Day: February 7, 2018

Drummond Community High School proposals “getting it wrong for every child”

Has the council got it’s sums wrong?

Parents at Drummond Community High School and its feeder primary schools have united in opposition to the proposal to move the Gaelic Medium Education unit from James Gillespie’s High School to Drummond. Campaigners say the joint projected school rolls show that the school would be over capacity within four years and could not accommodate both Drummond and Gaelic pupils if the merger went ahead. Continue reading Drummond Community High School proposals “getting it wrong for every child”

PoppyScotland NEEDS YOU for ambitious fundraising challenge

In this most poignant of years, when the country will mark 100 years since the signing of the Armistice that heralded the end of the First World War, leading Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland has adopted Lord Kitchener’s famous mantra – “Your country needs YOU!” – to launch a fundraising quest that is inspiring groups, schools, businesses, clubs and organisations around the country to take on the challenge of raising £1,918 (or more) in 2018. Continue reading PoppyScotland NEEDS YOU for ambitious fundraising challenge

“You’re only as old as you feel”: Phil to tackle 2500 mile trek

A daring Edinburgh resident is set to undertake a gruelling trek from Hook of Holland to Istanbul covering more than 2,500 miles in order to raise money to support children and young people in hospital. Phil Crane, who embarks on the arduous expedition on his 69th birthday, is planning to walk through EIGHT countries in just seven months and follow in the footsteps of famous author Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. Continue reading “You’re only as old as you feel”: Phil to tackle 2500 mile trek