Tag: Health and wellbeing

Thistle marks 75 years with special community event

Leading Lothians wellbeing charity, Thistle, celebrated it’s 75th  anniversary with a special community event hosted at the Thistle Centre of Wellbeing in Craigmillar.

The event also marked the transition of leadership from CEO, Diana Noel-Paton to Mark Hoolahan, currently Deputy CEO. Continue reading Thistle marks 75 years with special community event

Briggs ‘deeply worried’ over Western’s Urology waiting list

The number of patients on the urgent waiting list for a urology operation at the Edinburgh Western General Urology Hub has increased from 363 at 30 June 2018 to 465 at 31 March 2019, the latest data available. Continue reading Briggs ‘deeply worried’ over Western’s Urology waiting list

£3.6m National Lottery funding to support adoptive families

The charity Adoption UK has been awarded funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to set up a bold new project that will benefit thousands of families in England, Scotland and Wales.

The project, known as TESSA (Therapeutic, Education and Support Services in Adoption) has just launched. Continue reading £3.6m National Lottery funding to support adoptive families

Wake Up to Organic on Wednesday

Organic UK is set to feed Edinburgh’s happy with free organic taster breakfasts during its 2019 #WakeUpToOrganic event

To spread the ‘feel-good’ factor of organic food far and wide, Organic UK is inviting people up and down the nation to ‘Wake Up to Organic’ and celebrate with a free organic mini breakfast.

On 12 June 2019, independent businesses in Edinburgh will be throwing open their doors for ‘Wake Up To Organic’, helping to spread the joy of organic food and encouraging people to feed their happy!

Up to 300 events across the country – in partnership with local cafes, delis, farm shops and independent stores – will celebrate organic food, showing just how easy it is to make the switch.

As well as helping you enjoy mini delicious organic breakfast treats, select stores will be taking their Wake Up to Organic events to the next level, offering a range of special activities – from cooking demonstrations to the opportunity to meet local farmers and producers.

By choosing organic you can rest easy knowing your food is produced to the highest standards with a host of great benefits:

  • Better for nature and the planet: Organic farming works with the environment as it uses fewer pesticides. This way of farming protects and encourages wildlife while looking after the health of the soil.
  • Better for animal welfare. Organic means always free-range and organic standards insist that animals are given plenty of space and fresh air to thrive and grow more naturally.
  • Know what’s in your food. When it comes to organic, you know exactly what’s in your food. GM crops and ingredients are banned so you only get real ingredients with no artificial colours or preservatives.

So far, independent businesses signed up to help people in Edinburgh Wake Up to Organic include:

  • Real Foods, 8 Brougham Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9JH
  • Real Foods, 37 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3JU
  • Margiotta, 48-50, Ashley Terrace, Edinburgh, EH11 1RY
  • Margiotta, 77 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1ES
  • Margiotta, 43 Lasswade Road, Edinburgh, EH16 6TD
  • Margiotta, 122-124 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 5DQ
  • Margiotta, 1 Polwarth Gardens, Edinburgh, EH11 1JS
  • Pumpkin Brown, 16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2HS
  • The Refillery, 39 Newington Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1QW
  • Eco Larder, 200, Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EB
  • Breadshare Community Bakery, 4 Jane Street,    Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 5HD
  • Breadshare Community Bakery, 11-12 Seafield Road, East Edinburgh, EH15 1EB
  • Weigh To Go, 27, Crighton Place, Leith, Edinburgh, EH7 4NY
  • Beetroot Sauvage, 33-41 Ratcliffe Terrace, Edinburgh, EH9 1SX
  • Henderson’s of Edinburgh, 94 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DR
  • New Leaf Co-Op, 23 Argyle Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1JJ
  • Jan de Vries Healthcare, 10b Queensferry Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4PG
  • Good Food Health Food Store, 255 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4RD
  • Dig-In, 119 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, EH10 4EQ
  • Jeelie Piece, 12 Leven St, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 9LG
  • Roots Deli & Salad Bar, 18 William Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 7NH

To find out more and find a local store visit: https://feedyourhappy.co.uk/wakeup and join in the action with the hashtags #WakeUpToOrganic and #FeedYourHappy

 

Don’t miss out on Edinburgh’s Living Well With Bowel Cancer event

If you’ve been affected by bowel cancer, don’t miss out on the chance to attend Bowel Cancer UK’s free living well event on Saturday 15 June 2019 at Surgeon’s Quarter, Edinburgh, from 10am – 3.15pm. Continue reading Don’t miss out on Edinburgh’s Living Well With Bowel Cancer event

Nurseries rewarded for innovation

New awards recognise Early Learning and Childcare success

A nursery where children built a car out of old tyres and recycled wood is among the inaugural winners of a new awards scheme to boost the quality of childcare.

Other winners of the Scottish Government’s Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Innovation Award include a nursery where children set up a café for parents and a nursery where children now grow their own food for lunch.

All six winning nurseries set up new creative experiences to challenge children and improve their social and language skills and self-confidence.

The six are:

  • Clober Nursery, East Dunbartonshire
  • Menstrie Nursery, Clackmannanshire
  • Village Nursery, West Linton, Scottish Borders
  • Bowhouse Early Learning and Childcare, Falkirk
  • Treetop Family Nurture Centre, Fife
  • Innerwick Early Years Setting, East Lothian.

All of the winning nurseries will receive £5,000 to further develop their innovative ideas.

Children’s Minister Maree Todd visited Clober Nursery and said: “Every winning nursery has gone above and beyond to give their children outstanding opportunities to learn and develop.

“Staff have come up with amazingly creative and fun ways to develop children’s understanding of the world around them, with great results already for the children, their families and staff.

“As quality is at the heart of our expansion plans, the awards will showcase best practice and encourage nurseries to share success with each other.”

Louise McHugh, an ELC practitioner from Clober Nursery, said: “Outdoor learning is an exciting and daily part of Clober Nursery.

“We strive to provide children with opportunities to learn and develop their risk-taking strategies, educate them to understand where food comes from as well as providing them with the opportunity to use their imagination with loose part play.

“We are only at the beginning of our outdoor learning journey and we cannot wait to see where the children’s investigations take us.”