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NEN news: meetings and deadlines

News from your community newspaper:

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North Edinburgh News – Annual General Meeting

NEN’s AGM will be held in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre next Tuesday (18 November) at 7pm. All welcome – come along and find out what’s happening at your community newspaper.

North Edinburgh News – December edition

NENoct14The next NEN print edition is fast approaching – we’ll be printing again in December (look on it as an early Christmas gift!) If you have news you’d like to share with the wider community, email your article and pictures to northedinnews@gmail.com

Or what about taking out an advert? Rates are very reasonable (see below) and your’e supporting your community too!

2pp A5 Rate Card NEN

And for this edition only (true, there’s no much point in running Festive ads in June!) you can say ‘Merry Christmas’ to friends, colleagues, members, family, users and clients in a business card-sized ad for only £25! Just send your words and logo and we’ll add a seasonal graphic. Ho, ho, ho indeed!

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DEADLINE for all copy – articles and advertising – is

FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER  so don’t put it off for too long!

 

NEN back on the streets next month

NENfrontpageNorth Edinburgh’s own community newspaper will be printed again next month. The North Edinburgh News (NEN) will be delivered to thousands of homes across Forth and Inverleith, with copies of the newspaper available in community venues across the area too.

NEN is leading the Contact in the Capital – North pilot project and we plan to print three editions before the first year of the initiative ends next March. The first of these will be published in October.

Deadline for all copy is Friday 26 September

Like to contribute? A community newspaper is by, for and about the community it serves – so be involved!

Stories and Articles

Doing something you’d like to share with the North Edinburgh community? Won something? Achieved something great? Starting something new? Let us know – we welcome contributions from individuals and organisations.

Advertising

Want to advertise your service or a forthcoming event? Use the NEN – a copy of our advertising rates can be found below.

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Community Directory

NEN’s Community Directory has  always been an important section of the paper, listing schools, groups and organisations’ names, addresses and telephone numbers. It’s probably about time we revised this to include website addresses, Facebook details and Twitter info too – it seems this social media thing is catching on …!

Send us your contact info and we’ll include your details it in our bright new Community Directory – and there’s NO CHARGE for this service!

How to get in touch:

If you have articles for inclusion, would like to place an ad or just want more information, email us at northedinnews@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you, but remember that copy deadline:

Friday 26 September!

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Craig Hill’s rubbish!

FRINGE STAR HELPS COUNCIL CLEAN UP ITS ACT

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Cheeky Fringe stalwart Craig Hill kept it clean when he helped City of Edinburgh Council’s street cleansing team spruce up the capital during the Festival.

The comedy veteran and Edinburgh resident pitched in to help the local task force tackle one of the summer’s busiest spots, against the familiar backdrop of his own promotional posters at Middle Meadow Walk.

Craig is one of hundreds of performers to be promoting their shows using the Council’s official advertising, which for the first year will generate thousands of pounds towards keeping the city clean during the festival.

The scheme, now in is in its fourth year, dissuades illegal fly-posters by providing alternative advertising opportunities, saving the Council up to £350,000 on the cost of cleaning away flyers and posters.

And now, for the first time, revenue from the advertising contract with print and distribution company Out of Hand, in partnership with Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, will be ploughed back into keeping the city beautiful for residents and visitors.

Money gained from the contract to advertise on Council-owned assets will be used to fund additional street cleansing and litter capacity over the busy festival period.

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“Edinburgh Festival Fringe is an amazing experience for performers, visitors and people living in Edinburgh, but it has an undoubted impact on the city’s environment.

“That’s why we’re glad to be able to work with Out of Hand and Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society to provide a solution benefitting both citizens and those making the most of this world-famous festival.”

The City of Edinburgh Council’s outdoor advertising poster project, delivered by Out of Hand, provides different styles of advertising on around 900 Council-owned assets throughout the city, including wrap-around lamp post advertising and tower columns.

Revenue gained from advertising of performances during the period will fund operational costs associated with the Fringe.

Amongst these measures are the employment of more than 70 temporary street cleaners to patrol the city’s streets to tackle litter resulting from increased footfall and a batch of extra large bins, to be located in some of the city’s busiest areas to cope with the rise in rubbish.

Comedian Craig Hill added: “Edinburgh is so gorgeous I’m really pleased that one of the Council’s priorities is keeping it clean because it’s too beautiful a city to mess up!”

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Job opportunities at Pilton Community Health Project

 

Pilton Community Health Project is recruiting:

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PILTON COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT

Development Worker – Food

Job Title: Development Worker – Food

Working hours: 14 hrs per week

Rate of pay: £23,232 pro rata plus 6% contribution to pension scheme on completion of probationary period

This post is funded for 1 year and PCHP hope to secure ongoing funding. This post is funded by City of Edinburgh Council.

Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 7th of July
Interviews: Thursday 17th July

Job Description:
The main scope of this role is to develop and deliver an imaginative programme of new food activities to local people on low-incomes in the area of Greater Pilton in North Edinburgh. The programme will complement, add value and contribute to a culture of community food activity already offered by PCHP. The programme will offer relevant and appropriate opportunities to learn, understand, plan, cook and eat good food and increase nutritional skills through a range of activities and services.

This role will also use and be informed by locally developed and appropriate social marketing and motivational branding to raise community awareness and ownership of health improvement through positive food messages.

For more information and a job pack

Call us on 0131 551 1671
Email admin@pchp.org.uk
Website http://www.pchp.org.uk/job-opportunities/

 

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Development Worker – Living in Harmony (Maternity Cover)

Job Title: Development Worker – Living in Harmony

Working hours: 17.5hrs per week

Rate of pay: £23,232 pro rata plus 6% contribution to pension scheme on completion of probationary period

This post is funded until end March 2015. We hope to continue funding beyond this date. The post is funded by the Scottish Government.

Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 7th of July
Interviews: Tuesday 15th July
Start Date: Week commencing 25th August

Job Description/Purpose of job:

PCHP has received funding for a part time worker to encourage, support and deliver activities that would increase opportunities for integration between different ethnic communities living in the Greater Pilton area.

PCHP is looking for a community development worker with a proven track record working with a range of partners. Previous experience of working with a range of ethnic community and understanding of the issues facing equalities groups would be an advantage.

For more information and a job pack

Call us on 0131 551 1671
Email admin@pchp.org.uk
Website http://www.pchp.org.uk/job-opportunities/

Poles apart: divided views on local billboard posters

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Advertising is designed to draw your attention, but the ad men must be rubbing their hands at the publicity two totally different billboard ads – one for camping equipment, the other for the European elections – has generated.

The ads – one for GO Outdoors, proclaiming ‘No Poles Required’, and the other for the UKIP political party were placed together on a site on West Granton Road late last month and it seems the stushie’s still simmering.

Local Forth councillors Steve Cardownie and Vicki Redpath both  took issue with the juxtaposition of the posters.

SNP councillor Steve Cardownie said : “It’s insensitive. People might think it’s funny, but that’s the kind of message UKIP are trying to get over. You would have thought somebody would have the presence of mind to realise that”.

“When it comes to questions of immigrant workers we have to be very careful. It’s unfortunate and I would urge the tent company to do what they can to repair matters as soon as possible – it’s too dangerous to be funny.”

Forth Labour councillor Vicki Redpath said “It’s probably a stupid mistake where someone hasn’t thought about the consequences, but all sorts of people could take offence”.

UKIP believe it’s a lot of fuss about nothing. A spokesperson said: “I do not believe people are getting upset – I think people will look at it with a wry smile. The posters are two completely different things juxtaposed in a wry way by accident.”

By accident or design? Clear Channel, the company responsible for posters, said they were put up at the same time. A spokesman added: “We can understand why people would make the connection, but at the same time one is for an election campaign on European bureaucracy and the other is an advert for camping supplies.”

Last week Barbara Robertson of the Granton Improvement Society wrote to Go Outdoors to demand that the ‘No Poles Required’ poster is removed. She said: “I am incensed by the advertising you have recently indulged in whereby the ‘No Poles Required’ poster has been displayed next to a UKIP poster in many places all over Britain. I demand that you remove these posters or be vilified as being part of a racist campaign”.
There has been no response so far.

However not everyone is getting hot and bothered over the billboards. One Newhaven man – who preferred not to be named – stopped when I was taking pictures. He said: “I pass these billboards on the way to work every day and to be honest I never usually notice them. It’s harmless enough and I think it’s quite funny. I don’t know what some people are getting all upset about. Will the publicity maybe make more people vote? I doubt it – now you’re having a laugh!”

An innocent little joke, a simple mistake or blatant racist provocation? Whatever your view, two weeks on the posters are still there …

Thanks to YOU, NEN’s set for June print run

The NEN will appear in newspaper form again later this month thanks to the generosity of local organisations and individuals who have shown their support by advertising in the forthcoming edition.

NEN would like to thank the following for their commitment to North Edinburgh’s community newspaper:

MALCOLM CHISHOLM MSP

CRAIGROYSTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

FORTH & INVERLEITH LABOUR COUNCILLORS

GRANTON INFORMATION CENTRE

LIFECARE

NORTH EDINBURGH ALCOHOL INITIATIVE COLLABORATIVE

NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS

NORTH EDINBURGH CHILDCARE

NORTH EDINBURGH CREDIT UNION

NORTH EDINBURGH REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

THE PRENTICE CENTRE

ROYSTON WARDIEBURN COMMUNITY CENTRE

THE SPARTANS COMMUNITY FOOTBALL ACADEMY

THE STAND COMEDY CLUB

STEPPING STONES NORTH EDINBURGH

TOTAL CRAIGROYSTON

WEST PILTON NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

We’d also like to thank the organisations who got back in touch to say that, while they are not in a position to advertise at this time, they will consider doing so in future editions.

So thank you all for your support. 

Without it, NEN just couldn’t continue.

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If your name’s not down, you’re not gettin’ in! Is your name missing from the above list? Should it be there? Do you want it to be there? If so, get in touch at northedinnews@gmail.com  but you’ll have to be quick!

TV students set for big screen debut

Edinburgh College Granton Campus TV students will be showcasing their talents at a screening at Edinburgh Filmhouse on Wednesday at 6pm. Telford’s Film and TV course has produced some fine creative talent over the years – take the opportunity to view the next generation!

For further information contact Television Lecturer Fergus Robb at Edinburgh College by email at fergus.robb@edinburghcollege.ac.uk

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June NEN: deadline tomorrow

Hi Everyone

You may recall an earlier post saying that we planned to publish a June edition – but only if sufficient advertising revenue was generated to cover the costs of producing the newspaper?

Well, we’re tantalizingly close to reaching our advertising target but we’re not there yet, and this is a reminder that tomorrow

Friday 31 May

is the deadline for advertising copy, so if you want to advertise in the June edition you really had better get your skates on!

If you’d like to advertise in the June NEN or you require further information please email northedinnews@gmail.com or telephone 07925 405 972.

NEW NEN AD RATES 2013