Tag: Edinburgh charity news

The two charities behind the capital's teams Hearts and Hibs are launching a new programme from their stadium based community hubs.The main target is to alleviate poverty in Scotland focussing on health and wellbeing,...

National Lottery has awarded £29,000 to The Open Door Edinburgh, a charity based in Morningside.The funding is from the National Lottery The People's Projects and the public were involved in voting over the...

The COVID restrictions taught us all how much we value a visit to our local hairdresser to help us feel like ourselves, boost our self-esteem and to simply enjoy a chat and a catch-up...

In a major step marking its 50th anniversary, the charity which helps women and children at some of their lowest points, Edinburgh Women's Aid (EWA) has just purchased its own property which will become...

There are some exceptional individuals giving their time to make u3a a joy for its 400,000 members.  u3a is a movement where those who are no longer in full time employment can share skills, make...

The Movement for Good Awards has £1 million to give away to charities in the UK and Ireland. All that you have to do is nominate the charity of your choice and they might...

Shelter Scotland’s famous January Stockbridge launch returns for its 20th Anniversary on Tuesday 3 January 2023 from 10am.Running since 2003, the Stockbridge shop’s January extravaganza attracts shoppers from across Edinburgh and beyond.Every year staff at the...

Active travel projects to benefit from up to £100,000 with the Open Fund.Scotland’s walking charity, Paths for All has increased the maximum amount of its active travel Open Fund available to public, community and third-sector organisations who can...

Looking for a way to support older people and help them to keep warm this winter, Lifeacre Edinburgh, the charity based in Stockbridge, has begun an urgent appeal.The Winter Warmer campaign will allow...

St Columba’s Hospice Care has begun its 45th annual Light Up A Life appeal, which offers people across Edinburgh and the Lothians the opportunity to come together to remember and celebrate the lives of...

ACE IT Scotland, an Edinburgh-based charity which assists older people to access the digital world, has been awarded £198,000 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the...

Teapot Trust, a mental health charity with its base at Eskmills in Musselburgh, has been awarded £5,000 of funding to help children and families who are coping with chronic conditions.This award is just...

Local charity, the Eric Liddell Centre, has launched an appeal for help this Christmas.Working as a day care provider supporting elderly people with dementia, disabilities, and mental health issues – the centre has...

Scran Academy, an Edinburgh social enterprise is to launch the new Scran Café later this year.This will be a professionally run café within NHS Lothian's Comely Bank Centre, planned, launched and run by young people aged...

The charity, Empty Kitchens, Full Hearts (EKFH) has issued a plea to anyone who is able to volunteer some of their time to the charity which feeds 1400 people a day in the city...

The network of UK youth homelessness charities, End Youth Homelessness (EYH), has set up Gaming for Good - a fundraiser to help them with their work.There are 11 regional charities, including Edinburgh's Rock...

Aegon UK have donated tens of thousands to charities in the UK and here in Edinburgh they made equal donations of £43,000 to Alzheimer Scotland and CHAS.As well as these sums the firm...

Fusion Meetings & Events, one of Scotland’s premier Meetings & Events companies, now active in over sixty countries worldwide, has announced that it has adopted Children’s cancer charity, It’s Good 2 Give, as a...

by Jim Paterson Treasurer of Food Facts Friends.Charity organisation, Food Facts Friends moved to 42 John Street, Penicuik the old RBS bank branch, in September. It was not a moment too soon. Barely...

Physically disabled adults in Edinburgh and Lothian can once again access the Grants Fund, activities, befriending, and young yeople’s services run by charity, Ecas.With the recent decision to re-open the Grants Fund, Ecas is...

LifeCare Edinburgh, the older people’s support charity, has secured £100,000 from Barclay’s 100x100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Programme. This significant funding will enable the Stockbridge based charity to deliver its important new ‘meals on...

The movement which responds to the Covid-19 pandemic involves professional chefs cooking meals for those who need them most needs a new home. The chefs are either out of work, or underemployed, so this...

Cyrenians, the Edinburgh-based homelessness charity will share in a large funding round from the National Lottery.The charity produces fresh, healthy ready meals to distribute to those who are at risk of poverty and isolation.The Real...

An Edinburgh law firm will hope to raise vital funds for nine of the UK’s best loved charities, after signing up for Will Aid, the annual charity will writing campaign.MHD Law LLP has signed...

The charity Age Scotland is beginning a new programme of exercise from next week aimed at keeping older people, their families and their carers, mentally and physically fit and well.There will be three...

Social Bite have had to more or less close their city centre cafés, in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, limiting how much they can make from the sale of sandwiches and coffees.Looking for an...

A SCOTTISH registered social landlord has launched a forward-thinking platform to help staff with challenges enhanced by the Covid-19 pandemic and a separate platform dedicated to showcasing acts of kindness.Bield Housing and Care have...

Staff are being put at the forefront of a housing and care charity’s strategy to plan its future direction as it prepares for life with Covid-19.Edinburgh-headquartered Blackwood will be assessing the responses of all of its...

The Amazon Development Centre in Edinburgh has donated £2,000 to Streetwork, the Edinburgh charity which helps those who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.The charity has been operating in Edinburgh for the...

Care services delivered by Ark to vulnerable customers across Scotlandover the last year have achieved their highest ever average grades fromScotland’s care regulator.The organisation, which supports people to live good lives at home and...