CONSTITUENCY


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Diverse + City = Diversecity. The pupils and staff at James Gillespie’s High School put on a wonderful ‘Diversecity’ show at the school last month to an adoring audience. Around 200 pupils


Shhhh! The mobile library service is a city wide service providing library services to areas that do not have easy access to branch libraries. There are five large vehicle libraries operating the service throughout the year, with some 76 stops on a weekly schedule for two of the mobile libraries. One vehicle in the fleet brings library


services directly to sheltered housing sites with over 30 of these locations being visited on a four weekly timetable. A dedicated children’s Book Bus visits 29 schools, special schools and nursery locations on a three week rotation. Each of the four general libraries and


the Book Bus carry some 3000 books - fiction and non-fiction - in ordinary and large print. Audio cassettes and CDs are also available. Membership is open to anyone in the


City of Edinburgh. Joining is a very simple process of completing a name and address form. In most cases new readers may borrow books right away from the mobile libraries. Existing users of branch libraries who


already have membership may also use the mobile library services and they may return their branch books at the mobile libraries. Regular users of the mobile libraries


have the opportunity to browse for library items within their own local area. As with any branch library location, readers may make reservations for any book, audio, CD story, music or DVD item for collection at the next library visit. Further information:


@


0131 529 5151 george.mackenzie@edinburgh.gov.uk


Congratulations to


local Eco packaging pioneers who recently won two


major prizes in one week, winning the


Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Sustainable Development and scooping the £10,000 top prize in The FSB Streamline UK Business Awards!


These extremely competitive awards commend the high-growth Edinburgh firm for developing innovative zero-waste foodservice packaging,


promoting sustainability and reducing landfill waste in the catering and hospitality sector. To celebrate, the SME has designed its own original Vegware tartan, and announced its expansion into Australia, and the tripling of its Edinburgh office space to support UK and international growth.


have worked tirelessly over the previous few weeks to organise a packed show of singing, dancing and instrument-playing. The school certainly has some superbly talented students.


Diversecity is a


student-led production which has been performed in its current format at the School every year for fourteen years. All the money raised goes towards supporting learners at Zwelibanzi and Dloko High Schools in South Africa.


Congratulations to


Headteacher Mr Macdonald, staff, pupils and parents - I had a fantastic night, and especially enjoyed the “dead unicorn” comedy sketch.


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