Author: davepickering

Edinburgh reporter and photographer

Call for youngsters in Edinburgh to Pipe up for Championships

Young musicians in Edinburgh are being urged to get their entries in for the world’s biggest schools piping competition.

From quartets to pipe bands at the top of their game, the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships offers a platform to showcase Scotland’s musical heritage – and the search is now on for performers from Edinburgh to take part in the event next March. Continue reading Call for youngsters in Edinburgh to Pipe up for Championships

Remember loved ones with charity ribbon appeal

A heartbroken mum who lost her son to deadly meningitis last November has launched a national charity’s Christmas Ribbon Appeal.

Katie Joyce had to take the agonising decision to turn her 4-year-old son Enzo’s life support machine off after scans showed the disease had left the youngster – the happiest and most bubbly boy Katie ever knew – brain dead. Continue reading Remember loved ones with charity ribbon appeal

Childcare Academy: Information Session on 18th November

Interested in a job in Childcare? The Childcare Academy could be for you:

                   

THE CHILDCARE ACADEMY IS AN EMPLOYABILITY FUND STAGE 3 PROGRAMME WHICH WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO:

  • Undertake free training requiring attendance of up to 30 hours weekly within a safe, friendly environment
  • Gain significant experience of working with children by undertaking a quality supported work experience placement within an early years care and education setting or an out of school care setting
  • Gain 2 Accredited SQA Units from the Social Services (Children and Young People) SVQ Level 2 Award
  • Gain employment in the childcare sector
  • Access a Young Persons Allowance of £55 per week for eligible 16 to 18 year olds (for a max of 26 weeks)
  • Progression onto our Modern Apprenticeship programme to gain the SVQ Level 3 Social Services Children and Young People Award

Our next Childcare Academy starts on MONDAY 2nd March 2020

Why not come along to our Childcare Academy information session? This will last approx. 1 hour and will give you the opportunity to find out what is involved in our Academy programme, ask any questions and take away an application pack.

  • Monday 18th November @11am

If you would like to find out more, please contact Audrey O’Neill (our Communications & Compliance Officer) on 0131 311 6931 or e-mail audrey.oneill@northedinburghchildcare.co.uk

Let’s hear it for our hard-working councillors!

Home advantage for four city councillors!

LGiU (Local Government Information Unit) Scotland and sponsora CCLA have unveiled the shortlist for the 2019 Councillor Awards.

For the second year running, the Councillor Awards have been showcasing the best of local government. The Councillor Awards are the only national awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of individual councillors across Scotland.  Continue reading Let’s hear it for our hard-working councillors!

Oilthigh agus Comhairle a’ tighinn còmhla son Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2019

(City’s Gaelic festival continues to flourish)

The City of Edinburgh Council and the University of Edinburgh are to co-sponsor this year’s Edinburgh Gaelic Festival, which runs from 8 to 16 November.

Seachdain na Gàidhlig is a city-wide festival that celebrates Edinburgh’s Gaelic community, past and present. It is a chance to highlight the rich, but often overlooked, history of Gaelic in Scotland’s capital. Continue reading Oilthigh agus Comhairle a’ tighinn còmhla son Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2019

Edinburgh and Lothians Aldi stores to trial reusable bags for loose fruit and veg

Aldi stores in Edinburgh and the Lothians are to trial reusable bags for loose fruit and vegetables in an effort to cut single-use plastics.

From the end of November, more than 14 stores across Edinburgh and the Lothians will offer the bags as a more sustainable alternative to single-use plastic. Continue reading Edinburgh and Lothians Aldi stores to trial reusable bags for loose fruit and veg