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Letter to the Editor
From Elaine Kinnell, NSPCC Scotland Schools Service Manager
Dear Editor,
This month, the NSPCC is calling on people across Scotland to help us deliver vital child...
Shelter’s annual sale raises thousands for the charity
A Stockbridge charity shop has now brought in over £24,000 in less than a week after it stocked its shelves with designer brands and...
Calls for Scots to step up their New Year’s resolutions
Five Scots walking for health as charity calls for more to join.
A new report has found that nearly one in five people are not...
Solo cross-Atlantic row for conservation charities
Businessman Henry Cheape (43) has just begun a solo row across the Atlantic from La Gomera to Antigua, aboard his boat PollyAnne, an R25...
Scottish Book Trust – books for food banks
Tis the season of giving and the Scottish Book Trust is another worthwhile cause donating books to food banks, hospitals and community groups.
The...
Lothians and Fife charities benefit from builder’s donations
Barratt Development is celebrating a year of giving after its charitable efforts totalled more than £520,000 in donations across Scotland, including several bodies in...
Merchiston Castle School supporting Edinburgh Food Project
Merchiston Castle School in Colinton raised £1,500 and 492kg of food donations for the Edinburgh Food Project, a city charity that provides emergency food provision...
Board room dinner for Social Bite guests
Royal Bank of Scotland is teaming up with homelessness charity Social Bite to lay on a Christmas dinner at the bank in St Andrew...
Open Door Christmas Raffle – enter now – two Barbara Dickson...
The Open Door Edinburgh has two tickets for the Edinburgh leg of Barbara Dickson's Farewell Tour as the main prize in its Christmas Raffle.
Ms Dickson...
Hospital hub bolstered by Edinburgh developer
Children’s charity helped during toughest months with new funding
Edinburgh’s Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) has been boosted at a crucial time following an £8,000 donation...
Edinburgh Trams raising money for Save the Children
Members of the Edinburgh Trams team are set to help a worthy cause by pulling on their favourite winter woollies as part of their...
Keeping Edinburgh Active
Edinburgh Leisure's Danceability is featured in the new 'Keeping Edinburgh' podcast which has recently launched for people across Edinburgh to help boost social connections...
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home’s First ‘Ambassadog’ Leads Urgent Winter Appeal
‘Hunter The Good Boy’ campaigns to help his furry friends as demand for Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home’s support services skyrocket.
Edinburgh’s insta-famous ‘petfluencer’ Hunter...
Rising food bank support all over Scotland highlighted by The Scottish...
Scottish communities rally to support increasing number of people requiring food assistance.
Food bank provision across Scotland is on the rise. As one of the...
‘Hope in their hearts’ that 140-year-old St Michael’s will live on
Pleased at the turnout at St Michael's 140-year anniversary, the most devoted in the community also express concern about the church's future.
Step into 140 years of history at St Michael’s anniversary weekend
The St Michael's community felt Covid years and presbytery reform meant a celebration should be held.
Supporting the Ukrainian community often begins with food
Food is at the centre of everything for most Ukrainians. Many of them have somewhere to grow food at home where "even a window...
New defibrillator installed at Mimi’s Corstorphine
A life-saving defibrillator has been installed outside the Corstorphine premises of Edinburgh company, Mimi’s Bakehouse.
The defibrillator at Mimi’s Bakehouse in Corstorphine...
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home begin their Winter Appeal
A record number of families have had to make the difficult decision to give up their pets this year.
With a rise in the number...
Adam’s Buddy Dog is the “best thing ever”
Adam Cusack says that getting Buddy Dog, Sam, is "the best thing we've ever done".
The 20-year-old from Musselburgh lives with sight loss and other...
Edinburgh Tennis serves up funds for local food bank
The tennis coaching programme Edinburgh Tennis raised more than £1,500 for the Edinburgh Food Project while hosting more than 90 players at their Birthday...
Stroke Association highlight the impact particularly on young people
Nearly three quarters of Scots wrongly believe that strokes do not happen to young adults, according to new research revealed today by the Stroke...
Scottish Veterans’ Residences welcomes its first full-time Occupational Therapist
Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR) has welcomed its first ever full-time Occupational Therapist – experienced practitioner Janet Harkess – thanks to funding from the Scottish...
Hundreds take part in the Elf Toddle Walk for CHAS
More than 300 people took part in the Elf Toddle Walk at The Centre in Livingston, some dressed as elves, to raise money for...
STV Children’s Appeal – more than £2.2m raised
One young ambassador for Edinburgh based cancer charity It's Good 2 Give had a big surprise from F1 World Champion Max Verstappen last night....
Majority of LGBTQ+ youth feel out of place in rural Scotland
MORE THAN six in 10 of rurally based LGBTQ+ young people in Scotland feel that their local area is not a welcoming place.
The damning...
Trussell Trust reveal increased demand for food banks
The Trussell Trust has published figures today showing that 128,490 emergency food parcels were provided to people in Scotland between April and September by...
City firm gains Living Hours accreditation
Social Print and Copy CIC (SP&C), the Edinburgh-based social enterprise, has become the latest accredited Living Hours employer in Scotland.
Living Hours accreditation requires employers...
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home issue winter appeal
The Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home (EDCH) has issued an appeal for help from the public as the number of people having to give...
ScottishPower Foundation awards recognise charity heroes in Edinburgh
SCOTTISHPOWER FOUNDATION AWARDS CELEBRATE EDINBURGH’S CHARITY HEROES
Edinburgh-based project honoured with this year’s Education Award at the ScottishPower Foundation Awards
Edinburgh Science Foundation, the country’s...
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