See the Rolling Stones Havana Moon concert … at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall

 

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Progress on UK Government’s flagship Edinburgh Hub

The opening of the new flagship UK Government hub in Edinburgh moved a step closer yesterday when the property developers Artisan Real Estate formally handed over the keys of the building to Scottish Secretary David Mundell. Continue reading Progress on UK Government’s flagship Edinburgh Hub

Scotland ‘risks a forgotten generation’

  • Report shows children in care treated like second class citizens
  • Calls on importance of independent advocacy to be respected
  • Offers immediate solutions to halt rights infringements

The charity Who Cares? Scotland has published first of their kind statistics, revealing that young people in care across Scotland are continually having to fight for basic rights every single day. These have today been published in a report entitled, “We Don’t Have to Wait.” Continue reading Scotland ‘risks a forgotten generation’

Rise of the ‘Mannies’ – but stigma around men in childcare is holding fathers back

84% of UK parents believe that society still sees childcare as a “woman’s job” – a factor that many believe is a key contributor to the gender pay gap.
Ahead of Father’s Day this weekend, research carried out by bubble babysitting app, found that 67% of parents also believed Men and Fathers are potentially being held back from taking on more childcare responsibilities, because of the stigma that still surrounds it.

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Win tickets to see Her Majesty The Queen address Parliament’s 20th Anniversary

Ten members of the public will have the best seats in the house as they watch Her Majesty The Queen address the Scottish Parliament on Saturday 29th June.
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Wardie Bay beach clean this Sunday

This latest Wardie Bay Beachwatch, providing citizen science data to Marine Conservation Society, is in memory of an entangled humpback that marine life rescuers tried desperately to save. 

Members of the Marine Clean 2019 group named the whale White Fluke (or Tynae), and they are hosting a Firth of Forth-wide beach clean on Sunday 16 June to encourage everyone to make our seas a better place. Ghost Gear – fishing ropes – weighed this majestic whale down like an anchor, cutting its fluke, until it was eventually too exhausted to fight.

Let’s join forces and help mitigate the harm our careless consumerism does to marine life!

Sunday 16 June
09:30 – 12:00

Please take part in our survey, but if we get lots of people, we’re able to spread out and do a thorough sweep of the neighbouring area too.
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