by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Nov 3, 2023 | News
We know without a warm jacket and winter footwear some children can’t or won’t attend school. This has a huge impact their education, and ultimately their long term life chances. “Parents are now able to send their children to school as they have... 
by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Oct 19, 2023 | News
We had a second group of wonderful volunteers visit from the University of Edinburgh this month. This time we had the pleasure of welcoming Jill and Louise. The ladies were amazed by how organised everything here is and by the scale of everything we do, including... 
by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Oct 2, 2023 | News
Challenge Poverty Week starts today! The week kicked off with two of our team, Collette and Roz, attending the Tackling Poverty Conference at Howden Park, raising awareness of our service and networking with partners and the public. The girls were very interested to... 
by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Sep 26, 2023 | News, Uncategorised
Taking Part Counts! Earlier this year we ran a football boot appeal and thanks to all you amazing donors and Volunteers for cleaning up the boots we were able to re-distribute the boots to two very worthy projects. One being Passion4Fusion. Helene (Project Director)... by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Sep 22, 2023 | News
School Shoes for local children – Tesco Community Grants Scheme Earlier this year we were awarded £500 from the blue tokens scheme based in Tesco Linlithgow and Bo’ness stores. This award has helped ensure we were able to cope with the increasing demand... 
by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Sep 11, 2023 | News
Earlier this year we had an appeal for second-hand football boots and the public really got behind this initiative and donated lots! Special thanks to Murieston United Football Club and to West Lothian Football Academy for hosting one of our red collection bins and...