Tag: volunteering
Deidre Brock MP leads debate on timebanking
Paying tribute to the work of the Leith Time Bank, the Edinburgh North and Leith MP says the neighbour support networks "really can change people's lives"
Deidre Brock MP led a debate this week on...
Volunteers required for COP26 – applications open today
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place in November 2021 in Glasgow.
On Wednesday applications will open for 1,000 volunteers who will be needed in Edinburgh and Glasgow to run the...
Portobello Book Festival 2019 : Displaced Dishes
Pamela Gregory became a Samos Volunteer in September 2017. She was 71 then, and she’s still volunteering now.
‘We stand for human dignity. We stand with refugees.’
In autumn 2018 Gica Loening decided to spend Christmas...
Two Edinburgh volunteering groups given Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Two volunteering groups in the city were given the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service last night in a special ceremony at the City Chambers.
Edinburgh Leisure's Ageing Well Project and LINKNet Mentoring Ltd are both...
Ageing Well wins the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
An Edinburgh project, Ageing Well, promotes healthy lifestyles for older adults in Edinburgh who are inactive, and now it has been awarded a prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS), the ‘MBE’ for volunteer...
Last Minute Present? Give a Gorgie City Farm membership
Still struggling to find a good gift for a special - or specially difficult - person? Why not choose something that's great for any age from 2 to 92, won't need returning to the...
#GivingTuesday gives back to the community
ProjectScotland, the charity that helps young people get on in life through volunteering, is encouraging people in Edinburgh to sign up to be a volunteer mentor and give back to their community this #GivingTuesday.
A...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
What's On is truly international this week, with Poland, Italy, Spain, Afghanistan, Palestine, Denmark, China, France, the USA, Canada, Japan and the entire African continent all being involved in events in Scotland's capital. Closer...
Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Sounds of Jazz: Interplay - guitarist Lachlan MacColl and guest. Lachlan is known in Edinburgh as 'the jazz musician's jazz guitarist' and plays a wide range of styles from Swing and Latin to BeBop; he has also...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2014
LGBT Spiritual Space: Conflicts of Sexuality and Faith. Explore conflicts that exist within these two aspects of identity; Maxwell Reay, NHS Mental Health Community Chaplain, offers a supportive space for LGBT...
Nominations invited for Lord Provost’s Inspiring Volunteering Awards
These awards are intended to celebrate the volunteers in our city who bring many economic and social benefits through their voluntary activities. The ceremony will be held on 4 June 2014 and is by...
Save the Children open new shop in Morningside
Charity need staff for their new shop in Morningside
Save the Children are opening their fourth shop in Edinburgh this Saturday in Morningside Road.
The charity is appealing to local people to help run the new...
New Students introduced to volunteering
New Edinburgh University students took a bus tour of charitable projects in the city yesterday as part of the launch of eVOLve, a new volunteering scheme run by Edinburgh University Students' Association.
The vintage Big...
Edinburgh Job- Science Festival Volunteers
The Edinburgh International Science Festival is looking for the volunteers interested in science, who would like to contribute to the festival’s success. Here is the advert:-
We have a variety of exciting volunteer opportunities on...
One in ten guide dog owners prefer…..their dogs!
Almost a quarter (23%) of dog owners think their dog is more reliable than anyone else, according to research published today.
The survey, commissioned by charity Guide Dogs, revealed that one in 10...
