The Wester Hailes Fun Run 2016 took place on Sunday 19 June with a wonderful turnout from the community.

Thank you very much to everyone who supported WHALE’s Fun Run team, and of course to the runners themselves! Our fundraising total to date is a whopping £350. If you’d still like to make a donation, please use our Local Giving page or pop into the WHALE Arts Centre.

We are proud to display the John Aitchison Memorial Shield at reception. This award was presented by local MSP Gordon Macdonald to Billy Herron, the first runner back aged over 50.

We are delighted to announce that WHALE is one of three charities shortlisted to become Local Charity of the Year at Sainsbury’s in Longstone.

The final stage of the selection process is a public vote, online and in store and we need your help!

Voting takes place from the 13th – 26th of June and the winner will be announced on the 11th July.

Voting in Store:  You get one vote token per transaction so you can shop and vote for WHALE as often as you like from now until the 26th June.   Voting tokens are available from each till point, the customer service desk and the café.

Voting Online:  This is a really simple process – it takes less buy ambien ireland than 60 seconds!

The online website is www.sainsburyslocalcharity.co.uk and once on the website there are 3 stages:

Stage 1 – search for your local store: in the space provided type Edinburgh Longstone and our store will appear below

Stage 2 – click on our store to show the nominated charities.

Stage 3 – vote for WHALE Arts. You must click select to select the charity then it will display ‘vote’, you then need to click again when it says vote for it to go through.

It’s a great chance to raise our profile, and establish a partnership that will benefit WHALE and Wester Hailes, so…

Please vote!

Please spread the word among friends, family, colleagues, neighbours, total strangers…

WE NEED YOUR VOTES!

Many thanks