Edinburgh College Art students exhibit work at Sculpture Workshop this weekend

Students from Edinburgh College’s Contemporary Art Practice course are set to disperse their talents across Edinburgh’s Sculpture Workshop this weekend. ‘Dispersal’, an exhibition encompassing painting, sculpture, performance, photography and moving energy, is the culmination of the students’ work over the past two years. Continue reading Edinburgh College Art students exhibit work at Sculpture Workshop this weekend

North West Locality Draft Action Plan: Three June opportunities to have your say

Help improve the Locality draft Action Plan

What’s a Locality Plan?

The city council and partners (police, fire and rescue service, voluntary sector, Edinburgh College, NHS Lothian etc) asked individuals and community groups for their views on local priorities and services. Using that feedback, four Locality Improvement Plans (LIPs) for 2017 to 2022 were developed and endorsed by The Edinburgh Partnership in December last year.  The LIP draft action plans are currently out for wider community consultation and this is the opportunity to have a look at them and share your views. Continue reading North West Locality Draft Action Plan: Three June opportunities to have your say

Maybury death: police urge witnesses to come forward

FURTHER WITNESS SOUGHT FOLLOWING FATAL ROAD COLLISION

Detectives have identified a further witness they wish to trace as part of the ongoing inquiry into a fatal road collision at the Maybury Roundabout on Friday 25th May. Continue reading Maybury death: police urge witnesses to come forward

Government acts to tackle period poverty

Access to free sanitary products extended

People from low-income households across the country will be able to receive free sanitary products. Following the successful pilot in Aberdeen, charity FareShare will receive over £500,000 to distribute sanitary products with the aim of reaching an estimated 18,800 more people. Continue reading Government acts to tackle period poverty

Be a Holyrood Star – donate a night’s sleep at The MoonWalk Scotland

Walk the Walk is calling on people to sparkle like a Holyrood star by volunteering at The MoonWalk Scotland on Saturday 9th June. The grant-making breast cancer charity is looking for fantastic Volunteers to help at the event which starts and finishes at Holyrood Park. Continue reading Be a Holyrood Star – donate a night’s sleep at The MoonWalk Scotland

Scottish business confidence fell in May

Bank of Scotland’s Business Barometer for May 2018 shows: 

  • Scottish firms’ confidence in their own business prospects sits at 26 per cent
  • Economic optimism stood at three per cent, 15 points below last month 

Overall businesses confidence in Scotland fell during May, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking. Continue reading Scottish business confidence fell in May