Why run in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival on behalf of St Andrew's Children's Society?

Many of the children who are adopted and fostered through St Andrew’s Children’s Society have experienced trauma, abuse and neglect. This can lead to them and their adopters/foster carers needing extensive, specialist support throughout their childhood and beyond.

We offer our families lifelong support whenever they need it, as often as they need it.

As we are a voluntary adoption and fostering agency, we have to pay for this support ourselves, through our fundraising.

That’s why it’s so important for people like you to take part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival on our behalf. 

Without your help we wouldn’t be able to offer our incredible families the vital support they need.

“It was such a special day! And we were so motivated to get those miles in for St Andrew's Children's Society!”

Adi, Alison & Elaine 

Contact us about the Edinburgh Marathon Festival

If you would like to speak to someone about taking part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival on behalf of St Andrew’s Children’s Society, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

You can call 0131 454 3370 during normal office hours or send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get back to you.

Why choose to adopt or foster through St Andrew's Children's Society?

St Andrew’s Children’s Society welcome adoption and fostering enquiries from all members of the community including single people, those who follow a faith and those who don’t and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Everyone is treated the same.

If you adopt or foster through us we will help you find the right child for you and prepare you for the child (or children) being placed with you. We are a voluntary agency and therefore not tied to any one particular area in the UK when we search for a child for you.

We offer our families lifelong support once the child is placed with you and regularly run events to help our parents such as Theraplay and Coffee Mornings. We also support our families on a 1-2-1 basis. We are currently the only agency in Scotland offering SafeBase Parenting Training to adopters and foster carers.

We have an office in Edinburgh and one in Aberdeen and we help people to adopt and foster who live within a 60 mile raius of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Elgin.