Latest News from Blythswood Care

Press Releases - Schoolchildren Use Their Enterprising Skills to Help Orphans in Mozambique and Malawi

2008-05-08T15:21:35Z

Teams of schoolchildren from all over Scotland showed their enterprising and creative skills last Friday when they were attended the final of the Blythswood Schools Enterprise Challenge in Perth.

News Items - Drymen 10k Run

2008-04-29T12:41:19Z

For the fourth year in succession, the Blythswood Drymen 10K will take place on 23 August.Starting at 1pm, it will follow a circular route from Drymen school, along the B837 to Milton of Buchanan and then up into and through Garadhban Forest and back to the school.

Press Releases - Sarah's Presents Help Nightmare-Blast Children

2008-04-29T11:05:47Z

Gifts donated by six-year-old Inverness girl Sarah Oliver have been received by children in Albania, displaced from their homes by an arms-dump explosion in March.

Partners of Scottish charity Blythswood Care distributed the toys to families in temporary shelter at Durrës Beach, 20 kilometres from their destroyed homes in Gërdec.

Press Releases - Elgin Site For Second Blythswood Bookmark

2008-04-08T12:24:50Z

North-based charity Blythswood Care has chosen Elgin as the location for its second ‘Bookmark’ charity shop. The outlet opens its doors at 10am on Friday [11 April 2008], at 1 Lossie Wynd, just off the High Street and opposite Next.

Press Releases - Blythswood Aid for Arms Dump Families

2008-04-02T11:54:51Z

Goods donated by businesses and individuals in the Highlands have been sent to help families hit by disaster in Albania.

Two weeks ago, an explosion at a munitions depot on the outskirts of Tirana killed five people, injured hundreds more and resulted in 4,000 being evacuated from their homes.

Press Releases - Sarah's Birthday Presents for Albanian Children

2008-03-18T16:04:22Z

Inverness school-girl Sarah Oliver had a birthday party with a difference. When she invited her class-mates at Inshes Primary School, she suggested that they bring presents not for her but for poor children in east European countries.

Press Releases - Organisations and businesses in Central Scotland gather to hear about Buckets of Love

2008-03-18T09:50:12Z

Representatives of organisations and business gathered in Edinburgh last week to launch “Buckets of Love” in Central Scotland. This project, which involves filling a bucket with aid relief items, has proved to be of great interest to a range of organisations and businesses. Over 45 people attended the launch event and left feeling inspired to encourage others to become involved.

Press Releases - Cupboard Nearly Bare At Highland Food Bank

2008-02-26T14:29:15Z

Highland Food Bank needs donations of food now for needy families and individuals in Inverness. The public appeal is made by Food Bank co-ordinator Lorna Dempster who says that over the winter there has been an increased demand for their service. “Stocks are running low,” Lorna says.

Press Releases - Blythswood Ships Emergency Equipment To Southern Africa

2008-02-19T16:49:08Z

Water purification equipment and emergency shelter has been sent to flood victims in Malawi and Mozambique by Blythswood Care. Shelterboxes and Aquaboxes, both contributed by Rotary International, were shipped from the Netherlands yesterday [Monday 18 February 2008]. The two shipping containers will take four weeks to reach their destination.

Press Releases - Bristol Charity Worker Retires

2008-02-19T16:22:38Z

Bristol charity worker Mike Ogborne was thanked for ten years of service to Blythswood Care at a warehouse lunch in the north of Scotland. Blythswood workers and volunteers gathered at the organisation’s Highland headquarters to mark the occasion of Mike’s retirement as Blythswood Care’s area representative for south west England and Wales.

Press Releases - MPs Hear Charity's Development Fund Concerns

2008-01-23T00:00:00Z

Local MP John Thurso, together with Highland MP Danny Alexander, and Malcolm Bruce, MP and Chair of the House of Commons International Development Select Committee visited Blythswood Care’s Evanton headquarters on Friday [18 January 2008] to listen to the charity’s concerns about access to government funds for overseas development.

Press Releases - Emergency Appeal: Zambezi Floods

2008-01-16T00:00:00Z

Blythswood Care is appealing for cash donations now to bring food aid to villagers in Mozambique and Malawi, displaced from their homes by the latest flooding to hit southern Africa.

Press Releases - Generous Response To Shoebox Appeal

2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

Blythswood Care’s 2007 Shoe Box Appeal has raised 140,000 gift boxes for distribution in east European countries and in India.

Press Releases - Charity Vehicle In Suspected Arson Attack

2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

A van belonging to Blythswood Care was burnt out in a suspected arson attack in the small hours of Monday [10 December 2007].

Press Releases - Business Network Supports Shoe Box Appeal

2007-12-06T00:00:00Z

The Inverness Chapter of Business Network International presented gift boxes for Blythswood Care’s 2007 Shoe Box Appeal at their weekly breakfast in the Kingsmills Hotel on Thursday [29 November].

Press Releases - November is Will Relief Scotland Month

2007-11-06T00:00:00Z

News Items - New 2007 Gift Catalogue

2007-10-24T11:12:00Z

The new Blythswood Gift Catalogue for 2007 is available online!

Press Releases - Serbian Honour For Blythswood Worker

2007-10-24T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Blythswood Needs Clothes Now

2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Blythswood Takes Bigger Shop In Alness

2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Blythswood Finance Chief Retires

2007-09-28T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Lloyds TSB Boosts Highland Food Bank

2007-09-28T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Scottish Gas team up with Blythswood Care to launch Shoebox Appeal 2007

2007-09-25T14:32:43Z

Press Releases - Blythswood's Charity 10K Events

2007-09-05T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Blythswood's Charity 10K Events

2007-09-05T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Jodi To Champion Buckets Of Love

2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

Blythswood Care, known far and wide for its annual pre-Christmas Shoe Box Appeal, is about to launch Buckets of Love, an all-year-round project to bring practical help to people in extreme poverty around the world.

Press Releases - Blythswood Care's Charity 10k Events

2007-08-02T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Blythswood's 10K runs

2007-07-30T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Blythswood's 10K Runs

2007-07-30T00:00:00Z

Press Releases - Charity Founder's Son Leaves For Ministry

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

History seemed to have turned full circle on Wednesday [27 June 2007] when one of Blythswood Care’s key workers finally left the organisation to go into the Christian ministry.