FEMALE VETERANS’ NETWORKING EVENT AND AFTERNOON TEA
SAVE THE DATE! FEMALE VETERANS’ NETWORKING EVENT AND AFTERNOON TEA VENUE: The Royal Scots Club, 29-31 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE DATE: Saturday, 1st February 2025 TIME: 1-4pm Following on from the immense success of our first Female Veterans Networking Event in July, we are hosting another one next year. This event will be a […]
CO-OP Local Community Fund
LVC is incredibly grateful to Co-op for choosing us for their Local Community Fund. Thanks to the Co-op and it’s members a massive £2099.93 was raised for our charity. These funds are vital in continuing our support to Veterans and their family members. The cost of living crisis continues to rise and grants like this […]
Makers Market The Lothians
Makers Market The Lothians are holding a Charity Raffle as part of their Cockpen Church Hall Christmas Makers Market on behalf of Lothians Veterans Centre. Jennefer from Makers Market The Lothians says that “If you liked their last raffle this one’s gonna be even better!!!!!” Thanks for choosing Lothians Veterans Centre
Donations Via Card Payments in the Centre
Edinburgh Kiltwalk 2024
A mahoosive well done to LVC’s kilt walkers and to Billy Anderson for organising them all and completing the walk with sticks so soon after his hip surgery. First class effort everyone! Fundraising is still ongoing but so far the total is around £3000 which is incredible.
ASSAYE Day – 2SCOTS
Huge thanks to 2SCOTS, Major Bob Whyte for inviting LVC to ASSAYE Day on Saturday 21st September at Glencorse Barracks. Fantastic day of events and food for all the families after a long 9 months away from home.
Family BBQ -Walled Garden Linburn
On Friday the 9th August we held our veterans and families BBQ at the Linburn Walled Garden, we had 59 veterans and their families attend on the day and as you can see from the photos, everyone had a fantastic time. David Hood from Music in Hospitals & Care entertained us in the morning. We […]
National Lottery Community Funding
We are delighted and excited to announce that we have secured funding from The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland to expand our support to veterans and families over the next 3 years. We are extremely grateful for this funding which will make a real difference to the lives of veterans and families in the Lothians. […]
Female Veterans’ Networking Event, Edinburgh, 6th July
On Saturday 55 amazing women attended our Female Veterans’ Networking Event at The Scots Guards Club in Edinburgh. The fact that so many women turned up demonstrates that there is a real need for these types of events so we will be organising more! It was a fantastic opportunity for ex-servicewomen from all 3 services […]
ABF The Soldiers’ Charity Grant
We are delighted to announce that LVC have been awarded £20,000 from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity towards our core costs.