Just a reminder that today is deadline day for NEN’s autumn edition, so if you want to share your news with the North Edinburgh community in the October paper: HURRY!
Email us at northedinnews@gmail.com
In another development, NEN’s mobile phone was switched on at a moving private ceremony last night. The mobile phone has been silent for some time due to lack of funds, but the device is now active once again and awaits your calls!
The number? 07925 405 972.
With the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning organisers putting the finishing touches to fundraising plans, Macmillan has revealed the celebrities you’d most like to have coffee with. And the winner is … Stephen Fry (and he’d take you for a lemon polenta cake with a strong black coffee!)
Macmillan Cancer Support has revealed that Stephen Fry is the nation’s ideal coffee date, as the charity releases research around the nation’s hot drink and cake habits ahead of flagship fundraising event, the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning taking place this Friday.
Macmillan’s research, conducted by One Poll, suggests that national treasures are the coffee flavour of the day, with Stephen Fry, David Attenborough Nigella Lawson, Joanna Lumley and Julie Walters coming out top of the list of people Brits would most like to go for a coffee with, ahead of young guns like Miley Cyrus, Nick Grimshaw and Jay-Z.
Stephen Fry said: “I’m delighted to have been named as the person the Great British public would most like to go for a coffee with – what a lovely lot they are! In case you were wondering, we’d go to a quiet coffee shop, I’d have a strong black coffee and we’d both indulge in my favourite cake, a hefty slice of Lemon Polenta.
“The work Macmillan does really is invaluable and the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is a fantastic way of getting people together to raise money for such a worthwhile cause – I wish everyone taking part the best of luck!”
Further insights show that coffee has (just) knocked tea off its perch as the nation’s favoured hot beverage, with 51% of those surveyed saying they’d pick a cup of coffee over a brew, and are most likely to have one at 10.48am. The research also shows that Brits enjoy an average of 2.63 coffees every day, with over a quarter (27%) gulping down least 4 coffees a day, the equivalent of 91,980 mugs in a lifetime[2]!
Whilst lattes (20%) and cappuccinos (15%) are popular choices, over half (55%) of those polled admitted that they were most likely to go for the easy instant option when making it for themselves.
A hard habit to kick, over a quarter of Brits (26%) said that they would rather abstain from social media than go without coffee for the week, whilst one in five (20%) would be prepared to give up booze and 15% would even give up sex.
One in ten (11%) of those surveyed also admitted to spending up to £25 a week on coffee – that’s £81,900 in a lifetime – over three times the UK’s average salary[3]. Despite having the highest ratio of tea drinkers (53%), Londoners spend the most on coffee each week at £8.81, whilst people in the South West spend less than half that amount, with a respectable weekly coffee budget of just £4.26.
Moving on to sweet treats to accompany our coffee habits, the survey revealed that chocolate cake (21%) was the number one choice, closely followed by carrot cake (18%) and Victoria sponge (16%). Nearly a third of Brits (30%) also admitted to dunking their biscuit, with 16% going for the ‘all at once’ tactic.
Hannah Redmond from Macmillan Cancer Support said: “It’s really insightful to see how the nation takes their coffee and cake ahead of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning this Friday. At 24 years old, it’s the most successful charity fundraising event of its sort, having raised over £113million to date. This year we estimate that 5 million coffees will be drunk, 10 million slices of cake eaten and you’ll never be further than half a mile away from a coffee morning[4]. It really will be the world’s biggest coffee morning!”
Some more fascinating facts:
• Brits are most likely to raise a mug of coffee at 10.48 with chocolate cake as the perfect accompaniment
• 1 in 4 Brits have at least 4 coffees a day and 1 in 10 will spend up to £81,900 on coffee in their lifetime (over three times the average salary)
• Fifteen percent of Brits would rather give up sex than coffee
• Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning takes place on Friday 26th September
For more information go to www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee.
Following a fantastic run at the Glasgow Green Live Zone Festival 2014 for the Commonwealth Games in July, North Edinburgh Arts’ resident Theatre Company, Licketyspit are bringing their production of Hare & Tortoise to NEA this Christmas!
Adapted from Aesop’s classic fable, Licketyspit’s Hare & Tortoise is a hilarious, highly energetic show. Join the spectators for this riotous event. Put on your supporters’ hats to shout, “Hare will be there! Yeah Yeah Yeah!” or “Go Tortoise go! Don’t be slow!” Bake the race cake with the Bun Brothers, survive a night in the spooky wood with a ukulele… This show is a delightful interactive experience for everyone aged 3-103!
Licketyspit’s Hare & Tortoise is suitable for all children aged 3 years and up, together with their friends and families – including children with additional needs and English as an additional language.
Hare & Tortoise Performances
Venue:
North Edinburgh Arts, 15a Pennywell Court, Edinburgh, EH4 4TZ
Dates:
Monday 1st December – Saturday 20th December 2014
Times:
Monday – Thursday: 10am & 1pm
Friday: 5pm (Twilight family show with Bun Brothers Tea)
Family Saturdays: 11am & 2pm plus family fun events & activities
(The show lasts approximately 1 hour 10 minutes)
Tickets:
Nurseries and Schools: £6 per child (accompanying adults go free – 1 adult per 5 children)
NEA Good Neighbours card holders: £6 per ticket (child / adult) with 3 for 2 discount (buy two, get one free)
All other tickets: £8 per ticket (child / adult)
For all ticket bookings and enquiries, please contact North Edinburgh Arts Box Office on 0131 315 2151
Also…
So put on your Hare ears and Tortoise shells and come and join us – yeah, yeah, yeah!
Audience Feedback:
“(We have been) Listening the CD from The Hare and the Tortoise EVERYDAY from last Saturday 2-3 times a day, singing songs all day long by wee ones and adults at the same time…That is a big success! Congratulations!” (Mum)
“It was excellent. Interaction with audience, variety, explaining what theatre is. THANK YOU! Great!” (Mum with 5 year old)
“I liked the Bun Brothers baking” (3 year old)
“I liked the bit ‘Wa Wa Wa!’” (5 year old)
“Fantastic, funny, excellent, fun!” (Mum with 8 and 5 year old)
“I loved ALL of it!” (10 year old)
Licketyspit are the Resident Theatre Company at North Edinburgh Arts 2014/15, with support from Creative Scotland Public Engagement funding.
T 0131 332 2096/0410
M 07970 749 138
E info@licketyspit.com
Communities and Neighbourhoods Committee is live today
Just four days after the declaration of the Independence Referendum was aired live from Edinburgh and watched around the world, the City of Edinburgh Council has revealed plans to broadcast more of its committees, meetings and decision-making live online.
The latest developments mean that the Council’s webcasting service – which currently airs four committee meetings – will expand to add nine more meetings to the list following the installation of cameras and microphones in the Dean of Guild Court Room at the City Chambers.
The latest meetings to be added will cover key decisions on topics of interest to the public, including changes to sporting facilities, health initiatives, and arts and cultural events that take place in the city.
From decisions on town planning and Edinburgh’s roads, to changes to local bin collections, parks and libraries; citizens will be able to tune in to decisions that affect them and their communities.
Approved at Full Council last October, where a report showed a positive reaction to existing webcasting from the Edinburgh public, the move follows a wave of interest in local democracy and decision making in Scotland, which saw 84.4 per cent of Edinburgh residents on the electoral roll turn out to vote in the Independence Referendum.
The RT Hon Lord Provost, Councillor Donald Wilson said: “As the turnout to vote on Thursday showed all of us, people in Edinburgh and throughout Scotland and more engaged and excited about politics and democracy than they have been in a long time. Over 84 per cent of the people in Edinburgh who were registered to vote did so last week, which demonstrates a real appetite for people to engage in the issues that affect them directly.
“That is why it is essential that we, the Council, enable the public to scrutinise and engage with local decisions, and webcasting more meetings will give people direct access to this process.
“This is one of a number of initiatives to promote openness and transparency throughout the Council. For example, we are also piloting e-voting by councillors as Andrew Burns revealed just this month, which will give greater transparency as to how councillors vote on key decisions.”
The £81,000 webcasting scheme will see a full audio-visual upgrade of the Dean of Guild Court Room, as well as improved facilities for the hard of hearing.
Webcasting Council committee meetings is hoped to raise awareness of the local democratic process, improving transparency, understanding and accountability of local decision-making, as well as making meetings as accessible as possible.
Webcasts are archived and available for five years after the meeting on the webcast website.
The first meeting to be webcast using the new equipment will be the Communities and Neighbourhoods committee at 10am today.
Members of the public can register to receive alerts detailing the agenda of the meetings which are available to view online six days in advance on the Council website.
More information on webcasting can also be found on the Council websiteand on Twitter by following the hashtag #edinwebcast.
The existing webcasting service currently allows internet users to watch Full Council, Governance, Risk and Best Value and Petitions Committee meetings.
The New Town and Broughton Community Council meets on the second Monday of the month from 7.30pm until 9.30pm. Local residents are very welcome to attend and raise issue with the Community Council. The dates are:
Monday 13 October 2014
Monday 10 November 2014
Monday 8 December 2014
All meetings are held at the Drummond Room, Broughton St Mary’s Church, Bellevue Crescent (enter by ramp, suitable for wheelchairs, down at right hand side of church).
For further details and for a contact form see our new website
ntbcc.org.uk
What happens when war moves on? Gayfield Square’s Whitespace Gallery is to host an important post-conflict programme next month. The week-long event will feature a photographic exhibition, conference and the screening of human rights photojournalist Fiona Lloyd- Davies’ film Seeds of Hope.
THE Voices of Post-Conflict Project – a student-led initiative from the University of Edinburgh – is delighted to invite members of the public, NGOs, academics and students, as well as all other interested parties, to attend our conference and exhibition from 3 – 9 October.
Against the backdrop of a photographic exhibition, the conference, ‘Agency in Post-Conflict Societies – Perspectives on Issues of Gender and Agency for Women and Young People’, showcases various post-conflict perspectives and explores topics related to gender in post-conflict situations.
The public is especially invited to the film screening of ‘Seeds of Hope’, followed by a Q&A with award-winning director, Fiona Lloyd-Davies, on October 8th, 6-8pm. Fiona Lloyd-Davies is a renowned filmmaker and photojournalist who has been reporting on human rights issues in conflict areas for more than 20 years.
For more information and to register for events, please visit http://voicesofpostconflict.wordpress.com/
Picture Credit: Fiona Lloyd-Davies
Mark Lazarowicz MP has pledged to work for the transfer of powers promised to the Scottish Parliament without delay as Ed Miliband and the other UK party leaders confirmed their commitment to the process.
The North & Leith MP sets out his views on the way ahead for Scotland and the rest of the UK on the path to constitutional reform in an article published on his website today.
He said: “There must be no delay in the transfer of powers promised during the referendum campaign to the Scottish Parliament.
“Gordon Brown announced a timetable with cross-party support for further transfers of power to the Scottish Parliament and Ed Miliband as well as the other UK party leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to it.
“That has now begun with the agreement of a Parliamentary Motion which will be published as soon as Parliament returns. Full debate involving the Scottish Parliament and civil society in Scotland will follow leading to legislation being drafted by January.
“We now need to re-engage people to rebuild democracy throughout the UK by devolving power and Scotland is leading the way in that.”
You can find the full text of the article at:
The club currently has five teams (4 boys and 1 girls ), we are in the process of starting up another boys team and girls team and in January another boys team will be launched. That will give us 105 boys and girls having the opportunity to take part in active sport.
As well as the sporting element, there are other benefits too. All of our boys and girls will, through training and playing, undertake over 180 hours of physical activity which is a health benefit.
And then there’s teamwork. Our players come from all over the area; they go to different schools and come from different backgrounds but they are all the same when they put on the club strip. This teaches them that they must all work together to achieve success and the young people learn the life skills they will need as they grow into adulthood.
Recently the Inverleith Partnership awarded a grant of £1164 to equip some of our teams and we have just heard that Scotmid have awarded the club a grant of £450 which will be used to equip a new girls under 13 team .
The club would not exist without this financial support and the dedication of the 25 adult members of the club who carry out a variety of tasks such as coaches, first aiders, admin duties and committee members .
John Adams, Blackhall Athletic
Edinburgh & Lothian Greenspace Trust (ELGT) are running free workshops over Autumn & Winter:
Fungi Foray
Sunday 5 October, 10am – 12noon
Colinton Dell, Edinburgh
Bird Watching
Sunday 19 October, 10am – 1pm
Colinton Dell, Edinburgh
Storytelling
Tuesday 21 October, 6pm-8pm
Hermitage of Braid, Edinburgh
Herbal First Aid
Saturday 8 November, 10am-1pm
Hermitage of Braid & Blackford Hill, Edinburgh
Basic Bush Craft – Family Friendly
Saturday 6 December, 10am-12.30pm
Hailes Quarry Woodland Park, Edinburgh
Woodland Christmas Crafts – Family Friendly
Saturday 13 December, 10am – 1pm
Water of Leith, Edinburgh.
All workshops are FREE – but booking is essential
If you wish to reserve more than one workshop please prioritise your choice and we will place you on reserve for the others.
For further information or to book contact ruth@elgt.org.uk or telephone 0131 445 4025.
Ruth Wyatt
Community Projects Officer, Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses to help trace a 13 year old boy. Ronin Bisset was reported missing by family at 6pm yesterday ( Thursday 18 September) after he failed to return home from The Royal High School.
Ronin was last seen by friends earlier at 5.30pm, on Quality Street, heading into Davidson’s Mains Park, believed to be heading home.
He is described as male, white, 5ft 6in tall, stocky build, short dark hair, glasses, black school jacket, white shirt and black trousers with a bright yellow and black school bag.
Chief Inspector Graham McInarlin who is leading the enquiry said: “Ronin has now been missing overnight, and as time passes we are becoming increasingly concerned for this 13 year-old school boy. I would appeal to anyone who has seen Ronin in the Davidson’s Mains area or further afield, or has any information relating to his whereabouts, to contact us immediately on 101, to assist our enquiries”.
Officers are involved in searches of the area and enquiries are ongoing.
Anyone who has information or has seen Ronan should contact Police Scotland on 101.
