Voluntary organisations use local gift card to support first tenancies and people facing crisis
The Fife Gift Card is being used by voluntary organisations in initiatives designed to support those in need, including those moving from homelessness into their first tenancies, and people facing crisis circumstances. A collaboration between Fife Council and their housing department, Kingdom Housing Association, Fife charity Furniture Plus and a range of voluntary organisations including […]
National search to find Teacher of the Year goes live in Scotland
Nominations are now open in a national Teacher of the Year competition in Scotland. Led by fintech Miconex and sponsored by group collecting platform GiftRound, the competition has £1250 in local gift cards as the prize. The teacher who is crowned as Teacher of the Year, and their school, will each win a £500 Town […]
Scotland Loves Local Gift Card joins GiftRound
Scotland Loves Local Gift Cards are now available to buy in the GiftRound store as part of a drive to encourage local shopping. People can group collect using GiftRound for all types of occasions. Gifting local just got easier as the Scotland Loves Local Gift Card becomes a purchase option on group collecting platform GiftRound. […]
Scots mums front Mother’s Day campaign to encourage local shopping
Five Scottish business owning and influencer mums are taking part in a new campaign, encouraging people to think about what mums really want and need this Mother’s Day, supporting local businesses at the same time Almost eight-in-10 (77%) of mums say they feel guilty spending money on themselves and 27% say they get just 15 […]
Collaboration is key to making Dundee thrive
A Dundee firm is encouraging organisations to think local in 2024 as it chooses the city’s local gift card for its staff rewards ATL Turbine Services has rewarded its team with the Dundee Gift Card as its end of year thank you. Staff at the Dundee based engineering firm each received a Dundee Gift Card […]
Scotland Loves Local Gift Card sales top £1m
Sales of gift cards designed specifically to lock spending into local economies across Scotland have topped £1m for the first time. Corporate orders – mainly rewards for staff – have made up half of the sales of Scotland Loves Local Gift Cards across the country throughout 2023. The figure is on top of about £14m-worth […]
Gift card will put presents under the tree and food in the cupboards this Christmas
Glasgow East End charity PEEK has switched to the city’s local gift card as an integral part of their support offering this Christmas. Families will receive a £50 Glasgow Gift Card per child to spend with more than 1,200 local businesses in Glasgow. Emma Hill is Head of Operations at PEEK and said the gift […]
Gift card donations support homeless teenagers this Christmas
People are being asked to donate Dundee Gift Cards to teenagers in need, including those living in homeless units, as part of Help for Kids’ mission to make sure every child in Dundee wakes up to a present on Christmas morning. Help for Kids supports children from birth to 18 who are economically or medically […]
Co-op signs up to accept Scotland Loves Local Gift Cards
Added convenience is on the cards as Co-op joins the innovative Scotland Loves Local Gift Card and Town & City Gift Card ‘shop local’ initiatives. The Scotland Loves Local Gift Card, which was introduced by Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Miconex in 2021, plus Miconex’s Town & City Gift Cards, are designed to support local economies […]
Share your dream Christmas vision to be in with chance of winning a £1,000 Scotland Loves Local Gift Card
The Scotland Loves Local Gift Card has unveiled its festive Win Your Dream Christmas campaign as the initiative nears a milestone of £15 million loaded onto the cards, with more than £640,000-worth of cards sold in 2023 to date. Entrants in the Win Your Dream Christmas campaign are asked ‘what is your dream Christmas’ for […]