An adult tennis charity event, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and Advantage, a disability programme operating within Edinburgh, will take place at Craiglockhart Leisure and Tennis Centre on Thursday, 22 March from 7:00-9.30pm. Continue reading Advantage Macmillan: anyone for tennis?
Melrose is the Home of Rugby Sevens, and is the host to the world’s oldest Rugby Sevens Tournament
Event: Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens
Date: Saturday 14 April 2018
Venue: Melrose Rugby Football Club, Greenyards, Melrose, Scottish Borders, TD6 9SA
Time: 11.30am onwards
The world’s oldest – and most famous – rugby sevens tournament, the Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens, takes place for the 128th time on Saturday 14 April. Continue reading Get your tickets for world’s oldest Sevens tournament
Congratulations, Craigie! Our local HIgh School has been named Active Schools HIGH SCHOOL OF THE YEAR!
More to follow …
Continue reading An evening to celebrate for North Edinburgh’s young people
CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has announcedTthat its Edinburgh Pub of the Year is The Dreadnought. The pub, which was only opened in its current guise in 2016, takes over from the Stockbridge Tap, which had won the award for the last four years.
Continue reading Leith’s Dreadnought is CAMRA’s Edinburgh Pub of the Year
The remains of around eighty 17th Century plague victims discovered underneath an Edinburgh school playground have been laid to rest. Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School in Leith helped the city council hold a memorial service on Friday. Continue reading School holds funeral service for plague victims discovered under playground
Community Land Scotland has published its Urban Community Landownership in Scotland in 2018 report, which looks at the current state of urban community landownership in Scotland and the potential it holds for the future of our towns and cities. Continue reading Community Landownership report published
Prior to the committee’s consideration of the Scottish Government’s Management of Offenders Bill, the Justice Committee is launching a call for views. Continue reading Justice Committee seeking views on treatment of Offenders
Students from Edinburgh Napier have teamed up with colleagues from America’s elite Harvard University to explore the challenge of creating the sustainable communities of the future. The two groups joined forces for a learning week which focused on the use of pre-manufactured timber construction systems. Continue reading Branching Out: transatlantic taskforce seeks timber design solutions
Walking Football Scotland (WFS) is delighted to be working with new commercial partners Cardiac Science. The company has gifted WFS a state-of-the art Powerheart G5 Automated External Defibrillator (AED) that will be available at WFS events in the future. Continue reading Football is for life: Walking Football Scotland commercial partnership with Cardiac Science
