Category: North Edinburgh News

New £4m programme to support older veterans launched

A £4 million programme to support older Armed Forces veterans in Scotland has been officially launched. The Unforgotten Forces project, launched by Scottish Veterans Commissioner Eric Fraser CBE at the Legion Scotland Club in Grangemouth yesterday, will fund a programme of support for older veterans and their families in Scotland. Continue reading New £4m programme to support older veterans launched

Help ELREC raise funds for Roningya

Dear friends,

Help us to raise funds for Rohingya.

Described as the world’s most persecuted people: 1.1 million Rohingya people live in Myanmar. The Myanmar government treats them as stateless people. Violence broke out in northern Rakhine state on 25 August, 2017, when militants attacked government forces. In response, security forces, supported by Buddhist militia launched a “clearance operation” that has killed at least 1,000 people and forced more than 500,000 to flee their homes. The UN has warned that Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya minority appears to be a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”.

ELREC is raising funds to help the Rohingya people who are victims of the unimaginable massacre we have observed. ELREC has launched this urgent appeal to help children and adults. All the funds collected will go directly to Rohingya refugees.

Thousands of victims are in need of your help. Your support is urgently needed, no matter how big or small. Please donate now by clicking on this link: www.gofundme.com/ELREC4rohingya

Food for 1 family: £50; food for 2 families: £100; tube-well (to install and maintain) in refugee camp: £250; shelter, medical treatment and food for 1 family: £500.

Please register with the attached sheet to join our charity cycle ride (contact details below and attached). 

When: Sunday 5th November 2017 from 11pm

Where: Meeting at 11am in front of Scottish Parliament 1 Horse Wynd, EH99 1SP   

We will cycle along the Innocent Railway on cycle paths and cycle back to the Parliament. Please bring your own bike. If you don’t have a bike please let us know; we have a limited number to lend out that will need to be picked up beforehand.

Thank you in advance for your generous donations to help the Rohingya people.

For further information, please contact Jean-Matthieu: JGaunand@elrec.org.uk or phone 0131 556 0441.

Kind regards

Foysol Choudhury MBE

Chair, Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council

 

 

Kind regards

Foysol Choudhury MBE

Chair
Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council

Modern Slavery Taskforce agrees new measures to support victims

Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced new measures to improve identification and support for victims of modern slavery.

Three new measures to improve the way in which victims of modern slavery are identified and supported have been announced, following a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Modern Slavery Taskforce on Monday. Continue reading Modern Slavery Taskforce agrees new measures to support victims

Young Start empowers sporting Scots to have their say

An apprenticeship programme designed to empower young people who have a disability to have a voice in shaping sporting activity in Scotland receives £49,985 of Young Start funding being awarded today.  Disability Sport (SDS) is one of five groups sharing in £206,196 of funding from the Big Lottery Fund’s Young Start programme, thanks to dormant bank and buildings account money.  Continue reading Young Start empowers sporting Scots to have their say