12 h. ago Beacon of Peace charity walk unites communities and raises over £15,000 for Scottish charities

In a powerful display of unity, compassion, and civic pride, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association (AMEA) Scotland hosted its annual Beacon of Peace (BoP) Charity Fun Walk & Run at Glasgow’s picturesque Kelvingrove Park over the weekend. Over 150 participants from toddlers to pensioners stepped forward together to champion peace and raise vital funds for charitable causes.

Economics

19 h. ago Update in personal income tax allowance 'raise to £20,000' call

The personal tax allowance has been frozen at 12,570 since 2021 - a situation that has been described as 'ridiculous'

Economics

39 h. ago Wales has a world champion rugby team but they can't afford to defend the title

They need to raise £150,000 to be in Japan next year and have the chance to retain their world crown

Sport

51 h. ago London's oldest children's hospice launches urgent appeal amid funding crisis

Richard House in Newham needs to raise £1,274,000 by the end of the year

Events

60 h. ago Scotmid raises £288,000 for Maggie's providing a lifeline for people affected by cancer

A year of community fundraising delivers thousands of vital support sessions across Scotland

Economics

65 h. ago Scottish Building Society Foundation launches sixth round of funding for local charities

Scottish Building Society Foundation has opened its sixth round of funding to support charities across Scotland, continuing its commitment to backing good causes across the country.

Politics

3 d. ago Aldi jobs and careers: retailer raises pay and launches 10,000 work experience places for young people – apply

The retailer is rewarding staff and helping young people with free online courses 🎓

Economics

5 d. ago SOAPYFEST raises over £18,000 for Beatson Cancer Charity and Marie Curie

The iconic Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow was filled with love, laughter, and music as friends, family and supporters came together for SOAPYFEST, raising over £18,000 in support of Beatson Cancer Charity and Marie Curie.

Economics

6 d. ago Family of Bella Culley face desperate bid to raise '£100,000' to buy the British teen's freedom with the 'drug mule' back in court in a month's time

The family has found themselves in a never-ending nightmare after Bella was caught landing in Georgia with £200,000 worth of cannabis in her luggage in May.

Economics

6 d. ago Sam Fender’s arena tour gives huge cash boost to UK’s grassroot venues

Sam Fender’s 2024 arena tour raised more than £100,000 for grassroots music venues.

Politics

6 d. ago Sam Fender’s tour raised £100,000 to boost grassroots music venues

Almost 40 venues in England, Scotland and Wales have benefitted from the funding.

Economics

7 d. ago The Bundesliga’s deal with Mark Goldbridge is odd, and exactly what MLS is missing with Apple

An unusual streaming deal sees the German league going where its fans are, instead of asking the fans to come to themIn a change to his regularly scheduled programming, Mark Goldbridge took a break from blowing steam out his ears at another Andre Onana howler and venting his shouty exasperation at Manchester United’s latest calamity to talk – and watch – all things Gegenpressing and Ballbesitzfußball with his audience of over one million YouTube subscribers.This was after the Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL) struck an agreement with Goldbridge to broadcast 20 live Bundesliga matches on his That’s Football YouTube channel this season. Bayern Munich’s opening weekend win over RB Leipzig raised the curtain on the new deal, with nearly 500,000 viewers watching along with Goldbridge. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Rachel Reeves' plan to raise landfill tax could add £24,000 onto price of new

Industry chiefs fear the Chancellor's 'insane' proposal could see a 36-fold increase to the levy, causing construction costs to skyrocket.

Economics

1 week ago Hormone replacement therapy 'can raise the risk of hearing loss by 25 per cent', study of 200,000 women finds

It has been hailed as a lifesaver for women going through the menopause. But hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is being linked to an increased risk of hearing loss.

Events

1 week ago ‘I’m not coming home’: Trump policy holds people in Ice custody without bail

Restaurant worker’s case shows how Trump administration is ‘inflicting the maximum punishment’, experts sayLiset Fernandez spent most of the summer worried about her dad, Luis, but a few weeks ago she got some good news. After being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody for weeks, an immigration judge in Texas granted him release on a $5,000 bond.Luis, came to the US from Ecuador in 1994, had been held in detention at a facility in Livingston, Texas, thousands of miles away from his home in Queens. Liset, 17, had taken on extra shifts working a retail job to support her mom and nine-year-old brother. Luis’s co-workers at the Square diner, a railcar-style greasy spoon in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood for over 100 years, had raised more than $20,000 to support him and his family. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Off the Beatson Track raises over £230,000 for Beatson cancer charity

Beatson Cancer Charity’s flagship event Off the Beatson Track has raised an incredible £230,000 following this year’s walk, which took place on Sunday 24th August.

Economics

2 w. ago Scots father and son who raised more than £7,000 for charity in line for JustGiving award

Michael Cole, originally Dumfries, was pushed around the Edinburgh Marathon course in a special sports wheelchair by son Andrew to raise funds for MND Scotland.

Economics

2 w. ago Mystery Diogo Jota Foundation website offline after taking £50k donations

A foundation which claims to have raised almost £50,000 in memory of Diogo Jota is facing questions after Liverpool revealed that both the club and the player's family have no connection to it

Economics

2 w. ago Dumfries workers climb Criffel after pal beats aggressive form of lung cancer

David McClure and co-workers from SGN raised more than £2,000 for charity after scaling one of the region's highest hills.

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Don’t call this racist’: row grows over motives behind England flag campaign

Organisers say they are just being patriotic but some suspect far right is behind ‘dangerous’ lamp-post movement“This is NOT racist never has been never will be,” reads the fundraising page of a group calling itself the Wythall Flaggers, which by Tuesday afternoon had raised more than £2,000, mostly in small donations of £5 and £10. “We have members of the community of all ethnicities and religions stopping by and praising what we are doing so please don’t call this racist.”The money, according to the page’s organiser, will be used for “coating the local community in England flags as this is home and we should be patriotic and proud We need help to cover every street in Wythall with our beautiful St George’s cross.” Continue reading...

Politics