Tag: charity

Children’s Lottery funding for Capital City Partnership

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

Rescue dogs in need of new homes with a little extra TLC

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

Strollers to support World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

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.

Anniversary Lunch with an Old Bag raises over £1 million

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