A new £45,000 fund to support Edinburgh-based artists is now open for applications. The City of Edinburgh Council’s Culture Project Fund will focus on support for the performing arts this year. Continue reading City’s new Culture Fund is open for applications
Following the success of their deaf friendly swim lessons last year, Edinburgh Leisure is having their first ‘Deaf Friendly Swimming Open Day’ this Saturday (28 January) from 1.30-3.30pm with a view to attracting new participants and offering classes for pre-schoolers, where the parent/carer is present in the water with them and older children with a hearing impairment.
The Open Day, funded by Deaf Action, a local authority for deaf young people, will be held at Portobello Swim Centre. Free 30 minute sessions will be available, led by specialised swim coaches, who have been trained in adapting activities for deaf children and adults.
Booking is essential and requests should be sent to laurafallen@edinburghleisure.co.uk
People with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are being invited to take part in a study to better understand the diseases. Researchers want to shed light on the everyday factors that may influence flare-ups and probe how changes in diet and lifestyle might help sufferers. Continue reading Crohn’s and colitis study to investigate factors that worsen disease
Police are appealing for information after an attempted robbery in Corstorphine at around 5.45pm on Monday evening. Continue reading Police appeal following attempted robbery in Corstorphine
Meal Makers is a charity that helps isolated older people enjoy the benefits of a home-cooked meal provided by a neighbour.
It connects volunteers of any age who have a passion for cooking and want to be active in their communities (“cooks”), with older neighbours over the age of 55 (“diners”) who would appreciate a home cooked meal. Once a cook and diner have been matched, the cook will prepare an extra meal in their own home and deliver it to their diner at a time agreed by both parties. Meal shares can occur as often as the cook and diner would like, so it might be weekly, fortnightly or just now and again. It helps improve nutrition, reduce isolation and build community links that so often have been lost. There is no cost attached to the meals, as they are a voluntary donation of food between members.
The only cost is a £5 fee for the diner to join Meal Makers for the year. Contact Robert Peacock 07710 703528 or email robert@mealmakers.org.uk
https://youtu.be/PI3iYBXD2ZU
‘Time is running out for the UK Government to show how it intends to respect Scotland’s interests.’ Continue reading Brexit: Scotland must have it’s say, says Russell
WE ARE ALL DANIEL BLAKE presents
FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING of I, DANIEL BLAKE
The award-winning film by KEN LOACH written by PAUL LAVERTY
at NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE (beside Muirhouse Library)
WEDNESDAY 8th FEBRUARY at 6.30pm
The film will be followed by a Q & A with a panel including Ben Macpherson MSP
Tickets from North Edinburgh Arts telephone 315 2151 or reserve by calling Willie Black on 0751 568 6421
The latest section of a new law will make it easier for communities in Scotland to take over land or buildings that are currently in public ownership. Continue reading Asset transfer: greater power for Scotland’s communities
#ClothingStory illustrates what happens to clothing when it is donated, and was created to answer queries from the public about where the clothing donated to Clothes Aid specifically goes after it has been collected.
The film tells the story through two example families: one that goes through the process of donating their clothing in the UK, and another family in an Eastern European second hand shop, which buys those same unwanted clothes a few weeks later. It also shows the step-by-step process to donate a bag of unwanted clothing to Clothes Aid.
Clothes Aid: Our #ClothingStory from Clothes Aid on Vimeo.
The charity is also offering a prize draw with Brantano & Jones Bootmaker, giving people a chance to win a £50 voucher if they donate a bag of unwanted clothing this month and post a photograph of themselves on Twitter or Facebook with their bag and the #ClothingStory hashtag,
Anyone who phones the Clothes Aid hotline (020 7288 8545) to book a clothing collection, and quotes the #ClothingStory hashtag will also be added to the free prize draw.
Clothes Aid business manager, Michael Lomotey said: “We are often asked about the lifecycle of people’s unwanted clothes, so we’re delighted to launch the #ClothingStory film, which shows the very simple process and journey that they go on from being bought, donated in the UK and then bought again in Eastern Europe.
“We’re urging people up and down the country to have a clear out this January and donate a bag of their unwanted clothes to Clothes Aid. Because the less clothing that goes into landfill, the more money we can raise for our six partner UK charities.”
The six partner UK charities are: Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS), NSPCC, Macmillan, Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA), Make-A-Wish® UK and Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice.
The final six designs for Scotland’s Baby Box have been revealed by the Minister for Childcare and Early Years, Mark McDonald. He unveiled the shortlist during a visit to the University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design where he was joined by the finalists and judges as the designs were made public for the first time. Continue reading Baby box designs: the shortlist revealed
