No need to be bored during the school holidays!
Author: davepickering
Edinburgh reporter and photographer
Human trafficking campaign launched
Traffickers are making potentially millions of pounds out of sexually exploiting people in Scotland. Police Scotland has today launched its first ever campaign targeting the perpetrators of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Continue reading Human trafficking campaign launched
Street Art Workshops at North Edinburgh Arts
Wednesday 17, Thursday 18 and Friday 19 October
1- 4pm
Ages: 10 – 18 years
Cost: £1 per workshop
Get your hands on the cans when you come along to join professional artist Ross MacRae to design and create a new spray paint mural at North Edinburgh Arts.
Please wear old clothes and we’ll provide the face masks.
Only 6 places available each day so please reserve your place in advance.
Call: 0131 315 2151
Email: admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk
In person: NEA, 15a Pennywell Court, Edinburgh, EH4 4TZ
Workshops are supported by Cashback for Community
Image: Graffiti artwork by Ross MacRae
Saturday is Beach Day with Zoo Arts Extra
Beach Day!
We’re going to the beach again with Zoo Arts Extra – join us on Saturday 20th October for fire, food, sand, sea and art. A great afternoon out to end the October holidays.
More details at https://www.facebook.com/events/681486482235975/
Supported by the Edinburgh Shoreline Project.
UK Government lanches strategy to tackle loneliness
Loneliness is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time, Theresa May said today as she launched the first cross-Government strategy to tackle it. Continue reading UK Government lanches strategy to tackle loneliness
Remembrance Day service and lunch at Old Kirk & Muirhouse Parish Church
We plan to have a Remembrance Day lunch at our church after the service and I wonder if you know any veterans or currently serving members of the armed forces who live locally? We would like to invite them. Continue reading Remembrance Day service and lunch at Old Kirk & Muirhouse Parish Church
Perfect pairing shakes-up the capital’s chef scene
AN AMBITIOUS young duo at Edinburgh’s largest independent hotel are making a name for themselves in the capital’s bustling chef scene. Continue reading Perfect pairing shakes-up the capital’s chef scene
Scottish SPCA receives generous donation from Pets at Home
The Scottish SPCA would like to thank Pets at Home Livingston (above) and Pets at Home Dunfermline (below) for donating £500 each for Scotland’s abused, abandoned and injured animals. Continue reading Scottish SPCA receives generous donation from Pets at Home
Rebel! Book Week Scotland local events
Book Week Scotland 2018 runs from 19 November to 25 November
#BookWeekScotland
Working with a wide range of partners, Scottish Book Trust – the national charity changing lives through reading and writing – will deliver events and activities across the country during Book Week Scotland 2018, which runs from 19 November to 25 November, linked to this year’s theme of Rebel. Continue reading Rebel! Book Week Scotland local events
New £50 note is’cash fit for the future’
- Treasury confirms £50 note will continue to be part of the UK currency
- Bank of England announces it will make a new modern polymer note
- more secure note will help clamp down on crime
Modern money will help prevent crime, the Exchequer Secretary has declared as plans were unveiled for a new, more secure £50 note. Continue reading New £50 note is’cash fit for the future’