Scotland’s Climate March
Consultation on antisocial behaviour
CPR training available from SFRS
Penguin Festival
Whisky Enlightenment Tour
In The Meadows today at 12 noon Scotland’s Climate March will begin to wend its way down Forrest Road, George IV Bridge and then down the Mound. Before then there are some pre-march activities including a banner-making workshop from 11:00.
At the Ross Bandstand there will be a rally with music, comedy and speakers. You are invited to wear your brightest colours to show that Scotland is taking strong action on climate change.
The Edinburgh Community Safety Partnership, on behalf of its partners and stakeholders including the City of Edinburgh Council and Police Scotland, are looking to consult with residents and visitors of Edinburgh about their experience and opinions of Antisocial Behaviour in Edinburgh. The views will be fed into Edinburgh’s Antisocial Behaviour Strategy for 2016-19.
You can take part by clicking here.
Email jonathon.miller@firescotland.gov.uk for more details of how the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service can help with life saving training on CPR. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service now has instructional DVDs and mannequins which can be made available to members of the public at fire stations with a view to teaching them how to conduct CPR. This is in partnership with the British heart Foundation and in line with Scottish Government’s pledge to save an extra 1000 lives from out of hospital cardiac arrest by 2020.
Edinburgh Zoo is holding Penguin Festival Lights, when the Zoo will stay open later between 4 December and 6 January. The penguin art colony will be brightly illuminated and the nearby Mansion House colourfully lit up at dusk. The light display will be switched on at around 3:45pm and last until 6pm, and festive food and drink will be available to purchase.
In addition to the more than 100 penguins that already call RZSS Edinburgh Zoo home, for a limited time only five extremely rare gold penguin statues will be hiding around the Park during the festival. Visitors who find a gold penguin are asked to upload a selfie with the gold penguin and post it to the Zoo’s social media, using #goldpenguin to stand a chance of winning a Penguin Magic Moment experience.
The Penguin Festival also includes festive family film screenings with a penguin theme, including Happy Feet Two, Penguins of Madagascar and March of the Penguins. The screenings are free with Zoo admission and will be shown at 10:30am every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 4 December to 4 January (excluding 18 and 25 December).
Children can also enjoy a magical storytelling session on Sunday 20 December with Storyteller in Residence Alette Willis, who will regale visitors with mystical penguin tales at the penguin viewing hut.
Throughout the festival, visitors will be able to watch the penguins at Penguin’s Rock being treated to a shower of bubble enrichment every day at 12 noon and the daily Penguin Parade at 2:15pm, which is proudly sponsored by home energy efficiency company Penicuik Home Improvements Ltd, who are the first ever sponsors of the famous parade.
For those who fancy taking their very own penguin home and owning a piece of unique art and RZSS Edinburgh Zoo history, visitors can purchase Ottmar Hörl’s penguin statues. Future collector items, the statues will remain in-situ until after the festival, but come with a certificate so they can also be purchased as a special Christmas gift. The distinctive models will be available to purchase from 4 December both online at store.rzss.org.uk/en and on site in the gift shop at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo.
For more information about the event, please visit the RZSS Edinburgh Zoo website at: http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/events/2015/12/penguin-festival/
Launching on St Andrew’s Day and running until Christmas Eve, the Whisky Enlightenment tour and tasting experience is perfectly timed so visitors can either begin or end their visit to Virgin Money’s Street of Light with an illuminating whisky experience.
Visitors will warm up with a delicious winter toddy on arrival, before taking a light-hearted look at the world of Scotch Whisky, where they can sample a specially selected single malt matched with chocolate. Guests can then enjoy a relaxed viewing of all 3,384 bottles in the World’s Largest Collection of Scotch Whisky.
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