Latest News from Blythswood Care

Blythwood News - Gifts Help Pensioner in Fuel Poverty

2010-09-02T16:42:35Z

It’s not easy for Margarita to keep warm when the electricity to her flat is disconnected. Sometimes the 82 year old works nightshift in a bakery just to escape the cold. So one gift in her Blythswood shoebox was especially welcome.

Blythwood News - While shepherds watched ...

2010-09-02T16:41:13Z

Romanian charity workers crossed wintry fields to a remote mud house to present Blythswood shoeboxes to a shepherd’s family on Christmas Day. Find out which gifts excited the children most – and which have the potential to boost their social skills.

Blythwood News - Helping Kati to keep her precious Son

2010-09-02T16:38:06Z

Little Misi is Kati’s fourth child but the first that she has been allowed to keep. Her living conditions were so poor that the three others were placed in foster homes. Read how Blythswood’s support has been crucial in enabling this young woman to keep her son.

Blythwood News - Shoeboxes show that somebody cares

2010-09-02T16:37:33Z

Blythswood’s 2009 Shoe Box Appeal resulted in 128,000 gift boxes being sent to nine countries in Eastern Europe and Asia. Individuals, workplaces, schools and churches from all over the UK contributed everyday items and sent a special message to strangers in need – somebody cares for you!

Blythwood News - Your gifts make them feel like human beings

2010-09-02T16:33:28Z

Experiencing a simple act of kindness can change the way people in trouble see themselves. Blythswood shoeboxes bring practical aid and a message of love, says chief executive James Campbell. You too can bring joy to stranger in need this Christmas.

News Items - Discovering talent in disadvantaged children

2010-06-29T09:35:39Z

Adriana had no-one at home who could help her with homework – or even cook a meal. Discover how Blythswood’s Talita Kum project provides both and is helping her to do well at school.

News Items - 'Mrs Cristina, do you love me?'

2010-06-29T09:32:54Z

Despite his autism, Marian has achieved a significant level of independence through the training programme at Blythswood’s Daniel Centre in Romania. Read how Cristina and Sandel helped him gain confidence.

News Items - Children catch up on missed schooling

2010-06-29T09:30:01Z

An 11 year old girl who missed the first two years of school can now read and write in two languages. Read how disadvantaged children in Chennai are being helped by Blythswood Care.

News Items - Your gifts provide life-changing opportunities

2010-06-29T09:22:40Z

By supporting Blythswood’s educational projects, you are making a life-long difference to needy children and young adults, says Blythswood’s CE, James Campbell.

News Items - BLYTHSWOOD'S BIG SUMMER OF BUILDING

2010-06-14T14:47:21Z

Help Blythswood raise the vital funds needed for children's facilities across Europe and India

News Items - Blythswood on Marathons

2010-05-25T12:28:25Z

Running & Raising!!

Over the last month a number of fitness fanatics have challenged themselves to help raise funds towards the new teacher training facility and children's disability centre to be built in india this summer by getting involved in a number of the Scottish half marathons which have taken place in Edinburgh.

News Items - TITAN CRANE UPDATE

2010-03-23T16:05:26Z

3 adrenalin hungry supporters took a plunge to help raise funds for a fresh water pump in Moldova.

Press Releases - COLD WEATHER PRESSURES HIGHLAND FOOD BANK

2010-03-15T15:17:55Z

The coldest winter in more than a decade has increased pressure on people referred to Highland Food Bank. “Heat or eat has been the stark choice facing many of our clients,” says Food Bank coordinator Lorna Dempster.

News Items - What a gift!

2010-03-02T17:32:44Z

Sometimes it is hard to imagine what others go through simply to survive from day to day. Hunger is a fact of life for the world’s poor in Africa, in Asia and even in parts of Europe.

News Items - Gift of Goats brings daily nourishment

2010-03-02T17:31:21Z

Goats provided by Blythswood Care are helping a low-income family in Bulgaria to raise their four children.

News Items - Fatherless Girl now gets three meals daily

2010-03-02T17:29:44Z

Showjanya did not know what it was to be hungry until her father was injured in a road accident three years ago. Within three months the family had sold everything of value to pay for his medical care. Within six he was dead.

News Items - Wheelchair User Transforms Quality of Life

2010-03-02T17:28:26Z

Nebojsa is looking forward to the snow melting so that he can get back outside in his wheelchair. Since receiving his machine from Blythswood last year he thinks nothing of covering up to seven kilometres in a day!

News Items - Gospel Tracts change hearts in Post War Liberia

2010-03-02T17:26:42Z

Something urged Rev Charles Johnson to go and speak to the tramp who squatted by a camp fire near the stadium gate. Looking ragged and worn, and with shoes falling apart, the old soldier was reading a leaflet just received at the evangelistic meeting.

Press Releases - Blythswood Clocks 20 Years in Romania

2010-01-18T16:11:17Z

Friday [15 January 2010] marks the 20th anniversary of the departure of Blythswood’s first aid lorry to Romania on 15 January 1990. Since then the Highland-based charity has grown into an international organisation supporting social care projects in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Press Releases - BLYTHSWOOD APPEAL RAISED 122,000 GIFT BOXES

2010-01-12T10:06:43Z

Scottish charity Blythswood Care has dispatched 122,000 gift boxes to nine countries in Eastern Europe and Asia as a result of its 2009 Shoe Box Appeal.

Press Releases - Local Lady's 90th Birthday Challenge to Help Children in Moldova

2010-01-05T10:17:17Z

A local lady has come up with an unusual way to celebrate her birthday and to help children in Moldova at the same time.

Press Releases - BLYTHSWOOD'S FLAGSHIP STORE REOPENED BY COUNCILLOR LAING

2009-12-09T16:51:38Z

Blythswood Care’s newly refurbished shop at Highland Deephaven, Evanton, was officially opened on Tuesday [1 December 2009] by Highland Councillor, Mr John Laing.

Blythwood News - Giving children back their childhood

2009-11-26T15:39:16Z

Jagan was crying with hunger when Mary Kumari found him, sitting under a tree. Around him the water buffalo which he was herding fed on lush green grass. But eight year old Jagan had only had rice water that morning. He would have nothing more until he returned to his master’s house.

Blythwood News - Adelina makes the grade with help from Blythswood

2009-11-26T15:36:31Z

Adelina just loves dancing! And that’s only one of the many talents she has developed at Talita Kum, Blythswood’s after-school programme for children from low-income families.

Blythwood News - Recession Increases Demand on Highland Foodbank

2009-11-26T15:32:30Z

Highland Food Bank helped nearly 3,000 people in the first nine months of 2009 - an increase of nearly 50% on the previous year. Food Bank coordinator Lorna Dempster reckons the current recession is certainly a factor in this dramatic rise.

Blythwood News - Supporting Children affected by Africa's HIV/AIDS Epidemic

2009-11-26T15:30:12Z

When Aphline’s dad was well, he supported his family by using his bicycle as a taxi. But now he is sick. He no longer has the strength. Her mother too has HIV and struggles to care for her children and her husband.

Blythwood News - Liberty!

2009-11-26T15:26:00Z

1989! What a change took place! Opportunities only dreamed of suddenly became reality as Eastern Europe began to shake off communism.

Press Releases - MILLBURN PUPILS THINK OF OTHERS IN SHOEBOX CAMPAIGN

2009-11-26T10:17:44Z

Pupils at Millburn Academy have filled 365 gift boxes for Blythswood Care’s annual Shoe Box Appeal.

Press Releases - Blythswood Appeals for Indian Flood Victims

2009-10-13T14:05:56Z

Blythswood Care is appealing for cash donations to help those affected by flooding in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Kashmir.

Press Releases - SEPTEMBER IS 'WILL RELIEF SCOTLAND' MONTH

2009-09-10T11:38:09Z

Solicitors across Scotland are supporting charities by offering to make wills for free in the month of September.