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Fundraising to mark poppy’s 100th year
A YEAR-LONG fundraising initiative is being launched ahead of the 100th anniversary of the poppy’s launch. Poppyscotland will mark the centenary of the symbol in November 2021. The initiative challenges people to raise funds for Poppyscotland over 12 months, from today until 2021, in any way they choose. The first cloth poppies went on sale…
Read MoreTake a Christmas shopping trip to the stunning Scottish islands and support small businesses
isle20.com – a new shopping site showcasing unique, high-quality products from the Scottish islands – is taking the Christmas gift market by storm. If you missed your island break this year, or just fancy a change of shopping scenery, we’ve got products from Skye to Shetland and Harris to Tiree. Bespoke bags made in Lewis?…
Read More‘One of the finest silversmiths of his generation’
Rev Colin Renwick, minister at Dunblane Cathedral, shares an appreciation of silversmith Graham Leishman Stewart (1955-2020). Graham Stewart, who died in Edinburgh on Wednesday 28 October, is widely regarded as one of the finest silversmiths of his generation. Born in Bridge of Allan and educated at Dollar Academy and Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen,…
Read MoreEdinburgh celebrates links with Norway
A SIXTY foot Sitka spruce will be erected on The Mound in Edinburgh on Saturday to celebrate the city’s links with Hordaland in Norway. Hordaland has given a tree to Scotland’s capital city each Christmas since 1949 to remember the help given to Norwegians by Scots during the Second World War. Since 2008, the tree…
Read MoreGrants for ‘resilient’ rural communities
THERE’S less than a week to go for rural communities to apply for £10,000 grants from The Prince’s Countryside Fund. The grants will fund projects to help make communities more “resilient”. “Rural community resilience means different things to different communities, but the projects we are looking to support will allow the community to survive and…
Read More10,000 skincare products for cancer patients
CANCER support charity Make 2nds Count has teamed up with cancer skincare specialist Jennifer Young to give 10,000 products away during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Over the past few weeks, the Edinburgh-based organisation has asked people to nominate small charities, hospices, and cancer support groups through which it will give away products from Young’s Beauty…
Read More‘Smart village’ needs young people
THE world’s first “smart village” for young people is on the hunt for digital champions aged 18 to 28 from across Angus, the Borders, Lanarkshire, the Outer Hebrides, and rural Perth and Kinross. A total of 12 digital champions will work with Scotland’s Rural Youth Project to help develop a pioneering “smart village” centred on…
Read MoreDundee cleaner wants to ‘clean up’ industry’s image
A CLEANER from Dundee is on a mission to “clean up” her industry’s reputation. Kelly Fairweather, owner and founder of At Your Service, has been appointed as associate director of the Domestic Cleaning Business Network (DCBN), a trade association formed late last year to provide advice and resources to domestic cleaning companies across the UK.…
Read MoreInverness named top city for newlyweds
THE Highland capital has been crowed as the best city in the UK for newlyweds thanks to its large number of create spaces and low cost of living. Aberdeen finished second, with Edinburgh in third and Glasgow in fourth, leading to Scotland taking the title of best nation in the UK. The cost of living…
Read MoreWorld’s best morning commute
Some key workers are still going into work during the lockdown, and few have a better daily journey to the office than this one through Glen Lonan, along the Road of The Kings. If you’re stuck at home, this 360 degree footage will hopefully remind you just what awaits when life gets back to being…
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