Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels
A GIANT red squirrel enjoyed a pint of Autumn Nuts in Edinburgh’s Red Squirrel pub with Scottish Wildlife Trust chief executive Simon Milne this week. They were celebrating Red Squirrel Week, which...
View ArticleAutism fundraiser strums up Olympian support
A SCOTTISH father who successfully campaigned to improve access to theatres for autistic people has persuaded some of the world’s most famous Scots to support the National Autistic Society (NAS)....
View ArticlePoor are the victims of global tax dodging
Alison Prout from Church Action on Poverty and Kathy Galloway, head of Christian Aid Scotland, supported the Tax Justice Bus as it visited Scotland as part of a 53-day journey around the UK and...
View ArticleInspirational Erin is a true humanitarian
TWENTY-two year old Erin McNeil, from Menstrie, has picked up the coveted British Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Award. Erin, who suffered 40 per cent burns to her arms, legs and other parts of her...
View ArticleThe Yard Celebrates Make-over
DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles and Celine Sinclair, chief executive of The Yard, celebrated a dramatic overhaul of the play centre for children with disabilities this week. The special BBC Children in...
View ArticleVote Drumatik for National Lottery Awards
The National Lottery Awards is looking for the nation's favourite lottery funded projects
View ArticleDan’s the man for St Andrew’s
SCOTLAND’S oldest and largest first aid charity, St Andrew’s First Aid, kitted out the statue of Desperate Dan in Dundee city centre to mark the expansion of its business training activities in the...
View ArticleYouth employment minister congratulates TOiL graduates
Angela Constance MSP (pictured centre) handed out completion certificates to Training Opportunities in Lothian (TOiL) graduates which is run by the Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA). The...
View ArticleMusical brainwaves
TELEVISION presenter Sarah Heaney joined toddlers at Suffolk House Nursery in Edinburgh this week for the release of Astar, a CD produced by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) and RSNO...
View ArticlePirates plunder Scottish Seabird Centre
Scottish Seabird Centre’s annual Pirate Weekend at North Berwick in East Lothian
View ArticleChildren’s charity seeks singing sensation
KEITH Jack, star of the BBC’s Any Dream Will Do launches the search for a child star to perform a solo in aid of Aberlour Child Care Trust. The winning child soprano will perform Walking In The Air...
View ArticleHats, gloves, scarves and boots – are you Ready for Winter?
A MAJOR public awareness campaign has been launched to help people to prepare for all forms of severe weather in Scotland
View ArticleSusan Boyle breaks out a tune for the 2012 Scottish Poppy Appeal
Scottish singing star Susan Boyle officially launched the 2012 Scottish Poppy Appeal this week calling for the public to give as much money as they can to raise funds for Scotland’s Armed Forces...
View ArticlePolice surround pro-Palestinian student activists
Activist from Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Edinburgh University disrupted a lecture by the Israeli ambassador to the
View ArticleMaggie’s welcomes celebrities
MAGGIE’S Gartnavel welcomed a trio of local celebrities ahead of Maggie’s Hampden Celebrity Speaker Dinner Dance on 10 November
View ArticleGet your Act Together!
CAMPAIGNERS turned on an Alex Salmond lookalike last week outside the Scottish Parliament
View ArticleKitchin appeals for new cookers
TOP chef Tom Kitchin ignited Fresh Start’s Cookers for Christmas appeal
View ArticleVSA gets in the Christmas spirit
Aberdeen social care charity VSA launched its festive toy appeal this week. The charity, which supports 2,500 people in Aberdeen each year, wants to ensure that no child in the city goes without a...
View ArticleYoungsters get a try at Scottish Rugby training
Scottish Rugby players Jim Hamilton and Allan Jacobsen met with young people working with The Personal Development Partnership
View ArticleOn your marks, 15,000 Commonwealth Games volunteers wanted!
Jamie Cuthbertson, Maryanna Law, Ronnie McGowan, Hilary MacGuire and Gary Goldie are the first five people to sign up to volunteer at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014. Now the hunt is on for...
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