This Scottish Animal Week, the Scottish SPCA has released research which reveals 31 per cent of Scots are calling the wrong animal helpline. A recent study has shown that although 69% of people would call Scotland’s animal welfare charity if they discovered an injured or distressed animal, 25% of people would contact the RSPCA and 6% would contact other organisations. Continue reading The Name Game: one in three Scots phone the wrong animal helpline
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Join in the Great British Beach Clean Family event
Monday 19 September (school holiday) 10.15am-2pm
If you’d like to get some fresh air with the kids on the the Monday autumn holiday, come along with us to take part in the Great British Beach Clean at Granton!
This is a family event helping clean and monitor litter levels at the beach. We’ll have a picnic snack and beach games as well as collecting and logging litter levels at the beach (with some help from Matt at the Marine Conservation Society).
Meet at NEA at 10.15 to get the bus to Granton Harbour, returning to NEA by 2pm.
Children under 8 must be accompanied, and we would love it if you could sign up at NEA so we know who’s coming:
And for more info on the Great British Beach Clean go to
http://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/greatbritishbeachclean
Valla
Dear All,
Bright Choices training Wednesday 28th September 10-12 at Pilton Community Health Project
Honour abuse or Honour-Based Violence (HBV) is any kind of abusive or violent behaviour against an individual by a member of their family or their community, when the individual is perceived to have ‘transgressed’ the family’s and/or the community’s acceptable codes of behaviour. This training from Bright Choices aims to increase the capacity of professionals in responding to cases and issues of honour based violence within their particular field. Participants will explore the issues of recognising the risks of HBV and how to effectively respond to these. Please see attached leaflets for more information. If you would like to attend the free training please contact Hannah on 0131 5511671 or by emailing hannahkitchen@pchp.org.uk
Next Forum: Understanding Hate Crime Thursday 13th October 10-12
The next forum will include a session on understanding hate crime from PC Prince Durant. There will be an opportunity to sign up for more in depth training if your organisation wants to become a Third Party Reporting Centre. Venue to be confirmed.
Hate Crime Survey
As part of a project with the other RECs in Scotland ELREC are launching a survey addressed to people who have been victims of hate crime about the kind of support they have received and what additional support they could have benefitted from. This is the link to the survey https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/whymesurvey
Kind regards
Hannah
BrightChoices general leaflet-email
BC-HBV awareness training brief
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony,
Pilton Community Health Project
73 Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh, EH5 2PW
0131 551 1671
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Dear colleagues and community members,
We are writing to invite you to join us on Saturday 10th September for an afternoon of climate change related activities with friends and family in the beautiful space of Saughton Rose Garden. The purpose of this FREE family friendly event is to raise awareness about climate change. The event will include vegetarian food, live music from local artists, kids’ activities and entertainments, information stalls, up-cycling and gardening stalls, bike rides around the park, smoothie bike and much more! A publicity poster is attached for more details.
Please register at:
www.secret-garden-party.eventbrite.co.uk
The park is easy to reach with public transport and there is a car park available. If you have any access requirement or any questions, please email: info@thewelcoming.org or phone us on 0131 346 8577.
We look forward to seeing you at the event!
Welcoming a Greener Future Team
The Welcoming Association
Adil Ibrahim
Next Saturday (10 September), the Pentland Hills will play host to The Nudge, the perfect free day out for families in Edinburgh and the surrounding area.
Grab the kids and bring them to The Nudge, where you can navigate your way around the orienteering course which is five miles of fun! Also at The Nudge will be entertainment, live music, giant games and a bouncy castle set against the scenic backdrop of the Pentland Hills. The Nudge is not to be missed!
As well as all of the games and the orienteering course, there will be a family picnic area which will be perfect for refuelling the children throughout the day.
The Nudge is free for families to enter all you have to do is turn up on Saturday 10 September and join in the fun from 1pm.
The Nudge is run by St Columba’s Hospice as part of their outdoor challenge event, The Push. The Push is a 14/20/26.2 mile walk or run across the Pentland Hills.
For further information please visit www.pentlandpush.com/the-nudge
Tweet us your pictures from The Nudge using our #TheNudge and @StColumbas
