Charity News

Edinburgh born celebrity Gail Porter helps launch Christmas card campaign to help tackle loneliness and isolation in UK’s loneliest city Edinburgh-based Vintage Vibes launches its...

Digital Xtra Fund continues to inspire Scotland’s future digital makers  Formula 1, 3D printed drones, lighthouses, and coding for social good are just some of the latest activities...

The unique contributions of Edinburgh’s refugee and migrant communities will be celebrated in an exciting evening of music, art and discussion this St Andrews...

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after two ill frilled-neck lizards were found on a street in Edinburgh. Scotland’s animal welfare charity was alerted...

The Scottish SPCA was delighted to receive a visit from members of a local canicross group who wanted to help promote the joys of...

The Eric Liddell Centre are organising a Going for Gold Fundraising Gala on Tuesday 5 December 2017 at The Sheraton Grand. This will be the inaugural fundraising...

  Hibs will be showing their support for LGBT players and fans through Stonewall Scotland’s Rainbow Laces campaign. The campaign also has the support of the...

Over the weekend runners took to the paths around the Helix Park in Falkirk where the Kelpies provided a great backdrop for 5k and 10k...

An Edinburgh opticians is helping to keep local children safer by donating high visibility vests to a primary school ahead of Road Safety Week...

The Scottish SPCA was alerted on Friday morning when an octopus was spotted stranded on the sand at Cramond beach. Scotland’s animal welfare charity received a...

Fifty Co-op staff from eleven stores in and around Edinburgh – including Earl Grey Street, Frederick Street, South Clerk Street and Morrison Street – ...

Big Hearts Community Trust have hosted their 2017 Annual General Meeting, sharing their latest successes that will help the charity achieve ambitious plans for...

Cuckoo’s Bakery has launched a new Poppy cupcake for Remembrance Sunday, with all proceeds being donated to the Scottish Poppy Appeal. The red velvet poppy...

  Cabinet Secretary Roseanna Cunningham will today open Scotland's first K9 Conference, hosted by the Scottish SPCA and the University of Edinburgh, to tackle the illegal...

Teenage Cancer Trust, the charity that provides life-changing care and support for young people living with cancer has received a £1,000 donation from Amazon’s...

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) hosted its first Japan Day at Edinburgh Zoo on Tuesday 7 November. Attended by Mr Daisuke Matsunaga, the...

    Last week (Friday 3 November), the ladies of Edinburgh dug deep to raise an incredible £105,612 for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) at the...

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after a dog was discovered tied up on Arthur Street in Edinburgh on Bonfire Night. Scotland’s animal welfare...

Scottish singer Nina Nesbitt surprised pupils at Broughton High School in Edinburgh as part of The Big Spotacular, Bank of Scotland and BBC Children...

Singer Jessie J is supporting the Stroke Association's campaign Lost for Words and she wants you to join her. Around one in three people in...

Blackwell's Book Shop 'plants' a Children's Book Tree for Charity The Children's Giving Tree is a special way to gift a book to a child in...

  Book Aid International have announced that over 23,000 brand new books donated by UK publishers are now on their way to Liberia. The books...

Scottish Canals has offered its support to a national campaign to clean up Scotland’s roads. The body, which is responsible for Scotland’s five canals,...

People in Edinburgh are invited to an informal reception next week, held by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), to find out about SNH’s work in...

Edinburgh landmarks lit up for Charity Landmarks across Edinburgh are joining a host of Scotland’s most famous buildings, structures and sculptures, in lighting up Poppy...

An animal-themed Lothian bus voted for by the public is now patrolling the streets of Edinburgh. RZSS Edinburgh Zoo and Lothian Buses teamed up to...

Rock Trust held their Sleep Out Charity Event on Friday night. Participants at homelessness charity the Rock Trust’s Sleep Out event all bedded down for...

  £10,000 worth of training and support is to be delivered to adoptive families in Scotland with the Aberdeen Charitable Foundation backing a project to...

Having visited the Menin Gate in Ypres a few weeks ago, the opening of the Remembrance Garden in Edinburgh on Wednesday last initiated the thought...

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