£10 million boost to youth music initiatives
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced £10 million continued funding for the refreshed Youth Music Initiative and revealed the recipients of £1.1 million funding. In a keynote speech, Ms Hyslop stressed the vital role the arts have to play in tackling youth inequality. Continue reading Let’s make some noise!
Community gets together to recognise youth achievements
The North Edinburgh community celebrated the achievements of our local young people at a gala event at North Edinburgh Arts on Thursday evening. The North Edinburgh Youth Awards were organised and presented by North Edinburgh Young People’s Forum and the evening was a great success. Continue reading Celebrating success: North Edinburgh Youth Awards
RELICS Events, a new events team based at Edinburgh College, is staging a chocolately charity fundraising event in aid of the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS):
RELICS Events are proud to announce our exciting, fun filled up and coming charity fundraising event ‘Chocoliscious’!
Our chocolate-fuelled day will feature an array of insanely talented chocolatiers, artisans, specialist sweet treat makers and beauty specialists such as iQ Chocolate LTD, One World Shop, HuffnPuff, LUSH Cosmetics, Thinking Chocolate and many more!
Along with each featured specialist, we will be offering you the chance to explore sheer chocolatey goodness in a mind-boggling Wonka inspired setting. ‘Chocoliscious’ will also feature an elaborate designated kid’s fun zone where children will be able to decorate cupcakes as well as partake in many other exciting activities.
Join us on Sunday 20 March 2016 at the Slug and Lettuce, George Street, between 12 noon and 4pm for our chocolate extravaganza. We cannot wait to welcome you!
“Here at RELICS, we believe Chocoliscious will be an unforgettable event for the whole family. We want to host an event that is not only a success, but will profit the incredible charity CHAS in many ways.” – Project Manager, RELICS Events
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS YOU COULD NOT IMAGINE THE MARVELLOUS CHOCOLATE THAT AWAITS YOU!
TICKET PRICES:
ADULT – £8 ADVANCED TICKET OFFER/ £10 ON DOOR
CHILDREN (16 AND UNDER) – £4 ADVANCED TICKET OFFER/£5 ON DOOR
CHILDREN UNDER 3 GO FREE
FAMILY (2 ADULTS & 2 CHILDREN) – £22 ADVANCED TICKET OFFER/£25 ON DOOR
ALL PROFITS RAISED FROM TICKET SALES AND EVENT GO TO THE CHILDRENS HOSPICE ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND
Memories are part of what makes life special and at St Columba’s Hospice, we understand how important the memories of those we love are to us, especially when they are no longer with us. Continue reading St Columba’s launches Forget-Me-Not Appeal
I am delighted to invite you to an exciting MULTICULTURAL ECO CELEBRATION on Saturday 19 March from 2 – 6pm at St Thomas of Aquin’s High School in Chalmers Street (writes Adil Ibrahim).
Capacity is limited to 300
If you have any access/dietary requirement or any questions please email: emma-jane@mecopp.org.uk
All are welcome. We particularly welcome the involvement of individuals, families, groups, and organizations from diverse communities to contribute to the success of this event.
We look forward to seeing you at the event!
A successful partnership which has directly benefited patients across Scotland was recognised at an event at the Scottish Parliament this week. Continue reading Successful partnership praised at Holyrood
Just a quick note about three things happening soon near or in Trinity that may be of interest (writes Trinity Community Council’s Bill Rodger)… Continue reading Three time in Trinity
Maclay Inns has been fined £100,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of health and safety rules which resulted in a fatal accident. Continue reading Company fined following fatal accident
The Piper tops Scottish Book Awards poll
Danny Weston, the Edinburgh-based author of four novels, was today (2 March) announced as the winner of the Older Readers (12-16 yrs) category of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2016, which celebrate the most popular children’s and young adult books by Scottish authors or illustrators.
Scotland’s largest book prize for children’s authors and illustrators, with each winning book receiving £3,000, the Scottish Children’s Book Awards are voted for exclusively by children and are run by Scottish Book Trust and supported by Creative Scotland through Regular Funding.
Nearly 30,000 votes were cast in this year’s awards, which are judged in three age categories – Bookbug Readers (3-7), Younger Readers (8-11) and Older Readers (12-16). Children across Scotland were encouraged to read the three shortlisted books in their age category and to vote for their favourite.
Danny (above), who lives in Tollcross, won the Older Readers (12-16 yrs) category for his book The Piper. Published by Andersen Press, the book follows Peter and his little sister, Daisy, who are evacuated from London to the countryside and find themselves on an isolated farm in the middle of a treacherous marshland. As Daisy gets drawn deeper into the secrets of their new home, Peter starts to realise that something very sinister is going on. What is that music they can hear at night? And who are the children dancing to it?
Danny has published three novels (under the name Philip Caveney) with Edinburgh-based publisher Fledgling Press. These are time travel adventures, all set in Edinburgh at different points in its history. The first book Crow Boy is set in Mary Kings Close, Seventeen Coffins is all about the tiny coffins found on Arthur’s Seat in 1836 and the most recent book, One For Sorrow, is all about Robert Louis Stevenson.
Commenting on his win, Danny said: “I am absolutely thrilled to have won this award, especially because it has been voted for, not by critics and industry insiders, but by the people who matter most; the young readers for whom the story was actually written. Thanks to everyone who voted for ‘The Piper’. You have rocked my world!”
Jasmine Fassl, Head of Schools at Scottish Book Trust, said: “It’s a well-worn statistic that a love of books is more important for children’s educational success than their family’s socio-economic status. Initiatives like the Scottish Children’s Book Awards are intended to instill a love of books in children right from the very start, by making the process of reading fun, interactive and collaborative. But it’s the teachers, librarians, parents, and of course the authors and illustrators, who bring this project to life for the pupils – who download the resources, who put on the silly voices, who cuddle and tickle and leap about. Today we’re celebrating all the people who bring the magic of books to children and set them on a path to being booklovers for life.”
Aly Barr, Head of Literature, Languages and Publishing at Creative Scotland, said: “Once again the Children’s Book Awards confirm Walt Disney’s maxim that “there is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island”. If you’re only buying one book for your child this year, buy all three!”
Simon Puttock was announced as the winner of the Bookbug (3-7 yrs) category for his picture book Mouse’s First Night at Moonlight School, (illustrated by Ali Pye) and Ross MacKenzie won the Younger Readers (8-11 yrs) category for his book The Nowhere Emporium.
Pass It On Week 5 – 13 March
Local organisations are backing a national campaign that aims to encourage people to keep things in use for longer.
Edinburgh residents are set to answer a national call to make things last. A host of local events have been lined up for this year’s Pass it On Week – an annual event in the recycling and reuse calendar.
In Edinburgh, this includes a diverse mix of activity, including:
– Upcycled World are running furniture painting workshops at Tribe Porty in Portobello on 5th March to breath new life into old furniture.
– Gorgie City Farm (above) are holding a seed swap for green-fingered locals on 12th of March.
– Students at Edinburgh Napier University are holding a Trash Fashion event on 9th March, upcycling old bike inner tubes into fashion accessories.
– Pupils at Abbeyhill Primary School are holding a school uniform swap on 11th March.
– Edinburgh University Students are creating a ‘Re-use Hoose’ on 15th March to show how to much can be done with re-used household items.
These are just some of more than 250 swapping, donating, sharing, upcycling and repairing events happening across Scotland to help products stay in use as long as possible, helping to reduce our impact on the planet.
Pass it on Week is also about encouraging people to buy more re-used items. There is a growing network of second hand shops across Scotland that have achieved the Revolve quality standard, which aims to get more people buying used items.
Edinburgh has several Revolve accredited stores including the Bike Station which specialises in refurbished bikes and a number of re-used furniture stores including Fresh Start on Ferry Road Drive and the Edinburgh Furniture Initiative which has superstores in Sighthill and Cannonmills.
Zero Waste Scotland chief executive Iain Gulland said: “We’ve had a tremendous response to Pass it On Week across Scotland this year, and it’s great to see so much activity in Edinburgh. Keeping items in use for longer can save money, create job opportunities and make best use of the world’s raw materials that go into making the goods that we consume.
“It’s all about creating a society where we see the value in things instead of treating them as disposable. By sharing, swapping, repairing, buying second-hand and doing all we can to make things last, we can develop a more sustainable, circular economy for a flourishing Scotland.”
With more events being added all the time, Edinburgh residents should head to www.passitonweek.com and look up events in their area to see what’s happening.
