Best-selling rebel writers engage with Edinburgh communities for Book Week Scotland

Akala and Sam Coniffe Allende to take part in unique community events

Scottish Book Trust, the national charity changing lives through reading and writing, has announced details of events in Edinburgh featuring bestselling writers Akala and Sam Coniffe Allende as part of ‘Pitch It’, a new programme for Book Week Scotland 2018. Continue reading Best-selling rebel writers engage with Edinburgh communities for Book Week Scotland

People, Not Profit: Communities minister launches credit union campaign

The ‘People, Not Profit’ credit unions campaign was launched by Aileen Campbell, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government today, as results of a new survey reveal that one in five (20%) people in Scotland have not heard of a credit union. Continue reading People, Not Profit: Communities minister launches credit union campaign

Boy’s vision inspires gathering of 100 pipers and drummers to commemorate Remembrance 100th Anniversary

In 2014, Merchiston pupil James, then aged 11, wrote to the Headmaster with an idea for the 2018 Remembrance Service. He shared his idea of commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the ending of WW1 at our Remembrance Service in 2018 with 100 Merchiston pipers and drummers parading on Remembrance Sunday. Continue reading Boy’s vision inspires gathering of 100 pipers and drummers to commemorate Remembrance 100th Anniversary