Top businesses are joining forces with leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire, to offer students and graduates with disabilities paid work placements in summer 2019. Continue reading Businesses tackle employment inequality with internships for students with disabilities
Friday 28th September from 1 – 3pm
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre
Edinburgh charity Capital City Partnership has been awarded a £20,000 grant from the Scottish Children’s Lottery to help young people into retail and customer facing employment. Continue reading Children’s Lottery funding for Capital City Partnership
AN EAST Lothian football festival has raised more than £11,500 for a programme of therapeutic music for children staying in hospital. Continue reading Gullane has a ball in memory of Jess Mackie
Scottish charities will receive more than £1 million thanks to the generosity of around 5,000 Kiltwalkers in the capital and their supporters. Continue reading 5000 heroes take part in Edinburgh’s biggest ever Kiltwalk
STV has announced a line-up of programmes highlighting the work carried out by the STV Children’s Appeal and fundraisers around the country to support children and young people across Scotland. Continue reading Edinburgh charities featured in special STV Children’s Appeal programming
Dogs Trust’s Rehoming Centre in West Calder is currently seeking new owners for two special canine residents who need a little extra care from their new families. Alfie, a nine-year-old Crossbreed, who was diagnosed with diabetes and Freddie, the six-year-old Border Collie who lives with canine epilepsy. Continue reading Rescue dogs in need of new homes with a little extra TLC
Civil Service Strollers are hosting a coffee morning in support of the Macmillan Cancer Support biggest coffee morning later this month. On Saturday 29th September the club will host the fundraising event at the club between 11-12pm.
The event is open to anyone who wishes to pop in and a have a hot drink whilst raising money for a very worthwhile charity.
Club chairman, Russell Pryde, said: “We are delighted to be hosting our first Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning at the club.
“We have the facility and thanks to our team of dedicated volunteers we can make use of the club for events like this.
“As a club we are always happy to help other causes as much as we can, last year we donated a large amount of food to the local food bank and we will be doing this again later this year.
“I hope that local people pop in during the coffee morning and we raise a good amount of money for Macmillan.”
For anyone wanting more information then can email the club at hello@csstrollers.com and the club is based at 25 Marine Drive.
The Kiltwalk has revealed that 2018 has been the event’s biggest year ever – and the final whistle is yet to sound on fundraising! Continue reading Hearts stars call on Scots to add to £4.2 million raised by Kiltwalkers
The infamous ‘Lunch with an Old Bag’ returned to Prestonfield House in Edinburgh yesterday, marking the event’s 10th anniversary and raising a record breaking £1 million to help change the lives of over 1,000 young people supported by The Prince’s Trust. Continue reading Anniversary Lunch with an Old Bag raises over £1 million
