events and activities (2008 - 2009)

ESCA runs a wide range of events throughout the academic year including annual events and specific events to meet immeadiate or short term fundraising needs.

Below you will find a list of all the events ESCA is running, as well as some other events that ESCA has involvement in. If the event has already passed, we will hopefully be able to update this page with how much money it raised for charity, so keep checking back to see how we are doing...

Date

Event

07.11.2008 Race2Dublin
Starts 9am, Bristo Square, Edinburgh.
Charity Hitch-hike from Edinburgh to Dublin. Click here for more details or to register online...
10.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Charitable Societies Fair
11am - 4pm, Potterrow Dome.
10.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Charity DIY Sculpture Making - (Art Society)
12noon - 2pm, Teviot Terrace Bar.
Come along and try your hand at sculpting.
10.11.2008 Meadows Marathon Charity Launch Night
7pm - 9:30pm, Teviot Debating Hall.
Entry by invitation only.
10.11.2008 Nightline Pub Quiz
8pm - 11pm, Teviot Underground.
11.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Local Charities Fair
11am - 4pm, Potterrow Dome.
11.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Charity Climbing Wall Session - (Expedition Society)
1pm - 4pm, The Tower, Centre for Sport and Exercise.
11.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Islamic Society Food & Comedy Night
6pm - 9pm, Teviot Mezz & Terrace Bar.
11.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - UNHCR Presentation - Hike to Help Refugees
7:30pm - 9:30pm, Teviot Dinning Room, FREE.
11.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - CHV Pyjama Party
8pm - 1am, Teviot Debating Hall, £3 on the door.
Take your teddy out on the town. Come along and party like never before! Its the one and only night of the year when you can officially party in your pyjamas! Its fun, its funky it's CHV's pyjama party! All money raised goes directly to support the work of CHV - Edinburgh University's very own children's charity.
11.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - EGP Acoustic/Band Night
8pm - 1am, Teviot Underground.
11.11.2008

Charities Week 08 - BLOGS Film Night
8:30pm - 11pm, Brass Monkey, 14 Drummond Street (Donation on the door).
BLOGS, Edinburgh Uni's LGBT Society are having a film night in the Brass Monkey to raise money for LGBT Charities. There will be nibbles food, discussion of the amazing film (Shortbus) and a tiny little quiz at the end of the movie...on the movie, to see if you were paying attention. Big prize .... oh yes.

12.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - ESCA Charity Wii Challenge
11am - 4pm, Potterrow Bar, £2 per race.
Challenge your mates to see if you can post the fastest time for three laps of Mario Cart and win £750 of Paintball vouchers from Bedlam Paintball.
12.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - ESCA 'Ducks-on-the-Run' Launch event
12noon - 1pm, Bristo Square, Ducks from £2.50.
Come and meet our 5ft 4in tall duck and find out about how you can be involved in the most ambitious event ESCA has ever attempted...
12.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - 'School Sports Day' - Geography Society
1pm - 3pm, George Square Gardens (or Teviot Debating Hall if weather cataclysmic), £5 per team.
12.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Charity Pizza Challenge - Pizza Heroes
6pm - 10pm, Teviot Debating Hall, £25 per team of five.
Eat your teams mammouth stack of pizza's in the quickest time to win a fantastic (pizza realted) prize...
12.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - MedSIN & WaterAID World Music Night
9pm - 1am, Teviot Underground.
13.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - ESCA Bouncy Castle Assault Course
11am - 4pm, Bristo Square (Teviot Debating Hall if raining), £20 per team of four.
Teams of four have to complete a bouncy castle assault course located in Bristo Square in the fastest time possible. Individuals can also compete for the fastest individual time. Five Charities have been selected as beneficiaries of the event (Barnado's, Four Square, Maggies Cancer Centres, Meningitis Research Foundation and Scottish Love in Action) with all the profits and sponsorship raised being divided equally between them. The fastest team will win a fantastic Adventure pass worth up to £500 courtesy of Nae Limits.
Click HERE to download a registration form.
13.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - CHV Tantalising Tea Party
3pm - 6pm, Teviot Dinning Room, £1 on the door.
Come and play games, drink tea, eat cake and find out more about CHV. An afternoon of entertainment. All money raised goes directly to support the work of CHV - Edinburgh University's very own children's charity.
13.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Tandem Charity Speed Lingua
7:30pm - 10:30pm, Teviot Dinning Room, £2
13.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Student Stop AIDS Charity Night
7:30pm - 10:30pm, Teviot Dinning Room, £2
13.11.2008

Charities Week 08 - ESCA/Untapped Talent Band Night
9pm - 1apm, Teviot Underground, £2
Come along to Teviot underground for an evening of quality music. If you are feeling stressed by essays, coursework and the blistering cold why not spend your evening listening to some phenomenal bands and enjoy a few cheap drinks? Just £2 entry and all proceeds will go towards MEDICT, who are a charity that supports children with neurological disorders in Mexico.

14.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Children in Need Street Collection
10am - 4pm, around campus and Edinburgh City Centre.
Contact pudsey@escaonline.org for more details or to volunteer some time...
14.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Fresh Air FM Charity Fete
11am - 4pm, Potterrow Dome, FREE.
14.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - Fair Trade Cafe (in aid of Children in Need)
12noon - 2pm, Chaplaincy Auditorium.
14.11.2008 Charities Week 08 - VIVA LAS VEGAS Charity Party
9pm - 3am, Teviot Row House, £4 in advance, £5 on the door
Line dancing, Elvis, Nightline Speed Dating, Wedding Chapel, CSI Teviot Club Night, Casino, photographers and a jazz bar. Profits from the night will be split between a number of charities including Children in Need, ESCA and Nightline.
25.11.2008 ESCA Annual General Meeting 2008
8pm - 9:30pm, Teviot Dining Room, Members ONLY.
Contact agm@escaonline.org for more details.

Past Events

Date

Event

Total Raised

23.10.2008 Edinburgh Revelation Rock Gospel Choir Bake Sale £135.31
21.10.2008 CHV Bake Sale £68.18
18.10.2008 Romanian Orphanage Appeal Potterrow Collection £176.99
04.10.2008 Breast Cancer Care Music Night
Held at the Meridian Bar, Leith Walk, from 8pm.
£240.42
27.09.2008 CHV Summer Collection £103.65
19.09.2008 Fonelisco Society Freshers Jelly Wrestling £162.53
 

TOTAL FOR 2008 - 2009

£887.08

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26.05.08

students raise over £13,000 for red cross china earthquake appeal

A group of Chinese students from accross Edinburgh have raised in excess of £13,000 for the British Red Cross China Earthquake Appeal.

They ran a number of collections, around Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities, on the streets of Edinburgh City Centre and at COSTCO. Many thanks to all those who helped or made a donation.

At least sixty five thousand people were killed and many more injured by the devastating earthquake that struck south west China on 12th May 2008.

24.04.08

students to run the
great north run

On 5th October 2008, Tom French and Laura Jayne Baker will attempt to complete the BUPA Great North Run (a half marathon distance) in aid of the mental health charity MIND.

Click here to find out more about their fundraising efforts and how you can support them...

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