Calpol to support children’s charity helpline

  • In 2018/19 the NSPCC Helpline handled nearly 73,000 calls and emails nationally from adults worried about a child – referring almost half on to police and social services
  • The helpline made nearly 2,000 referrals to agencies in Scotland last year
  • Charity announces partnership with CALPOL® that will help the NSPCC to deal with thousands of contacts

Contacts to the NSPCC Helpline from adults worried about the safety of a child across the UK are on the increase (by 12%). Continue reading Calpol to support children’s charity helpline

Five year terms for MSPs and councillors? Have your say

Should politicians get an extra year in office – or is four years already too long? Proposals to change the way national and local elections are run in Scotland are to be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. Continue reading Five year terms for MSPs and councillors? Have your say

Coffee Morning – in the afternoon – at Drumbrae Library Hub

Hey you!

Yeah, you with the face and the mouth and all that!

Do you like cakes? Do you like to help charities by eating cakes?

I know, it’s an awesome idea so why not come along to Drumbrae Library Hub on Thursday 26th at 12-2pm and buy some cakes and then consume them with your mouth parts and in the process help Macmillan, an awesome charity (who also happen to have a wee area in Drumbrae Library Hub (and others)).

This all sounds like an amazing plan and I’ll see you then.

Young workers to benefit from Job Start Payment

A new benefit to support young people starting a new job after a period of  unemployment will be introduced next Spring. The Job Start Payment is a new payment to help young people with the cost of starting a new job. Continue reading Young workers to benefit from Job Start Payment