Two Dalgety Bay cyclists are gearing up to cycle from one capital to another as they aim to raise £2,000 for a dementia charity. Edinburgh College lecturer Nik Olliver and partner Richard Newton are preparing to tandem cycle 2000km from Edinburgh to Budapest later this year in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK, the country’s leading…
A group of Edinburgh College students have teamed up with Edinburgh Harley Davidson to raise £1319.57 for local children’s charity The Yard. Two teams of 21 students from the college’s Preparation for Employment course – which equips students with skills to enable a smooth transition from school or college into work – organised a series…
A group of Edinburgh College students have been busy stuffing stockings full of gifts to deliver to local children in time for Christmas. The Entry to Learning students undertook The Great Stocking Stuff in aid of Children 1st Hardengreen to provide gifts to local children who may otherwise receive very little at Christmas time. As…
Edinburgh College’s Barbering students have swapped the salon for homeless shelters in the city as part of a project offering free haircuts to homeless people this Christmas. The Haircuts for the Homeless project has run for six years and students have been out again this year to cut the hair of residents at two hostels,…
Edinburgh College’s hairdressers are swapping salons for the streets this winter for a charity project to provide haircuts to homeless people. Seven hair and beauty students took their scissors to the Salvation Army at The Pleasance and Cross Reach’s Cunningham House hostel this week, cutting and styling the hair of around 30 clients who use…
Some Edinburgh College Rapunzel’s let down their hair for a good cause and donated their locks to make wigs for child cancer patients who have lost theirs. Students from HN Sports Therapy and Fitness, Health and Exercise courses joined their lecturers to have the chop to help children’s charity the Little Princess Trust, which makes…