Tag: Royal Voluntary Service
RVS offers support to older people in Scotland to keep safe, well and warm...
Older people will get help from Royal Voluntary Service this winter to stay safe, warm and well with advice and practical help for those lacking support.Research carried out by the national volunteering charity, and...
Royal Voluntary Service virtual singalong for VE Day
As the country marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day tomorrow, 8 May 2020, Royal Voluntary Service will stop to reflect and remember the ‘Women in Green’.These are the women who stepped forward to...
Getting out and about in Edinburgh
An Edinburgh community social group is looking to grow its membership. Out and About in Edinburgh was set up by Royal Voluntary Service, the national volunteering charity, with support from players of People’s Postcode...
Margaret is a right royal volunteer
Margaret Grant has been volunteering with the Royal Voluntary Service for 46 years, and was recently invited to meet the charity's President, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall.At a reception in Clarence House...
Friendly chat and banter masked social isolation
Excited chatter flowed from the atmospheric, cosy dining room at the Riccarton Inn, a local pub in a leafy, commuter area on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Yet, many of the people in the room exchanging...
Edinburgh Royal Voluntary Service thank their volunteers
Volunteers with the Edinburgh branch of the Royal Voluntary Service were treated to a thank you tea this afternoon in the Gorgie Suite at Tynecastle Stadium.The afternoon event included a ceremony when medals, clasps and...
