Challenge Scotland Run and Walk
Carol Diamond, friends and family took part in the Challenge Scotland Christmas Run and Walk in memory of their daughter Emily and raised over £2,000 for SANDS Lothians. We are very grateful for all their efforts in raising this fantastic amount.
CHALLENGE SCOTLAND SUMMER EVENTS
Why not take part in one of these events which are a fun day out for all the family and help raise much needed funds for SANDS Lothians.
Sunday June 24th - Holyrood Park
Run for Scotland: 5k run
Walk for Scotland: 12, 6 or 1 mile Walks
Golden Mile Walks: 3, 2 or 1 mile Walks
Toddle for Scotland: a walk for little ones under 6 yrs old
For more information and to register for any of the above events in aid of SANDS Lothians go to www.challengescotland.com Sponsor forms are available but many people prefer to set up a Just Giving Page (www.justgiving.com) where on-line donations are banked immediately and Gift Aid is added automatically to donations from UK tax payers.
Pedal for Scotland
vid Docherty and Grant Ross took part in Pedal for Scotland in memory of David and Lianne's daughter, Lara. They raised more than £2,000 for SANDS Lothians. Many thanks to them both for all their efforts in raising this fantastic amount.
Easyfundraising.org.uk
Shop Online and Raise Money!
Have you heard about easyfundraising yet? It’s the easiest way to help raise money for SANDS Lothians! If you already shop online with retailers such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John Lewis, Comet, Vodafone, eBay, Boden and Play.com, then we need you to sign up for free to raise money while you shop!
So how does it work?
You shop directly with the retailer as you would normally, but if you sign up to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/sandslothians for free and use the links on the easyfundraising site to take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever you spend comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself.
How much can you raise?
Spend £10 with M&S online or Amazon and you raise 25p for us. £10 with WH Smith puts 20p in our pocket and so on. There's over 2,000 retailers on their site, and some of the donations can be as much as 15% of your purchase.
Save money too!
easyfundraising is FREE to use plus you'll get access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and voucher codes, so not only will you be helping us, you’ll be saving money yourself.
We need your help to keep donations coming in. Please sign up at http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/sandslothians and start making a difference...simply by shopping.
Thanks!
EDINBURGH MARATHON FESTIVAL
Full Marathon, Half Marathon & Team Relay - Sunday 27th May 2012
10K & 5K - Saturday 26th May 2012
Standard entries for the full Marathon are now closed but we still have Charity Approved Places available where we pay the entry fee and ask that you guarantee to raise a minimum of £600. Anyone wishing to take up a place in the full Marathon or any of the other events, eg Team Relay should register their interest in running for SANDS Lothians at www.edinburgh-marathon.com
We have heard from the Marathon Office that there will be no Charity Hospitality areas at the Marathon from now on as they are no longer able to subsidise these. We have decided therefore to hold a reception after the event to thank all those who take part in the various races and to present trophies. We would hope that as many supporters as possible will still be there on the day to cheer our runners on.