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Nationwide Tour Launch for Scotland’s State Band

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Representatives of Royal Regiment of Scotland Band gather in Central Edinburgh for Launch The Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland – Scotland’s best-known military...

Annual Charity Walk to cross cleaner, quieter Forth Road Bridge

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Refurbished bridge to 'host' Christian Aid's 2018 Walk Organisers of this year’s annual Christian Aid sponsored walk across the Forth are hoping this year will...

St Columba’s link with Ocean Terminal

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Ocean Terminal have made St Columba’s Hospice as its charity partner for 2018 and the link starts with an exhibition of photography and patient...

Tennent’s Lager Raffle off ‘Best Seat in the House’ at BT Murrayfield

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Official Beer of Scottish Rugby Support The BEN and the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation at Home 6 Nations Matches Scottish Rugby icon, Doddie Weir, was joined...

Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards 2018

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Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has supported over 90 creative individuals through the New Writers Awards since...

Charity can use your unwanted gifts

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With the Festive season over, many will have received unsuitable or unwanted gifts. Instead of throwing them away or leaving them unused, the British Heart...

Social Security Minister signs final Christmas card in campaign to fight loneliness

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Vintage Vibes received over 1,500 card requests from all over the world Social Security Minister Jeane Freeman has signed the final Vintage Vibes Christmas card as volunteers deliver...

Cullen Property raises over £12,000 to support Social Bite

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Edinburgh property management team sleeps out in -6 temperatures Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park event took over Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens at the weekend as...

Barclay’s Princes Street Staff Raise £2,500 for Books for the Blind

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Staff from Barclay's Bank run 5K for RNIB Staff at Barclays Bank’s branch on Princes Street have raised £2,500 to transcribe a new ‘talking’ audio-book...

Local youth work charity celebrates 20th anniversary

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Friends of The Award are celebrating their 20th year of supporting young people from across Edinburgh and the Lothians to complete the Duke of...

Agencies chill for charity

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Five of Edinburgh and Glasgow's creative agencies have pledged to raise over £15,000 to help end homelessness in Scotland as part of Social Bite's...

Fundraiser to celebrate new arrivals to Edinburgh at St Mary’s Cathedral

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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...

Edinburgh Ladies raise over £105,000 for CHAS

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    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...

Specialist New Start Sarah is Having a Ball

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Travelling the country is no problem for Scottish-borders born solicitor and keen hill runner Sarah McWhirter. The clinical negligence specialist recently joined the team at...

Children’s Giving Tree teams up with Blackwell’s

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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...

Poppyscotland Paints the Town Red!

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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...

Edinburgh Category Winners at First ever Climate Challenge Fund Awards

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National awards ceremony recognises local efforts to tackle climate change. Community-led organisations from across Scotland gathered in Edinburgh yesterday (Wednesday 1 November) to celebrate the...

Forth Bridge ‘Hosts’ Poppyscotland Appeal Launch

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Veteran, and beneficiary, joined by Uphall school pupils to launch 2017 Poppy Appeal. Corporal Andrew McIntosh, 44, who served for 14 years with the 22nd...

Man on a Mission!

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Mark Barclay from Edinburgh is now approaching a new fundraising milestone. 53 year-old Mark Barclay met Veterans when working in military affiliated organisations, and was inspired...

‘Unforgotten Forces’ Project Launched Today

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£4M programme launched to support older Armed Forces veterans in Scotland. Launched by Scottish Veterans Commissioner Eric Fraser CBE at the Legion Scotland Club in...

Best Community Project for 1st Step Bikes

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Linlithgow based 1st Step Bikes awarded Best Community Project by Cycling UK National cycling charity Cycling UK celebrates the efforts of 1st Step Bikes, based...

Community Project awarded £11,696 Children’s Lottery Grant

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Fischy Music awarded a £11,696 grant from the Scottish Children's Lottery. Fischy Music, a community project based in Edinburgh, uses music and song to support the...

Supermarket workers raise cash for two charities

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Tesco workers are walking from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise funds for their National Charity Partnership with Diabetes UK (DUK) and the...

Walkers get fired up for Edinburgh Kiltwalk

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Nearly 3,000 walkers are prepared for Sunday's Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk in Edinburgh The final rallying cry for Kiltwalkers went off with a bang...

Donation after guide dogs visit new house development

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Guide dog pups and their walkers visited CALA Homes East’s Kinleith Mill development in Currie to help the young dogs get accustomed to new...

Just Festival 2017

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Just Festival 2017: Press Release The world is in a difficult place at the moment. From the domestic to the global, the personal to the...

CHAS thanks theatre audiences for much-needed cash

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Audiences at a major Scottish-based theatre have helped raise over £80,000 for Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS). The Edinburgh Playhouse has co-ordinated bucket collections, held...

£1.5 Million Charity Milestone Reached

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Locals from Edinburgh help Rank reach £1.5 Million Charity Milestone Team members from Grosvenor Casino and Mecca Bingo based in Edinburgh are celebrating today after...

Marie Curie Plant a Garden of Light in Edinburgh

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Over 2,100 handmade daffodils have been planted overnight at St Andrew Square Garden to make A Garden of Light celebrating the Great Daffodil Appeal . The outdoor...

Special Charity Service for ‘Missing People’

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Special Service in Edinburgh to mark the 40,000 people who go missing in Scotland Every Year X-Factor stars and operatic multi-platinum-selling vocal quartet G4 featured...

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