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Darling Award for ‘whirlwind’ Tracy!

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The Sir William Y Darling Bequest for Good Citizenship for 2015/16 has been awarded to Tracy Rendall in recognition for her charity work and volunteering. Edinburgh’s Lord Provost Donald Wilson made the presentation on Tuesday night during a reception held in the City Chambers. Continue reading Darling Award for ‘whirlwind’ Tracy!

One week on, search for missing student continues

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Police continued with their search effort for missing French student Antoine Maury over the weekend. On Saturday,  specially trained officers were assisted by Antoine’s parents, Pascal and Laura Maury, as well as a team of around one hundred public volunteers. The search concentrated on Holyrood Park. Continue reading One week on, search for missing student continues

Run the London Marathon and help Scotland’s animals

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Miss out on a ballot space for the London Marathon? Sign up to a charity space and help animals in Scotland! The Scottish SPCA is offering runners the opportunity of a lifetime to experience one of the world’s largest running events while supporting Scotland’s unwanted, abandoned and neglected animals.

With the ballot for the race closed, this could be the final chance for people to take part.

Scotland’s animal welfare charity is inviting local people to take up the challenge of running 26.2 miles while making a real difference to the lives of animals.

Alison Macbeth from Newton Mearns, who recently took part in the Loch Ness Marathon in September, has already signed up to the London Marathon in April to help save animals like her beloved dog Oatis.

Alison (pictured above) said, “Oatis was found as a stray with a badly deformed back leg and was in a terrible state.

“I’m looking forward to running the London marathon for the Scottish SPCA as I’m so grateful to them for saving my dog’s life.

“The Scottish SPCA nursed him back to health although sadly he had to have his back leg amputated.

“Oatis is now incredibly fit and healthy and loves nothing more than swimming at the beach and chasing his ball. We cannot imagine life without him.”

Balerno Centre Manager, Diane Aitchison, said, “We have a huge amount of respect for anyone who sets themselves the goal of training for and running a marathon, as it’s a massive achievement.

“By taking part in fundraising events like this, people are helping us to care for more unwanted, abandoned and neglected animals.

“We don’t receive any government or lottery funding which means we rely on the public to be able to continue our work rescuing and rehoming animals in desperate need of our help.

“Anyone who takes a Scottish SPCA charity place at the London Marathon will be helping save lives.”

For further information on the Virgin London Marathon 2017 please call the Scottish SPCA’s fundraising team on 03000 999 999 (option 4), email fundraising@scottishspca.org or visit the website: https://www.scottishspca.org/events/london-marathon-2016/

 

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Ten unmissable Book Week events in Edinburgh

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Book Week Scotland is taking place Monday 21 – Sunday 27 November 2016 and audiences across Scotland can take part in a national celebration of books and reading, with hundreds of free events and fun reading activities happening across the country – and there’s lots to enjoy in Edinburgh! Continue reading Ten unmissable Book Week events in Edinburgh

Edinburgh: the Cooperative Capital?

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 Invite: Edinburgh the Cooperative Capital – The Big Look Back + The Big Look Forward 

 Friday 11 November 0930 – 1400 

City Chambers, High Street

Cllr Andrew Burns and Cllr Frank Ross invite you to this chance to hear about the big success story involving cooperatives and cooperative working in Edinburgh. The conference will provide an opportunity to learn and reflect on the growth in cooperatives and social enterprises, cooperative working in schools, cooperative procurement, cooperative service re design, cooperative social responsibility and cooperative community engagement. The conference will also look at what are the next steps for this work, linking cooperative working to the City Vision 2050 and community planning. 

This conference is open to anybody or organisation who has been involved in this work over the last four years.

Agenda: 

0930 – 1000 – arrival, refreshments, registration, stalls 

1000 – 1050 – key note speakers: Cllr Andrew Burns – reflections of four years of cooperative capital / Ed Mayo – UK Co-ops 

1050 – 1100 – Getting ready for participant engagement! 

1100 – 1200 – 1st round of participant workshops 

1200 – 1230 – Lunch 

1230 – 1330 – 2nd round of participant workshops 

1330 – 1400 – next steps – Cllr Frank Ross 

https://youtu.be/-DwG1au1SFk

 To attend please contact korstiaan.allan@edinburgh.gov.uk or Elizabeth.mcghee@edinburgh.gov.uk