Author: davepickering

Edinburgh reporter and photographer

Scottish SPCA appeals for volunteers: Help animals in need

The Scottish SPCA is appealing to animal lovers in Edinburgh to help animals in their care by donating prizes for their Scottish Animal Week open day raffle!

Scotland’s animal welfare charity is hosting open days at their centres throughout Scotland on 10 September to encourage the public to come along to meet the animals who are in their care.

Centre Manager Diane Aitchison is appealing for kind hearted locals to donate.

Diane said, “We’re looking forward to the open day and we’re hoping it’ll encourage people to rehome an animal! We’ll be running different events on the day and would really appreciate any donations for the raffle. The money raised on the day will help the abused, abandoned and injured animals who are in the care of the centre.

“As an animal welfare charity we receive no government or lottery funding so we rely entirely on the support of the public.”

Donations can be handed into the centre in Balerno which is located on Mansfield Road.

For more information on Scottish SPCA fundraising events please email fundraising@scottishspca.org or call fundraising on 03000 999 999 (option 4).

Equality & Human Rights Commission: Scotland Committee Recruitment Open Days

Please see below an advert for our Scotland Committee Recruitment Open Days being held on 4thSeptember in Dundee and 6th September in Glasgow. Information is also available on our website:

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/about-commission-scotland/meet-scotland-committee/scotland-committee-open-days

We will have vacancies on our Scotland Committee in November and intend to advertise these vacancies in September.  However, in advance of applying for the role of Scotland Committee Member, we would welcome you and your stakeholders to come along to our Open Days to ask any questions about the Scotland Committee and how it works and have the opportunity to speak with our Commissioner, Lesley Sawers and Scotland Committee members, Lorraine Barrie and Clare MacGillivray.

Further details are in the advert: 

Fair’s fair: Unite calls for devolution of employment law

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Unite Scotland has repeated it’s call for the devolution of employment law. The appeal follows Wednesday’s decision by the Supreme Court that the UK government was wrong to raise employment tribunal fees. Continue reading Fair’s fair: Unite calls for devolution of employment law

August round of Neighbourhood Partnership meetings

Neighbourhood Partnership meetings are taking place in August

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With the ongoing rollout of new Localities community planning structures across the city, the future of Neighbourhood Partnerships has been in some doubt but they are back for now – at least until a suitable replacement can be agreed.

Neighbourhood Partnership meetings are open to the public, so take the opportunity to hear discussions and decisions about Local Community Grant Fund applications, North West Locality Improvement Planning, participate in the popular ‘question time’ session and more.

There are four Neighbourhood Partnerships within the new North West Locality and each of these will meet in August. Dates are:

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership

Tuesday 15 August at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, 6.30-8.30pm

Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership

Monday 21 August at Stockbridge Library, 6.30-8.30pm.

Almond Neighbourhood Partnership

Wed 23 August at Rosebery Hall, South Queensferry, 6.30-8.30pm.

Western Neighbourhood Partnership

Thursday 31 August Drumbrae Hub, 6.30-8.30pm.

Full agendas for all meetings will be available here 

Library receives special consignment of Scandinavian stories

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Visitors to Edinburgh’s Central Library will be able to sample a special selection of Nordic noir, as well as sci-fi, history and poetry, thanks to a delivery by the Finnish Institute in London. Continue reading Library receives special consignment of Scandinavian stories