Adam Smith Global Foundation

04/09/2026

**VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Would you like to get involved with your local heritage, support a community organisation and gain new skills along the way?

We are looking for volunteers to join our team at the Adam Smith Heritage Centre in Kirkcaldy.

We currently have two exciting opportunities:

🏛️ Heritage Centre Assistant
Help welcome visitors, support the day-to-day running of the Heritage Centre, share information about our exhibitions and help create a warm and welcoming experience for everyone.

📱 Digital Media Support
Help us create engaging content for our digital platform, and bring the stories of Adam Smith and Kirkcaldy to new audiences.

Come and be part of a friendly team, meet new people, develop your skills and help us bring heritage to life. 💙

📩 Interested? Get in touch with us to find out more about the roles and how to apply.
Email: [email protected]

04/09/2026

Join us at The Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy this September for The Wealth We Share with the brilliant Haver Quartet, a special musical celebration marking 250 years of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations.

🎶 Sunday 27 September | 2pm
📍 The Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy

Come and enjoy an afternoon of classical music, Scottish folk, poetry and so much more.
🎟️ Tickets are available now on the Adam Smith Global Foundation website - book yours and join us!

03/09/2026

🏃‍♀️ Kirkcaldy Running Festival 2026! 🏃‍♂️
What a weekend! Our team got involved in the Kirkcaldy Running Festival, taking on both the 10K and Half Marathon - a brilliant way to get moving, challenge ourselves and enjoy the town from a different perspective.

We’re also proud that the Kirkcaldy Lottery was a sponsor of this fantastic local event, supporting an initiative that brings people together and gets the community active.
Well done to everyone who took part! 👏

02/09/2026

We recently welcomed students from Fife College to the Heritage Centre, where they joined our Adam Smith Tour and discovered more about his life, ideas and connections to Kirkcaldy.
And there are more tours coming up!

🏛️ Doors Open Days – Saturday 12 September at 12pm
Only 3 places left!
Registrations:https://www.adamsmithglobalfoundation.com/event-details-registration/adam-smith-heritage-tour-doors-open-days

📅 Thursday 24 September at 11am
Places are still available.
Registrations: https://www.adamsmithglobalfoundation.com/event-details-registration/adam-smith-heritage-tour-11
Come along, discover more about Adam Smith and see Kirkcaldy through a different lens.

Book your place and join us!

01/09/2026

🍂 It’s September and there’s a lot coming up over the next few weeks!

🚂 Our Tom Hubbard exhibition, “Invitation to the Voyage” opens on the 12th to coincide with Doors Open Weekend — pop along for free.

🎻 And on the 27th we welcome The Haver Quartet to The Old Kirk for an evening of live music and poetry inspired by the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment.

01/09/2026

😻 The Cat Trail may almost be over, but we’re finishing with a bang! On the 3rd of October you’ll have a chance to bid for your very own cat at the Big Auction. There will be lots to see and do on the day, so keep the date free for now — more info to follow soon.

27/08/2026

🌍 From Kirkcaldy to Japan! 🇯🇵
We’re delighted to see Kirkcaldy, Adam Smith and our 250th anniversary celebrations of The Wealth of Nations featured in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), Japan's leading and largest business and financial daily newspaper.

Journalist Seiko Katsura visited Kirkcaldy in June, joining our events and conferences and speaking with people locally about Adam Smith, his legacy and the significance of this special anniversary year.
It’s wonderful to see the story of our town and our celebrations reaching all the way to Japan, exactly the kind of international connection we hoped this anniversary would create. 🌍

The full article is available to Nikkei subscribers, with the opening section accessible via the link below.
A big thank you to Seiko for visiting Kirkcaldy and to everyone who helped share our story!
Read the article in Nikkei:
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUD24A5E0U6A720C2000000/

26/08/2026

⏰ A little reminder!
Our Adam Smith Tour is happening tomorrow!
Come along for a free guided tour and discover fascinating stories about 18th-century Kirkcaldy, Adam Smith and the world he lived in.
It’s a great chance to see Kirkcaldy from a different perspective and uncover some of the stories you might otherwise walk past. 👀
📅 Tomorrow, Thursday at 11am
🎟️ Free to attend
📍 Adam Smith Heritage Centre
Register your name and be part of it! We’d love to see you there. 🌿
Go to: https://www.adamsmithglobalfoundation.com/event-details-registration/adam-smith-heritage-tour-10

14/08/2026

Submit your great cat pictures to win a prizes!

Do you have any great cat photos?

Send us your picture to win: £50 Café Continental voucher, £20 Amazon voucher, £10 Adam Smith Heritage Centre gift voucher.

We are running a competition to find great cat pictures, and some will feature in our Wemyss Ware Cat Trail souvenir programme. We are looking for any picture with the cats that are joyful, funny, arty, with kids, pets, even AI pictures – anything that isn’t boring really.

The winners will be announced on Friday 21st August so please submit you photos now – just post them into the comments on the Wemyss Ware Cat Trail so we can see them all before picking the winners.