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November diary

By fay.young on October 31, 2006

From drum workshops to English language classes, from complementary therapies to council meetings, or simply a chance to meet and talk over a cup of tea – here are just a few of the multicultural community activities happening in Edinburgh this month. Please let us know if you want to promote activities open to Leith [...]

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Out of the shadows

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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Opening Doors

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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