Weekend raids in Granton and Wardieburn
Police in Edinburgh have launched Operation Eagle, a new initiative to tackle drug crime across the city and help drug users find appropriate support. Continue reading Operation Eagle: clamping down on Edinburgh drug crime
Holyrood’s European Committee has called for the Scottish and UK governments to consider ‘a bespoke – or differentiated – solution for immigration policy in Scotland’ after Brexit. Continue reading Immigration: a ‘bespoke’ solution for Scotland?
West Pilton West Granton Community Council hold their first meeting of 2017
on TUESDAY 7 FEBRUARY
at 7pm in WEST PILTON NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE
AGENDA
See below for Minutes of Last Meeting
Boxing legend Ken Buchanan has been gearing up to receive the prestigious Edinburgh Award 2016. Continue reading Hands of stone: Ken’s fighting fists immortalised
The successful delivery of the devolution of social security is to be investigated by two parliamentary committees. For the first time a Holyrood Committee and a Westminster Committee will work together to look at the relationship between the Scottish and UK Governments and investigate if it is working effectively. Continue reading Working together: Holyrood and Westminster committees to talk social security
Health Secretary Shona Robison has marked World Cancer Day today by reflecting on the strides made in Scotland over the past year to help bring cancer down to size. Ms Robison highlighted recent positive developments made across Scotland – and underlined the government’s continued focus on turning Scotland’s Big C into the ‘wee c’ through awareness and action. Continue reading Awareness raising campaign to follow World Cancer Day
Edinburgh Womens Aid will be running a mellow parenting programme beginning 24th April. The programme will run for 8 weeks in Link Up at St Margaret’s House at Meadowbank.
Criteria: Woman that have experienced Domestic abuse with preschool age children and in need of additional support in parenting. A crèche will be available.
Referrals should be made to Isabella Balloch, please complete referral attached and return via email by Friday 17 February. Call 0131 315 8116 or email IsabellaBalloch@edinwomensaid.
The City of Edinburgh Council has stepped up its fight against scams by joining forces with the Friends Against Scams campaign. The Council is the first organisation in Scotland to make the Friends Against Scams pledge to change perceptions and raise awareness of scams amongst staff and the wider community. Continue reading Joan is Edinburgh’s Scambassador!
Please vote for Creative Islam! – a project from the local libraries as part of Living in Harmony!
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GQQS75Z
WHAT IS SHARED VISION – YOUR DECISION?
Police Scotland, the City of Edinburgh Council and The Scottish Government have made a total of £40,000 available as part of their ongoing commitment to addressing Islamophobia across Edinburgh.
Shared Vision – Your Decision’ is an Edinburgh based initiative which enables local people to decide how public money is spent in eradicating Islamophobia and associated prejudice behaviour.
We understand that Islamophobic behaviour also effects other faith communities and have included projects which also work with these communities.
This type of funding allocation is known as Participatory Budgeting (see below).
Between 10 November and 12 December individuals and groups submitted applications to receive up to £5,000 worth of funding. Potential projects have been selected – and now it’s up to YOU! Voting opened on 28 January and will close on Monday 13 February.
Find out more about ‘Shared Vision – Your Decision’ by reading the information booklet (below)
Four Edinburgh restaurants – two of which are based in Leith – feature prominently in The Sunday Times guide to the Top 100 places to eat in the UK. The influential restaurant guide, which will be published on Sunday, is judged by a panel which icludes top chefs Jamie Oliver, Antonio Carluccio and Nick Jones.
The four Edinburgh restaurants – half of only eight Scottish eateries to feature – to make it into the elite list are Norn, The Gardener’s Cottage, Ondine and Tom Kitchin’s multi-award winning Michelin-starred The Kitchin at Leith’s Commercial Quay.
Norn, on Leith’s Henderson Street (above), is described as a restaurant ‘in the finest tradition of Scottish cooking’, while Ondine on George IV Bridge (below) earns praised as a ‘first-class fish restaurant with the friendliest Scottish service’.
