Connect: Highland Hospice

Inverness based Highland Hospice has been shortlisted to become one of the latest recipients of funding from Scotmid Co-operative’s popular Community Connect initiative – potentially being awarded £15,000 in order to help strengthen the service the charity provides in the Highlands. Community Connect was launched in 2017 and enables Scotmid members to award good cause […]

Connect: Brechin City Hall Users Group

Brechin City Hall Users Group have been shortlisted to become one of the latest recipients of funding from Scotmid Co-operative’s popular Community Connect initiative – potentially being awarded £15,000 in order to help strengthen the service the group provides in the area. Community Connect was launched in 2017 and enables Scotmid members to award good […]

Oor Shopkeeper Wullie Arrives at Scotmid

Help ma boab – introducing Oor Shopkeeper Wullie! Scotland’s children’s hospital charities have partnered with DC Thomson Media and Wild in Art to bring Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail to life in summer 2019. This mass participation public art trail has 150 life-sized sculptures of Scotland’s iconic cartoon character placed in five cities; including outside […]

Connect Winners Driving Forward

Community Connect – bringing worthwhile projects to life! Fantastic to see award winners, St Andrew’s Hospice have purchased a new minibus with the £15,000 funding they received from the popular initiative. Learn about the latest shortlisted good cause groups in the West Member Region St Andrew’s Hospice provides specialist palliative care to patients with life […]

Winning Hearts and Minds at Gorgie City Farm

Our Membership and Community Officer Kirsty Connell  popped across to Gorgie City Farm  to celebrate the fact the charity had been awarded a Community Grant, which was spent on providing new uniforms for volunteers. Gorgie City Farm has been in existence for almost 40 years in the heart of Edinburgh and is a free-entry facility that […]