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Visit Scotland’s biggest Volunteer Recruitment Fair!

(Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council. See also this post.)

Recruitment Fair Poster 2014

Charities, voluntary organisations and community groups are searching for volunteers, people like you! After more than a decade, the Annual Volunteer Recruitment Fair is firmly positioned as the capital city’s volunteering event of the year. It will showcase volunteering opportunities from across the city, putting potential volunteers in touch with hundreds of organisations.

If you’re considering volunteering, this is a fantastic opportunity to meet face to face with around fifty organisations currently looking for volunteers plus access hundreds of other volunteering opportunities, all under one roof.

Last year our volunteer recruitment fair helped around 1,000 people in their search for volunteering opportunities to make connections with the organisations that needed them. Make sure you’re one of them this year.

There are many benefits to volunteering, it’s a great way to use and develop your skills, try something new, make new friends and contacts, boost your confidence and general wellbeing, gain valuable experience, and of course, make a real difference!

For more information visit www.volunteeredinburgh.org.uk or call Lara Celini on 0131 225 0630

 

The Fair will also feature:

  • over 50 organisations looking for volunteers that you can speak to directly
  • volunteering and employment specialists
  • a friendly café to relax and refresh in
  • access to hundreds of volunteering opportunities across the city
  • free employability workshops

20 mph zones – CEC wants your views

Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council 20mph_Eflier

The Council’s Transport and Environment Committee has approved a draft network of 20, 30 and 40 mph roads as a basis for consultation and authorised a public consultation on extending the 20 mph speed limits to many roads in the city.

Whatever your views about the 20 mph speed limit proposals, Edinburgh Council wants to hear from you.  You can email your views to the address below or use the online consultation. Drop-in events, public meetings and exhibitions are also taking place across the city.

An interactive map of the draft proposals, a list of frequently asked questions and details of the engagement events are available on the Council’s website at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/20mph.

Please forward this email to any contacts that you feel would be interested in making their views heard on the proposals. The consultation is open until 17 October.

Eileen Hewitt I Professional Officer, 20mph Programme I Strategic Planning I Services for Communities I City of Edinburgh Council I C:2 Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG I 0131 469 3502 I20mph@edinburgh.gov.uk

Click to download the 20mph leaflet