Friends of Inverleith Park AGM is taking place in St Stephen’s Church, Comely Bank at 7pm tonight. There will also be an illustrated talk on ‘Pollinators in the Park’. New Friends welcome!
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Safe and Together in North Edinburgh
Local training for child welfare professionals
The Safe and Together model has been developed to provide a better framework for dealing with the challenge of domestic violence. It is based on a set of core assumptions, principles and components which recognise that children are best served if we are able to keep them safe and together with the domestic violence survivor. It provides a framework for working with the domestic violence survivor and intervening with the domestic violence perpetrator.
Sign up for a Safe and Together training session on Monday 7 December from 9.30am – noon at the North Edinburgh Local Office, 8 West Pilton Gardens.
Places are limited so please book early by emailing tracey.devenney@edinburgh.gov.uk or telephone 0131 529 5073
Arts garden project good to grow!
SNH funding for North Edinburgh Arts
North Edinburgh Arts has received one-year funding from Scottish National Heritage to continue their award-winning garden project. Look out for activities focusing on nature and landscape in the near future …
Swinney urges Osborne: do the right thing
Chancellor must listen to growing opposition to austerity measures
The Scottish Government has consistently demonstrated that the UK’s deficit and debt can be brought down without the need for huge public spending cuts as set out by the UK Government, Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary John Swinney said today. Continue reading Swinney urges Osborne: do the right thing
Fans’ right to buy? We’ll support you evermore, say Greens
Club ownership: football belongs to the fans, say Greens
The Scottish Greens are launching the latest stage in their campaign to deliver a fans’ right to buy football clubs in Scotland. Continue reading Fans’ right to buy? We’ll support you evermore, say Greens
Mikaeel Memorial Play Park completed at Towford
MY Adventure team keep their promise to North Edinburgh
Last year MY Adventure ran a hugely successful Crowdfunder campaign (http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/towford) to renovate an old school house in the Scottish Boarders for the children, young people and the families of North Edinburgh to spend time in a truly wonderful location. Continue reading Mikaeel Memorial Play Park completed at Towford
Living Well AGM
Living Well North Edinburgh Annual General Meeting
Thursday 3 November 12 noon
Council budget: have your say on ‘Transformation Programme’
Consultation period extended until 17 December
New proposals to help save the Council money over the next four years have been published for public comment. Edinburgh’s citizens can submit their views on measures, which add to a series of existing proposals on how the Council is to make an annual saving of at least £126m by 2020.
There will now also be an extra week for feedback, with the engagement period now running until 17 December.
Continue reading Council budget: have your say on ‘Transformation Programme’
Minister pledges 50,000 new affordable homes
‘Housing is a key priority for this government and is fundamental to tackling poverty’ – Housing Minister Margaret Burgess
Housing Minister Margaret Burgess has pledged to invest £3 billion to deliver 50,000 new affordable homes over the next five years. The new target is a 67 per cent increase in affordable housing supply, with 70 per cent of the new target being for social rent. Continue reading Minister pledges 50,000 new affordable homes
New mmmmmmenu at Muirhouse Millennium Centre
Warm welcome at Muirhouse Millennium Community Centre
We would like to encourage managers to get their staff out of the office for lunch and not be sitting with a take-away roll and at the mercy of the phone -that’s why answer phones were invented (writes James McGinty)! Continue reading New mmmmmmenu at Muirhouse Millennium Centre