Saturday 29 July, 1.30 – 11.30pm at The Corn Exchange
Project Servator: Police gear up for Edinburgh Festival
Police Scotland will deploy an innovative and very effective policing tactic designed to deter, detect and disrupt criminal and terrorist activity in the lead up to and during the course of the Edinburgh International and Fringe Festival 2017. Continue reading Project Servator: Police gear up for Edinburgh Festival
Hours of fun for the under 5s on 5 August
Edinburgh Leisure is hosting a series of FREE under 5’s open days on Saturday 5th August at:
Craiglockhart Leisure and Tennis Centre: Tennis (afternoon)
The Meadows: Tennis (morning)
Royal Commonwealth Pool: Gym nippers, swimming, dance, Jump & Dive (morning), magician, balloon modelling, tattoos, hook a duck
Tumbles at Portobello: Gym nippers (morning)
Experts agree the best way to help kids enjoy healthy, active lives is to start as you mean to go on. And at Edinburgh Leisure there are lots of activities that wee ones, and their parents, can enjoy starting from birth through to 5 years old.
There’ll be 25-minute taster sessions to try out in swimming, gym nippers, jump and dive, tots tennis and dance for the toddlers. It’s possible to try just one or a variety but booking in advance is recommended.
Click here to see the full programme list and time slots available.
To book your space, contact the relevant centres:
Craiglockhart Tennis and Leisure Centre
0131 443 0101
info.cltc@edinburghleisure.co.uk
The Meadows
07766 774529
0131 443 0101
info.cltc@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Royal Commonwealth Pool
0131 667 7211
info.rcp@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Tumbles at Portobello
0131 669 0878
info.tumbles@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Lottery success for MCFB
Multi-Cultural Family Base Awarded National Lottery Funding
Children between the ages of four and seven from mostly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) families are set to benefit from a Lottery award of £204,660 made to the 4-2-7 project at Leith-based Multi-Cultural Family Base (MCFB). Continue reading Lottery success for MCFB
New homes for Christmas
Social Bite’s waterfront village homes to be ready by Christmas
A new village for homeless people will be up and running before Christmas. The Social Bite Village on Granton’s waterfront will be made up of 10 two-bedroom homes that can be moved and transported. Continue reading New homes for Christmas
To Haiti with love
Offenders completing Community Payback Orders have come together with former Edinburgh teacher and founder of Surplus Educational Supplies Foundation, David Hanschell, to send a container full of school supplies, unused furniture and bicycles to Haiti.
A bonnie welcome awaits in Edinburgh
Visitors from across the UK and around the world are being treated to a “bonnie” welcome at Edinburgh Airport thanks to a new campaign promoting the Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites trail. Continue reading A bonnie welcome awaits in Edinburgh
Imperial College students pile on the £££s after graduation
Graduates from Imperial College London can expect to earn the biggest bucks in their first jobs, while London School of Economics (LSE) alumni are the best at climbing the salary ladder, according to new research by job search-engine Adzuna. Continue reading Imperial College students pile on the £££s after graduation
‘Ambitious’ City Deal to bring 21,000 jobs to Edinburgh
Keith Brown: ‘Ambitious’ city deal will deliver opportunities across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders.
The Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal will deliver inclusive economic growth across the region through housing, innovation, transport, skills and culture. It is expected that the new deal will deliver 21,000 new jobs for the area – but the city’s Green councillors say the deal sells Edinburgh short.
Continue reading ‘Ambitious’ City Deal to bring 21,000 jobs to Edinburgh
Local language school is Whats On 4 Kids Awards finalist
Local language franchise named as finalist in prestigious awards
Giselle Dominguez, whose Lingotot business in based in North Edinburgh, is celebrating being named as a finalist in four categories in the 11th National Whats On 4 Kids Awards.
These prestigious awards are intended to reward innovation, raise standards and generate awareness of family activities and those individual experts involved who make such a difference to so many young families.
Whats On 4 Kids says: “ Every nominee deserves to be congratulated on getting this far in the UK’s leading and longest established awards for the sector. It’s been an exceptional year with voting very fierce across all of the categories right up to the end, so thank you to everyone for being part of the action!”
Lingotot is a multi-award winning languages program being delivered to over 12,000 children across the UK each week. Their interactive learning format aims to introduce preschool and primary aged children to languages, while instilling confidence and developing an enjoyment for languages.
Giselle Dominguez, of Lingotot Edinburgh says “I am absolutely delighted that Lingotot has been named as a finalist in an outstanding four categories and would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who voted for me! I really love what I do and it’s a fantastic feeling to have Lingotot’s hard work recognised.”
The final results will be announced during a live ceremony, hosted by NatWest, in October.