Charity News

Now that the winter weather is really beginning to hit you are asked to look out your winter woollies and warm clothes to donate...

The Broughton Tesco store hosted a moustache themed fun day to raise awareness of the Movember Foundation recently. Customers were offered the chance of trying on moustaches and...

Hibernian Community Foundation's Football Fans in Training course starts on Monday 9th January and places are likely to go fast so anyone interested is...

Seven local initiatives fighting alcohol misuse in Scotland have been awarded support from the Scotch Whisky Action Fund. This is the third round of...

This Friday night some top chefs will team up with Cyrenians and Edinburgh College to cook up a storm and raise money for those...

A Police Scotland support staff member has raised over £3,000 for a military charity following a gruelling cycle challenge across Europe. Martin Burnett, who works...

From today you can drop toys off at the city centre Roxburghe Hotel as it becomes a local toy drop off point for Cash...

12 year-old Logan Thomson got on his bike today to cycle across the Forth Road Bridge fourteen times to raise funds for Poppyscotland. He decided to...

Dobbies Edinburgh want you to send them your best Christmas recipe and then they will make the recipe to sell in their cafe! You could become...

Gullane Ladies Golf Club in East Lothian has raised over £7,800 for Breast Cancer Now, the largest breast cancer charity working in Scotland. The club...

Edinburgh-based charity Blackwood run an awards scheme for aspiring designers or established professionals to enter their newest designs to help people with disabilities. They then...

Television presenter, radio broadcaster & DJ, Edith Bowman has joined forces with ScottishPower and Cancer Research UK to celebrate raising £10 million to help beat cancer...

Edinburgh-based charity The Bike Station has told us that it reopened for business at its warehouse at 244 Causewayside yesterday. While they are still looking for a...

And you could help. If you shop at Tesco then be aware that Hermitage Park School Association’s Playground Development project has been chosen as one...

After raising £840,000 in 2016 for Scotland’s children’s charities, The Kiltwalk will be back in 2017. Sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland, the Edinburgh event will...

The charity arm of Heart of Midlothian Football Club, Big Hearts Community Trust held a huge fun day at Tynecastle Stadium. This was the largest...

Two new tea parties have been started in Edinburgh in the past six months along with another eight groups across Scotland. The idea behind the...

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is itself a charity but they also give away some of their income to other charities. This year the...

Meal Makers, the project bringing neighbours together through food, is in Edinburgh and they want you to join up today! Meal Makers bring together people who love cooking...

  Asda’s Edinburgh stores launched this year’s Tickled Pink campaign with a roar, as they teamed up with local breast cancer group, the Port Edgar...

The charity Sue Ryder is being supported by bakers Warburtons who usually concentrate on baking bread. One of the ways that Warburtons are helping is...

Some extra special spectators will be cheering on Hibs on Sunday against Dundee United at Easter Road. The DniproKids charity, established by Hibernian fans to support the work of...

Two charities have won awards totally £12,500 in recent national awards made by the ScottishPower Foundation. One is a music charity which offers free, live musical concerts to...

This Friday at the George Hotel The Hummingbird Ball will raise funds for Diabetes UK once more. The charity's local Edinburgh fundraising group have already...

Next weekend Tesco stores across Scotland are holding a mini-festival. They will be raising funds for National Charity Partnership by which the supermarket supports...

On Saturday 24 September our local bus depot was inundated with visitors when more than 10,000 people visited in just four hours. The company usually welcomes between...

Around two thousand people took part in the 2016 Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk yesterday morning. It was great walking weather and they pounded...

Last week the Scottish Government announced £900,000 of funding to help projects across the country in the next two years tackle food poverty. This is...

The Macmillan Coffee Morning which Home Instead Senior Care is holding on 30 September at Castlebrae Business Centre will celebrate their five years in business,...

The charity Poppyscotland which arranges collections and manages volunteers or Poppy People has said that it may not be able to sell the poppies...