Posts by Vicky

Yesterday, our Chair of Trustees Fiona MacLeod, and our group volunteer David Withers attended the Royal Garden Party at Holyroodhouse. Fiona and David represented all our wonderful Mearns Kirk Helping Hands volunteers as a result of our being given the Kings Award for Voluntary Service.  The event was hosted by His Majesty King Charles, with…

Big Give, Global’s Make Some Noise, and NCVO partnered to run the Small Charity Week match funding campaign, which ended yesterday. Thanks to the People’s postcode lottery and players of the Postcode Lottery UK we’ve had our donations DOUBLED! We’re pleased to say we have raised £2220!! Thank you so much to everyone who donated,…

Today is our 10th birthday!  Mearns Kirk Helping Hands was registered as a charity all the way back on 23/6/2016. To see some highlights from the last 10 years, click here.  

Championing the work of small, grassroots charities that operate at the heart of their communities. #SmallCharityWeek highlights the vital role these organisations play in tackling social challenges, supporting mental and physical health, reducing isolation, and improving inclusion, often with limited resources. We are delighted to be taking part in this year’s campaign 🥰You can see…

Double The Difference! Big Give, Global’s Make Some Noise, and NCVO are partnering to run the Small Charity Week match funding campaign. This seven-day online campaign aims to support small charities across the UK and will bring much-needed financial and training support to small charities making a big difference in their communities. Big Give, the…

A big thanks to our lovely friends at Scotmid, who have generously donated £300 in cash and £200 in store vouchers to support our new Men’s Breakfast Club in GHA Rugby Club. Last Wednesday was our second group at the club and we were joined by 13 men!  It looks like this group will be…

To celebrate Volunteers’ Week, and to mark our 10th Anniversary as a charity, we held an extra special Volunteer Party on Friday 5th June.  We shared a glass of fizz, enjoyed some delicious pizza courtesy of Amanti Pizza, followed by a slice of birthday cake.  Once the food was finished, we were entertained by marvelous…

We’re super excited that it’s #VolunteersWeek and we want to take the opportunity to say a MASSIVE thank you to all of our volunteers. Every week they give their time to make the lives of older people and people living with dementia better. We can’t exist without you 💗

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Mearns Kirk Helping Hands won’t be running any of our groups on the morning of Friday 5th June (Men’s Breakfast Club, Sporting Memories Group, Table Tennis).  The afternoon exercise group will run as usual.

We will be closed for the Bank Holiday on Monday 25th May.