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Look Around – See Me (Rozejrzyj Się – Zobacz Mnie)

(adapted from an email circulated by Edinburgh Council on behalf of NHS Lothian and FENIKS)

The suicide rate among Polish people living in Scotland is higher than the Scottish and Police averages, we are told.

FENIKS, a mental health support organisation for Polish people in Edinburgh, has published (in partnership with See Me) a booklet to try to reduce suicide rates. To obtain copies, contact FENIKS via their communications officer, Barbara Wesolowska:
Mobile: 074 1312 1012
Email: barbara.wesolowska@feniks.org.uk

filling in the memory pot-holes

With thanks to Alan Dean of Edinburgh Council, we are filling in gaps in our record of Leith Programme communications from Edinburgh Council. We look forward to the end of the process – the completion of these works, and safety to drive, cycle, walk and use Leith Walk as it should be.

Leith Programme Stakeholder Update 78 – Phase 4 Pilrig Street to McDonald Road Statutory Processes

(adapted from an email from Alan Dean, Partnership Development Officer, sent on 26 June 2015 at 15:42)

Leith Programme Phase 4 – Pilrig Street to McDonald Road – Draft Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) and Redetermination Order (RSO)

As part of our regular update series, we would like to inform you that the draft TRO and RSO for the next phase of the Leith Programme, Pilrig Street to McDonald Road, will be formally advertised, a week today, on Tuesday 20 October. TROs set out all restrictions on a road including where yellow lines, parking places, and bus lanes are to be located, while RSOs designate areas of the street as carriageway, footway or cycle path.

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Engaging diverse community into public life and the democratic process

(adapted form an email from ELREC)

Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) invites you to its community engagement event on Engaging diverse community into Public Life and the Democratic Process.

Date: 28 October 2015, Wednesday

Time: 6.00pm – 8.30pm

Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX

(Beside the Mosque Kitchen)