deliveries for families in Edinburgh

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Children and families in need across Scotland will receive donations of money, food and gifts courtesy of building contractor McDermott Group this Christmas. A fleet of McDermott...

New wheels for Blood Bikes

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Volunteers who courier blood around for Scottish hospitals have been given their Christmas gifts early - two new motorbikes! The new bikes will help Blood...

A Great Turnout from Scottish Ballet at Sick Kids

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SCOTTISH Ballet dancers surprised children and young people at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC) as they were revealed behind a living advent...

Pharmacy provide essentials for homeless

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Lindsay & Gilmour have pledged their ongoing support for the life-changing work of homelessness charity Cyrenians with the donation of winter ‘Crash Packs’ containing...

Local X Factor star is part of the living advent calendar...

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A SCOTTISH celebrity gave children in hospital a musical surprise this Christmas after being revealed in a living advent calendar at the Royal Hospital...

The Coop spreads joy with free Christmas dinners

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Scotmid Co-operative have spread some yuletide joy by helping those in need over the festive period with the donation of 3,000 Christmas dinners across...

Edinburgh charity’s gifts for vulnerable adults stolen

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Local charity LifeCare has spent 76 years making a difference to the lives of Edinburgh’s older people and those living with dementia. Each year they...

The 1950s shine for Leith tenants

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Tenants from an Edinburgh retirement housing development have been taken back in time with a play showcasing Leith in the fifties. Joined by pupils from...

Put on your festive footwear for CHAS this Friday

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Edinburgh’s Watsonian Hockey Club (WHC) Youth Players are pulling on their festive footwear to raise much needed funds for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland –...

Public urged to consider dangers of buying pet for Christmas

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The Scottish SPCA is urging people in Edinburgh and the Lothians to carefully consider the dangers of buying a pet for a present this...

Hibs support Rainbow Laces campaign

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Hibs showed their support for lesbian, gay, bi and trans players and fans by taking part in the Rainbow Laces campaign at last night's Ladbrokes Premiership...

Hibs help those at risk of social isolation this Christmas

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Hibs will throw open the doors of Easter Road Stadium on Christmas Day for the third year in succession. A hearty festive meal and good...

Surprises in the pipeline for children’s hospital this December

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A PIPE band which is dedicating its time to entertaining kids in hospital at Christmas has officially launched a living advent calendar at the...

Upcycled Fashion Show – encouraging creativity with ‘preloved’ clothes

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An Upcycled Fashion Show was held last week in the Swapshop on Bread Street to inspire people to buy second-hand clothing, and get creative...

Blackwood House opens its doors to independent living

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The Edinburgh based charity Blackwood opened a model showhome at the Edinburgh Community Rehabilitation and Support Service centre in Longstone today. The home is...

Put on your Christmas jumper for charity!

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It will be Christmas Jumper Day next week on 14 December 2019. This is a Save the Children fundraiser and you are invited to...

Eric Liddell Centre featured in TV documentary

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The Eric Liddell Centre the dementia care charity was featured in a BBC documentary hosted by Strictly Come Dancing judge, Dame Darcey Bussell over...

Highest number of homeless children in Scotland in a decade this...

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Schoolchildren from Corstorphine Primary School went to Holyrood this morning to help Shelter with a visual display of the number of children who will...

Joe recognised for his socks charity

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At the Steven Brown and Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2018 a 12 year-old from Leith was recognised as the winner of the Community Award, sponsored...

Gordon’s comic book raising funds for Brain Tumour Research

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A graphic artist has published his fourth comic book which he hopes will give readers a better understanding of cancer and the effect on...

When you shop at Tesco this weekend make a donation to...

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If you go to Tesco to shop between 29 November and 1 December then you are invited to put a little something extra in...

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