Tag: Children and Families

Your invited to Bert’s Easter Tea Party at North Edinburgh Arts

FRIDAY 14 APRIL, 2 – 4.30pm

NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS

The Time Bank Knit and Natter group have made adorable little Easter characters and they are hiding in the NEA garden! Can you find Bert and his friends to win an Easter egg prize?

A family-friendly event suitable for all ages. With additional activities in the garden or inside NEA (wet weather provision).

There will be lots of cakes and tea/coffee/juice for you to enjoy while those who want to can go searching in the garden!

50p donation goes towards the costs of the refreshments.

Knitted items will be available to buy on the day too!.

 

 

 

 

Protect your child from playground bumps and bruises this Easter

Parents across Scotland are being advised on how to protect children from playground bumps and bruises during the Easter holidays. As part of the national Be Healthwise this Easter campaign, NHS 24 has issued a number of top tips on how to prevent and treat minor scrapes and bruises. Continue reading Protect your child from playground bumps and bruises this Easter

Healthy pregnancy, healthy baby

All pregnant women in Scotland are to receive free vitamins. The move to provide universal access will improve parent and children’s health and has widespread support among healthcare professionals.

Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell confirmed the development at Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital last week, where she also launched the first Scotland-only Maternal and Infant Nutrition Survey.

Ms Campbell said: “We are committed to giving every child in Scotland the very best start in life and helping women to enjoy a healthy pregnancy is a key part of this.

“There is strong evidence that taking vitamins during pregnancy improves both the mother and baby’s health. By offering them to all pregnant women we can contribute towards giving every baby a fair and equal chance – a move that is widely supported by healthcare professionals.

“I’m also pleased that the Maternal and Infant Nutrition survey is now underway. Data will be gathered on nutrition, breastfeeding, formula feeding and weaning practices and help us strengthen the support we offer to new mothers. I would strongly encourage pregnant women and families with young infants who receive a survey pack to complete and return it.”

Youth & Children Work vacancy at West Pilton

♦ Are you a dynamic, energetic and enthusiastic person with a passion for delivering high quality services for children and young people?

♦ Do you have the skills to build children & young people’s self esteem and self confidence?

♦ Can you assist children and young people to develop their abilities to manage personal and social relationships?

♦ Can you create/develop positive learning environments for children and young people to develop new skills?

♦ Are you able to build the capacity of children and young people to consider risk, make reasoned decisions, take responsibility for their actions and engage in democratic decision making processes?

Then see below …

Youth Worker Job Advert – After School Club (1)

Children’s Festival programme launched

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival (formerly Imaginate Festival) which is running from 27 May to 4 June 2017, has launched its programme. The new name reflects Imaginate’s wider role in the sector: supporting artists to make new work year round and producing the flagship Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. Continue reading Children’s Festival programme launched

Get Fit and Fed at Free Multi-Sport Camp

With the news that exercise levels are declining ‘long before adolescence’, Edinburgh Leisure and Craigmillar Community Sports Hub is offering free sport and healthy eating sessions during the Easter holidays aimed at 6-12 year olds.

A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine says that sitting is replacing physical activity from the time children start school. Many of the 400 children enrolled in the study did less than this as they got older.

Phil Trodden, Community Sport Hub Coordinator at Edinburgh Leisure said: “Sitting is replacing physical activity from the time children start school. Children should get at least an hour of exercise a day. Activities outside school have an important role to play too.

“So our sessions will be on encouraging the children to have fun and move more, at the same time as instilling in them the importance of a healthy diet.”

The sessions will run from Monday, 3 April to Friday, 7 April 2017 from 10.30-12.30 at Jack Kane Sport Centre. Each day will have a different one hour sport of physical activity followed by a one hour healthy eating session and meal.

On Friday 7 April, a multi-sport event will kick off at 10.00 until 12.00 noon with a range of different sports to try out.

Places are limited to 30 per session and booking is essential and needs to be made by Monday, 27 March. To book a place on the camp, contact: communitysportshubs@edinburghleisure.co.uk