Live in Easter Drylaw? Do you have any issues or concerns about your local area? Than why not join other like-minded people and attend the next meeting of Easter Drylaw Residents Association (EDRA)?
Meetings are held on the first Monday of every month from 7 – 9pm in Drylaw Parish Church, Groathill Road North.
The next meeting takes place on Monday 7 September at 7pm. Why not go along and have your say? All welcome!
Debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is launching its third Edinburgh debt help centre in Comely Bank next month.
CAP has partnered with St. Stephen’s Comely Bank Church (above) to extend its award-winning free service to those in need across the city. It joins two other busy centres at Central Church and Holy Trinity Wester Hailes, and brings the total number of CAP centres in Scotland to 22.
Manager of the new Edinburgh centre Claire Baggaley said: “The Church has always been about offering hope and we’re really pleased to be able to give more people a tried-and-tested route out of debt alongside other great free debt agencies in the area.”
“There is a lot in the Bible about looking after the poorest. In our society, a lot of poverty is debt-related so our congregation at St. Stephen’s Comely Bank Church has been working hard to open a CAP centre to help get people back on track.”
CAP offers a uniquely in-depth, caring service to people with spiralling personal debt regardless of their age, gender, faith or background. Every client is visited in their own home; the charity does all the negotiating with creditors and local volunteers offer support to each person face-to-face until the day they are debt free.
Statistics show that one in three callers seeking debt help are feeling suicidal but find huge relief through the non-judgemental service that treats every person as an individual.
The new service will be launched at St Stephen’s on Comely Bank Road on Thurday 10 September.
For debt help call 0800 328 0006 or visit capuk.org
Two things that help people of any age get through the ups and downs of life are friendship and music.
A pioneering two-year project, led by acclaimed Edinburgh charities Fischy Music and The Sunflower Garden, to build friendship groups and promote musical creativity for Edinburgh children with family issues, will culminate in a celebration concert at North Edinburgh Arts Centre on Friday (4 September) at 6.30pm.
Weekly after-school projects for four groups of 8-12 year olds have been run since October 2013. These groups have focused on song-writing, discussion and music games as a way of building confidence, making friends and expressing deep emotions about life circumstances that the children may struggle with.
These four moving, quirky and original songs have been recorded onto a special CD, and will be showcased by a professional live band along with selected favourites from Fischy Music – in front of an audience composed of the song-writing children, their families, staff from the two organisations and other invited guests.
“Excited when there’s presents, or going on holiday
Confused when I don’t understand the things that people say
Scared when it gets dark, or going somewhere new
In my house, there are feelings, lots of feelings
Lots of feelings all the time, is that the same for you?
(extract from ‘My House’ composed by project group 2, May 2014)
