Kinross foodbank charity receives Queen’s award for helping thousands through the COVID pandemic

First Minister took to social media to thank the staff at the covid hospital in the SSE Hydro for helping with the vaccination programme. In her message Sturgeon also urged her fellow Scots to make sure they get their second dose of the jab when invited for an appointment.

iOS - Android The event was a roaring success and the dedicated team smashed their targets by walking a remarkable 1346 miles and raising more than £10,000.This year Inver House employees voted Alzheimer Scotland to be the business' charity partner, so all its annual fundraising events will be donated to the "invaluable charity".During their individual treks, the team engaged with each other on social media, sharing photos, memories and their personal reasons for undertaking the walk, such as

Perth and Kinross have more than doubled in just a week. The seven day infection rate is now at its highest since January.

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Queen Elizabeth continued her 95th birthday celebrations with her annual Trooping the Colour event. The royal looked elegant as she stepped out in Windsor wearing a powder blue coat and matching hat, both with a yellow embroidered pattern, on Saturday, June 12. She was all-smiles for the scaled back crowd, watching the Scots Guard lead the parade from a white tented area in a chair.

Scottish Government will be investing money into the provision of Apple iPads, Google Chromebooks, training to develop tech skills and unlimited data for a year. Around 23,000 people will be given new online skills and training to help improve their chances of securing a job or to reduce isolation.

Speedo Mick battered freezing cold rain in the Outer Hebrides today on the first leg of a 2,000 mile trek - in just a pair of swimming trunks. The madcap fundraiser powered through day six of his mammoth walk through the UK, which started off in Stornoway in the Western Isles last week and will finish in Liverpool.

coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use for 12 to 15-year-olds in Scotland, the UK medicines regulator confirmed earlier today.

iOS - Android The charity is experiencing an increased demand for a variety of roles in the Scottish courts and in local communities, to provide support to victims and witnesses.Morven Porter told Lanarkshire Live: “When I was in my third year of university, I was looking for a volunteering role that would give me experience to support my Master’s degree and came across Victim Support Scotland (VSS) online.“While as a result of my studies, I was prepared for some of the difficult situations I

A week after my 26th birthday, I lost my great uncle. It wasn’t from Covid-19 and it wasn’t unexpected, but it hit me like nothing else.

iOS - Android Gillian’s 37-year-old daughter Yvonne lives in her own flat in Rutherglen and has been supported by Sense Scotland for almost 20 years. When staff asked green-fingered Gillian for some help with their allotment near Bellahouston Park she was happy to help.

iOS - Android Boyd, a sailor for nearly 60 years, said: "I'm thrilled we've managed to pull this off.“The flotilla has been a dream of mine for more than 10 years and I'm delighted to see it coming to fruition.“The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the lifeblood of sailing.

iOS - Android Laura told Lanarkshire Live : "I became RRS co-ordinator while completing my Masters in educational leadership and professional inquiry, so I decided to research children’s rights and it changed the whole school's values, vision and practices.

Sarah Mcadam, Creative Scotland’s Interim Time To Shine Programme Manager, said: “The spread of projects being developed, delivered and led by young people through this round of Nurturing Talent Fund is testament to the vibrancy and diversity of youth-led culture in Scotland.“With direct access to this funding, young people are able to take their creative ideas forward on their own terms, positively impacting their own development and bringing new creative experiences to their wider

debt advice from a Citizens Advice Bureau wish they had done so sooner, reveals new data published by Citizens Advice Scotland.Their findings show that for all clients, 4 in 10 people wish they had sought advice sooner.Citizens Advice Scotland is publishing the data as they launch their ‘Money Advice Matters’ campaign, encouraging people to not delay and seek advice about financial worries, particularly as support schemes implemented during the pandemic are set to ease off before ending, such as

coronavirus advisor has claimed. Professor Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh has urged policymakers to reopen the country cautiously amid concerns over the mutant strain of the virus, reports Glasgow Live.

Kate Middleton has been vaxxed.

Perth and Kinross residents to ensure the contact details their GP has for them are up to date.