Charity

A team from wealth manager RBC Brewin Dolphin’s Edinburgh office has abseiled down the city’s famous Forth Rail Bridge to raise money for Scottish charity Harmeny Education Trust. The five participants, Judith Henderson, Audrey Mackie, Jill Somerville, Abigail Housley and Joss Mitchell,

Accountancy firm Infinity Partnership has raised £6,150 for the Aberdeen Lads Club Community Project through its participation in the Aberdeen Kiltwalk. Simon Cowie, managing partner at the Aberdeen-based firm, and his wife, office manager Tracy Cowie, completed the 18-mile walk from Duthie Pa

Johnston Carmichael has welcomed a temporary recruit to its Tayside team – a Hairy Highland coo. The sculpture is part of the Hairy Highland coo trail, a new art installation located across Perth and Kinross, which launched today (June 28).

A seminar hosted by Lindsays has highlighted progress being made on updating Scotland’s charities fundraising code, along with changes surrounding governance and employment in the third sector. The updated UK-wide Code of Fundraising Practice is expected to be brought into play by the fundrais

A Johnston Carmichael partner has surpassed his £1,000 fundraising target for the ICAS Foundation by participating in the Edinburgh Half-Marathon. Graham Marjoribanks, who is also head of audit at Johnston Carmichael, is among a group of 25 Chartered Accountants (CAs) taking on a challenge to

Scottish charity WorkingRite has partnering with abrdn to expand its impactful in-school employability programme 'Rite to Work' (RtW). The new partnership was launched as part of the abrdn Charitable Foundation's global powerful partnerships and aligns with their focus on investing in tomorrow&rsquo

Marie Curie and KPMG UK have scooped up a Better Society award for best partnership with a national charity. KPMG selected Marie Curie as the firm’s National Charity Partner in 2021. The three-year partnership aims to improve end of life care for everyone through support in four key areas &nda

Property development and investment company Buccleuch Property has announced Chris’s House as its fundraising partner for the 2024 Buccleuch Property Challenge. Chris’s House was founded by Anne Rowan, a Wishaw mum with a passionate vision for a crisis centre established in memory of her

More than 100 people from accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael are gearing up for Scotland’s biggest fundraising event of the year – the Kiltwalk. Johnston Carmichael has been a gold sponsor of the charity event for eight years as part of its commitment to supportin

SBP Accountants & Business Advisers (SBP), the North-east accountancy firm with offices in Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Banff, has achieved a final fundraising amount of £6,961 for AberNecessities. AberNecessities, a local charity dedicated to providing essential items to chil

Royal Bank of Scotland colleagues have launched a new tree nursery at the Gogarburn headquarters in Edinburgh, in partnership with The Conservation Volunteers, whose mission is to connect people to nature and to nurture green spaces for local communities. This tree nursery is part of the ‘NatW

Accountancy firm William Duncan along with WD Wealth Management Ltd, is rallying together a team of 12 members to participate in The Kiltwalk "Big Stroll" challenge, all in support of Whiteleys Retreat.

Johnston Carmichael’s most senior audit professional is swapping running numbers for running shoes in aid of a charity campaign to encourage social mobility in the accountancy profession. Graham Marjoribanks, partner and head of audit at Johnston Carmichael, is running a half marathon to raise

Businesses from across Edinburgh have come together to play in the second annual Big Match, raising £20,000 for disabled youth charity The Yard. Celebrity chef Tom Kitchin and former Hibs star Darren Dods were among those in action at Ainslie Park as the business community rallied round to sup

Businesses from across Edinburgh and the Lothians have teamed up this week to raise money in the second annual Big Match charity fixture. Some of the city’s prominent private banks, legal firms, finance brokers, property developers and estate agents will be among those running out at Ainslie P