Gobi and Dion go forth to support charity challenge event

The Scottish SPCA is delighted to welcome Gobi and Dion to their Forth Road Bridge 5k Challenge this Saturday (9 June). Scotland’s animal welfare charity are hosting the event for the first time and 200 animal lovers from across Scotland have signed up to take part.  Continue reading Gobi and Dion go forth to support charity challenge event

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!

Soldiers get on their bikes to launch Poppyscotland Sportive

Soldiers from 2 SCOTS were ready to ride them on the beaches as they get on their bikes in East Lothian to help launch the 2018 Poppyscotland Sportive. The annual mass participation cycling event later this year aims to raise funds for the leading Armed Forces charity and takes place in and around the county. Continue reading Soldiers get on their bikes to launch Poppyscotland Sportive

Jennifer to host ladies’ day event in memory of mum

A West Lothian woman is organising a ladies’ day event in Edinburgh to raise money for pioneering dementia research in honour of her mum who died with Alzheimer’s disease aged 65. Jennifer Littlejohn, from East Calder, is putting on a day of prosecco, afternoon tea, shopping and live music at The Hub in Castlehill, Edinburgh, on Sunday 18 March to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Continue reading Jennifer to host ladies’ day event in memory of mum

PoppyScotland NEEDS YOU for ambitious fundraising challenge

In this most poignant of years, when the country will mark 100 years since the signing of the Armistice that heralded the end of the First World War, leading Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland has adopted Lord Kitchener’s famous mantra – “Your country needs YOU!” – to launch a fundraising quest that is inspiring groups, schools, businesses, clubs and organisations around the country to take on the challenge of raising £1,918 (or more) in 2018. Continue reading PoppyScotland NEEDS YOU for ambitious fundraising challenge