Angela - World child cancer appeal

World Child Cancer – An Appeal

The Humanist Association Scotland support the work of World Child Cancer; who could also do with your help as their work continues to expand worldwide through. Angela’s story below, is typical of situations they deal with on a Global scale. Angela is 6 years old and comes from the Southern region of Malawi. She has […]

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Climate Change: A personal perspective by Duncan Robertson

Question: Should we be panicking about Climate Change? Answer – Not really? Response: That’s daft, of course we should, were destroying our world because we’re causing climate change! Answer – No, that’s not strictly true. Response: Why do you say that? Answer – Let’s look at this from a pragmatic perspective. The world is about […]

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Columbine High School -Twenty years on

We should remind ourselves what a student then wrote The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more […]

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HAS donates to World Child Cancer

Our Chairman, Duncan Robertson, was delighted to attend an event in Edinburgh last week in aid of World Child Cancer Paediatric oncologist, Tim Eden (a representative of World Child Cancer) had this to say: “Dear Duncan and Pat, Firstly can I say a big thank you for coming to the Reception last night and even […]

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Keith and district mens shed

HAS supports Keith and District Men’s Shed

Our celebrant Sharon writes….This is a very special photo as it’s full of hope and of people planning something good in the future. These are some of the members of the Keith and District Men’s Shed. Their dream is to create one of the first Men’s Sheds in Moray. It’s a really exciting project and […]

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In Loving Memory – Albert Gray Edwards

Ned was born to Victor and Maggie in Aberdeen on 1 December 1923; the first of their two children. His brother Alan arrived almost exactly five years later.  Alan, a father to Anne, Duncan and Fergus predeceased Ned in 2010. Victor was an Agricultural Engineer and the family home was in Great Northern Road; handy […]

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In Loving Memory – James Stewart Robertson

Stewart was a gentleman; and as Bernard Shaw once said. “a gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out” and that was Stewart to a tee.  He was born to Jock and Peggy in Peebles on March 28th 1941; one of their two children, a brother to Harvey, and they […]

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Linda Norgrove Foundation

Visit to the Linda Norgrove Foundation in Lewis

Our celebrant Sharon Short recently had the pleasure of visiting Linda’s parents,John and Lorna Norgrove in their home near Uig, on the Isle of Lewis. The Linda Norgrove Foundation was set up by John and Lorna after their daughter Linda, an aid worker in Afghanistan was first kidnapped and then died in a failed rescue […]

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In Loving Memory – Robin Morris

Robin Laurence Morris, twin, was the second youngest of four children of Austin Douglas Morris and Molly Morris. A wee brother to John born on 13th July and to Jennifer, born on the 11th July. Robin and David came along on the day in between – the 12th July. So four family birthdays in three […]

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Jean Campbell Grieve

Jean was born in Edinburgh on 15 September 1925 and was the first of Andrew and Annie McArthur’s four children. She was a sister to George, Barbara and Anna. The family home was in Granton and that’s where Jean grew up. She attended Wardie Primary School and went on to complete her secondary education at […]

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