An annual cycling event, which has already raised more than £50,000 for Scotland’s leading Armed Forces charity, is returning to East Lothian even bigger and better. Continue reading Get on your bike for Poppyscotland!
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Eilidh Doyle launches Scottish SPCA’s Pound for Paws
Team GB athlete and animal lover Eilidh Doyle got the Scottish SPCA’s first ever ‘Pound for Paws’ event off to a flying start by taking to the track against a four-legged competitor! Continue reading Eilidh Doyle launches Scottish SPCA’s Pound for Paws
Duncan’s Pyrenean odyssey to raise funds for Poppyscotland
A former Special Forces soldier will head to the French Pyrenees next month to undertake a sponsored cycle to raise funds for Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland. Duncan Forbes, who was injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion while serving overseas in 2010, will take part in a week-long, 450-mile journey climbing 36,000 feet of hill and mountain, cycling from the Atlantic Coast to the Mediterranean through the challenging terrain of the Pyrenees. Continue reading Duncan’s Pyrenean odyssey to raise funds for Poppyscotland
Childrens’s charity offers exclusive Forth Bridge experience
Your View at the Forth Rail Bridge
Thousands of people may have been unsuccessful in the new Queensberry Crossing Experience ballot, but Barnardo’s Scotland is offering an equally exclusive experience promising spectacular views of all three bridges and beyond. Continue reading Childrens’s charity offers exclusive Forth Bridge experience
The Scottish SPCA is appealing to kind-hearted people in Edinburgh to help raise funds for abused, abandoned and injured animals by volunteering. Continue reading
Encore, encore: theatre’s support for charity is a smash hit
The UK’s largest theatre – the Edinburgh Playhouse – and its generous audiences have together raised a total of £82,485.83 for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS). Continue reading Encore, encore: theatre’s support for charity is a smash hit
Liam and friends take on Iceland cycle challenge
The Scottish SPCA is delighted to support local Edinburgh man Liam Law while he takes on the epic 880 mile Iceland cycle challenge. Continue reading Liam and friends take on Iceland cycle challenge
St Columba’s launches summer appeal
St Columba’s Hospice in Edinburgh has today launched its new fundraising appeal – A Summer to Remember. The appeal will raise money for the Hospice, to enable it to reach out further in to the community and support more people across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Continue reading St Columba’s launches summer appeal
Edinburgh Leisure launches fundraising challenge
Edinburgh Leisure is inviting people to sign up to their first ever public fundraising event – the ‘Jump In Swim Challenge’, which begins on 1 September. Swimmers who take up the challenge will stroke, crawl and paddle for 30 days whilst raising vital funds to give local nursery school pupils affected by poverty the chance to learn to swim, an opportunity that many of these children do not have. Continue reading Edinburgh Leisure launches fundraising challenge
Summer Fayre at The Old Kirk and Muirhouse this Saturday
Saturday 17th June
10am – 12 noon