A charity which offers a lifeline of friendship to older people who live alone has launched its twelfth group in the Edinburgh area. Contact the Elderly runs free monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for those aged 75 and over who would otherwise have no-one to see and nowhere to go. Continue reading Contact the Elderly launches 12th Edinburgh group
Everyone’s a winner at Millennium Centre bingo!
The local community came out in force as the hall had to be filled with even more chairs and tables to cover the fantastic response to Jackie’s Christmas Bingo (writes James McGinty).
Continue reading Full House at Muirhouse Millennium Centre!
Granton-based charity St Columba’s Hospice has been educating healthcare practitioners from Iceland as part of a partnership with the country’s National University Hospital. Continue reading St Columba’s shares light with Icelandic visitors
Monday 14 December 5 – 8pm
Granton Parish Church
Edinburgh College’s graphic design students got the chance to work with some of the city’s leading agencies on a real client brief as part of their annual intensive one-week challenge. Continue reading Fortune favours graphic design students
The planned official opening of Drylaw Skate Park, due to take place this Saturday, has been cancelled because of the continuing bad weather. Continue reading Drylaw skatepark opening postponed
Lido plan sunk as leaseholder fences off waterfront area
Granton Improvement Society have reacted angrily to news that the site they had earmarked for a lido has been reclaimed by it’s leaseholder – and it’s not the city council! Continue reading All at sea!
Anger and anxiety over funding debacle
Third sector umbrella organisation EVOC is to seek answers to funding queries following the uncertainty caused by Tuesday’s Education, Children and Families committee meeting.
The meeting was expected to recommend that organisations that had received funding in 2015/16 would be given the same amount as last year, while successful new applicants would receive 50% of their bid. However the key report was withdrawn on the eve of the meeting, leaving scores of community organisations in the dark over their futures.
Following the decision to withdraw the grant recommendations paper before Tuesday’s meeting, EVOC approached the Executive Director of Communities and Families for clarification and she has agreed to respond to questions collected by EVOC on behalf of organisations affected.
EVOC’s Children, Young People and Families Network development worker Sarah Wade said: “If you wish to raise a question please email me at sarah.wade@evoc.org.uk by 10am on Monday 14 December.
“This will enable us to collate questions from the Sector and submit them to Gillian Tee as soon as possible. Please include the name of the organisation you represent when you contact me – this will not be included with your question. For those organisations who have already been in touch with me, I will include the questions you have already raised.”
Email sarah.wade@evoc.org.uk or call 555 9133 for further info
Continue reading EVOC looks for answers on third sector grants
Local service NEDAC has supported thousands of local individuals and their families for more than thirty years. Now, NEDAC needs YOUR support:
NEDAC has been embedded in the local community for the past 30 years, we grew out of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Edinburgh and was initially started by local residents in response to this.
Over the past 30 years we have gained the trust and credibility of the local community and have developed services to meet the ever-changing needs of this diverse population. We have a strong community identity and links with all partner agencies involved in all aspects of substance use and mental health and we have gone a long way to reducing substance related harm for both individuals and family members as well as the community as a whole.
The current contract is about to be awarded to Lifeline which is an English National organisation based in Manchester, this decision will be made at the Finance and Resources committee on 14 December.
The loss of a locally developed service which has evolved and developed to meet the ever-changing needs of the local community will be a devastation for both the locality and the partnership approach to working with this client group. We believe that there will be a huge reduction in the level of service provided and the lack of a quick response to changing client needs will have a negative impact on the communities most vulnerable people
We are hoping to gain your support on this issue and saving a much needed community resource
GO TO www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/nedac-a-quality-local-service-axed
NHS 24 is reminding anyone taking long-term medication to plan for the festive holidays as part of this year’s ‘Be Health-Wise This Winter’ campaign. Continue reading NHS24 repeat prescription reminder
