Crooks' cash funds youth projects
More than £29,000 of cash seized from crooks across Scotland is being invested in North Ayrshire in a bid to get young people off the streets. The investment comes as the latest allocation of funds from the Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities scheme has been announced. More than £800,000 is to be pumped into communities [...]
Free Church dispute goes to court
An appeal in a property dispute between the Free Church Continuing and the Trustees of Strath (Broadford) Free Church in Skye is due to be heard in the Court of Session next Tuesday (October 26.) The appeal is against the judgement given in August last year by Lord Uist who found in favour of the [...]
Old churches for sale may change skyline
Church-owned buildings across the north-east were put on the market yesterday – prompting concerns that their historic appearance could be affected. The portfolio of buildings, owned by the Church of Scotland and worth millions of pounds, includes Greyfriars John Knox Church, which is joined on to Marischal College in Aberdeen. Potential buyers are being encouraged [...]
Church targets £4.5 million collection in property sale
The Church of Scotland has placed more than £4.5 million worth of Edinburgh properties on the market as part of a major sale. St Colm’s International College is up for sale at offers over £3.2m after refurbishment of the 100-year-old Inverleith Terrace missionary, estimated to cost in the region of £1.2m, was ruled out in [...]
Bishops told to pay a Living Wage
Church Action on Poverty has written to all Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops to press them to sign up their Diocese to pay a Living Wage. Despite the steps taken by the Methodist, Baptist, Church of Scotland and URC churches neither of the two largest denominations – the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of [...]
Cutbacks feared as crunch hits charities
Some of Scotland’s largest good causes may have to make drastic cutbacks as charitable giving remains low. Care organisations such as Capability Scotland, Enable Scotland, Quarriers, Cornerstone, and the Thistle Foundation are among those which saw funds fall over the economic downturn, sometimes by millions of pounds, according to their latest accounts. Experts also believe [...]
£400 fee is forcing charities to give up status
Some of Scotland’s oldest charities are losing their status because they cannot afford to submit their annual reports to comply with the law, writes Brian Donnelly. Nearly one in 10 (8%) of the country’s 23,261 organisations, ranging from universities to youth groups, have failed to submit accounts to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator [...]
Heart of Langholm is in need of your help
As work begins in Langholm parish church to replace the broken-down heating, the Rev Scott McCarthy appeals to all the people of the parish to help raise the £67,000 needed … “ONE of the many things I like about Langholm is the high regard which the people of the town have for their traditions. One [...]
Ten Dunbartonshire church ministers to go
Churches in West Dunbartonshire are facing more cuts as the national Kirk tightens its belt. Ten Church of Scotland ministries in the area are set to go by 2014, members heard earlier this month. Each of the 35 congregations in the Presbytery of Dumbarton – which covers Milngavie to the Peninsula – is likely to [...]
Quarter of Kirk ministers to be cut
The number of Church of Scotland ministers and staff in the Greenock and Paisley area is to be cut by a quarter in the next three years. The cut could mean 13 out of the 54 Church of Scotland parishes in the area closing or uniting with others by the start of 2014. A national [...]
