Increased funding to ensure councils can deliver more homes
More affordable homes will be delivered across Scotland this year following a £35 million increase to council allocations, bringing it to £568 million. The increases will continue over the coming years, rising to £591 million in 2019-20 and £630 million in 2020 -21. Continue reading £568 million for affordable housing
Everything you’ve every wanted to know about getting your wee one to sleep, and more! – There’s still a couple of spaces left for our free workshop specifically for Dads/Granddads! Continue reading Dads Rock offers free sleep workshop for dads and grandads
Cardiology patients and researchers will benefit from state-of-the-art MRI scanning facilities in Edinburgh thanks to a £400,000 grant from the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Continue reading Heart patients to benefit from £400,000 BHF grant for state-of-the-art scanning
Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee have launched a new inquiry into the future of the oil and gas industry in Scotland. The inquiry will examine the challenges facing the sector, as well as opportunities for future development. It will also examine the role the UK Government can play in supporting the industry. Continue reading Scottish Affairs Committee to investigate oil and gas
The second national league tournament organised by Walking Football Scotland in partnership with North Lanarkshire Leisure and Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire commenced on Wednesday 25 April at the excellent Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility (writes JOHN HISLOP). Continue reading David Hay kicks off national Walking Football tournament
Edinburgh Leisure is hosting a free fitness taster event at the Royal Commonwealth Pool on Saturday, 12 May to promote some of its new and its established fitness classes. Continue reading Step it up this summer with a free fitness taster event
Saturday 28th April 2018 marked International Workers Memorial Day, with events taking place formally and informally in almost one hundred countries to mark the occasion (writes LUKE CAMPBELL (above)). Continue reading Marking International Workers Memorial Day
The Depute Provost of Renfrewshire, Cathy McEwan, has welcomed Stephen Metcalfe, MP on his inaugural visit to Scotland as HM Government Envoy for Year of Engineering. The visit came on the final grading day of the Scottish Engineering Leaders Award 2018, an innovative award that attracted more than 15,000 entries from 262 Scottish Schools. – some of the inventions will go on to be built by local colleges and universities. Continue reading Scottish Engineering Leaders Awards highlight inspirational problem solvers of the future
Community Event 16 May:
Attainment/Achievement of children and young people experiencing poverty
The Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee is meeting at Muirhouse Millennium Centre at 6 pm on Wednesday 16th May. The committee are very keen to hear directly from parents/carers/guardians, young people, teachers, and other professionals who work with young people in schools and in the community with a focus on attainment or achievement. Continue reading Holyrood’s Education & Skills Committee is coming to Muirhouse
Edinburgh Shoreline is all about celebrating the hugely diverse cultural and natural heritage of our coast! We’d like to encourage as many people as possible to get involved and help us celebrate. Over the next 12 months we’ll have lots of opportunities for people to join us on our journey, taking part in walks, talks, wildlife surveys, workshops and seminars to name a few.
Do you have something you would like to contribute to the Shoreline project? Perhaps you’d like to lead a photography walk, create a piece of community artwork, invite people to see your community garden or create a film about your area. We can help!
We can support you to come up with ideas for events and projects, provide template marketing tools and add you to our events diary to help you publicise. We can also provide you with training on making mini-documentaries to tell the story of your project, which can also be added to our website.
We’d love to hear what you could contribute to the Edinburgh Shoreline project in helping locals and tourists alike understand that our coast has an amazing past, present and future. All ideas are welcome!
