Posts Tagged ‘game’
Veterans’ charity receives game meat donations
A charity established to tackle food poverty has just delivered more than 1000 meals with game meat to heroes in need. The Country Food Trust has assisted the Coming Home Centre, a charitable organisation supporting local veterans and serving military personnel in Glasgow. The Coming Home Centre aids veterans with mental and physical health, homelessness…
Read MoreScottish help wanted for golf’s Solheim Cup
More than 1000 volunteers are wanted to help at the 2019 Solheim Cup, which is being held at Gleneagles. The programme will encourage women and young people in particular to volunteer for the 2019 Solheim Cup as well as allowing both golfers and non-golfers to get involved and get the most out of the experience.…
Read MoreRugby teams past and present to clash for Doddie
Former classmates of Doddie Weir are set to scrum on down to help the rugby hero’s charity. Past and present students at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)will come together to raise money for the rugby legend’s motor neurone disease charity next week. The ex-Melrose and Newcastle Falcons lock gained the first of his 61 Scotland caps…
Read MoreFine dining and a good drinks menu at the waterfront
Finn & Bear The third offering from Charlotte and Chris Thomson who run The Pantry in Stockbridge and Colinton, Finn & Bear is perhaps the best incarnation yet of a venue which has changed hands numerous times in recent years. With a light wash of colour over its exposed brick walls, the previous pub-grub boozer…
Read MoreDirectors are honoured at annual awards
The achievements of Scotland’s top business directors were honoured at the IoD Scotland Director of the Year Awards. Held at the Crowne Plaza Glasgow, 14 outstanding leaders collected Director of the Year Awards, celebrating the best in business across nine key director categories and five regional categories, including the family business category, a new addition…
Read MoreGetting set for Easter race day in Musseburgh
It is the Scottish raceday which received the royal seal of approval from Her Majesty The Queen herself – and Easter Saturday is set to return to Musselburgh Racecourse for 2018 on 31 March. As one of the biggest social events of the Easter weekend, this year the five star visitor attraction has added family…
Read MoreEast Lodge is a property that has got it all – including a registered mooring
A pretty detached house set with six acres in a delightful sylvan and coastal situation beside Loch Gair is on the market. Also including a registered mooring, Robb Residential present to the market East Lodge, with five bedrooms, two reception rooms and three bathrooms. East Lodge was built in 1992 and has a very appealing character…
Read MoreTV stars will tour in new Scottish stage comedy
Two Scottish theatre companies are collaborating in new musical comedy which is touring the country. Grid Iron and Stellar Quines theatre companies come together to create Bingo!, a new musical comedy empowering women, writes Stacey Wylie. Starring both stage and screen names including Louise McCarthy from ScotSquad and Two Doors Down, Wendy Seagar, Barbara Rafferty…
Read MoreWork gets underway on £5.7million creative arts hub
Plans to create a £5.7million arts hub in the Highlands have been welcomed. Members of the arts community are delighted by the news of the start of a project to give the Highlands its first creative hub as a ‘game-changer’. The initial £1.2 million project is the first phase of a wider £5.7 million scheme…
Read MoreMary Berry gives Scone Palace a major tourism boost
Scone Palace had a bumper year as visitor numbers and scone sales soared, while the Mary Berry effect saw a surge in interest in historic attraction. It was a year of record visitor numbers, primetime TV and thousands upon thousands of scones for one of Scotland’s favourite visitor attractions, Scone Palace. The crowning place of…
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