Posts Tagged ‘charity’
Record breaking £6,000 raised for SSAFA
A record breaking £6,000 has been raised for Armed Forces charity SSAFA. The incredible sum was raised at the charity’s annual Borders clay shoot at Bisley Braidwood in Selkirk. Twenty-one teams took part in the clay shoot, all in aid of a good cause. A gun from one team, Lieutenant General (Ret’d) John Cooper, said:…
Read MoreForth & Tay Disabled Ramblers ride Great Glen Way
MEMBERS of the Forth & Tay Disabled Ramblers are riding along the Great Glen Way this week on mobility scooters to raise funds for their group. The team set off from Fort William on Sunday and aims to reach Inverness on Saturday. The group was founded in 2002 and now has 50 members. Chairperson Shelia…
Read More‘Brave the Bricks’ walk for charity
FAMILIES are being challenged to “Brave the Bricks” to raise money for The Yard, a disabled children’s charity. Thousands of Lego bricks will be placed along a 6.5-foot course on 11 June, with participants seeking sponsorship to tread gingerly through the bricks. The Yard works with children and young people with additional support needs through…
Read MoreAmbassadors join 40tude Curing Colon Cancer charity
RUGBY legends Andy Nicol and Gregor Townsend have signed up as ambassadors for the “40tude Curing Colon Cancer” charity in memory of their late teammate, Tom Smith. Smith served as an ambassador for the charity until he died of bowel cancer last year, aged 50. Now, Townsend and Nicol will play an active role in…
Read MoreArran supports Arran Trust with donations
THE Arran Trust is receiving donations from Arran Sense of Scotland, the toiletries maker known formerly as Arran Arromatics. The trust, which was launched in 2010, funds projects that help to look after the island’s environment and landscape. Last year, Arran Sense of Scotland launched its “Naturals” collection. The company is donating 5% from sales…
Read MoreStirling opens ‘pay what you can’ winter shop
A SHOP inviting customers to “pay what you can” for coats and other winter warmers has opened in Stirling. The Thistles shopping centre has opened the store in partnership with local charity Transition Stirling. The shop sells coats, rain jackets, jumpers, accessories, and boots for adults and children. Gary Turnbull, Thistles’ centre director, said: “These…
Read MoreWaverley paddle steamer in ‘urgent’ cash appeal
THE team behind the Waverley paddle steamer has this lunchtime issued an “urgent” funding appeal to raise £180,000. The cash is needed to pay the boat’s winter dry dock costs and recommission the vessel for this season’s sailings. Waverley, which is the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer, carried more than 100,000 passengers last year as…
Read MoreDundee clothes makers celebrate success
THE fourth group of clothes makers to train on the Kindred Clothing (Garment Production) course are celebrating their success. Run by Dundee-based charity Front Lounge, the course – which has received the thumbs up from the Scottish Qualifications Authority – was started by a group of young mums in 2019. Following the latest 12-week course,…
Read MoreBanchory Bangle raffle deadline approaches
THE raffle to win this year’s “Banchory bangle” comes to an end on Friday. Jewellery designer Malcolm Appleby has made been making a bangle each year since 1976 to raise money for Children 1st. Appleby uses recycled gold and silver to make his bangles, which have raised £184,000 so far for the charity. Raffle tickets…
Read MoreREVIEW: Eteaket Tea
Drinks blogger James Robertson pours himself a cup of Eteaket tea. I AM a self-confessed tea junkie and have been lucky enough to have visited the tea plantations in Dayuling, Taiwan, and both China’s Wuyi Mountains in Fujian and Heng Mountain in Hunan. So when Eteaket, the leaf tea company based in Edinburgh, sent me…
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