Can you remember the last time you benefitted from a volunteer? Whether they are running a children’s sports group or maybe acting as stewards on charity fun runs, whatever, we would soon miss them if they weren’t there. They don’t just fulfil needs, they add friendship, joy and inspiration along the way and Volunteer Week (1st -7th June), …
Local MP, Drew Hendry has welcomed grants made over the last year in this constituency. During the past year Corra Foundation has funded £25,188 in grants for local charities. Each year, the foundation distributes just under £1 million through its Henry Duncan Grants programme to grassroots charities working in their local communities. Grants awarded over …
A homeless man once told me the brightest part of his day wasn’t hearing a coin drop in his paper cup, but the kind voice of a passer-by who asked the simple question ‘how are you today’. Without a home, with little comfort, or food, it is loneliness that hit him the hardest, and it’s a …
As #givingtuesday – the world’s biggest day for charitable giving – draws closer, local MP Drew Hendry is calling on people in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey to help choose the UK’s ultimate charity campion. The campaign is searching for someone who has shown an extraordinary commitment to charity and who has the potential to …
