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Donations will be topped up 50% by The Hunter Foundation It’s one month today [26 August] until Kiltwalkers march out for the charities of their choice, as Scotland’s favourite mass participation charity event makes its real-life return. Scotland’s Kiltwalk takes place in Glasgow on Sunday 26 September 2021 and is the first physical Kiltwalk event
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTHE HUNTER FOUNDATION SEEKS WANT-TO-BE UNICORNS FOR NEW SCALE UP SCOTLAND PROGRAMME
Ambitious entrepreneurs looking to scale their business are being invited to apply for Scale Up Scotland, a programme founded by The Hunter Foundation and Entrepreneurial Scotland which is designed to support unlocking the scale up economy. Free to successful applicants, the programme is recruiting its third cohort, having supported 36 businesses to date. An 18-month
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTHE HUNTER FOUNDATION COMMITS £7.5M TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN SCOTLAND
THE PHILANTHROPY INVESTS IN SCOTTISH MENTORING AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME Sir Tom Hunter today announced a £7.5m investment from The Hunter Foundation (“THF”) in partnership with the Scottish Government to deliver an overall funding package of £26.9m* for a Scottish Mentoring and Leadership programme for young people across Scotland. MCR Pathways charity will roll out its
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTHE HUNTER FOUNDATION LAUNCHES DIGITAL SCALE UP SCOTLAND PROGRAMME TO SUPPORT UNLOCKING SCALE UP ECONOMY
– Entrepreneurs including Bob Keiller CBE and Annabelle Beckwith offer advice in entrepreneur development platform – – The online programme will support Scottish businesses looking to scale free of charge – Scottish entrepreneurs are being given the opportunity to learn from business leaders as part of a new online programme, Scale Up Scotland Digital, aiming
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentBig-hearted Kiltwalkers raise a record-breaking £6.1 million for Scottish charities
Huge total comes after Sir Tom Hunter told Scots to “take his money” A staggering £6.1 million for 1,055 coronavirus-hit charities across Scotland is the result of the 2021 Virtual Kiltwalk Weekend. Kiltwalkers’ fundraising totalled £4.1 million and, with a £2.05 million 50% boost by The Hunter Foundation, the total has rocketed to an incredible
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentScotland’s leading entrepreneurs pledge £1m boost to Scottish EDGE
In a Scottish EDGE first, some of Scotland’s leading entrepreneurs have committed an additional £1 million of grants and loans to Scottish EDGE, the UK’s biggest funding competition for potential high growth businesses. Entrepreneurs supporting the initiative include Sir Tom, Kevin Dorren, Sir Brian Souter, James Watt, Lord and Lady Haughey, Chris van der Kuyl
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentThe Hunter Foundation And BBC Children In Need In £2M Promise
BBC Children in Need and philanthropy, The Hunter Foundation (“THF”) have committed £2m for investment in supporting the Scottish Care Review’s Promise across Tayside and East Ayrshire. The funding will be released in partnership with each of the local authorities and will build on work already undertaken with Dundee City Council and East Ayrshire Council
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentRaising Scotland’s Economic Growth Rate
Radical policy changes needed to significantly boost Scottish economic growth -Oxford Economics report for The Hunter Foundation makes case for transformational growth- -Sir Tom Hunter calls for collaboration over a national debate on economic policy in Scotland- Radical and ambitious policy changes are required if Scotland’s economic performance is to be transformed and significantly boosted
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTriple triumph for laptops: Readers hand over £775k to Mail Force campaign as entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter pledges astonishing £500k and Sainsbury’s donates 2,000 devices for school
Mail Force had a triple boost yesterday with £500,000 from a leading entrepreneur, laptops from Sainsbury’s and a deluge of donations from readers. The charity’s campaign to get laptops to lockdown pupils has now raised an astonishing £2.6million in just five days. Sir Tom Hunter, who made his fortune in sporting goods, handed over his magnificent donation
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentPaul Harvey: Composer with dementia inspires £1m donation
This article appeared on the bbc.co.uk website The story of a former music teacher with dementia who composed a piece based on just four notes has inspired a £1m charity donation from Scotland’s first ever billionaire. Sir Tom Hunter told BBC Breakfast when he saw a video of Paul Harvey, 80, performing the piece, he
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