Charity Volunteering Matters has been awarded £650,000 in funding from players of People’s Postcode Lottery to support its work in tackling social isolation and loneliness, and boosting the health and wellbeing of older people across the UK, including its Learn Together Scotland programme. Continue reading People’s Postcode Lottery cash for Volunteering Matters
Category: North Edinburgh News
East meets West in Super Bowl Sunday showdown
EDINBURGH Napier Knights will clash with Glasgow University Tigers in a gridiron spectacular just hours before Super Bowl 2018. Continue reading East meets West in Super Bowl Sunday showdown
Edinburgh artist shortlisted for national prize
An artist from Edinburgh has been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, the UK’s leading competition for British contemporary representational painting and drawing. Robbie Bushe from Oxgangs was shortlisted for his oil on canvas ‘Would All Remaining Passengers.‘ Continue reading Edinburgh artist shortlisted for national prize
Return of the Ross Fountain
The first parts of the renovated Ross Fountain will be returned to the site within West Princes Street Gardens during February, now that the extensive work on the foundations is almost complete. Continue reading Return of the Ross Fountain
Still a few tickets left for Community Ceilidh
Open mic event at The Building
Breastfeeding talk at Granton Hub
Free antenatal classes for dads
RTS Scotland Student Television Award winners announced
The Royal Television Society’s Scottish branch, RTS Scotland – part of Britain’s leading forum for television and related media – celebrated new talent and excellence in student television production when it announced the winners of the RTS Scotland Student Television Awards 2018 this week. Continue reading RTS Scotland Student Television Award winners announced
Award for ELREC’s Routes to Roots project
Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) has received the CEMVO Ethnic Minority Impact Award 2017 in the Education category for their ‘Routes to Roots: Adopting Scotland as a Homeland’ project. Continue reading Award for ELREC’s Routes to Roots project









