Laughs for a Good Cause: Clydebank Actors Raise £200 for Men's Shed With Comedy Play
Brian Mooney and Alan Hendry staged their own Scottish comedy to support one of the town's most cherished community projects
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Growing Their Own: How Glasgow's Community Gardens Are Putting Fresh Food and Real Hope on the Table
From a gardening club in Toryglen to a city-wide movement — volunteers are transforming derelict land into productive food gardens across Glasgow
Last Chance to Nominate Your Unsung Hero for the BBC Make a Difference Awards
BBC Radio Scotland is calling for nominations — but you've only got until 5pm on Monday to put someone's name forward.
Heroes Among Us: Scotland's Unsung Champions Show Why the BBC Make a Difference Awards Matter
Nominations for the 2026 awards close on Monday 31 March — and last year's Scottish winners prove that extraordinary kindness is closer than you think
Time to Get Your Gloves On: The Great British Spring Clean Is Back — and Scotland Needs You
From Glasgow's parks to the banks of the Clyde, thousands of volunteers are rolling up their sleeves for Scotland's biggest mass litter pick. Here's how to join them.
£1.25m and 163 Projects: Glasgow's Commonwealth Games Are Already Changing Lives
A festival fund that started at £250,000 has ballooned five-fold after 400 applications flooded in — now 163 projects across every Glasgow ward will share £1.25m in grants
Glasgow 2026 Is Four Months Away — and There's Still Time to Be Part of It
The Commonwealth Games arrive on 23 July, and the ceremonies team is calling for 700 volunteer performers at the OVO Hydro. Here's how to be part of it.
'Legends Wanted': Glasgow's Volunteer Army Takes Shape as Commonwealth Games Fever Builds
With role offers landing this month and ceremony casting still open until 24 April, thousands are signing up to be the beating heart of the 2026 Games
£1.25m Festival Fund Puts Glasgow Communities at the Heart of 2026 Celebrations
From trapeze artists in the Old Fruitmarket to basketball festivals in Easterhouse, 163 community groups across every Glasgow ward are gearing up for a summer to remember
'A Dream Come True' — Three Clydebank Teenagers Set for London Stage Debut
Lucia Moran, Memphis Mulholland and Nina Konstantinou will perform at Cadogan Hall this Easter as part of Scottish theatre company Movies To Musicals.
Glasgow's Dazza Is Raffling Off His £250k House for £1 — With Charity Proceeds
The Does It Fry? star spent two years convincing his wife to let him give away their family home — and now one lucky ticket holder could win it mortgage-free.
15,000 Letters and Counting: The Pen Pal Scheme Brightening Lives Across Britain
A Shropshire charity's handwritten letter programme has hit a major milestone — and it's proving that sometimes the simplest ideas make the biggest difference.
A Flashlight, a Hard Hat, and a Whole Lot of Heart: How Construction Workers Befriended a Four-Year-Old Awaiting a Heart Transplant
When Brinley Wyczalek shone a flashlight from her hospital window, a crew across the street shone one right back — and started a friendship that's melting hearts across America.
The Yoghurt Ladies Keeping Japan's Elderly Connected — One Doorbell at a Time
In the world's fastest-ageing nation, tens of thousands of women delivering probiotic drinks have quietly become a vital lifeline against loneliness.
What If Your Neighbourhood Could Vote a Bus Route Into Existence?
In Shanghai, passengers — not planners — are designing bus routes. And the idea is spreading.
Alysia Scott Asked the Internet for Help Getting to Prom. They Raised $52K and Crowned Her Queen.
A 22-year-old woman with cerebral palsy set up a modest fundraiser for her first prom — and thousands of strangers turned it into the night of her life.
Texas Dads Surprise Beloved Crossing Guard with a New Car
When Trecia Crawford's car broke down five months ago, she took buses and ride-shares to keep showing up for the children of Moss Haven Elementary — so the school's Dad's Club showed up for her.
A 4-Year-Old Showed Up for Heart Surgery Alone — His Anesthesiologist Adopted Him
When pediatric anesthesiologist Amy Beethe found a little boy sitting by himself before open-heart surgery, she couldn't look away. Neither could her family.
Greg James' Gruelling Red Nose Day Ride Gets a Game-Changing £1 Million Boost
The Hunter Foundation will match every new donation up to £1 million as the Radio 1 DJ pedals 1,000km from Weymouth to Edinburgh — and the whole country seems to be cheering him on.
A Barnacle-Covered Bottle, A Handwritten Note, and a Friendship That Crossed the World
A message tossed from a cruise ship off Norway in 1997 washed up on a Tasmanian beach four years later — and sparked a 25-year friendship that has only just become a face-to-face one.
A Promise Worth Waiting 54 Years For: Father, 99, and Son, 80, Cash In Free Oyster Feast
When Jimmy Rush finally turned 80, he knew exactly where to celebrate — and exactly who to bring.
The Woman Who Turned Slum Walls Into Classrooms
Mumbai artist Rouble Nagi has spent two decades building 800 learning centres across India, helping more than a million children into education — and she just won the world's biggest teaching prize.
A Starbucks Delivery Changed His Life: How the Internet Raised Nearly $1 Million for a 78-Year-Old DoorDash Driver
After a Tennessee woman posted Ring doorbell footage of an elderly delivery driver struggling up her porch steps, strangers across the country donated nearly $1 million so he could finally retire.
The Singing Postman Who Got His Song Back
When a Chicago mailman's doorstep serenade went viral, the community he'd been uplifting for months returned the favor — with a car.
An 18-Year-Old's First Paycheck Could Have Gone Anywhere — He Spent It on 100 Blankets for the Homeless
When Jessie Wade got one of his first paychecks from Burger King, he skipped the new sneakers and the video games. Instead, he loaded up on blankets and hand warmers and hit the streets of Norfolk, Virginia.