£30,000 donated to Endometriosis UK
A big cheque and even bigger smiles! Laura from our Committee (left), had the pleasure of meeting with Pat Menzies to present a cheque for £30,000 to Endometriosis UK. It was a joy to work with such a worthy cause and everyone at Endometriosis UK. Against the marvelous backdrop of Holyrood, Pat said “A huge thank […]
Endometriosis UK to receive £27,000
We were delighted to welcome HRH Duchess of Edinburgh as our honoured guest, along with our speakers to the 65th Lunch. More than £27,000 was raised for the charity Endometriosis UK from the 440 women who attended and the many who supported from afar. Thank you for all your support.
Some good news!
We wanted to share some good news about a Scottish epilepsy patient, who although did not benefit direct from our funds raised and whose family are grateful to the money we’ve donated to fund research into childhood epilepsy. Good to have some good cheer in January! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-67762097
£27,000 handed to Epilepsy Research UK
Our Chair Katie Stewart handed over a cheque for £27,000 raised at our lunch in April to Catherine Abbott of Epilepsy Research UK at their research unit in Edinburgh. This incredible amount will go towards funds for neurodevelopment in childhood-onset epilepsies and in children of women with epilepsy. Thank you to you all for so […]
£25,000 raised for Epilepsy Research UK
We are delighted to announce that over £25k was raised at the 2023 Women of Scotland Lunch in aid of Epilepsy Research UK. This money came from ticket sales, prize draw tickets and donations and are thrilled that it will go towards ‘Neurodevelopment in childhood-onset epilepsies and in children of women with epilepsy’. Thank you […]
Reception for Bowel Cancer
Our Committee Member Laura Sinclair recently attended an amazing reception in Edinburgh to see where the funds we raised at WoSL last year were making a real difference. She met Prof Din. Wow, and what a truly impressive force for change she is, and will be, in this appointment! It is her post that the […]
Another new team member
Welcome to Valerie Davidson, our newest committee member! Valerie is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant and is Chief Executive of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) based in Glasgow, which provides plenty of day to day challenges – endeavouring to influence and make change to public transport that effects 2.2million people in the region is no […]
New Committee Members
We are delighted to welcome two new Committee Members to the Women of Scotland Lunch. Kirsty Bryson, Global Creative Content Manager for The Macallan and Shazia Razzaq, a lawyer in the Scottish Government. Both bring huge expertise and knowledge that will enhance our Committee and we welcome them on board.
Joseph Bonnar sapphire ring for prize draw
We are thrilled to have been donated an 18ct gold Harlequin sapphire ‘bubble’ ring by Joseph Bonnar Jewellers as our main prize in our prize draw. As an incredible supporter of the lunch we are indebted to him for his generosity.
Epilepsy Research UK is the 2023 Charity
Our chosen charity this year is Epilepsy Research UK which is a wonderful charity that deserves our support and is dedicated to driving and enabling life-changing, life-saving research into epilepsy. 1 in every 100 people live with epilepsy, a third of which cannot control their seizures with anti-epileptic drugs. Shockingly, there are 21 epilepsy-related deaths […]
