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Walking on Air - Charity helping wheelchair users to go gliding. The site contains information about the club and the aircraft and full contact details.
Intercourse: talking sex - Non-profit organisation devoted to encouraging people to develop new ways of thinking and talking about sex and sexuality.
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - A charity dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Scotland's traditional country dances and their music.
The County Flute Band - The County flute band Motherwell, who take part in many parades throughout Scotland.
Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland - Charity fundraising ideas and ways to help raise funds. Events from abseiling to white water rafting, parachuting to cycling.
Area 41 Ladies Circle - Ladies Circle in the Lothian and Borders Area.
Millennium Volunteers in Scotland - Millennium Volunteers - funding and developing young volunteers in Scotland.
Scottish Cult Information and Support - Information on cult operations in Scotland, with pointers to support.
UNISON Scotland - UNISON, Scotland's public service union, representing 150,000 members delivering Scotland's public services.
Quarriers Village - Quarriers Village is a Scottish charity helping various social groups across Scotland by staging fundraising events and running a full range of social services.
Scottish Police Federation Northern Branch - Offering information to their members via the internet.
Scottish Centre of International PEN - Writers' association with centres worldwide; calls for better understanding and respect among nations through friendly co-operation between writers in the interests of freedom of expression.
Children 1st - Charity supporting families under stress, protecting children from harm and neglect, helping children recover from abuse and promoting children's rights and interests.
Rural Housing Service - Provides help and support on housing issues. Includes information about what they do, who they are, case studies, news and information, and contact information.
Teknopunx Non Violent Direct Action Group - Lists information on a variety of issues connected with the rejection of plans for roads, nuclear use, ecology and environment changes. Contains news, views, and links to many related sites.
Family Futures - Provides information for children, young people, families, professionals and organisations in order to help them with planning and problem solving when facing choices and changes. Contact addresses also included.
Scotish Countryside Rangers Association - An organisation for people who work for Scotland's countryside. Includes history, membership information, and news.
CHANGE - An organisation funded by the Scottish Executive which seeks to reduce male violence towards women through behavioural therapy. Information on training, annual reports and a list of other practitioners elsewhere in the UK, plus contact details.
LETSlink Scotland - A network for local currency systems throughout Scotland. Providing information about LETS and how they work, training, map of schemes operating, newsletter and contact details.
Community Self-Build Scotland - A national Scottish charity set up to help people in housing need and or on low incomes build their own homes. Provide advice, training and support.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme in Scotland - Aims to promote and support voluntary action in the community by older volunteers. Information on how to join and on the general principles of the organization.
Equip Scotland - Promote in-kind charitable donations to voluntary organizations.
Ladies Circle in Scotland - Organisation for women 18-45, who wish to extend their social life, and get involved in fundraising for local and national charities. Contact details and events diary for local circles.
One Parent Families Scotland - Information, links and resources for single parents in Scotland.
Right Track - Charity to assist disadvantaged young people in Scotland.
The Saltire Society - Cultural campaigners, supporting and rewarding excellence in the arts, science, architecture and civil engineering.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Umbrella body for voluntary organisations in Scotland, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness.
Workwithus.org - Directory of charitable organisations within Scotland's voluntary sector. Includes information for organisations, and for people interested in helping.
Count Grand Orange Lodge of Central Scotland - One of four main County Lodges within the Grand Orange Order in Scotland.
Victim Support Scotland - Offers support to victims and witnesses of crime. Includes directory of local contacts, helpline information, and details of their multi-language assistance.
Quarriers Former Boys and Girls Association - The official site of the Quarriers Former Boys and Girls Association. Helping former children of Quarriers Homes to keep in contact with each other.
Big Issue Scotland International - Scottish charity dedicated to promoting practical solutions to eradicating poverty anywhere in the world, by supporting the development of social enterprises such as Street Papers.
The Scottish Poppy Appeal - Offers practical support to ex-Service people, their families and dependants in need. Includes an online donation service, support information and contact details.
Youthlink Scotland - The national youth agency for Scotland promotes the well-being and development of young people in Scotland in a local, national and global context.
Children in Scotland - The national agency for voluntary, statutory and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families in Scotland.
Ayrshire Cattle Society - A breed society dedicated to keeping the Ayrshire breed of cattle at the forefront of modern dairying.
Psoriasis Scotland Arthritis Link Volunteers - Aims to support and gather up to date information for Psoriasis sufferers in Scotland and to inform the public and media about the problems sufferers face on a daily basis.
Lodge Craigielea - Masonic lodge meeting in Paisley. Lodge syllabus, history, office bearers and guestbook.
SCAHD: Advocates for Animals - Latest campaign news, synopsis of the Bill's progress, the Parliamentary process, campaign reports and news releases, facts about hunting with dogs and how to join the campaign. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Japan Society of Scotland - Orgnsiation for those who are interested in Japan, its culture, language and its economy.
Grand Masonic Lodge of Scotland - Antient, Free and Accepted Masons. Features news, calendar, subordinate bodies, and events.
The Laidlaw Youth Project - The Laidlaw Youth Project funds projects that befriend and mentor disadvantaged children in Scotland.
Turning Point Scotland - Charitable organisation listing learning disability, drugs, mental health and homelessness services offered. Includes contact, annual report, newslett and job vacancy details.
Central Scotland Forest - Environmental regeneration project. Seeks to transform the landscape and quality of life in a swathe between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Overview, projects, news, out and about, getting involved, health and exercise, forest maps and contact.
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can. -- Danny Kaye Infatuation is when you think that he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you r Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. - H. G. Wells People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they want. -- David Mamet Work is the curse of the drinking class. -- Oscar Wilde Organisations Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. -- Thornton Wilder Well if this is the wrong number, why did you answer it? -- James Thurber I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. -- Douglas Adams Organisations "What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage." A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. -- St. Augustine "People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult." (Anne There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. -- George Santayana "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead, 1901-78) Organisations I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means. - Clarence Darrow, To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect. --Lao-Tzu, "Tao Teh Ching" "I would rather die standing than live on my knees!" (Emiliano Zapata) Organisations Art and science have their meeting point in method. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people. -- Gore Vidal "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live." (Alexander Dumas) Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. -- Oscar Wilde Organisations "In married life three is company and two is none." (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest) Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible. -- Margaret Mead Giving a man space is like giving a dog a computer: the chances are he will not use it wisely. -- Bette-Jane Raphael Organisations "People demand freedom only when they have no power." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. -- George Santayana Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. -- Mark Twain There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. -- George Santayana The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!", but "That's funny..." -- Isaac Asimov Organisations True thinkers are characterised by a blending of clearness and mystery. -- Victor Hugo Love is the same as like except you feel sexier. -- Judith Viorst The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Organisations "The greatest pleasure in life is doing what others say you cannot do." (Anonymous) Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did. -- Anonymous Never moon a werewolf. -- Mike Binder "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest) "'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!'" (Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass) Organisations I was going to change my shirt, but I changed my mind instead. -- Winnie the Pooh Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. -- Semisonic, Closing Time Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended. -- Zsa Zsa Gabor Organisations Love thy neighbor, but make sure her husband is away first. "Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country." (Marquis de Lafayette) Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. -- Friedrich Nietzsche Time is at once the most valuable and most perishable of all our possessions. -- John Randolph My wife doesn't care what I do away from home, as long as I don't enjoy it. Organisations It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men. -- Mae West The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. -- Winston Churchill Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. -- G. K. Chesterton Organisations I hate women because they always know where things are. -- James Thurber Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item. -- Anonymous Sure, it's going to kill a lot of people, but they may be dying of something else anyway. -- Othal Brand, member of a Texas pesticide review board Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. -- Albert Einstein Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. - Sir Winston Churchill Organisations Criticism is prejudice made plausible. - Henry Louis Mencken "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." (John Keats) Marriage is like a cage--one sees the birds outside desperate to get in and those inside equally desparate to get out. -- Di Peatlins Organisations I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. -- Woody Allen Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser tha "The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns." (Marshall McLuhan) Weaseling out of things is good. It's what separates us from the other animals....except weasels. -- Homer Simpson, character from The Simpsons, U.S. animated television show "The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul." (Isadora Duncan) Organisations They think they can make fuel from horse manure.... Now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning. -- Billie Holliday I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top. -- English Professor, Ohio University He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. -- Aesop Organisations An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible. -- Alfred A. Knopf blah bl "The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 "Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can't bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search for the dark; they turn the lights down, anything to sustain "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit." (Aristotle) Organisations Like a prune, you are not getting any better looking, but you are getting sweeter. -- N. D. Stice You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is. -- Ellen DeGeneres Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. -- Salvador Dali Organisations "The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right." (Mark Twain) It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it. -- François de La Rouchefoucauld Parents often talk about the younger generations as if they didn't have anything to do with it. Love: An obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage. Hell is a half-filled auditorium. -- Robert Frost Organisations If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice but to think them, however silly they may be. -- Richard Mitchell, from Here's a toast to your new bride who has everything a girl could want in her life, except for good taste in men! -- Wedding Toast And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery Organisations My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character. -- Charles Barkley, on hearing Tonya Harding proclaim herself "the Charles Barkley of fig I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. - Ian L. Fleming I am in total control, but don't tell my wife. I still live. -- Daniel Webster, dying words If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Life's Little Treasure Book, on wisdom Organisations "Do you know that places only yield up their secrets, their most profound mysteries, to those who are just passing through?" (Salman Rushdie, The Moor's Last Sigh) There are three types of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't. -- Seen on a bumper sticker He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know. - Abraham Lincoln Organisations
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