Five things you need to know today
Playfair Steps
The steps from the Mound Precinct to a point halfway up The Mound are open again after years of closure during building works at the National Galleries of Scotland to create ten new gallery spaces. The galleries will open to the public in September.
This is a big cause for celebration ahead of the festival, but the Playfair Walkway is not yet open again.
Also we don’t remember if the steps opened and closed with the gardens previously…? Did they?
Specsavers charitable donation
Cutting-edge equipment for examining premature and sick babies is now in place at the Neonatal Unit in the Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh thanks to a £73,000 fundraiser by Specsavers stores across Scotland.
Stores donated the funds to the Simpsons Special Care Babies (SSCB) charity to buy a piece of equipment called a PanoCam. The equipment allows clinical staff to examine the eyes of premature babies (who are at a high risk of retinopathy which can cause blindness) in a much quicker and safer way.
To mark the install of the equipment, Michael O’Kane from Specsavers whose daughter Sophie (now 9) was born at 24wks weighing just 1lb 15oz was joined by Lady Sarra Hoy, whose son Callum was born at 29 weeks back in 2014, in her capacity as an ambassador for Bliss Scotland.
The Fringe at St James Quarter
St James Quarter is getting into the swing of the Fringe this August with a series of musical sessions.
Gorgie City Farm
Suzanne Campbell is the new Project Manager at Gorgie City Farm. She previously worked at The Junction and was pictured on their social media receiving a fond farewell.
She will lead the team at the farm with Cat Young who is Partnership Facilitator and Charlie Craig the Interim caretaker.
Read more about the plans for the farm on the EVOC website
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