Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
10,000 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 MoreScottish brands offer ‘Sober October’ serving suggestions
A PAIR of Scottish brands has teamed up to raise money for MacMillan Cancer Support during Sober October. Rapscallion Soda and alcohol-free “spirit” maker Feragaia will each donate £1 for each online sale made from Monday until the end of the month. Gregor Leckie, founder of Rapscallion Soda, said: “It’s always been our mission to…
Read MoreMaggie’s funding boost from Christie’s auction
AUCTION house Christie’s will launch an online sale on Wednesday to raise money for Maggie’s cancer support centres. Works have been donated for the auction by artists including David Bailey, Antony Gormley, and the estate of Lucian Freud. Sandy Nairne, former director of the National Portrait Gallery and now chair of Maggie’s art group, said: “These…
Read MoreOne Year No Beer: a lockdown lifeline
Looking to change your relationship with alcohol? Peter Ranscombe reports on a Scottish firm’s online programme. FOR so many of us who have been staying safe at home with no exposure to the coronavirus, it’s been a lockdown of memes. Memes about face coverings, memes about zoom quizzes, memes about TikTok challenges. One set of…
Read MorePhotos wanted for new charity calendar
People with time on their hands are being urged to look through their photos of the Scottish Borders and enter a competition. The Macmillan Cancer Support Coldstream committee, helping people in the Borders, is looking to create its first calendar for the whole area. Last autumn, the committee launched a digital photographic competition to create…
Read More‘Babs recognised for delicious plant-based fare
A Glasgow restaurant has placed in the top 10 list of vegan kebabs in the UK. The charity PETA has finalised its list of the top 10 places to find vegan kebabs in the UK. It includes tasty plant-based options that are available via delivery and eateries that offer gift cards that can be used…
Read MoreEtape Loch Ness rescheduled from April to September
A cycling event around Loch Ness, which raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support, has been delayed. Caledonian Concepts, organisers of the Etape Loch Ness which was scheduled to take place on Sunday 26 April have announced the postponement of the 2020 event. The 2020 Etape Loch Ness is now scheduled to take place on Sunday…
Read MoreOvercoming her grief in the mountains
This beautifully candid memoir follows the life of Munroist, Sarah Jane Douglas, and her battle with grief. After losing her mother to cancer, Douglas finds solace in climbing Scotland’s forbidding mountains. A heart-wrenching read, it is testament to the cathartic nature of the wilderness. True stories do not always see the ‘happily ever after’ ending,…
Read MoreSustaining a plant-based lifestyle now Veganuary is over
If you, like hundreds of thousands of others, decided to give ‘Veganuary’ a go this January, then you might be wondering where you go from here, now that we’re into February and looking to the months ahead. Whatever your reasons for giving temporary veganism a go, there’s no denying that it’s a movement that’s growing…
Read MoreGlenalmond pupils back Rob’s epic charity cycle
Pupils and staff at Glenalmond College in Perthshire gave former pupil Rob Wainwright a memorable send-off when he visited the school yesterday, ahead of his gruelling charity cycle. Not only are the pupils sending their best wishes and moral support to Rob, a former captain of Scotland’s rugby team and British and Irish Lions player,…
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