Tag: charity
First Minister’s Christmas cards raise £170,000 for charity
The First Minister commissioned the Katie Morag creator, Mairi Hedderwick, to create the artwork for last year's Christmas card and the original artwork sold at auction today.
The proceeds will be divided between Children 1st,...
Capital Sci-Fi Con 2017 – fundraiser for CHAS
Edinburgh's Capital Sci-Fi Con (18-19 February 2017) is the ONLY non-for-profit family friendly science-fiction and movie convention - with all profits going to Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS).
BACK again at the Meadowbank Sports Centre, the event...
Logan cycles for Poppyscotland
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 cycle 20 miles for Poppyscotland, after his uncle's life was...
The Kiltwalk will be back in 2017 after raising £840,000 this year
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 take place on 17 September 2017.
Sir Tom Hunter, philanthropist and backer...
Could you cook an extra portion of dinner for an older neighbour?
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 (‘cooks’), with older neighbours who would appreciate having some delicious home-cooked...
Charities win big at ScottishPower awards
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 people living in care and the other is an organisation...
Jason Manford and Phill Jupitus to host a Comedy Gala for Waverley Care
Jason Manford and Phill Jupitus will step aside from their roles in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to host a Comedy Gala in support of Waverley Care, Scotland’s HIV and Hepatitis C charity.
This one night event takes...
Aberdeen Asset Management 5K for Wooden Spoon
Property professionals from all over the UK took over the streets of the Scottish capital and showed they were good sports in a 5k charity race organised by Aberdeen Asset Management.
The firm’s property team...
Kiltwalk 2016 raises over £100,000 for charity
Around two thousand people took part in the 2016 Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk yesterday morning. It was great walking weather and they pounded the pavements to raise much needed funds for children's charities.
The...
Artist holding exhibition at Edinburgh Gallery to benefit local charity
This month Edinburgh-based artist Gabriel Böhmer will contribute to a group exhibition at The Edinburgh Gallery.
Gabriel’s work features both text and illustration, and is inspired by fleeting thoughts.
He explained: “Since moving to Scotland in 2013...
Royal Botanic Garden searches for Edinburgh’s unsung business heroes
Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens, part of the Prestige Venues & Events portfolio of unique and unusual venues, is launching the Good Deed of the Year Awards, a search to find Midlothian’s business community heroes.
With the search launched,...
Waverley Care and Pleasance celebrate their 25 year partnership on the Fringe
Waverley Care and Pleasance held a fabulous photo call today with 25 yellow space hoppers - one for every year of their charity partnership which has raised almost £400,000 for the Edinburgh-based charity.
As well...
Edinburgh Royal Voluntary Service thank their volunteers
Volunteers with the Edinburgh branch of the Royal Voluntary Service were treated to a thank you tea this afternoon in the Gorgie Suite at Tynecastle Stadium.
The afternoon event included a ceremony when medals, clasps and...
Freya is having her long hair chopped off!
Six year old Freya Henderson from South Queensferry is having her long hair cut off next Wednesday, the day before the schools break up for the summer holidays. She wants to be able to...
Look out for the Moonwalkers ! #MoonWalkScot
The walkers are ready for the off later this evening, and the gates at Holyrood Park where the start and finish lines for the Moonwalk have opened around 8.30pm.
There are four distances : New Moon...
What’s on in Edinburgh this Week – Five Fantastic Fundraisers
The 200: William Douglas and Ruth Barrie recently found out their youngest son Sol was ill with a brain tumour. Sol has had surgery to remove the tumour but now faces radiotherapy and chemotherapy. 'The...
Veteran Scottish rugby stars taking part in the Duchenne Dash on Sunday
Former Scotland international rugby greats Gavin Hastings, Rob Wainwright and Roger Baird will be among the former sports stars at BT Murrayfield this Sunday (8 May) when the inspirational ‘Duchenne Dash Max Cycle Ride’...
Rotarians fundraising with long distance cycling
Rotary is a charity organisation, with the twin aims of 'service above self' and charity fundraising to help people lead a better life.
Two members of Edinburgh Rotary groups are currently planning long distance cycling rides...
What’s On in Edinburgh This Week – Nine Fabulous Fundraisers!
Grassmarket Community Cinema: Suffragette (15). 'For election week we’ve gone for a blatant voting and politics theme to celebrate the Scottish elections.... You might come for the feminism, stay for the class consciousness and arrive at the...
SCVO Scottish Charity Awards 2016
Some of the charities which do great works in and around the capital are on the shortlist for the awards given by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO).
The Awards, which are free to enter,...
Street Assist – there to help
Street Assist was launched in the middle of April, and is still very much at the fledgling stage, but it has now begun a Crowdfunder campaign to buy a vehicle for their operation. So now they...
What’s on in Edinburgh this week – Five Fabulous Fundraisers
Diocesan Coffee Morning: come and enjoy tea, coffee & home-baked cakes, meet the office staff and help to raise money for the Vine Trust’s valuable work with street children in Peru. 10.30am-2pm, Tuesday 21st April,...
Lawyers help Edinburgh charity Smart Works
Shoosmiths is a national law firm with an office at Saltire Court, and last week they hosted a fashion show at their offices when they raised more than £600 for Edinburgh charity Smart Works.
Over 60...
City to celebrate LifeCare’s 75th Anniversary
LifeCare are delighted to announce that they are being honoured with a civic reception, hosted by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Rt Hon Donald Wilson on 16 March 2016, from 7pm to 8.30pm, at the...
Charles reaches his 102nd birthday – thanks to his mother
Charles Hunter has just celebrated his 102nd birthday - and says it is all due to his mother's genes. She celebrated her 103rd birthday,
Partying at Bield's Liberton Park Court where he has lived for the...
Edinburgh Cares: Step In My Shoes
I once spent a fortnight on a narrowboat in France during the wettest October anyone could remember. It's not easy to dry clothes on a narrowboat, and by the end of the trip I thought...
Apprentices volunteer during Scottish Apprenticeship Week
The public services provider, Amey, has released its apprentices to volunteer during Scottish Apprenticeship Week and give their local youth hostel a makeover.
The company's apprentices are working towards their Duke of Edinburgh award and...
Edinburgh University Design Society – Design Without Borders
A pop-up exhibition presented by Edinburgh University Design Society
Exhibiting a body of work inspired by the refugee crisis, and, in the process, showcasing design’s humanitarian power, Edinburgh University‘s Design Society hosted a two...
Lothians Charity celebrates thirtieth anniversary
Thirty years of ensuring families don’t fall through the net
Home Link Family Support, a small Lothians charity that supports families with pre-school children is marking its 30th anniversary this week.
‘It’s been a life saver,’...
Sick Kids Friends says thanks!
Tomorrow the Edinburgh-based charity Sick Kids' Friends Foundation will say thank you to anyone who has helped them raise £1.7m last year. The 11 members of the team will man the phones, send emails,...
