Day: February 4, 2016

A penny for your thoughts

Former Edinburgh District Council Housing and Finance convener JIMMY BURNETT was among the hundreds who took to take part in a demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament to protest at cuts to council budgets yesterday.

He supports Labour’s case for a 1p tax rise – and argues that we must pay more to support crucial public services:

IMG_0728

I fully support a one penny tax rise. With the proposed rebate system, those earning £20,000 or less, would pay no additional tax. Those earning £30,000 would pay around £16.00 a month. Those earning £150,000, would pay an additional £28.00 a week, £112.00 extra per month. Continue reading A penny for your thoughts

Want to be a Rainbow in Muirhouse?

rainbows

We are 174th City of Edinburgh Rainbows we meet on Wednesdays at 6.15pm in St Andrews Muirhouse Parish Church and we’d really like to welcome some new faces!

For more information click the link to take parents/carers to relevant part of Girlguiding website:

http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/parents__care.aspx

or email me at smckenzie765@gmail.com

Stacy Mckenzie

What next for our community?

COMMUNITY CONFERENCE

Saturday 13 February 

Craigroyston Community High Schoolcomm conferenceNorth Edinburgh is facing tough times. Services are being cut, good jobs are hard to come by and some of our projects are struggling to survive.

But maybe it’s not all doom and gloom. Our community has some great resources, and chief among these is our people: the activists and the volunteers, young and old.

This important conference will discuss what our community needs – and work out how, together, we can get where we want to be.

We believe the people who know best are the people who live here. North Edinburgh needs YOUR ideas – come along and help us to map out a positive future for our community.

Conference_Flyer_two_sided

Lunch provided.

Free creche available but MUST be booked in advance.

For further information call Andy or Dave at CAN on 315 6405 or email communityactionnorth@gmail.com

Report calls for action to address funeral costs

It’s a subject we’d all rather avoid, but we need to talk about funerals – and how much they can cost … 

warriston

A new report on funeral poverty has found funeral director and local authority costs should be more consistent and bereavement support more widely available. Continue reading Report calls for action to address funeral costs