Sixteen refurbished apartments in Sighthill are helping people to build meaningful lives at home following time spent at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
Originally a sheltered housing complex, a building in the Calders has been transformed by the City of Edinburgh Council to provide high-quality places to stay.
Continue reading St. Stephen Court: there’s no place like home
Kids of all ages are in for a treat at the brand new Leith Links play park, which was formally opened on Friday, becoming one of the Capital’s largest play spaces.
A parkour unit, a Rolli trampoline for wheelchair users, a natural play area and oodles of great new play equipment chosen by the local community have allbeen installed in the north Edinburgh park.
A consultation on introducing 7am to 7pm bus lanes operating seven days a week will begin today (Thursday 31 October).
Continue reading Council consults on extended hours for bus lanes
A ground-breaking programme diverting young people away from a life of serious organised crime is to be rolled out to a number of cities across the UK.
Action for Children’s Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention service has been running in Glasgow since 2013 and will now be rolled out to Edinburgh, Newcastle and Cardiff, funded by £4.6 million from The National Lottery Community Fund. Continue reading Peer mentors initiative to tackle crime culture coming to Edinburgh
Find out about all the great learning taking place in your local primary school – drop in for a visit on Primary Schools Open Day TOMORROW: bit.ly/2h0tQan
If your child’s date of birth is between 1 March 2015 and 29 February 2016 they are due to start primary school in August 2020.
If you are in the City of Edinburgh Council area you must register your child for P1 at one of your catchment schools.
Registration week is 4 to 8 November 2019. Please check opening times with the school you are registering at.
Councillor Amy McNeese-Mechan, Chair of the Edinburgh’s Community Safety Partnership, writes about protecting the public around Bonfire Night:
“In recent years we’ve seen an escalation in anti-social behaviour in the time leading up to Halloween and Bonfire/ Guy Fawkes Night. Protecting our communities from harm during Bonfire Night and beyond, is a priority for us in the Edinburgh Community Safety Partnership. Continue reading Bonfire Season: keeping Edinburgh residents safe
Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) has approved plans to accelerate approaches to care for people at home and in a homely setting.
Designed to reduce the number of people being delayed leaving hospital and improve the care patients receive in their own community, Edinburgh’s ‘home first’ approach sets out plans to shift health and social care systems to provide greater support for people in their own or familiar surroundings. Continue reading Edinburgh’s Home First policy to tackle bed blocking
The latest data published by sportscotland shows that the national Active Schools programme continues to have a positive impact on children’s physical activity levels.
It revealed that 7.3 million visits were made to activities across Scotland in 2018/19, an increase of 0.4% on the previous year. Continue reading Jump in growth for Active Schools
This Black History Month, Education Vice Convener Councillor Alison Dickie writes about the need for change:
You could have heard a pin drop. The young black man, there to tell his story, looked up from his speech notes and commented on the sea of white faces of the 63 councillors who sat before him. ‘That doesn’t sit well with me’, he said.
I say it shouldn’t sit well with any of us! Continue reading Black History Month: a lesson for everyone
