The Scottish SPCA is hosting their first ever 5k challenge across the iconic Forth Road Bridge on Saturday 9 June. Continue reading Join the Scottish SPCA’s first ever Forth Road Bridge fun run!
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Save our Serenity: time’s running out for small local charity
Comas, a small local charity which supports the recovery community in Edinburgh & The Lothians, is urgently appealing for help to find new premises to enable it to continue its vital work. With less than three months until the end of the tenancy agreement on its current premises at Jackson’s Entry, in the city centre, Comas faces the closure of its Serenity Café and other facilities unless it can find a new home for them. Continue reading Save our Serenity: time’s running out for small local charity
Edinburgh adoption charity awarded £16,000 from Scottish Children’s Lottery
Edinburgh-based Scottish Adoption has been awarded a £16,000 grant from the Scottish Children’s Lottery. The charity provides support to anyone affected by adoption – be it children, birth families, prospective adopters, adoptive parents and adults who were adopted as children. Continue reading Edinburgh adoption charity awarded £16,000 from Scottish Children’s Lottery
Score draw for Cash for Kids as city football fans dig deep
Generous Edinburgh football fans have helped raise thousands of pounds for local children following the latest fundraising drive on behalf of Radio Forth’s Cash for Kids. Continue reading Score draw for Cash for Kids as city football fans dig deep
Centre shoppers raise £2700 for Youth Foundation
Kind-hearted shoppers who attended an interactive LEGO® bricks event at The Centre, Livingston have raised £2,700 for the mall’s Charity of the Year, West Lothian Youth Foundation, (WLYF). Continue reading Centre shoppers raise £2700 for Youth Foundation
Football stars join fundraising team to raise funds for Owen
A HOST of footballing stars have joined together to raise over £10,000 in memory of a young footballer who tragically died aged just 11. Continue reading Football stars join fundraising team to raise funds for Owen
And I will walk one hundred miles (plus): FOUR Kiltwalks for firefighter Craig!
A committed firefighter is to walk more than 100 miles to raise funds for charity. Watch Manager Craig McFie, 41, will participate in a quartet of hard-hitting 26 mile walks in an effort to provide financial assistance to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s Family Support Trust. Continue reading And I will walk one hundred miles (plus): FOUR Kiltwalks for firefighter Craig!
John’s blindfold bid to raise funds for sight charity
East Lothian man John Playfair hopes to raise money for research into the eye condition that is robbing him of his sight by racing a rally car blindfolded. Continue reading John’s blindfold bid to raise funds for sight charity
Volunteer and help Scotland’s pets find loving new homes
The Scottish SPCA is appealing to kind hearted people in Edinburgh and the Lothians to volunteer and help raise funds for abused, abandoned and injured pets in Scotland. Scotland’s animal welfare charity is urging locals to get involved in its Rehoming Week, which runs from 7 – 13 May, by joining in with organised street collections and more. Continue reading Volunteer and help Scotland’s pets find loving new homes
Walking Football Scotland to support Prostate Cancer UK
Walking Football Scotland has chosen Prostate Cancer UK as their official charity partner and aims to educate and help raise awareness of the disease amongst its 1,800 members through regular communications, such as newsletters, awareness talks from charity volunteers and featuring the iconic Man of Men logo on event banners. Continue reading Walking Football Scotland to support Prostate Cancer UK