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Leith Gives is a collaboration of charities, businesses and volunteers working in the Leith area to alleviate the hardship of poverty over the winter.

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Joined November 2020
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Here are Parsleybox's Gavin and Gareth loading up a shed load of ready meals donated to Leith Gives- great gesture from Parsleybox who go above, beyond and ever so quietly to help those in need. Thank you. @ParsleyBox @CitadelYCLeith @BenMacpherson @Edinburgh_CC @PortofLeithHA
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Meet @EdinBATs player Ben who is doin' it for Doddie in a @SixNationsRugby inspired challenge - he's covering over 1,000 miles in 100 days for @MNDoddie5. Good luck @bens100days! Read the full story here 👇 bit.ly/3oBancZ
Leith Chooses has now closed its nominations and voting is about to start. Here's the link for voting- every vote counts for where the funding goes. no postal vote, no foreign involvement, no Trump so please use your vote: teapaw.org/LeithChooses @PortofLeithHA @CitadelYCLeith
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Here are another two images from our awareness campaign. Let us know if you know of someone we can help in January. @TheLeith @PortofLeithHA @BenMacpherson @DeidreBrock @leithacademy @CitadelYCLeith @drbellsfamily @MilanSwo @PKHinnovation @Rotary_Leith @LeithRugby @TrinityAccies
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Here's a Christmas message from Leith Gives that sums up what we're about. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered, worked, given, helped, packed, delivered with such energy. @CitadelYCLeith @Edinburgh_CC @PortofLeithHA @forthports @TheLeith @BenMacpherson @DeidreBrock
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Here's two more executions of our Leith Gives awareness campaign from @TheLeith . Iconic images helping us get the message to those we serve and those who can help us.@TheLeither @drbellsfamily @LeithRugby @PortofLeithHA @Rotary_Leith @BenMacpherson @DeidreBrock @CitadelYCLeith
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We're working with some brilliant people and here's Mary from Home Start Leith and North East Edinburgh talking about how they support Leith Gives in making sure we reach the vulnerable families and individuals looking for help. Margo was too shy to appear on video! Really Margo!
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Here's Becky from @CitadelYCLeith with just a few of the food hampers ready to go out this week from @EdinComFood. @PortofLeithHA @Edinburgh_CC @CityFibre @PKHinnovation
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Chuffed to launch our new awareness campaign for Leith Gives created by the fantastic team @TheLeith @BenMacpherson @CitadelYCLeith @PortofLeithHA @pilmeny @drbellsfamily @LeithRugby @Rotary_Leith
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People Know How are a key member of the Leith Gives team and here they are telling us about the great work they did in lockdown to build digital skills and fight digital poverty. youtube.com/watch?v=Zm6ZDZY1… @PKHinnovation @EdinRemakery @BenMacpherson @TrinityAccies @Rotary_Leith
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The Edinburgh Remakery do amazing things and are a key part of Leith Gives as we look to take a few steps forward in the battle with digital poverty. Here's Elaine from the Remakery telling us why it's great to be part of Leith Gives. @EdinRemakery @BenMacpherson @PKHinnovation
Leith Gives just keeps giving.. here's Anita from Port of Leith Housing Association telling us just why the work is so important to their tenants.@PortofLeithHA @pilmeny @CitadelYCLeith @BenMacpherson @DeidreBrock @EdinComFood @drbellsfamily justgiving.com/campaign/Leit…
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Here's Ryan from @CitadelYCLeith talking about why he's as chuffed as a gnat's chuff to be involved with Leith Gives. The Citadel is another key part of the Leith Community- great to have them as part of the Leith Gives team. @BenMacpherson @LeithRugby @PortofLeithHA @DeidreBrock
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Heres's Danielle from Dr Bell's in Leith taking about being a partner in Leith Gives and how we're all working together to help each other. justgiving.com/campaign/Leit… @drbellsfamily @Rotary_Leith @LeithRugby @DeidreBrock @BenMacpherson @Edinburgh_CC
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Here's Debbie from @Alltogetheredinburgh telling us why they're so pleased to be part of Leith Gives and how gifts can be donated. All Together Edinburgh are at 87 Leith Walk. @CitadelYCLeith @PortofLeithHA @BenMacpherson @Edinburgh_CC @pilmeny @LeithRugby @TrinityAccies
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Leith Gives is really ramping up and a fantastic piece in Saturday's 'Scotsman'. Great to see our Jamie, on of our volunteers from @leithrugby and @CitadelYCLeith in the photo. edinburghnews.scotsman.com/n… @Edinburgh_CC @BBCScotlandNews @iloveleith
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Leith Gives will profile each of the organisations in the partnership and today it's AllTogetherEdinburgh. Catrina is a volunteer and working on her retail certificates. Here'sCatrina in the AllTogetherEdinburgh shop in Leith Walk and making sure everyone stays safe.
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Jamie and the boys and girls of Leith Rugby will be back on the food deliveries for Leith Gives. Great to have them on board again. @LeithRugby @CitadelYCLeith @BenMacpherson @forthports @PortofLeithHA @scottishrugby
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Great to meet Sharon from Asda Leith today to receive a donation of toys for Leith Gives. Thanks Sharon- you're a star!
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