Heart Research UK grant to develop Scottish players for the World Dwarf Games

The Scottish region of the Dwarf Sports Association (DSA) has been awarded a £5,000 grant from Heart Research UK to provide a variety of sporting activities across Scotland for children and adults with dwarfism. Continue reading Heart Research UK grant to develop Scottish players for the World Dwarf Games

Win afternoon tea for two with Home Store + More

Retailer thanks local community for going the extra mile

To celebrate this year’s national Afternoon Tea Week, Home Store + More, Your Quality Homeware Specialist, is inviting members of the public to nominate people in their local community they think deserve a treat.

Nominations can be submitted for friends, family, work colleagues or local people who have gone the extra mile for their community. Winners will receive a £50 voucher to spend in Home Store + More’s Craigleith branch, along with a luxurious afternoon tea for two at The Waldorf Astoria (Caledonian) Hotel.

Rachael Neill, store manager at Home Store + More’s Craigleith branch, said: “There is a wonderful community spirit in our area with so many members of the community helping each other every day to make this a fantastic place to live and work.

“At Home Store + More, we want to give back to our local community and thank those who have gone above and beyond with a special celebration during Afternoon Tea Week.

“We will be encouraging our followers to nominate anyone they think deserves a treat. Winners will enjoy a relaxing and tasty afternoon of treats as well as a complimentary gift voucher to redeem in store.”

It’s quick and easy to nominate someone in your community who you think should enjoy a little indulgence. Simply find us on Facebook where nominations will open at 8am on Friday 9th August 2019 and close at 3pm on 12th August 2019 – that’s this afternoon!

With an array of baking, cake decorating and cookware supplies in store, Home Store + More has everything you need to host the perfect Afternoon Tea party.

Full competition details can be found on our Facebook site.

Frazzled parents and holiday blues: holiday competition

Edinburgh mums and dads could be in for a treat this summer, as Drayton Manor Park is giving away £500 cash, as well as FREE theme park tickets and hotel stays to parents who are frazzled by the summer holidays.

The giveaway comes after a survey by the family attraction found that Edinburgh parents will last fewer than three weeks into the summer holidays before they start feeling completely fed up – and one in five confess they find it the most STRESSFUL time of the year. Continue reading Frazzled parents and holiday blues: holiday competition

Wella in! Edinburgh College student reaches final of national hairdressing competition

An Edinburgh College hairdressing student is on the path to becoming a national champion after winning a regional heat of a major competition.  Level 3 Hairdressing student Gintare Dambrauskaite was one of four student winners at the Scotland, Ireland and North-East heat of Wella’s XPOSURE competition which was held at Granton Campus yesterday. Continue reading Wella in! Edinburgh College student reaches final of national hairdressing competition

Get Snappy in Stockbridge!

Get Snappy in Stockbridge
Digital photography competition
Send us your favourite image taken in and around Stockbridge.

Open to all levels but you must be library members, you can join online here – https://bit.ly/2vwmOim

Please email your entries to stockbridge.library.edin@gmail.com

Subject: Get Snappy in Stockbridge
Please supply your name and library membership number
5MB limit on images.
Closing date: 1st April 2019
The prize for the winning entry is a lovely framed art print of Stockbridge [courtesy of Wee Blue Coo]

An exhibition of all entries will shown in the library from 8-30 April.

 

STANLEY Security ‘Safer Education’ competition

STANLEY Security, one of the most trusted names in security and responsible for securing thousands of schools worldwide, is pleased to announce the return of its ‘Together for Safer Education ‘ competition which gives nurseries, schools and colleges the opportunity to win up to £10k in security products and services. Continue reading STANLEY Security ‘Safer Education’ competition

Breaking News! Poppyscotland launches learning competition

Calling all schools! Leading Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland has joined forces with STV News to launch its eagerly-awaited Learning Competition for 2018 which calls on P4-S3 pupils to produce their own news story by imagining how they would report the end of the First World War if it happened today. Continue reading Breaking News! Poppyscotland launches learning competition