Best-selling Scottish crime writer Alex Gray will visit Muirhouse Library on Monday 26 November at 6.30pm. The Glaswegian author, who has nine published crime novels, will be reading from her new paperback A Pound of Flesh and answering audience questions about her writing and the Lorimer series.
The event is free – contact Muirhouse Library on 529 5528 for further details.
Pilton Equalities Project’s Weekend Resource is holding a coffee morning and table sale at the PEP Centre in West Pilton Park on Saturday 24 November from 11am – 1pm. Donations welcome – call 315 4466 for more info.
The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Therapy Centre in Edinburgh has received a donation of five desktop computers and a laptop from Standard Life. The Edinburgh-based finance company’s gift has come as a welcome boost to the Centre, which cares for those are affected by MS in Edinburgh, Fife, The Lothians and The Borders.
Carole Macartney, chair of the MS Therapy Centre said: “We are delighted at the generosity of Standard Life. As part of their regular updating programme, they have kindly donated some of their I.T. equipment and office furniture which should help to make our dedicated staff and volunteers’ jobs easier. There is a fair amount of admin to be done at the Centre and our current PCs are getting on a bit. The new equipment means we can work faster and without fear of equipment breaking down.
“Crucially, the computers will help us to keep our website up-to-date, which is vital to pass on information to our regular visitors, as well as the wider community. Having the laptop will also assist in taking the MS Therapy Centre out into the local area. This really is a lifeline, ensuring we can continue to remain in contact with people across the region who live with MS and who rely on us to be there.”
It is estimated that there are around 2300 people in the Lothians who live with Multiple Sclerosis. The MS Therapy Centre costs £180,000 to run each year, with the majority of this money coming from fundraising and charitable donations.
With the Christmas countdown well under way, Stockbridge Market could be just the place to pick up those quirky and unusual personal gifts you just won’t find in your high street stores.
And there will be more opportunities to pick up these bargains as Stockbridge market extends it’s opening times over the festive period. In the run up to Christmas the Market will open on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 as well as on Sunday 23rd December, and the Market will again be open all weekend from Friday 28 – Sunday 30 for those pre-Hogmanay purchases.
It’s a lovely bright morning – why not call in at Stockbridge Market today? The market’s open from 10 – 5pm.
Drylaw Parish Church on Groathill Road North will be holding a coffee morning on Saturday 23 November from 11am – 1pm. Stalls, home baking and other attractions. Free admission.
