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Sign up now for the Celtic Challenge

Register for next May’s St Columba’s Hospice charity cycle event

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Team Scotland medal-winning cyclist Jenny Davis has launched a 200 mile charity bike ride that will take place in May 2016. The Celtic Challenge takes in some of Scotland’s most challenging and breath-taking scenery, with participants cycling from Edinburgh to the isle of Iona – and you can sign up now to secure a place. Continue reading Sign up now for the Celtic Challenge

SSPCA: Don’t give pets as Christmas gifts

“Our message is simple: a pet is a lifelong commitment and not a present which can be given at Christmas and then forgotten about soon afterwards.” – Ch Supt Mike Flynn, SSPCA

Kitten Scottish SPCA

The Scottish SPCA is advising people not to buy pets as Christmas presents for fear of a surge in abandonments. Continue reading SSPCA: Don’t give pets as Christmas gifts

The Alien Assignment: Haven kids produce another classic!

‘It was his first assignment as a Secret Agent …’

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Over recent years, children from Circle’s Haven Project have spent a week during the summer holidays visiting a location then coming up with ideas and storylines to produce their very own storybook with writer Mike Nicholson. Continue reading The Alien Assignment: Haven kids produce another classic!