Wednesday 7 March 10am – 2.30pm
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre Continue reading Celebrate International Women’s Day at Royston Wardieburn
Wednesday 7 March 6.30 – 8pm
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre
Granton and District Community Council is to hold a consultation session to give local people an opportunity to find out more about proposed cycle path improvements on Lower Granton Road and to give their views on the plans. Continue reading Have your say on Lower Granton Road cycle path improvements
North Edinburgh Arts will be open for reduced hours today to enable the Community Action North event to go ahead in the morning (above) and have the cafe open for a while.
However Gentle Exercise, the Arts Strategy event in the afternoon and North Edinburgh Theatre group in the evening are POSTPONED.
Muirhouse Youth Development Group’s annual general meeting, also scheduled to take place at North Edinburgh Arts this afternoon, has been POSTPONED until further notice.
Pilton Central Association will be making up bags of food and household items for local distribution at their office on Ferry Road Drive tomorrow – and they could use your help.
Pilton Central Association’s Willie Black said: “We are going to meet at the Pilton Community Association shop next to the Thrift Shop, on Saturday morning, bagging up tons of donated food and household items for distribution around the area. There is a lot of produce to pack so we would welcome all the help we can get – we will be there on Saturday from 10am until 1pm.”
As difficult weather continues with the Amber snow warning in place for much of Scotland, steps are being taken to ensure NHS staff are able to safely travel to and from their workplace, with particular challenges faced by NHS Lothian. Continue reading Government acts to get essential NHS staff to their work
Lothian Bus services remain suspended this morning. The company will review the situation at 9am. Continue reading Lothian Buses NOT running – will review again at 9am
Edinburgh Leisure venues will stay closed today (Friday) due to the adverse weather conditions. It’s hoped that venues will reopen on Saturday. Continue reading Edinburgh Leisure venues remain closed today
Continue reading Council staff and volunteers battle to keep Edinburgh moving
All college campuses will be closed again tomorrow (Friday 2 March).
We hoped to be able to reopen but the continuing disruption caused by the weather means we have decided it is safest to stay closed. An amber weather warning remains in place, schools will be shut, and roads and public transport may still be disrupted. Our food outlets won’t receive any deliveries until Monday so we can’t provide full catering. We’re also not certain if our campuses can be kept fully cleared and gritted, with further snow possible.
We don’t close the college lightly but hopefully you understand why we’re doing it. It’s important you can get to college safely to study in the best possible conditions on campus, but at the moment that just isn’t possible.
We should be open again on Monday morning so, unless you hear otherwise, please come in as normal. We’ll send out another update on Sunday anyway to confirm.
As classes aren’t on at the moment, it’s important that you continue with self-directed study, to catch up on work or to get ahead of your revision. Moodle is available so please use the study resources available.
If you’re an apprentice, please remember to check in with your employer.
Keep an eye on the college’s social media and website for further info if needed. If the weather calms down over the next few days as we expect, we’ll see you back at college on Monday.
Stay warm and safe for now.
Annette Bruton
Edinburgh College Principal
