New app companion to aid city’s addiction recovery community

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A mobile phone/tablet app to help support people in Edinburgh who are recovering from drug or alcohol addiction has been launched.

The Addiction Recovery Companion-Edinburgh (ARC-Edinburgh) is the result of a collaboration between the City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh Apps winners Anne-Marie Mann and Ella Robbins.  It aims to help its users to link to the extensive addiction recovery network in the capital, to track their progress and to boost motivation. Continue reading New app companion to aid city’s addiction recovery community

Women urged to take up smear test invitations

Tomorrow is D-Day for cervical screening changes 

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Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood has urged women to take up their invitation for cervical screening as changes to the programme come into force. From tomorrow, the age range for routine cervical screening will be changing to offer women aged 25 to 64 screening every three or five years. Continue reading Women urged to take up smear test invitations

All aboard! Trial rows at Newhaven today

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Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club with be escorting the Gala King and Queen as they arrive by boat in Newhaven today at 2pm.

After that, there will be an opportunity to go out for trial rows for anyone who might be interested in joining our rowing club. Please come and join us at Newhaven harbour at 2pm.

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Protecting Scotland’s most vulnerable

Catherine Dyer to chair independent child protection review

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Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced an independent chair to review Child Protection in Scotland as he addressed more than 100 senior leaders from across Scotland who met for a summit in Perth as part of the Child Protection Improvement Programme yesterday. Continue reading Protecting Scotland’s most vulnerable

Exhibition: Displacement – Celebrating solidarity with refugees

Gallery One St Margaret’s House Studios

London Road Edinburgh EH7 6AE

DISPLACEMENT exhibition

4 – 19 June – FREE

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Celebrating solidarity with refugees

Artist Jamie King has been a studio holder for over five years at St Margaret’s and has had several exhibitions there. He has also exhibited at Summerhall Edinburgh and in Glasgow.

In this exhibition King has engaged with conceptual art through the use of language as well as oil painting. Fellow artist Nicky Beckett works with mixed media and has exhibited in London and France.

These two artists have collaborated to produce a series of visual and conceptual art works as a response to the current refugee crisis affecting Europe.

How to attend:

This exhibition is free. Fifty per cent of any artwork sales will be donated to Scottish Refugee Council.