{"id":333358,"date":"2025-08-10T14:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/333358\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T14:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:41:10","slug":"peebles-save-the-children-staff-set-for-edinburgh-kiltwalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/333358\/","title":{"rendered":"Peebles: Save the Children staff set for Edinburgh Kiltwalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Elizabeth O&#8217;Raw and Judith Denwood have signed up for the Edinburgh Kiltwalk Mighty Stride event in September.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The duo, from Peebles\u2019 Save the Children charity shop, have set their sights on raising \u00a3500.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  More:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peeblesshirenews.com\/news\/25373691.ex-army-officer-walk-borders-london-memory-west-linton-major\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ex-army officer to walk from Borders to London in memory of West Linton major<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Shop manager Elizabeth said: \u201cI had the idea of taking part in an organised event a few months ago.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe have been training by walking up to 70 miles per week, and have the blisters to prove it!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cChildren all over the world and in the UK are facing such unprecedented difficulties that it is so important that we stand up, in whatever way we can, be it fundraising, volunteering or through donations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"The duo outside Peebles' Save the Children charity shop\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The duo outside Peebles&#8217; Save the Children charity shop (Image: Elizabeth O&#8217;Raw) \u201cEvery penny raised goes directly to Save the Children.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Save the Children looks to create lasting change for and with children.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The charity supports individual children to stay safe, healthy and keep learning, while also tackling the root causes of inequality like unjust laws or practices.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  More:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peeblesshirenews.com\/news\/25373636.storm-floris-causes-delay-major-roadworks-borders\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Storm Floris causes delay to major roadworks through Borders<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Volunteer Judith said: \u201cAs I haven&#8217;t lived in Scotland for long, it&#8217;s been a great way to make new friends.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cTaking part in the Kiltwalk for Save the Children is a good way to raise funds for a fantastic cause and it will be wonderful to see more of the streets of Edinburgh on, what I am sure will be, an incredible day.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Kiltwalk takes place on Sunday, September 14.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  You can donate in the Peebles shop by scanning one of the QR codes.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Alternatively, you can visit: www.justgiving.com\/page\/elizabeth-oraw-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elizabeth O&#8217;Raw and Judith Denwood have signed up for the Edinburgh Kiltwalk Mighty Stride event in September. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-333358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115004997829091572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}