A third of people in Edinburgh can’t recognise the signs of an unsafe gas appliance

  • A quarter of adults in Edinburgh (31%) don’t know the signs of unsafe gas appliances and nearly a fifth (15%) take no steps at all to ensure their homes have safe gas appliances.
  • This Gas Safety Week (17-23 September) Gas Safe Register is raising awareness about the potential consequences of unsafe gas appliances and remind people how to know they are working safely.

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Brand new production Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert coming to Edinburgh Playhouse

Mark Goucher is joining forces with first time producer Jason Donovan to create a brand new production of the much-loved glittering hit musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Continue reading Brand new production Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert coming to Edinburgh Playhouse

Samaritans welcomes lowest UK suicide rate in thirty years

Figures released this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that male suicide is at its lowest in more than thirty years. The total number of both male and female suicides in 2017 was 5,821 compared with 5,965 in 2016, a fall of 144 or just over 2.4%. Continue reading Samaritans welcomes lowest UK suicide rate in thirty years

Sports programme for young people with disabilities launches in Scotland

Young people with disabilities in Scotland will have the opportunity to take part in exciting new sports activities thanks to the launch of Leonard Cheshire’s Can Do Sport programme. Continue reading Sports programme for young people with disabilities launches in Scotland

Anniversary Lunch with an Old Bag raises over £1 million

The infamous ‘Lunch with an Old Bag’ returned to Prestonfield House in Edinburgh yesterday, marking the event’s 10th anniversary and raising a record breaking £1 million to help change the lives of over 1,000 young people supported by The Prince’s Trust. Continue reading Anniversary Lunch with an Old Bag raises over £1 million

Minister of Public Health visits Royal Infirmary Islet Cell Transplant Team

ORGAN DONATION WEEK: 3rd – 9th SEPTEMBER

Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick MSP met Kathryn Hand, who underwent islet cell transplantation in December 2016, to mark the start of Organ Donation Week. Continue reading Minister of Public Health visits Royal Infirmary Islet Cell Transplant Team

Local MSP welcomes CAMHS funding increase

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Ben Macpherson MSP has welcomed the announcement of £150 million of extra funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) over the next five years, as part of the SNP Scottish Government’s Programme for Government. This will include £54 million to help improve CAMHS’s performance, against their waiting times targets. Continue reading Local MSP welcomes CAMHS funding increase

Free day out at Drayton Manor Park for emergency services employees

Home to Europe’s only Thomas Land™ where the young and young-at-heart can come nose-to-buffer with the little blue engine and his friends, Drayton Manor Park is hosting a special weekend on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September to offer employees of the Emergency Services a free day out at the award-winning attraction. Continue reading Free day out at Drayton Manor Park for emergency services employees