LIVEN-UP: seated exercise training at Pilton Community Health Project

Pilton Community Health Project will be delivering their two-day ‘Liven-Up’ seated exercise training course next month. Continue reading LIVEN-UP: seated exercise training at Pilton Community Health Project

Childcare Academy information session on Monday

We still have places available on our information session for Monday 19th February @1pm.

If you would like to book a place to come along and hear more about the Academy, ask any questions and take away an application pack, please do not hesitate to contact me on the number below or Barbara Webster on 0131 311 6926.

Kind Regards

Audrey O’Neill

Senior Training Administrator

North Edinburgh Childcare

18b Ferry Road Avenue, Edinburgh EH4 4BL

Tel:  0131 311 6931

More support for Scottish Women’s Aid to tackle domestic abuse

Scottish Women’s Aid is being granted dedicated training funding of £165,000 from the Scottish Government ahead of the Domestic Abuse Bill progressing through Parliament. The funding will support improved understanding of coercive control within communities and develop bespoke training materials for Scottish Women’s Aid staff. Continue reading More support for Scottish Women’s Aid to tackle domestic abuse

Edinburgh Leisure Seeks Young People Looking for A Positive Destination

Edinburgh Leisure is looking to recruit motivated, enthusiastic and reliable young people aged 16-24 years old, who have a passion for sport for their next Positive Destinations course. Continue reading Edinburgh Leisure Seeks Young People Looking for A Positive Destination

Caring Soles: become a footcare volunteer

Volunteer-led Eric Liddell Centre footcare service Caring Soles is to hold a volunteer training and information day on Thursday 1st February from 10am to 3pm at The Ripple Project Hub on Restalrig Road South. There are a few free spaces left on this day which gives an ideal opportunity to find out more about good personal footcare and how to volunteer with this popular footcare service.

Lisa Jennings

Caring Soles’ Personal Footcare Service Co-Ordinator

Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh, EH10 4DP

RAF Association calls for volunteers across Edinburgh to tackle loneliness

The RAF Association is looking to recruit volunteers across Edinburgh for its befriending service, which pairs volunteers with members of the RAF community who are struggling with feeling lonely or isolated.

Continue reading RAF Association calls for volunteers across Edinburgh to tackle loneliness

Skills Investment Plan to boost childcare opportunities

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has highlighted a need for the nation’s Early Learning and Childcare sector to attract a more diverse workforce to create an additional 11,000 jobs by 2020 to meet expected demand. The organisation has worked with partners to create new national Early Learning and Childcare Skills Investment Plan (SIP) for the sector. Continue reading Skills Investment Plan to boost childcare opportunities