{"id":24889,"date":"2026-07-02T08:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=24889"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:34:24","slug":"kiltwalk-the-easy-way-to-raise-funds-for-your-industry-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/kiltwalk-the-easy-way-to-raise-funds-for-your-industry-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiltwalk: the easy way to raise funds for your industry charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In April, a high-spirited team of eight from Aico broke out their tartan kilts and took on a 14.5 mile walk, raising \u00a31,190 for the Electrical Industries Charity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur legs are sore, but it was well and truly worth it to connect with one another and raise money for an important cause,\u201d said a team Aico spokesperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team managed to complete the walk through Glasgow in 4 hours and 30 minutes, remaining positive from start to finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The great thing about a Kiltwalk, is you don\u2019t have to be super fit to do one. It\u2019s all about getting outside, showing some national pride, and completing the walk in your own time for a cause that matters to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Edinburgh Kiltwalk is still to come on 13 September, and the Electrical Industries Charity is looking for people to commit to raising money for a cause that provides vital assistance to those in the electrical industry who need it most.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Signing up for the Kiltwalk costs just \u00a320, and there is no fundraising target. The main goal is to get outside and have some fun with it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>How to sign up for the Edinburgh Kiltwalk:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekiltwalk.co.uk\/events\/edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.thekiltwalk.co.uk\/events\/edinburgh<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click \u201csign up\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select \u201cBig Stroll\u201d (10am start)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose Electrical Industries Charity as your chosen charity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019re registered, a JustGiving page will be created automatically, making fundraising simple and stress-free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For further information, please contact the Electrical Industries Charity directly:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Fundraising Team\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">020 3696 1710\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:fundraising@electricalcharity.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fundraising@electricalcharity.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April, a high-spirited team of eight from Aico broke out their tartan kilts and took on a 14.5 mile walk, raising \u00a31,190 for the Electrical Industries Charity. \u201cOur legs are sore, but it was well and truly worth it to connect with one another and raise money for an important cause,\u201d said a team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/kiltwalk-the-easy-way-to-raise-funds-for-your-industry-charity.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24891,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24889\/revisions\/24891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}