From Scottish Cup glory to Rampaging Chariots!

Liam learns some new moves at Leonardo!

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Scottish Cup winning midfielder Liam Henderson is a class act- he’ll go down in history as a key player in the heroic Hibs team that finally broke their Hampden hoodoo and brought the Scottish Cup home to Leith. Continue reading From Scottish Cup glory to Rampaging Chariots!

Leonardo staff raise £11,000 for Alzheimer Scotland

Presentation cheque for £11, 000 to Alzheimer Scotland by employees of Leonardo's Airborne and Space Systems division in Edinburgh on Thursday June 2nd 2016
Presentation cheque for £11, 000 to Alzheimer Scotland by employees of Leonardo’s Airborne and Space Systems division in Edinburgh on Thursday June 2nd 2016

Members of Leonardo’s Edinburgh Charity Committee presented a cheque for £11,000 to Alzheimer Scotland’s Abby Parkhouse at Crewe Toll yesterday. The  cheque represents the culmination of Leonardo employees’ magnificent fundraising efforts over the past year.

Accepting the cheque, Abby thanked Leonardo employees and said: “It’s incredible that the Leonardo employees have managed to raise so much money in such a short space of time. It will make an amazing difference to our day care bungalow based in Midlothian.”

The Bungalow, Alzheimer Scotland’s day care centre in Bonnyrigg, offers friendship, support and stimulation to help maintain and restore the sense of self-esteem, confidence and dignity of people with dementia. It gives people with dementia the opportunity to socialise, and a chance to take part in a programme of activities to suit individual service users, which includes physical exercise, craftwork, quizzes, mental stimulation and reminiscence in a friendly, supported and safe environment.

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Planting the STEM seed at Craigie

STEM: That’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths – but you knew that, of course!

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A team of employees from Edinburgh electronics company Leonardo (better known to us old-timers as Ferranti’s!) are planting a ‘STEM’ seed that could lead to improved career prospects for Craigroyston Community High School pupils. Continue reading Planting the STEM seed at Craigie