New research commissioned by Aberlour Child Care Trust has found that people from Scotland’s most deprived communities are three times more likely to die before they reach their 25th birthday. Continue reading New research finds Scotland’s poorest are three times more likely to die young
SAMH Redhall Walled Garden will be open as part of the Doors Open event on Saturday 28th September (10am – 4pm).
Redhall Walled Garden
97 Lanark Road
Edinburgh EH14 2LZ
0131 443 0946
The garden is open to the public
Monday- Friday 9am – 4pm
As part of Challenge Poverty week 2019, Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) is holding a lunchtime seminar exploring the role of community development in solving poverty. Continue reading Challenge Poverty Week: lunchtime seminar at Scottish Community Development Centre
Primary schools across Scotland which are yet to receive a visit from the NSPCC’s free ‘Speak out. Stay safe’ programme are being urged to sign-up as soon as possible.
In 2018/19 the charity visited 872 schools, from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles, and delivered workshops to almost 150,000 children, helping them understand how to recognise and report abuse in an accessible and age appropriate way. Continue reading NSPCC Scotland urges primary schools to help children stay safe from abuse
Dear Editor,
You never know how you would act in an emergency, yet our actions could save a life.
This is why I think it’s fantastic that, after 10 years of campaigning by the British Red Cross, it will be compulsory for first aid skills to be taught in all state schools in England from 2020. It’s an impactful way to give young people the confidence they need to help someone.
As parents, Ben and I are so thrilled our children will be able to learn these important skills so that they never feel completely helpless in an emergency situation.
It’s also a relief knowing that if anything were to happen to them in the future, more people might be able to help.
So many women I know, especially those weaning their babies, are terrified of the possibility of their child choking. But children learning first aid could make all the difference if one of their younger siblings was choking at home.
This new legislation, however, is just for schools in England. At the moment teaching first aid in schools in the rest of the UK is optional.
We support the British Red Cross’s calls for it to become a compulsory part of the curriculum throughout the UK so all school children get the same chance to learn how to save a life.
Marina Fogle
Marina Fogle is a campaigner, co-founder of the Bump Class and host of The ParentHood podcast. She is married to British Red Cross Ambassador and TV adventurer Ben and mother to Ludo and Iona.
Falls Prevention Week with Balanced Physiotherapy
Week Beginning 23rd September 2019
EH4 has the highest proportion of over 65’s in the city and the highest rate of falls!
Free Falls Prevention Talk, Balance Classes and Balance Assessments!
Falls are not an inevitable part of getting older and by focusing on their strength and balance, people can stay active and continue to do the things they love.
Here at Balanced Physiotherapy we want you to feel your best and are here to help you stay fit and active. We are running free Balance Classes and free Balance Assessments for Falls Prevention Week.
One of our physiotherapists will also be giving a free Falls Prevention Talk at the Royal Burges Golf Club where you will be given advice and tips to prevent falls in your everyday life.
For more information and to book your place, call us on 0131 315 3105.
Booking required for all events!
Extent of the impact social care crisis is having on delayed discharge in Lothian revealed
Latest figures for delayed discharge, from the Delayed Discharge NHS Scotland (Annual Release) show the extent of the challenge facing Integration Joint Boards in Lothian. Continue reading Briggs: blame Scottish Government for delayed discharge crisis
A service that matches students with private accommodation in Edinburgh is hunting for more landlords after being short of potential spaces for 120 students for the upcoming academic year. Continue reading University letting service calls for more landlords
Should period products be freely available by law across Scotland? That’s the question being posed by Holyrood’s Local Government and Communities Committee.
The Committee is considering a Bill which would ensure everyone in Scotland who needs to use period products can obtain them free of charge through a “period products scheme”. Continue reading Public views sought on Bill to make period products free for all
A man responsible for the high-value theft of books from Edinburgh’s universities has been jailed for stealing nearly 7000 books from Edinburgh colleges.
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday Darren Barr, who is also known as Alexander Van De Kamp, was given 25-months in prison for stealing and resetting thousands of pieces of literature from Edinburgh Napier University, Heriot Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. Continue reading Man jailed for theft and reset of thousands of university books
