Edinburgh Community Resilience Week 2018 will be held on 24 – 26 April.
Community Resilience Week aims to further enhance community resilience and promote understanding between key sectors and organisations within Edinburgh. This is an important week in Edinburgh’s resilience calendar and you are encouraged to put the dates in your diary.
The aims of the events are to:
• gain insight and knowledge into current resilience and national security issues from high-calibre speakers
• enhance your organisation’s preparedness
• network with other organisations across a wide range of sectors
• participate in training focussing on the Contest strategy
The week is aimed at specialists or those with an interest in business continuity, emergency planning and / or security issues.
All events are being held in the city centre.
Please email kimberley.campbell@edinburgh.gov.uk if you have any queries.
This Christmas, Edinburgh Community Food are offering you a great way to say thanks to your clients or customers.
Christmas Hampers are now available to order, with prices starting from £15 which includes free delivery. The hampers include a range of jams and chutneys, dressings, oatcakes, dried fruits and more – all presented in a wrapped up, professional gift basket.
Gift vouchers are also available and can be added to the hamper. For more information please contact Karen and Edinburgh Community Food, kmiller@edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk or 0131 467 7326.
A healthier workforce is rated as one of the top five ‘people’ issues on the agenda for any Business.
With some adults spending up to 60 per cent of their day at work, it’s an obvious place to positively influence eating habits and health behaviours. Research has shown that adopting healthy workplace initiatives can:
- Reduce employee absenteeism
- Increase employee morale
- Improve productivity and ultimately business performance
An increasing number of businesses are now focusing on health in the workplace and fruit to the office has become very popular. At Edinburgh Community Food our fruit is sourced from quality local suppliers at competitive prices ensuring we get great deals for our customers. Our fruit boxes are delivered direct to work places and we cater for businesses of all sizes.
Meal kits are reinventing the way we shop and cook. They offer busy people and their families exactly what’s required to cook healthy cost effective meals without the hassle of shopping or leftovers.
At Edinburgh Community Food we have developed eight healthy and affordable meal packs (incl. soups, stews, chillies and curries) – our take & make DIY meals are vegetarian and have everything required to make delicious, nutritious meals – meats and fish can of course be added!
Whilst we do our utmost to keep the costs meal packs as low as possible, we know that not everyone can afford to buy fresh ingredients to cook delicious healthy meals.
That’s why Edinburgh Community Food operates a ‘Pay it Forward’ scheme for our take & make DIY meals. For every £1 donated we’ll sell a DIY meal pack for £1 cheaper to someone who will really appreciate this.
To order fruit to the office, meal kits or require more information on Edinburgh Community Food contact Karen at kmiller@edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk or call 01314677326. Packs may be picked up from collection points or delivered free of charge, £15 minimum order for Edinburgh & surrounding areas only.
The ScotRail Alliance is proud to announce the creation of Scotland’s newest community rail partnership (CRP).
The Rail 74 partnership launches on Friday 2 June, on the route between Rutherglen and Hamilton Central. To mark the event, a piper will greet the train at Rutherglen, with volunteers from the CRP joining and raising awareness of the new group to passengers on the train.
The partnership brings together groups from across the community to improve and promote their local railway line. The partnership was made possible by Business in the Community Scotland, whose local Business Connectors worked with a wide range of local groups to establish the partnership.
The group intends to act as bridge between the line and the local community, and make the communities along the line a better place to work, live and do business.
The ScotRail Alliance has extensively supported the partnership, awarding £10,000 of funding to the partnership to facilitate their plans. The most visible of which will be large totem pole, hand-carved by groups ranging including young homeless people, mental health patients and primary schoolchildren.
James Ledgerwood, the ScotRail Alliance’s head of economic development said, “We know that railways are the lifeblood of many communities across the country.
“Community rail partnerships are an excellent way for us to work in partnership with local communities to maximise the wider opportunities our services can bring. Rail74 has some really exciting plans in place, and we look forward to working within them in there delivery.
“I know they have the drive and determination to make a real difference.”
Jane Wood, Director of Membership and Nations for Business in the Community, said: “We are delighted to see the hard work of our Business Connectors, Diane Whatelely and Suzie McCheyne come to fruition through this invaluable partnership.
There is an undeniable role for business within communities, building a fairer society and a more sustainable future for us all, and it’s great to see the ScotRail Alliance, HMRC and Scottish Gas play such an active role in the development of Rail 74.”
People in Edinburgh and East Lothian are invited to get an insight into the work of Queen Margaret University (QMU) by taking part in its Community Forum.
QMU will host its Community Forum at its Musselburgh campus in East Lothian on Tuesday 30th May at 6.30pm.
Local people will have the opportunity to ask questions about the University and how it is working with the community. Speakers at the event will include Dr Jane Culpan, Senior Lecturer on the BSc (Hons) Physical Activity, Wellbeing and Health, who will be discussing her course and how it links with the community.
The QMU Community Forum brings together university staff, local residents, businesses, organisations, schools and council representatives twice a year to discuss university and local community issues.
Jane Scott, Director of Marketing & Communications at QMU, said: “The QMU Community Forum is designed to create a link between local people in and around East Lothian, Edinburgh and the University. The popular event attracts a variety of interest from local residents, councillors and representatives from community groups.
“We look forward to welcoming a wide range of local people to our next Community Forum on 30 th May, when they will have the chance to find out about the fascinating work of the Queen Margaret Children’s University and about various outreach and learning initiatives taking place with the local area.”
QMU is open to the local community throughout the year, providing a range of public facilities, including learning resources, gym and sports centre, café, restaurant and grounds for leisure activities and dog-walking.
For more information and to register for the QMU Community Forum, contact Lynne Russell, Communications Manager, QMU, T: 0131 474 0000, E: lrussell@qmu.ac.uk
