Posts Tagged ‘charity’
First weekend food market takes place next week
Bowhouse Market Weekends return this month, with the first of 2019 taking place next Saturday and Sunday, 9 and 10 March. The first market of the year will be a celebration of spring, with a New Beginnings theme to usher in the warmer climes. Charity partner Marie Curie will be inspiring budding gardeners with a…
Read MoreThe perfect paella – and it’s made with Scottish pork
In Scotland, we have many fine meats – and right now, Quality Meat Scotland is promoting Specially Selected Pork. Specially Selected Pork is assured pork from Scotland. In a nutshell, Specially Selected Pork is from specific animals that are sourced from selected farms, adopting best practice including animal welfare and natural production methods. Specially Selected…
Read MoreVet charity tackles pet obesity
Vet charity PDSA is appealing for Scotland’s fattest pets to enrol in a national pet slimming competition. The call comes as stats reveal up to half of UK pets (46% of dogs, 34% of cats and 30% of rabbits) are believed to be overweight or obese. The charity’s vets are warning owners that overfeeding and…
Read MoreLuxury jewellers full of heart for a great cause
Luxury jewellers Laings are having a heart this month. Laings are delighted to announce that throughout the month of February, to celebrate Valentine’s, they will be donating £50 from every piece sold from their exclusive Family Collection to the British Heart Foundation. They launched their charity partnership with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in September…
Read MoreGaeGael working with the turn of the tide
Gehan Macleod’s charity GalGael uses boatbuilding and woodwork to help distressed Glaswegians rebuild their confidence and their lives. GalGael offers activities that help people reclaim skills, agency and sense of worth. Without their crew of dedicated volunteers these activities wouldn’t happen nor would the many other adventures they have. How did GalGael start? My late husband…
Read More£5000 reward offer for safe return of missing pets
A Scots family are offering a £5000 reward for the return of their pet dogs, which they fear were taken during a New Year’s Day hunt. Gamekeeper Edward Bell, 41, and wife Georgie, 45, originally offered a £1000 for the return of their border terriers Ruby and Beetle, after they disappeared from the Lothian Estate…
Read MoreAberdeen ice cream parlour to ‘Go Orange’ for a day
Iconic Scottish ice cream maker Mackie’s of Scotland will colour their most popular flavour, known as ‘Traditional’, bright orange next week. On Friday 1 February, to raise awareness and money for Muscular Dystrophy UK, Mackie’s 19.2, their Aberdeen ice cream parlour, will be a bright vision with orange lighting, balloons and staff dressed in orange…
Read MoreAnimal lovers raised almost £30,000 for charity
Four Pets At Home stores in Glasgow helped raise nearly £30,000 through their annual Santa Paws appeal. Glasgow is officially mad about pets, after colleagues at Pollokshaws, Abbotsinch, Bishopbriggs and Glasgow raised a staggering £29,400 between them for the Support Adoption For Pets appeal. Since the fundraiser launched on 23 November, staff and customers in the…
Read MoreDrug networks target rural and coastal Scotland
The charity Crimestoppers has this week launched a campaign to highlight the pain and suffering that criminals from English cities are inflicting on vulnerable people in Scotland’s rural and coastal towns. The campaign aims to raise awareness of County Lines, which is when criminals from major cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, London and Birmingham are…
Read MoreResponsible drinking campaign arrives in Scotland
Tryanuary’s annual campaign to promote responsible drinking in local pubs and bars is coming to Edinburgh this weekend. The event was initially created as a response to campaigns promoting dry January. Tryanuary is now a yearly phenomenon encouraging special pub-based events and festivals to help boost pubs’ and independent beweries’ profiles throughout a challenging month…
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