Charity News

The Minister for Communities and Local Government Aileen Campbell will be the keynote speaker at the Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council's conference and AGM. EVOC is...

Charities win at Netball Festival Linlithgow Flyers Netball Club held a 'Festival of Netball' last Saturday with the aim of supporting two local charities. Nine teams...

The Scottish SPCA is appealing to animal lovers in Edinburgh and the Lothians to donate Anigene, a specialist disinfectant, for the animals currently being...

A two-year project that has helped young people across Edinburgh to connect with the city’s wildlife and green spaces is coming to an end...

A campaign being spearheaded by an Edinburgh Napier lecturer will mean that free toiletries are made available to those who need them most across the Lothian region. The initiative...

Nikki Martin sounded the horn at the Race for Life Pretty Muddy yesterday the signal for more than 3,700 women and children to begin the...

An Edinburgh man has won a prestigious award from a Scottish charity for his work in ensuring local people, including those with cancer and...

BRITAIN’S Got Talent winner, Lee Ridley, performed a special show to help promote the work one of Scotland’s leading providers of care and specialist housing for...

Tonight there are 400 people walking the streets of the capital, all wearing orange T-shirts. They are taking part in the Maggie's Culture Crawl...

Musselburgh Racecourse staff will take part in Sunday’s Edinburgh Half Marathon in memory of a valued colleague who died after battling pancreatic cancer. Graeme Nish,...

A MOTHER conquered her extreme fear of heights to raise over £2,500 in memory of her son who died unexpectedly. Christopher Nelson tragically passed away in November 2015...

Cheemia, which creates business development strategies for private and public healthcare organisations, including the NHS, gets off to a flying start following ongoing support...

The Changing Room project is running a 12-week programme beginning at 6pm on Thursday 27 September for men aged 30 to 64, which uses...

If you are a dog lover and have some time to help train a puppy then Hearing Dogs for Deaf People want you to...

Put this one in your diary now! Civil Service Strollers tell us they are delighted to be hosting a coffee morning in support of...

The Hibs' Football Fans in Training course starts on Monday 24 September and places are going fast, so interested parties should sign up now. Sessions are...

On 19 September 2018 you can attend an information session at the Virgin Money Edinburgh Lounge, where you can learn how to become a...

The Edinburgh Napier Sport Science academic who helped prepare adventurer Mark Beaumont for his cycle around the world is getting ready to undertake her...

Scottish charities will receive more than £1 million thanks to the generosity of around 5,000 Kiltwalkers in the capital and their supporters. This brings the...

Kevin Robinson is taking part in the Kiltwalk on Sunday and is raising money for the Grassmarket Community Project. Nothing unusual in that except...

Going to Myanmar to visit and do some loose English teaching in 2014 was a bit of an adventure following my retiral but little...

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after two emaciated Staffies were abandoned in the South of Edinburgh on 23 August. Scotland’s animal welfare charity...

24 year-old Ewan MacArthur was treated for skin cancer last year at he Western General. During his recovery he was given the opportunity o...

Hibernian Historical Trust's Football Memories programme has gone from strength to strength since its formation in 2012 and now due to ever increasing numbers,...

Edinburgh resident Russell Jones is a prize-winning writer, editor and published poet. He’s a novelist with a PhD in Creative Writing, he helps to...

Hibs' fan Hugh Cockburn has finally completed his quest to visit all the football league clubs in Scotland in memory of fellow St Patrick’s Branch...

The East-of-Scotland based homelessness charity Cyrenians, working in partnership with Hibernian and NHS Lothian, has provided over 600 free lunches at their weekly GameChanger...

A devoted gamer has raised over £5,000 for a children’s charity and is about to take part in an exhausting 24-hour gaming marathon for...

St Columba’s Hospice (SCH) is an independent charity at the heart of the local community, providing care and support to people diagnosed with a...

Songwriter John McLaughlin, best known for writing hit songs for artists such as Rod Stewart, Westlife, Busted, Cliff Richard, and Sandi Thom, appearing as...