Scottish Veterans Awards 2024
Some of the staff and board members from LVC attended the Scottish Veterans Awards certificate giving and filming day for finalists at Edinburgh Castle on Wednesday 13th March. It was a great day in the beautiful surroundings of Edinburgh Castle and it gave us the opportunity to meet likeminded people that support the Veterans’ Community. […]
Happy International Women’s Day 2024
Happy International Women’s Day to all our Female Veterans, Wives and Partners of Veterans! Last night our Female Veterans, Wives and Partners gathered for our 2nd meet up. We were joined by Helen Marie Tuiwaiwai to discuss health and wellbeing strategies. HM provided us with knowledge and assistance in dealing with anxiety. One of our […]
Valentines Quiz Fundraiser
Everyone had a fantastic night at our Valentine’s quiz fundraiser on Friday the 16th February at Dalkeith British Legion. We raised an amazing £800 and would like to thank all the local businesses and people who donated raffle prizes on the night. A massive thank you to John Gillie at ABF Scotland as well for […]
UK Veterans Minister and Scottish Veterans Commissioner Visit LVC
We were delighted to host a visit by the UK Veterans Minister, Johnny Mercer, at LVC on Thursday 22nd February 2024 along with the Scottish Veterans Commissioner. Johnny and the staff from the Office for Veterans’ Affairs took time to meet LVC’s staff and volunteers to hear about the fantastic things we do to support […]
Veterans Awareness Stand – Morrisons
Our volunteers Alan Hill, Joyce Grieve and Dianne Holmes spent the day at Morrisons, Dalkeith raising awareness regarding Veterans needs and the support available for them and their families. It was a cold day but Morrisons were great and kept the team warm whilst they spread the word about Lothians Veterans Centre. Thank you for […]
Meet Eddie AKA ‘FAST EDDIE’ 🛵
Eddie is a Royal Marines Veteran. He has been having a few issues getting around and was in desperate need of a mobility scooter. He had approached the The Royal Marines Charity for help to purchase one but communications had broken down during the process and nothing was happening for Eddie. We contacted Paul ‘Baz’ […]
£50,000 Grant from Veterans’ Foundation
We are delighted and excited to announce that we have just received a grant of £50,000 from Veterans’ Foundation to go towards staff salaries in 2024 and 2025. We are extremely grateful for the continued support from Veterans’ Foundation as this means that we can carry on supporting the Veterans’ community in the many and […]
MacTAGGART SCOTT Donation
LVC is extremely grateful to the team at MacTAGGART SCOTT, and in particular the Chairman Richard Prenter, for the very generous donation of £2000 in December 2023. MacTAGGART SCOTT has been a huge supporter of LVC for a number of years and their ongoing support means such a lot to us. This donation will go […]
Christmas Bacon Roll Morning
What a cracking Christmas bacon roll morning we had and what a great way to end a brilliant year for LVC!! A huge thank you to Midlothian Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club for paying for our rolls today!! We had rolls, mince pies, crackers and a sing along. We also celebrated Eric being 90 […]
Vetrobates at Erskine Care Home 2023
The Vetrobates, LVC’s choir, put on a show stopping performance at Edinburgh Erskine Care Home on Tuesday 12th December 2023. We enjoyed it just as much as the residents of Erskine and we are looking forward to going back again next year. A bit shout out goes to Kevin and Sean for their talented piping […]