We are looking for new members to join our pool of community football coaches – especially those who have weekend availability.
Read full role description and details using the link below:
Spartans seeks Sessional Football Coaches
Category: Pilton
TODAY: Tiny Plates returns to PCHP
Tiny Plates is Back at PCHP! 
We’re thrilled to welcome back Tiny Plates. A fun, supportive space for parents and carers of under-5s to explore healthy eating together. 
Women Only
Learn tips for tackling picky eating
Try new foods before you buy
Connect with other local families
Tuesdays | 10am–11am| Pilton Community Health Project
Join us tomorrow for an introductory session
Need more Info? email katie.graham@edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk with any questions.
Let’s make mealtimes joyful again!
Girls Only Football at Spartans
New mates, new moves, and lots of football fun!
Join our girls’ only football sessions every Friday
For more information or to book into our Little Miss Kickers, Senior Miss Kickers or our Girls’ Only holiday camps, please use the link – https://scf.classforkids.io
Tomorrow: Activities for women at Pilton Community Health Project
MONDAY at PCHP: BREATHING ROOM and CHAT CAFE
Join Jules for #BreathingRoom on Monday morning at 9.30am. A gentle class that helps you welcome the week with deep rest and seasonal mindfulness.
Afterwards, you’re free to join #ChatCafe a social group that seeks to connect women #Connect#Women with each other and their #Community.
We cook, laugh and learn together, why not join us – we’ll be waiting!
PYCP Autumn Programme
Have a good look at our new programme below! We are so ready to welcome everyone back NEXT WEEK!
Please look carefully as some of our age groups have changed and we want you to come along to the right one! 
Children/Young people MUST have a new completed consent form to come along, any done before or during the summer holidays don’t count! Please follow this link to fill them in 
TONIGHT: M Club at PCHP
Monday 18th August 6.30pm – 8.30pm at Pilton Community Health Project
Karen and the gang will be with us this evening for MClub, chatting all things #menopause related.
Free Fun Day at Spartans
SATURDAY 16th AUGUST from 9am – 12 noon
We still have a few spaces remaining for our FREE fun football day this Saturday.
Football games, skills, drills and fun.
Sign up here: https://scf.classforkids.io
Two arrested and charged for drug offences in Edinburgh
Two people have been arrested in connection with drugs offences in Edinburgh.
Around 11.30am on Friday, 8 August, 2025, officers stopped and searched a 21-year-old man in Hailesland Grove, who was found in possession of cannabis.
Further enquiries led officers to a car parked nearby where officers recovered quantities of Cocaine and Heroin. The estimated value of the drugs is more than £74,000.
Officers also searched two addresses in the Wester Hailes and Pilton areas of Edinburgh with a quantity of cash being recovered from one of the addresses.
A man and woman, both aged 21, have been arrested and charged in connection with drugs offences.
They are due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, 11 August, 2025.
Detective Sergeant John Dunn said: “We work tirelessly to remove illegal drugs from communities every day and remain committed to disrupting the activities of those who supply drugs.
“We cannot tackle this issue alone and would urge the public to continue supporting us in building intelligence about the possession and supply of drugs by contacting Police Scotland on 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
Menopause Goals at Spartans
Join us for the next block on Menopause Goals:
Come along and meet like-minded women who understand the challenges that all stages of menopause bring!
Contact Jenni for info 07831 721086, jenniferpullen@spartanscf.com
Register:
Leonardo Incident: Three women charged under the Terrorism Act 2000
Three women have been charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 after a van was driven into an external fence of a business premises in Edinburgh.
The incident happened during a disturbance in the Crewe Road North area of the city on Tuesday, 15 July, 2025.
The three women – aged 31, 34 and 42 – who were earlier arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 have been charged and are due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court tomorrow – Monday, 21 July, 2025.
Police Scotland’s Counter Terrorism Unit are leading the investigation and enquiries are ongoing.
As part of the investigation, officers are appealing for information to trace the movements of a blue Ford Transit van in the Gorgie Road area on Monday, 14 July, 2025 and prior to the incident on Tuesday, 15 July, 2025.
They are also keen to trace the movements of a white Honda CR-Z on these dates. It was recovered from a carpark in Gorgie Road following the incident.
Anyone who saw either vehicle in the area, or has any information, is asked to contact police.
If anyone was in the Crewe Road North or Gorgie Road areas and has any relevant dashcam footage or saw anything suspicious, please contact police on 101 quoting reference 0416 of 15 July.