By fay.young on December 19, 2006
Members of the Opening Doors shadow scheme met Malcolm Chisholm, Minister for Communities, for a glimpse behind the scenes at the Scottish Parliament on Friday (15 December).
Pictured in the Garden Lobby, from the left: Subash Punn, Fay Young, Asha Pall, Malcolm Chisholm, Dougie Kerr and Celina Mbwiria (Nick Gardner is behind the camera).
Both sides learned [...]
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By fay.young on December 6, 2006
Music, food and friendship are the main themes of our December events. But there is room for stimulating debate too in the Full Council Meeting on Thursday 21 December. Members of Opening Doors are welcome to join a group outing to hear the debate on the proposed tram route from Leith – and the case [...]
Posted in Leith Open Space Events, Monthly diary
By fay.young on December 5, 2006
It’s party time – if your diary is not already full then put on your dancing shoes and head for a real winter warming event at Edinburgh Refugee Centre on Monday 11 December at St George’s West from 6.30 – 9.30pm.
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By fay.young on November 23, 2006
What are the benefits of community energy schemes? How can you start a community wind farm? And where does the funding come from?
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By fay.young on November 6, 2006
“For me …politics had always existed in some virtual world far away where politicians meted out decisions that affected people’s lives either positively or negatively.� Celina Mbwiria records her reactions to a first full council meeting.
Thursday 26th October 2006
A lovely autumn morning. I woke with a purpose and a spring in my [...]
Posted in Journal of the week, Leith Open Space Events, Opening Doors 2006-7
By fay.young on October 26, 2006
“Any positive contact people have with ethnic groups will help…”
Subash Punn, a community worker currently shadowing Mark Lazarowicz MP, was featured in a positive report in the Evening News about the Opening Doors shadow scheme. “Ethnic Minorities stepping out of the shadows in political link up� 19 October.
Mark Lazarowicz MP with his two ’shadows’ [...]
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By fay.young on October 26, 2006
Welcome to a pioneering project which begins here in Leith but – with luck – will spread much further.
Leith Open Space Group is launching this new community website with news of the Opening Doors shadow scheme. Our aim is to encourage greater ethnic minority representation in both local and national government. But at the same [...]
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