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Cut or run: how to survive the age of austerity?

Cut or run: how to survive the age of austerity?

By fay.young on June 15, 2010

Running a mile, “helping with belt tightening”: MCFB staff raise cash and support sponsors at the same time
This is a marathon race with a difference.  Recycling, running, and constantly exploring innovative new ways to raise money – Leith-based voluntary organisation Multi-Cultural Family Base (MCFB) demonstrates an inspiring determination to maintain vital services despite public spending [...]

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Feasts of India in Mridu's kitchen

Feasts of India in Mridu’s kitchen

By fay.young on December 10, 2009

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We are in the kitchen with Mridu Thanki to taste a meal from her first cookery book, Feasts of India.  On a cold Edinburgh day there are tantalising warm spicy smells coming from the pan and we are getting hungry.  But it isn’t time to eat yet.  While Mridu [...]

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On the beat with Simon Daley

On the beat with Simon Daley

By fay.young on July 14, 2009

Starting a new series on community, Fay Young and Nick Gardner take a walk with PC Simon Daley who challenges some popular misconceptions about young people – and the police too.

On night patrol Simon Daley sometimes turns on the blue light simply to reassure people that a police car is in their neighbourhood.  By [...]

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