West Pilton & West Granton Community Council is meeting on Tuesday 5th September at 7pm in West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre – all welcome.
See below for Agenda
Edinburgh Leisure staff jump in to support essential swimming lesons
Ten staff from Edinburgh Leisure splashed out on Friday to help raise money to fund essential swimming lessons for children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Edinburgh. The staff took part in Edinburgh Leisure’s first ever major fundraising ’10 x 10 Swim Challenge’, which involves a team of 10 staff, swimming 1km each in all 10 of Edinburgh Leisure’s pools in one day. Continue reading Edinburgh Leisure staff jump in to support essential swimming lesons
Scottish SPCA invite you to Animal Week Open Day
The Scottish SPCA is delighted to invite animal lovers in the Edinburgh area to their centre on Mansfield Road, Balerno on Sunday 10th September to celebrate their tenth annual Scottish Animal Week. Scotland’s animal welfare charity will have a number of events on at the centre on the day including £10 microchipping and a raffle, which includes prizes from Petplanet, Calzeat and more! Continue reading Scottish SPCA invite you to Animal Week Open Day
Employers missing out by not highlighting their virtues
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Less than 0.5% of job ads explicitly mention the company’s positive social values
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Studies have shown many jobseekers want to work for companies making ‘positive impact’
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Positive values that can be marketed as perks prove more popular than commitments to environment
Employers are missing out on opportunities to attract millennial workforce with positive workplace cultures, according to new research by Adzuna. Analysis of over 1 million live vacancies by the job search engine Adzuna has found that employers are largely failing to let candidates know about the steps they take to make a positive impact. Continue reading Employers missing out by not highlighting their virtues
Report sets out ‘”devastating impact” of Westminster’s welfare cuts
Low income families across Scotland will be thousands of pounds a year worse off per year because of welfare cuts imposed by the UK government, a new report has found. The Scottish Government report, ‘the Impact of UK Welfare Policy on Families with Children’, looks at what the policies implemented since 2015 will mean for families. Continue reading Report sets out ‘”devastating impact” of Westminster’s welfare cuts
Queensferry Crossing: the celebrations begin
Around 50,000 visitors will have a “once in a lifetime experience” as they walk across the new 1.7-mile Queensferry Crossing this weekend. Continue reading Queensferry Crossing: the celebrations begin
Cheese and wine at Starbank Park
Friday 16 September, 6 – 8pm
Warnings from the chalkface
Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee is making over thirty recommendations to help address Scotland’s teacher shortages. The recommendations come after the Committee heard from over 650 teachers and trainee teachers. Continue reading Warnings from the chalkface
Charities urge Westminster: call a halt to Universal Credit
A raft of leading Scottish charities have joined forces to urge the Westminster government to rethink plans for the full rollout of Universal Credit from October. They argue that the introduction of the new benefit has already caused real hardship for thousands of claimants and say problems must be addressed before many more vulnerable people are thrown into poverty when the full roll-out takes place. Continue reading Charities urge Westminster: call a halt to Universal Credit
The shape of things to come: from Napier’s bones to future science
A whirlwind tour of advances in science and engineering is to highlight just how far we have come since John Napier devised his calculating bones and changed mathematics forever. Professor Jim Al-Khalili (above) is heading north to take an Edinburgh audience on a journey through the cutting-edge developments which will change the way we live. Continue reading The shape of things to come: from Napier’s bones to future science