PrestonLodge.netReminder that prize giving will be held Tuesday 18 June at 7.30pm. It is hoped that you will attend this event whether you are a receipient of an award or not, and join the “March Out” to the “Big Band” as the finale to the evening. School dress code is compulsory.
Following the success of our information event on 30th January in Dunbar we have planned three further events in East Lothian. The first of these will be on 13th March in our Musselburgh office. This is situated behind the Job centre in the Eskmill Business Park next to the front entrance to Stewart House. The second event is in Dunbar again at the Bleaching Fields Community Centre on 10th April and lastly we will be holding one at Haddington Town Hall on 15th May. All events will be 11am-3pm. There will be an information stall, an opportunity to meet workers and have brief 1-1’s with workers. The events are open for both young people and professionals who would like to drop in and find out more. See further information from X-CEED below:
Extra Coaching to Engage and Expand Development
X-CEED – An Overview
X-CEED is a new project launched by Rathbone and funded over a five year period by the Big Lottery.
Our aim is to engage with vulnerable young people and improve their life chances through the provision of intense one to one support and (when ready) group activity.
Key objectives we have set are; to address any potential barriers, improve the behaviours and relationships of young people and encourage participants to re-engage with learning and / or employment.
Who Do We Work With?
X-CEED is a programme for 14 – 25 year olds living anywhere within Edinburgh, East Lothian or Midlothian
We are funded to work with young people who:
Are currently or previously involved in the Care System
Have been involved with the youth justice system, have a background of offending or be at risk of offending
Be viewed as vulnerable or hard to reach (eg homeless, family difficulties etc.)
If you are uncertain about whether a young person is eligible then please contact Caroline Cooper as all referrals will be considered on a case by case basis.
What is the Referral Process?
If you have a young person who you feel would benefit from our services then please contact the X-Ceed Team in order to make an initial Referral Apt. We have offices in Edinburgh City Centre and Musselburgh or can meet individuals at various outreach locations.
Contact Information
Edinburgh: Rathbone, 3rd Floor Princes House, 5 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, EH2 4RG
Tel: 0131 228 8464
Musselburgh: Rathbone, Alexander House, Eskmills, Edinburgh, EH21 7PQ
Tel: 0131 273 4362
X-CEED Team
Caroline Cooper 07739217806 caroline.cooper@rathboneuk.org
Stewart Paterson 07720346116 stewart.paterson@rathboneuk.org
Clara White 07793837535 clara.white@rathboneuk.org
Anna Kerr 07795651032 anna.kerr@rathboneuk.org
Alternatively if you would like to arrange for a member of the X-Ceed Team to attend your organisation on a regular basis to meet with young people there then please let us know.
Please see below a letter regarding our August timetable change.
GOLD LEVEL
Practice Expedition: 6th-9th June 2012 – in and around the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. Cost £50.
Assessed Expedition: 13th-16th June 2012 – location to be decided, but will likely be in an area not used for any previous expedition. Cost £100.
On both of these expeditions, you will expected to be self-sufficient, and prepared to “wild camp”. You will walk for 4 days and camp for 3 nights.
Please see Mr Kidd for a letter that will clarify the above costs, and for a parental consent form.
A meeting has been provisionally organised for P5 (and P6 if necessary) on Wednesday 16th May in Mr Kidd’s room to plan the practice expedition and prepare route cards etc… Please make every effort to attend.
SILVER LEVEL
Practice Expedition: 6th-8th June 2012 – in and around the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. Cost £30.
Assessed Expedition: 13th-15th June 2012 – in and around the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. Cost £40.
Please see Mr Kidd for a letter that will clarify the above costs, and for a parental consent form.
A meeting has been provisionally organised for P5 (and P6 if necessary) on Wednesday 16th May in Mr Kidd’s room to plan the practice expedition and prepare route cards etc… Please make every effort to attend.
If there are any problems on any points above, for Silver or Gold students, please see Mr Kidd or Mr Frost.
Cockenzie & Port Seton Community Council are looking to celebrate the contribution of those who make their villages a special place to live and work. Many people give their time to enrich this community through personal commitment and dedication, or neighbourly acts of kindness.
C&PS Community Council are asking for nominations for their Community Achievement Award and Young Person Award. Five categories have been selected for 2012:
Good Neighbour,
Contribution to Youth Work,
Sports Person/Team,
Young Person and
Contribution to Community.
If you know of an individual (or group) who deserves to be recognised for their efforts over the past year why not fill in a form at the Community Centre. The form must be returned by 31 July 2012 and all awards will be presented at a ceremony in Port Seton Centre in October 2012.
Former recipients of this Community Award include local artist Andrew Crummy and former Boy’s Brigade Captain Ian Thomson, with Young Person Award going to Jack Henderson, for the ‘Jack draws Anything’ fundraising challenge and youth gymnast coaches Hayley & Stacey McDonald.
Further information on these awards can be obtained from the C&PS Community Council, who meet on the 1st Tuesday of every month – all welcome.
COCKENZIE & PORT SETON COMMUNITY COUNCIL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Nomination Form – to be returned to Port Seton Centre by 31 July 2012
Name: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Address: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
In which category is this person/group being nominated?
Good Neighbour
Contribution to Youth Work
Sports Person or Team
Young Person
Contribution to Community
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This was held in school on Monday night to give parents and students some help and advice in making choices for next year. A reminder that the final course choice form for S4 should be with Guidance staff by Thursday 8 March and for S5 by Monday 26 March. A copy of the presentations can be found here.