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North West News and Events 2021 05 05 6th May ‘21 – NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES IN NORTH WEST EDINBURGH Coronavirus - Latest update on COVID-19 and City of Edinburgh Council services Latest updates Phased reopening of key Council services From 26 April, non-essential Council house repairs restarted Find out about coronavirus testing at centres or at home Who is currently being offered the coronavirus vaccine? Find out on NHS inform Download the NHS Lothian FAQs on COVID-19 for schools Schools and early years Latest update on schools and early years NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE Jimmy Cauty (The Orb, KLF, K Foundation) new installation, ESTATE, looks set to be transported to Edinburgh for a month long residency from the end of May and throughout June 2021.The ESTATE is a dystopian scaled down model featuring four abandoned concrete tower blocks (approx 2 metres high) housed in a 40-foot shipping container and contain amusing scenes of mass social, economic and environmental devastation. Viewers walk through the container to explore the tower blocks. The experience includes smoke, strobe lighting, wind, loud noise, tiny TV broadcasts, and is suitable for children and adults over 5 North Edinburgh Arts, 15a Pennywell Court, MacMillan Square, next to Muirhouse Library, Edinburgh, EH4 4TZ, May 28 - June 26, Thursdays - Saturdays, Thu - Fri,10am - 4pm, Sat 10am - 1pm ESTATE is viewed either individually or in social / support bubbles in pre-booked 10-minute slots scheduled every 15-minutes. The experience includes smoke, strobe lighting, wind, loud noise, tiny TV broadcasts, and is suitable for children and adults over 5. ESTATE has been designed so it can be toured and viewed in compliance with Covid-19 hygiene and social distancing measures, and is wheelchair accessible. Advance bookings for free entry to view ESTATE are essential, and will be available at North Edinburgh Arts website from May 3rd 2021 at 9am at https://tinyurl.com/pftefweb for Thursdays and Fridays, and https://tinyurl.com/2dc2nm5s for Saturdays. AREYC I am part of a collective of academics, early years practitioners and activists looking at challenging racism and exploring /sharing tangible actions within the early years in Scotland. We are called AREYC and would like to invite you to the launch of our collective which is a webinar followed by a discussion co-hosted by CERES (Moray House) and RACE.Ed (University of Edinburgh). I have appended our event details below and if you are on Twitter, you are most welcome to follow us on @AREYCScotland. We would love to have you with us for these critical conversations and tangible actions and also believe that dialogue should and will be ongoing. Please feel free to get in touch should you have any queries about this event or us. Very best wishes, Pavi (Pavithra Atul Sarma) Who Defines Childhood Innocence? Anti-Racist Practice, White Fragility and Effective Allyship in Early Childhood – 10 May 2021 - Webinar event co-hosted by the Anti-Racist Early Years Collective (AREYC), the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland (CERES) and RACE.ED More details and booking information here: Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-co- hosted-by-areyc-ceres-and-raceed-tickets-149119738151 Welcome to your May Newsletter As usual there is a lot to report! Digital volunteers First of all, another plea for volunteers willing to help and advise tech newcomers on how to get online and communicate with the outside world in this digital age. This is the current focus of the partnership between Heart of Newhaven and Pilmeny Development Project (PDP). We urge more volunteers to come forward who could offer such support to those older people who are feeling particularly lonely and isolated by the pandemic and lockdown restrictions. Training is provided by PDP and the next induction dates are May 12th or May 18th. If anyone is interested please contact [email protected] AGM Of course the big news this month is the holding of our first ever AGM as a SCIO. This took place on Thursday 29th April and was attended, either online or in person, by 38 members. Business Plan One matter that was raised at the AGM was that of how HoNC will support itself after the purchase of the site. The Business Plan which was submitted and assessed by CEC last year, is available through a link on the HoNC website. If you would like to read it, you can find the link on the Our Journey So Far webpage. School Delay Unfortunately there has been a further delay to the building of the new Victoria Primary School. The school was informed last week that Covid restrictions on the number of workers who can be on site at the same time, as well as the delay in some building supplies arriving from Europe, have meant that it will not now be possible for the school to move in over the summer holidays. It is still hoped to get everything finished by the autumn but there is no fixed date yet. We will keep you informed. Finally, there are always new HoNC features being posted online. Check out our YouTube channel for recent videos of support from the Living Memory Association and one of our volunteers, along with the earlier ones from the History of Education Centre and some of our trustees. Remember there are also monthly blogs going up on the website. Happy viewing and reading. Volunteer Page It's National Walking Month We're celebrating National Walking Month this May by asking everyone to Step Out on foot and love their local walks. We know that by choosing to walk more, we can make a real difference to air quality, the local economy and our own health and wellbeing.. Step Out Funding and grants Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Open Fund Community Paths Grants Tesco Community Grants Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund Garfield Weston Foundation Henry Smith Strengthening Communities Grant Online events Active Travel Conference - 2 June Jobs CEO - Paths for All Walking for Health Co-ordinator - KA Leisure Travel and Transport Manager - Highlands and Islands Enterprise Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) In November 2021, elections to the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) will take place. The SYP represents Scotland’s young people. Democratically elected members ensure that young people’s voices are heard by decision-makers. The SYP represents an excellent opportunity for young people to influence the decisions that affect their lives. Recent successful campaigns have contributed to votes for 16 year olds, free bus travel for young people (due later this year), and the move to incorporate UNCRC into law. We are very keen that we have a range of candidates that represent the demographic of Edinburgh so that a wide variety of voices can be heard. All young people aged between 14 and 25 years old can stand for election to the SYP, and for all those involved the SYP represents an outstanding learning opportunity. More information is available on the SYP website: www.syp.org.uk , including about their next campaign, Bounce Back, which will focus on the response to the pandemic and its aftermath https://syp.org.uk/campaign/bounce-back/ We hope that every young person who is passionate about making a difference, changing things and/or helping other young people will consider standing for election. We are asking youth workers, teachers, social workers and others who work with young people who may be interested in standing to encourage them to find out more - or find out more on their behalf. For more information, please contact SYP Election Coordinator:Jackie Barr [email protected] We hope you can join us for our second Thrive conference Thrive Edinburgh is a city where every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to contribute to her or his community. Our ability to thrive as human beings and as a city is closely tied to our mental health. Since our inaugural conference in November 2019, Thrive has been working to implement our aspirations for Edinburgh alongside people who have committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of the citizens of Edinburgh. Over the last year we have continued to work with our partners in the development of Thrive’s long-term strategic aims. The response to pandemic has been amazing with individuals and organisations continuing to deliver innovative and creative support for mental health and wellbeing. We hope you can join us at our second Thrive Edinburgh Conference. Get Your Thrive On! will be held on Friday 7 May 2021. Chaired by the Lord Provost, Frank Ross, this interactive online conference offers a fantastic opportunity to come together to hear about, discuss and connect on work aligned with our 4 guiding principles – Change the Conversation, Change the Culture; Act Early; Partnering with Communities and using Data and Evidence to drive and create Change - and discuss and share future aspirations. Get your tickets on our Eventbrite page Read the latest Thrive Edinburgh Bulletins here: https://www.edinburghthrive.com/news FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES The City of Edinburgh Council are looking for individuals to join our professional team of Cleaning Operatives and Facilities Technicians in local schools and buildings across the city. We have 100+ part-time cleaning posts, both permanent and fixed term, as well as both full and part-time Facilities Technician posts. Cleaning Operative Cleaning Operatives will be key members of our Facilities Management team, delivering an enhanced cleaning service across our estate to ensure our properties are safe and clean environments to work in. We're particularly interested in people who have experience in cleaning.
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