Day: March 24, 2017

Organisers blazing mad at threat to Fire Festival

Fire Festival faces winter washout

Beltane Fire Society (BFS) have urged its supporters to respond to a consultation by The City of Edinburgh Council on changes to rules around processions in public spaces. The open consultation on ‘Proposed Policy and Code of Conduct for Public Processions’ runs until 31 March so there is a need to act fast. Continue reading Organisers blazing mad at threat to Fire Festival

Building community in troubled times: Sunday Assembly comes to Stockbridge

Sunday Assembly Edinburgh comes to Stockbridge next month

Sunday Assembly Edinburgh, the city’s ‘secular church’, has a new home in Stockbridge.  Starting Sunday 2 April 2017, services will be held on the first Sunday in the month at the Life Care Centre in Cheyne Street.   Continue reading Building community in troubled times: Sunday Assembly comes to Stockbridge

Youth & Children Work vacancy at West Pilton

♦ Are you a dynamic, energetic and enthusiastic person with a passion for delivering high quality services for children and young people?

♦ Do you have the skills to build children & young people’s self esteem and self confidence?

♦ Can you assist children and young people to develop their abilities to manage personal and social relationships?

♦ Can you create/develop positive learning environments for children and young people to develop new skills?

♦ Are you able to build the capacity of children and young people to consider risk, make reasoned decisions, take responsibility for their actions and engage in democratic decision making processes?

Then see below …

Youth Worker Job Advert – After School Club (1)

Letters: Politicians must support public services

Dear Editor,

Despite the difficulties in the lives of working people of rising prices, restricted incomes and job insecurity, they will resist gross injustices done to others.

This is the real character and humanity of working people who are subject to continuous pressure from the system under which they live to just look after themselves and to believe “ there is no such thing as society”

How can working people express their humanity from their own shrinking resources? The head and heart are willing but the resources are not there: but, in other ways it can be done that would help everyone.

The disgraceful, disgusting situation of working people not being able to pay for adequate electricity or gas supplies for heating cooking and lighting whilst millions and millions of pounds are paid to shareholders in these private companies. These industries should be publicly owned and managed for the benefit of everyone is one such way.

The same should also apply to passenger transport, rail, bus and tram, these essential services are needed by working people to access their places of work. They are not a luxury, they are also important for social and leisure activity.

All these measures can benefit everyone and can be done, expressing humanity in operation. All MP’s, MSP’s and Councillors should be pressured to support and work for this.

A. Delahoy

Silverknowes Gardens

Children’s Festival programme launched

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival (formerly Imaginate Festival) which is running from 27 May to 4 June 2017, has launched its programme. The new name reflects Imaginate’s wider role in the sector: supporting artists to make new work year round and producing the flagship Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. Continue reading Children’s Festival programme launched