Gold status for Oaklands, Blackhall, Trinity and Royal High
Local schools are among 35 from across the capital to have been awarded a prestigious national award from sportscotland, the national agency for sport, for this academic year.
Continue reading City schools make the grade in delivering school sport
The first Best Start Grant Pregnancy and Baby Payments will be made before Christmas. Continue reading Best Start: New support on the way for low income families
‘Poverty is a political choice. Austerity could easily have spared the poor, if the political will had existed to do so’ – Professor Philip Alston Continue reading “A state of denial”: UN Human Rights expert condemns UK Government
CHILDREN in Scotland are eating more their recommended daily sugar intake – in sweet treats alone. Research to mark Sugar Awareness Week shows kids in Scotland are eating the equivalent of two-and-a-half 1kg bags of sugar a year just by going to friends’ birthday parties. Continue reading Children treating their way to a health timebomb
Continue reading Educate to Liberate: Local MSP backs plans for inclusive education
Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee is launching a call for views on proposed changes that would remove the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ from Scots law. Without this legal defence, parents and guardians would not be able to physically punish their children. Continue reading Smacking: share your views
A specialist project for children in Edinburgh and East Lothian with autism to benefit the development of their social interactions and communication skills has received a £5000 boost from Aberdeen Standard Investments Charitable Foundation. Continue reading Children on the autism spectrum to benefit from ‘Grow, Play’ project
IT’S YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE!
Starts Saturday 3rd November at Granton Parish Church, 10 – 11am
CLUBS RESUME on THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER
