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Charity Street Soccer Scotland has secured the rights to transform the Lynch Centre in Dundee, with a focus on community and wellbeing at its heart. The charity, which supports more than a thousand people across Scotland each year, plans to create a “change centre” at the South Road complex, offering local people use of the
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment£500K CASH BOOST FOR ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE MUSICAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
The Music for Dementia campaign and the Utley Foundation are kicking off 2021 with the launch of The Paul and Nick Harvey Fund to directly support musical activities for people living with dementia. Registered charities and CICs delivering music to people with dementia are being invited to apply for a grant from the £500k fund,
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentKiltwalk raises £20 million for Scotland’s charities in five years
Kiltwalks set to go ahead in 2021! Scotland’s Kiltwalk heroes alongside The Hunter Foundation have raised £20.6 million in five years for over 2,000 Scottish charities. That’s double the target set by Sir Tom Hunter when he rescued the Kiltwalk charity in 2015. Every penny, every pound of the £13.9m raised by Kiltwalkers was paid-out
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentPoliticians aren’t going to save the planet – BrewDog backs ALT COP
A politics-free alternative climate crisis conference created because environmental action can’t be postponed 10th NOVEMBER, UK: BrewDog and The Hunter Foundation have announced today they will be backing ALT COP, an alternative climate crisis conference held on 16th November, created following the news that COP26 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We are on
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentScottish Edge Announcement
Scottish EDGE is delighted to reveal that the UK’s leading bioscience entrepreneur, Professor Sir Chris Evans will join philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter of The Hunter Foundation in conversation at the EDGE16 Final and Awards. Professor Sir Chris trained as a microbiologist at Imperial College and has used his scientific and business skills to develop advanced new
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentKiltwalk raises £5 million for Scotland’s charities
Scotland’s Kiltwalkers and The Hunter Foundation have raised a massive £5 million for over 900 Scottish charities in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic saw all four of Kiltwalk’s planned events, in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh cancelled, but Kiltwalkers all over the country took part in virtual events to support their chosen charities. The fundraising deadline
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentEdinburgh Kiltwalk goes Virtual to support cash-strapped charities
Sir Tom Hunter adds a 50% fundraising boost Kiltwalkers have been urged to don some tartan and take part in a weekend-long virtual version of the Edinburgh event after this year’s walk was cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions. The Big Virtual Kiltwalk Weekend will take place between September 11-13. Participants are being challenged to get
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentVirtual Kiltwalkers Step Out For £600,000+ Bonus For Charities
More than 200 charities were given a massive boost today when they raised over £300,000* at the weekend’s Dundee Virtual Kiltwalk which was then doubled to £600,000 + by Scots philanthropist, Sir Tom Hunter. In a video message to walkers via the Evening Telegraph today (July 7) Sir Tom said he was so blown away
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentResponse To Benny Higgins Economic Recovery Report
At the Hunter Foundation our philosophy has always been that the best social policy ever created is a good job; entrepreneurs create them. Evidence from the Kauffman Foundation indicates over the next five years more or less all net new job creation will come from the SME sector, an extraordinary and important point when we
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentCOVID-19 – Scotland’s Entrepreneurial Response
CONTEXT The response to Covid-19 from the Scottish Government and the private sector will define Scotland’s economic future for generations to come. Globally according to the International Labour Organisation, 1.6 billion people are “in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed”. McKinsey note the following; “Our analysis, based on occupation-level data, estimates that the COVID-19
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