Cyrenians – working in partnership with Hibernian and NHS Lothian – has provided over 600 free lunches at their weekly GameChanger events at Easter Road Stadium. Continue reading Cyrenians provide over 600 free lunches in Easter Road partnership
Category: North Edinburgh News
Aileen Campbell joins celebration to mark £500,000 investment award to Scottish social ventures
Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government Aileen Campbell joined a celebratory event held at Standard Life House in Edinburgh last night, to mark a £500,000 investment and business support into 13 Scottish social ventures by Big Issue Invest. Continue reading Aileen Campbell joins celebration to mark £500,000 investment award to Scottish social ventures
The Kilted Lobster shortlisted in national Seafood Restaurant of the Year competition
The Kilted Lobster in Stockbridge has been shortlisted as a UK Top 12 semi-finalist in the 2018 Seafood Restaurant of the Year competition. The award, presented by Seafish and The Caterer, is designed to find the best restaurants cooking and serving delicious seafood dishes. Continue reading The Kilted Lobster shortlisted in national Seafood Restaurant of the Year competition
Leith traders invited to help shape Trams to Newhaven business support plans
Sweetener for beleaguered Leith businesses?
Businesses along the planned tram route to Newhaven will have their say on a raft of “innovative and exciting” support for business proposals in a new consultation beginning next week. Continue reading Leith traders invited to help shape Trams to Newhaven business support plans
NHS Lothian tackles scabies outbreak
Staff and patients at five NHS Lothian facilities are being treated for an outbreak of scabies. Continue reading NHS Lothian tackles scabies outbreak
Leith Walk: the Cockburn Association view
“It’s hard to see how erasing all the buildings along Leith Walk will preserve or enhance anything. Once heritage is lost it is very hard to replace.”
Leith has always been Edinburgh’s port and still retains a distinctive quality of its own even though it has changed significantly in recent years. It has been reinvented as a lively centre of urban living, a good food destination, and as a hub of creative activity and cultural diversity. Continue reading Leith Walk: the Cockburn Association view
Edinburgh’s Bramble to take part in Naked Grouse’s LiBARating Swap
One of Edinburgh’s top bars, Bramble, will take part in a unique international exchange as part of Naked Grouse’s LiBARating swap next week. Continue reading Edinburgh’s Bramble to take part in Naked Grouse’s LiBARating Swap
Voice Your Choice: voting event in North West Edinburgh
Voice Your Choice Voting Event NW
Edinburgh’s employability themed participatory budgeting programme has moved into the voting stages and you are invited to attend the voting event in your locality where you can learn more about the employability projects on offer, and vote for those you would like to see become a reality in your locality. Continue reading Voice Your Choice: voting event in North West Edinburgh
Scottish SPCA calls for volunteers to help raise funds for Scotland’s animals
The Scottish SPCA is appealing to kind hearted people across Scotland to fundraise this September at their local Pets at Home store. Continue reading Scottish SPCA calls for volunteers to help raise funds for Scotland’s animals
Capital housing market continues to find ‘better balance’
PROPERTY hunters may no longer be left out in the cold as summer comes to a close – with the capital market continuing to find a better balance between buyers and sellers. Continue reading Capital housing market continues to find ‘better balance’