Closed schools: contingency plans swing into action

Back to school – at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre?

Royal High senior pupils to return on Wednesday

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The City of Edinburgh Council has drawn up contingency plans to ensure all primary and special school pupils will be back in schools by Tuesday of next week (Monday, ironically, is a school Spring holiday). Continue reading Closed schools: contingency plans swing into action

CLOSED SCHOOLS: DETAILED SURVEYS UNDERWAY

‘The safety of children and our staff is our main priority’ – City Council Chief Executive Andrew Kerr

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The Chief Executive of the City of Edinburgh Council and senior education officials met with directors of the Edinburgh School Partnership (ESP) this afternoon (Sunday 10 April) to receive an update on the programme of detailed structural surveys which is underway on the PPP1 schools. Continue reading CLOSED SCHOOLS: DETAILED SURVEYS UNDERWAY

ROOST: ‘Doo’ get involved!

New creative project starts this Thursday evening

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Want to see more magpies in Muirhouse? More robins in Royston? More tits in Telford? (We’ll stop there …)

Like to learn to build bird houses?

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IF YOU BUILD THEM – THEY WILL COME!

Closed schools update: Scottish government offers ‘full support’

“Public confidence needs rebuilt as well as school walls: and fast” – Green Candidate Andy Wightman

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The Scottish Government’s resiliency committee has met to discuss the emergency closure of seventeen PPP schools across Edinburgh – but The Scottish Greens say the ‘fiasco’ highlights the need to expose private finance failures. Continue reading Closed schools update: Scottish government offers ‘full support’

Local schools to remain closed on Monday

Parents advised to make childcare arrangements for next week

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Craigroyston, Forthview, Pirniehall and St David’s Primary Schools are among seventeen city schools which will all remain closed on Monday, the city council has announced. Continue reading Local schools to remain closed on Monday

Partnership Centre construction to start soon

Contracts signed – Muirhouse building to get underway

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The construction of three partnership centres in Edinburgh and West Lothian will start over the coming weeks after the financial contracts were agreed yesterday.

Total Craigroyston checks out

What’s Total Craigroyston ever done for this community? Well, quite a lot, actually …

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Total Craigroyston, the council-led agency formed to tackle deep-rooted children and family problems in North Edinburgh, wound up last week with a ‘Checking Out’ event at Pilton Youth & Children’s Project. Continue reading Total Craigroyston checks out

Craigroyston Community Centre faces closure – again

Community annexe at High School under threat

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Members of Craigroyston Community High School’s Community Centre management committee have e-mailed politicians to seek support to save the school’s community wing. Continue reading Craigroyston Community Centre faces closure – again

Sharing information with Living in Harmony

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I’m writing to invite you to the next Living in Harmony forum meeting on

WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL from 10am -1pm

at Pilton Community Health Project, 73 Boswall Parkway.

The theme for the meeting is community information, and there will be short talks from local organisations as well as city wide agencies that work specifically with BME groups.

The meeting will be useful to residents – especially if they have recently moved to the area – and to workers who would like to update themselves on what is on offer locally and city wide. There will be opportunities to network in an organised and informal way, and we will finish with a Nepalese lunch together – again with the hope of people having the opportunity to chat.

I’m attaching a draft agenda to give you an idea of what will be happening, as well as a poster. I would appreciate it if you could invite residents who might find it particularly useful.

6th April agenda public

Community Information Event

Hannah Kitchen

Development Worker, Living in Harmony

0131 551 1671

hannahkitchen@pchp.org.uk

www.pchp.org.uk

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