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WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS ISSUE
The views expressed in The Bugle are not necessarily those of Bethany Christian Trust.
ISSUE # 27 CONTENTS
Page 4: Spotlight
Page 6: Ragged Schools
Page 7: The Old Man
Page 8: Poems
Page 9: Leith
Page 10: Testament
Page 11: Marathon
Page 12: Gallery
Page 13: Gallery
Page 14: Homeless Pets
Page 15: Bobby McLean
Page 16: Saving a Life
Page 17: Sport Weekend
Page 18: Meditations
Page 19: Of Two Cities
Page 20: Mens Group
Page 21: Mens Group
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I would like to
thank FF for all
her hard work,
commitment and
dedication over the
past two years and
a half years. This
will be her last
edition of the Bugle as she is moving on to
other projects within Bethany.
I will be working on the Bugle with the
impressive press team who have produced
many of the interesting and diverse editions
which you may have read. Thank you to
them for having me!
We would also like to extend special thanks
to Pamela who stepped in at the last minute
to add the inspirational quotations at the
bottom of most of the pages.
We hope you enjoy this edition and it takes
you on a trip down memory lane!
CG
Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps
if you are not willing to move your feet
What is your job title and what does it
involve?
My job title is Employer Advisor and
Armed Forces Champion for the district
and I am based in the Leith job centre.
My job role as an Employer Advisor is
talking to employers and looking for
vacancies. The Armed Forces Champion
role is that every district in the whole of
the UK has got an armed forces
champion, and each job centre has a local
office contact, and we try and identify
anyone that has served in the military. If
I went along to an employer I would
mention that I am an Armed Forces
Champion and ask them if they had ever
considered recruiting ex military
personnel. We work with a lot of
organisations externally; veteran
organisations like Poppy Scotland and
Veterans First Point, so we can be a
signpost to help veterans to external help.
“My job title is Employer
Advisor and Armed Forces
Champion”
I’ve been in this job for about two and
half years, the various areas that I work
in have Several Military bases eg
Redford Barracks, Rosyth and RAF
Leuchers, so the role is much more hands
-on than other people doing the same
job in another area. It is a very
close working environment, so
everyone begins to know one
another.
If there are ex servicemen in
Edinburgh, what are the first
steps that they should take?
Veterans First Point
(www.veteransfirstpoint.org.uk) are
funded by the Scottish Government and
NHS Lothian, it is a one stop shop for
Veterans, and is just off Charlotte
Square.
What are the main forms of
employment that Veterans go into?
There is an urban myth that it is mostly
security but it can be a variety of roles,
two years before they leave they
can get a resettlement so they
can do civilian attachments,
in which they can go to
civilian employers and
work, whilst still getting
a military pay. There
can be a broad range of
jobs, one of the
favourites is anti
piracy, and they go
aboard ships providing
security, especially on
the Indian Ocean against
pirates.
How difficult is it
for people that
have left
the
T his issue we speak with Callum Grigor about the difficulties in getting a job after being in the military. Do employers tend to forget about those who have served our country and risked their lives? Do they
care? Do we care?
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20166/delivering_edinburgh_partnerships_priorities/1643/
edinburgh_partnerships_supporting_initiatives/2
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forces to get a job?
It is an unfortunate reality that we
are in a recession, it’s not easy for
people leaving the military but it’s
certainly not easy for anyone. I
think though a lot of the values and
skills that military people have are
transferable but there is an issue
that has arisen which is to do with
what qualifications people have
from the forces, and this is a
working progress.
“Ex military personnel
are very well valued, for
a number of reasons”
Do you find the employers that
you liaise with have any stigma
attached to employing ex
forces?
No it is a plus point, we
work closely with Career
Transition Partnership,
which is MOD funded, it
is part of the Regular
Forces Employment
Association (RFEA)
(www.rfea.org.uk)
and they have a website
that has jobs that they have
sourced themselves by ex
military people. In the roles
I do in employer engagement
I promote this website to
employers. I have never had
an employer say I am
not interested in
that. Ex
military personnel are very well
valued, for a number of reasons.
Is there on-going support once
they get employment?
It depends if they are working with
a Disability Employment Advisor
where there is support available,
they can also be supported through
the Career Transition Partnership,
(www.ctp.org.uk) which gives a
structure where they support
someone within employment but
usually it would be on an individual
basis depending what their status
was.
Do many go into self employment
when they leave the army?
Yes, you can go through Poppy
Scotland, it is called ‘Be the Boss’,
and there is funding available and
they also have an employment
support grant for training.
What is job retention like?
People do track this and do keep
figures on retention within civilian
jobs, but what we have to
remember is that for ex forces
people it is a big cultural shock, as
they are not used to working in
civilian jobs, and maybe the jobs
are not as organised or professional
as they have been used to and it can
take them one or two attempts to
see what is right for them.
“Organisations are all
working together to
help people who have
served ore serving in
the Military”
How does a soldier who has
moved around this country or
even the world chooses his
location or is he told?
The person does have a choice but
there are often different factors
such as family or other ties to
places, but there are Veterans
Agencies throughout the country
that can help people.
Do people sometimes want to go
abroad and look for work after
leaving?
We have a career transitions jobs
fair, and part of that is the
European section of job centre plus,
as many have picked up languages
where they have been based.
Those with no family ties are often
quite happy to go and work abroad,
but many have been moving around
a lot, so they want stability of
settling back home, but there is that
choice available for them.
With veterans coming back, have
you noticed a trend in people
becoming homeless? We work
with Whiteford House and
obviously the council and I do
know in Glasgow, ‘Helping
Hero’s’ they have a link with a
street unit, and if they identified
someone that was on the streets,
they give one of the peer workers a
call, and they go and talk to the
person, so it is a good system. Also
the City of Edinburgh Local Armed
Forces Community Covenant, in
which the NHS Scotland, the
council and the job centre and other
Organisations are all working
together to help people who have
served ore serving in the Military.
This website will give you some
more information if you have
enjoyed the interview.
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20166/delivering_edinburgh_partnerships_priorities/1643/
edinburgh_partnerships_supporting_initiatives/2
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RAGGED SCHOOLS
My article is about The Ragged Schools. The inspiration for this comes from one of my favourite authors Charles Dickens, who
addressed the social injustice and the mistreatment of the poor people and in particular the situation of the children in Victorian
Times.
What are the Ragged Schools?
The Ragged schools were charitable schools for poor children in the working class districts all over Britain in the 19th Century. The
schools were so named after the children, mostly under aged (younger than 14) being found ‘raggedly dressed’ not wearing any
proper shoes at all. The children were either orphaned or came from dysfunctional, destitute families where parents felt that raising
their often large families were beyond their control and means. In the time of
Industrialization families migrated to the cities where overcrowding, disease and
poor housing awaited them. It is in these inner cities, the poor lived in squalid and
too small tenements with other families and without proper sanitation.
The Ragged Schools were mostly held in one room of a house, in an old barn, in
utilised stables or even under the arch of a railway. The children were fed, bathed,
clothed and could learn a trade such as; shoemaking/cobbling, gardening, carpeting,
printmaking, cooking, toy making and mending clothes. The girls were learning
skills in sewing, knitting, washing and housework. There was an emphasis on
reading, writing, arithmetic and study of the Bible.
The teachers were often local working people, working in the poorest districts where
children were either orphaned or kept home from school as education was not an
option for them. Many children only obtained a minimal education by attending fee-
paying Sunday Schools while they worked on the other six days of the week. Several
people volunteered and offered their time, skills, and talents as educators and
administrators of the Ragged Schools.
Origins of the Ragged Schools
There is some debate about the origins of Ragged Schools. Four men are often mentioned in having played a very significant role in
the development. In England the most notable people were John Pounds and Thomas Cranfield. For Scotland Sheriff Watson of
Aberdeen and Thomas Guthrie, the Parish Minister of St. John’s Church in Edinburgh were responsible for the introduction of the
Ragged Schools.
Thomas Guthrie and John Pounds
In Scotland Dr Thomas Guthrie, one of the leaders of the Free Church of Scotland and a philanthropist, wrote ‘A Plea For Ragged
Schools’, inspired by John Pounds who was locally known as the ‘Crippled Cobbler’ teaching poor children for free in his shop in
Portsmouth (1818). Pounds actively recruited children at the sea side and the poorest districts of Portsmouth, feeding them a baked
potato and started teaching them basic skills such as reading, arithmetic and writing to be prepared for working life. The children
were taken under his wing and soon more children followed. In 1844 Thomas Guthrie saw a picture of the cobbler’s room while
visiting Anstruther in Fife he felt the urgency to start what appears to be the first Scottish free school for the poor to improve their
deplorable circumstances.
In 1844 he published a volume containing his three pamphlets concerning Ragged Schools entitled Seedtime and Harvest. Guthrie is
often quoted as the founder of the Ragged Schools of Scotland.
The movement, led to the establishment of the London Ragged School Union under the chairmanship of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th
earl of Shaftsbury. He was one of Britain’ greatest reformers, who genuinely felt compelled to improve the social and working
circumstances. In 1843, he became the president of the Ragged Schools and served for 39 years. In 1944, the Union adopted the
name "Shaftesbury Society", in his honour. Between 1844 and 1881 in London alone there were approximately 300.000 children
taken into the Ragged Schools.
What this world needs is fewer rules
and more good examples 6
John Pounds, the cobbler who
took children under his wing and
taught them for free.
THE OLD MAN
People don’t bother with me much nowadays
They pass by the door and go their different ways.
They seem to have so much to do and see
There’s no time to chat with an old fellow like me.
The house seems so still now the missus ain’t here.
It seems only yesterday she’d say to me: “Old dear,
Sit yourself down and see what I’ve got”;
And there’d be a lovely smell from the old kitchen pot.
We’ve got ‘Meals on Wheels’, they come round twice a week.
They’re straight in and out, no time to speak
They seem to be hounded by time and speed.
No chance of a chat, which I really need.
Aye, I had a good wife and we raised two fine boys
We had a few heartaches, but we had plenty of joys.
Well they’re grown up now with homes of their own
I get an odd letter, sometimes they phone.
We’ve got a Darby and Joan club, that’s not bad I suppose
But it’s when I get home and the door starts to close
It’s then that you feel you’re really alone
In an empty house and with no voice, but your own.
While you’re working and earning you don’t feel so old
Yet once you’ve retired you seem out in the cold.
When you’ve time on your hands and no money to spend
The days and nights can drag on without end.
Then comes the day when the one you adored
Passes away and you feel really floored;
As I sit here at night and the memories flow
Of the times that are passed, how it seems long ago.
There’s only one thing that would do me a treat
I’d like to hear footsteps out there in the street;
Then a knock at the door and find, waiting there,
Someone who says: “Hi – I popped round to see you ‘cos I care”.
Eddie Klimek
Charles Dickens
In 1843, Charles Dickens visited the
Field Lane Ragged Schools, appalled
by the conditions the children were
living in. This triggered him to move
towards reform and instead of
writing a pamphlet to plight for the
poor children he felt that a realistic,
dramatized novel with vivid fictive
characters enduring hardship but
still with message of hope in the end,
would have had more impact to the
public. This resulted in A Christmas
Carol. Very generously Dickens
continued to donate funds on various
occasions, along with a water trough,
stating that it was "so the boys may
wash and for a supervisor".
In 1837, he used the area called Field
Lane as a setting for Fagin's den in
his classic novel, Oliver Twist. In this
world famous novel Dickens
addressed social injustice of the poor
and down trodden in society, the
social injustice and the mistreatment
of children in particular. Child
Labour, the recruitment of children
as criminals, the work house.
Poor families were often desperate of
avoiding the work house, because of
the harsh regime, the drudgery and
the risk of being separated from their
families. The work house system
failed to meet the needs of the poor
especially the homeless, the rough
sleepers in the streets. The novel was
a call for the need for social reform
and better opportunities for the poor
and revealed the hypocrisy of the
time.
The Ragged Schools were the forerunners
of the national education system, gradually
absorbed in to the Board School System.
Monique Van Aalst
The only place where success comes
before work is in the dictionary 7
Poems
The Wee Boat
He built himself a little boat,
This lad who was quite shy;
And every day he watched it float,
Upon a stream nearby.
The wind was strong one blustery day,
And much to his surprise,
The little boat was swept away,
And tears flowed from his eyes.
The days passed by and then, behold!
He spied his little gem,
Inside a store where he was told,
It didn't belong to him.
He knew the job would be real tough,
But he decided then,
To save until he had enough,
To own that boat again.
When he went back into the store,
He had a tidy sum,
And as he walked out through the door,
The boat was 'neath his arm.
So softly he was heard to say,
“Not once, but twice you're mine,
I gave you up, but then today,
I bought you back, we're fine.”
Isn't that the way it is with God?
He lost the world to sin,
Then through His Son, with His own
blood,
He purchased us again.
Eddie Klimek
The Day Ticket
I once won a day ticket
To a fun factory
It was a very unusual ticket
Made of feathers
It was to tickle your fancy
What was optional
And what more was very unusual
It was at the Zoo
When I arrived at the Tickled Pink
Entrance Gate
There was the Hyena in hysterics
Crying his eyes out
Garry Miller
A Poem for All kinds of
Addicts
‘Two hearts beat within my chest
One is foul, one is blessed
One I love, one I hate
The one I feed will dominate’
This is poem that a friend shared with me.
When he became a Christian, his whole
life changed. One day he realised he
didn’t want to be involved with drink and
drugs anymore. I was the same as this
guy, but I started to read bits in the Bible.
I was always thinking about the past, but
never the future – the future was in a haze
of alcohol. Am I going to choose to live
or die? This is why I love this poem
because it talks about choices that we
make. Which heart do you think I want to
feed? Which heart would you feed?
Gordon (a wee lost soul)
Poverty Stricken
Money is tight
Every penny counts
Even the ones for your thoughts
Am I lucky
Because every now and then
I do find pounds and pennies
Even a long forgotten bawbee
Waiting to be picked up
From pavements and wynds
When drunkards are too
Busy walking straight
Not thinking about when the penny drops
Trying my luck with scratch cards
Winning the occasional tenner
Or a fiver
Always grateful
Having the Midas’ touch
In the city centre
That’s where I find them
The pennies
And feel just this once
That I am not so poverty stricken
Monique van Aalst
Maybe a Good Time Is
Coming?
Here is a public announcement
(Scooby Dooby Dolby)
Where the hell are we going
Modernism – Global Warnings
Quadraphonic Politicians of every hue
Pondering what to do
The year 2000 A.D.
The new millennium – The third one
Ethnic Cleansing
The Poles are melting
The Temperature is rising
The Planet Earth is thirsty
The Rainbows broken
The Banks are empty
The New Age travellers are alone
The golden Bells of Doom are rung
An Almighty Explosion is heard
Then a ghostly silence
Maybe a Good Time is coming?
What’s next
Garry Miller
The grass may be greener next door but
it is just as hard to cut. 8
LEITH: Looking Expectantly Into The Heavens As someone who has spent most of his life here, I will try and bring out a number of things from the past, the present, and give
an overview on how the changes have affected the quality of life in this very historic part of the city. If Edinburgh is the Athens
of the north, then Leith must be Piraeus, however the truth is the port of Leith has a history that is quite unique. Although
regarded as part of the city, Leith retains its own identity, despite the arranged marriage with Edinburgh in 1920.
Trade with the continent has been a major factor in the development and prosperity of Leith, indeed many of the streets are
named after the trading points in Europe, and as well as the import/export facility, ship building took hold, and names like
Bertrams and Brown Brothers became prominent in marine engineering and you may know that the first steamship to cross the
Atlantic was built at Menzies & Co on the shore, the Sirius.
Not to be outdone, Hawthorns Yard at Junction Bridge produced a steam train at one time, and in other parts of the town there
was a car assembly plant, and a light aircraft was under construction off Leith Walk. Staying on the high seas for a minute, a
whaling ship used to leave for Antarctica and return with its gruesome catch, and of course a number of inquisitive visitors,
penguins, but it is important to make the point that whaling was introduced by a Norwegian, Christian Salveson.
So then we’ve looked at the high seas, what about high spirits? The drinks industry was rife here at one time, names like
Highland Queen, VAT 69, Mackinlays, and Bond 9, were, you might say, on everyone’s lips, some more than others. Aside
from the hard stuff, soft drinks were also in
demand thus Globe and Dunbar’s were able to
assert their wares in the market place,
Fish had a market and with a fleet at
Newhaven and Granton fish was plentiful,
indeed you would see the fishwives in the
street with a basket overhead containing the
evidence, some very presentable young ladies
who would represent a good catch in anyone’s
language. During this time of harvest from the
deep, people were known to eat a pound of
fish a day! And if you think you can say that
with your mouth full, try this for size;
The Leith police dismiss us and severely
chastise us!
The heart of Leith was of course the Kirkgate,
well named because at the start of the last
century 85% of the people in this part of
Scotland attended church on Sundays, perhaps
part of the legacy left to us by two itinerate
preachers who visited these parts during the 18century. John Wesley would preach to
a captive audience, while up in Edinburgh, the greatest evangelist the world has ever known, George Whitefield, while of
course one born this side of the border, John Knox, a man of towering spirituality. Men like them had left an indelible mark on
society, and not just here either! However the Kirkgate was home to a good cross section of life, local and foreign , a colourful
mix of shopkeepers, housewives, pickpockets, entertainers, sailors and assorted individuals passing the time of day, but sadly
not all were under the influence of the aforementioned evangelists.
So the contrast with today’s world is obvious, ‘progress’ i.e. technology, home comforts have done nothing to foster good
relations with our neighbours, not to mention the moral fibre and fabric of society, the inheritance left to us by the covenanters,
the evangelists and our god-fearing forefathers, has been squandered. To illustrate by what extent let’s finish with a look at the
early church.
Acts 2.44 ‘Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and
divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to
house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favour with all people. And the Lord
added to their church daily such as would be saved’.
Eric Scott
The main aim of mankind
is to make man kinder. 9
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61-2012 Testament of Alex J. Anderson
In 1961 I was 18 years old. That was the time I stopped being a Ward of the Court and one who had been raised by the
Children’s Welfare Services. Though they stood in place of real parents they were no longer liable or willing to guide me
because 18 was their upper limit of responsibility for Wards of the Courts.
‘Care’ was seen as ‘just you sit there, we’ll get to you soon enough.’ Now if this does not seem to be just another example of
passing the buck, let me tell you that was the level of ‘care,’ back then. As I was 18 I was no longer someone they needed to look
out for, so where do you think they sent me?
They sent me back to the parent that starved, beat and made me see myself as a waste of space one needing to be taken from my
mother before she killed me.
I say this is the crassest ‘passing of the buck’ I can imagine (with me as the buck to be passed on).
Mind you, now that I’m 68 years old and a whole lot more able to decide for myself, I see myself as lucky. It shocked me, in my
thirties, to read a statistic that said a large percentage of children who had been raised in care committed suicide before they
reached 24.
To be honest, if I’d had my way, I would have been no more than a part of that percentage. I had by the age of 24, attempted
suicide in a variety of ingenious ways. What saved me then was either a hard working guardian angel or a lack of knowledge.
However these failed attempts brought on a new sense of utter failure.
“OK,” says I, “putting lethal things into my stomach isn’t the way to end this crap.”
That being so, I bought myself a crossbow, lined the bolt up, between my ribs and pulled the trigger, fully expecting to die from
putting that steel bolt into my chest.
Well, let me tell you, if you want to die from a crossbow bolt through the heart you need someone else to do it. The crossbow
needs space between firing and hitting its target because it has to accelerate to a speed before it can penetrate human skin. Like I
said I was saved either by my lack of knowledge or a very hard working guardian angel. Can you also see why I walked, crying
my eyes out, in pouring rain, into a police station to ask for psychiatric help and to hand over that useless weapon and all I had to
show was a pinprick mark on my chest.
My final suicide attempt is the one that makes me a believer. I was so determined to know if there was such a being as God, I
stood at the Holyrood Palace roadside and said, (maybe to no one), “I’ve had enough. I can’t look forward to decades of this crap
and I have failed so many times to die. Now I intend going straight up this gorse covered hillside, to climb the Salisbury Crags
and I may deviate neither to the left, nor to the right and I may not turn back. I fully expect to fall to my death because I’m weak
from hunger and don’t care if I make it or not.”
There was no one came to deter me so I went through the gorse, feeling nothing. I started that climb. At 2/3rds of the way I
froze, unable to see my next handhold. I looked and looked until my limbs shook with the strain of holding on. Convinced my
life was about to end I said, “Now would be a good time to prove you are there. I have seconds to live without your help.”
I lie to you not, because I’m here and so much older, I recall the calm voice I heard and which said, “Follow the wind.”
I also recall saying in response, “What win… oh that wind” and following it I made it to safety. As I collapsed over the rim of
that climb I remember looking back over my life and being made to see, after each failed suicide I had been there for someone in
need. Right at that moment I promised my saviour, “I will be more responsible from now on and try to be there for others in
need, but please don’t lead me to consider suicide before I’m needed again.
I had many bouts of deep depression but one has to try to keep one’s word to the highest power once He has made His presence
known to a challenging human.
‘If you feel like I used to feel you need to be aware help is available to you. Two useful phone numbers are
Samaritans 08457 90 90 90
Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87 weekday: Mon – Thurs 6 p.m. – 2a.m. Weekend Fri 6pm Mon 6 a.m. Talking lessons the pressure
you may feel.’
"There's very few places you can go to in the world where you can pick up a telephone and another human being, no matter why
they're doing it, will listen to you unconditionally. If you want to pour out in a phone call, they will listen for hours, for as long as
you need them to."
Samaritans caller Alex J. Anderson
After all is said and done - there's more
said than done.
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The Lipstick Circus
The big top wis girating
Monty Python wis the ringmaster
Kisses for you wis oan the high wire
Ruby lips on ra trapeze let go
And wis caught a smacker wi
Marcel the marvellous
The circus crowd wur shouting encore encore
Kisses (all around)
The elephant an’ tigers wur as happy as Tarzan in ra jungle
The band played Auld Lang Syne
When the millennium dome fell doon
The seven dwarves were looking fur snow white
Aladdin wis busy rubbin’ his magic fryin pan
Puss in boots wis up ra beanstalk
Wi Dick Whittington haen a quiet snooze
The band played God Save The Queen
The wooden door hid just fell doon
Garry Miller
Edinburgh marathon festival 2012
This Saturday the 26th of May, I will be making history with EMF, this year is the first time
they are having a run for wheelchair athletes. I will be running in the 5km, this is the third run
I will have completed. I like to inspire people, so that even if you are confined to a wheelchair
you can still run.
Readers will also know that I dance and act as well; disability doesn’t have to stop you.
The morning of 26th of May has come. All sorts of feelings are going through my mind, nerves
and excitement. I have got to the starting line one hour early, excitement is starting, sun is
shining and the crowds are arriving. At 10.55 am it’s time for all wheelchair athletes to start,
crowds were cheering as we went past, 5 minutes later the other runners started, we are running
up Arthur’s Seat. The crowds are cheering, the heat is making it a little harder for everyone but
the views from the top are amazing. I get round in 20 minutes!
I get a big surprise when I find out I am the first wheelchair athlete back. Crowds are still
cheering, I have to hang around for the presentation, and I am so excited, waiting for my name
to be called. My name is the first to be called, now it feels so real. I was so excited at receiving
the trophy, the crowds cheered me on which really helped me in the heat. I am looking forward
to my next one now.
Jessie Csere
Garry Miller with his
paintings on display
at “the Gallery round
the corner”
Never forget that the darkest hour is
only sixty minutes.
Jessie Csere Jason
Caldwell
Monique van
Aalst Monique van
Aalst
Jason
Caldwell
Alex
Anderson
Jessie Csere Alex
Anderson
Homeless Pets
Have you ever had to make a decision in life that you just did not want to make? Of course you have, that is after all
what life is about, decisions. The kind of decision I am talking about however, is one of the hardest ones I have ever had
to make. What I am talking about is this; what do you do with your beloved family pets if you ever find yourself in a
homeless situation? This is the problem I was faced with and the way I saw things, I only had two options. Either I have
to say goodbye to them forever and re-home them, or I force them to live a life within cages and behind bars, and to live
a life in a way of which they certainly are not used to. So let me ask you this, which do you choose? Although I was
called things like selfish and heartless, I chose the latter of the two. You may think the same of me but I just could not
face life the same way without them. Yes, this is very selfish of me, but I knew that this was only a temporary
arrangement and after all, I was never going to be homeless forever.
That being said, no one can prepare you for what happens next. There is this indescribable feeling when you hand over
the leash of your dog to a person that you have never met before until that moment. All these thoughts start racing
through your head. Will they look after my dog properly, will my dog be ok? Etc. handing my dog over to these people
is probably one of the hardest and guiltiest things I
have ever had to do and walk away from. I thought to
myself that over time, this would get easier, but I was
wrong. That feeling of emptiness only got more
intense after each visit. The lump in my throat and the
tears threatening to spill over got harder and harder to
control, especially when he looks at me with those
puppy dog eyes and its as if he’s pleading with me to
just take him home.
For six months, I put myself and my dog through this
“torture” if you like. The thought of him sleeping in a
small confined space with only himself for company
breaks my heart, (considering he is used to a nice cosy
bed with plenty of space and me as company), so I do
not think he was overly loving it at the kennels either.
Obviously, the kennel staff would come by every so
often and check on him and feed him, but they do not
have the time to give him the care, attention, and love that he deserves. I of course went to visit him regularly, I took him
treats and toys, but he still had to go back to the kennels alone, confused and maybe even scared of what was going to
happen to him.
I am pleased to tell you that there is a happy conclusion to this story, I do now have my own flat, and I am reunited with
my beloved dog. I now know that the decision I made was the right one, it was extremely difficult for us both to have
gone through but I am glad I persevered with keeping him. Life is back to the normality that we are used to and both me
and my dog are happy to be back with each other and if I can help it, I will never put myself or my dog through the
stress of this again.
When you are homeless and you have pets it becomes easier and easier to just re-home them but can you honestly live
life the same way after they have gone? Your pets can make a huge difference in
your life so I say that you should aim to keep them if it is possible for you to do so.
Kayleigh Robertson
An industrious person seldom has
a busy tongue 14
An interview with Bobby McLean about ‘Two Fields O Dreams,’
a song he wrote with Scott’s music group tutor, Scott Murray
How did the song come about?
After housing support cancelled, the company supporting me phoned up various places to try and get help needed. Biggest problem
– filling forms in.
I was interviewed by men’s group coordinator at the time, Tim Porteus and he made sure I settled in ok as it was a completely differ-
ent environment from what I was used to.
I won a sports quiz at the men’s group and Tim asked me if I would like to go onto Leith FM. I was absolutely terrified as I have a
speech problem and I was told; let him worry about that, as I would get help.
Then I was introduced to Scots music group and I asked Scott Murray, (the tutor) and Jica if I would be any good to them as I had a
speech problem. I was told not to worry about that. There were a few of us in the men’s group that went there- If I could mention
two of the boys, Ally Mitchell and wee Benny King- we got on brilliant.
Scots music group had an inspire concert coming up and at the Bugle they had a poet coming in and I was asked to write a poem
about football, which I did and it got longer and longer. I thought it could be made into a song. I was advised by a volunteer from
Scott’s music group, (Patrick) to let Scott Murray have a look at it. He altered the verses, so it would be better, which it was and
that’s how two fields o dreams was born.
What’s the song about?
The song’s about the Hibs and the Hearts, their rivalry and what great players they both had. Also during the 50’s Hibs won three
league titles but they’ve never won the Scottish cup.
I was interviewed by STV about it, as it was on the website, a thing I’m very proud of. I am very grateful to Scott, Jica and Patrick
for their guidance.
Any plans for future projects?
Scots music group is starting up again as they have new funding and I would like to do another song. So as everybody knows you
never know what is going to happen in the future.
What’s your favourite football memory?
It’s not a memory but a fact. My daughter has seen Hearts lift three Scottish cups, in 1998, 2006 and in 2012 but I won’t go because
I’m a bogey. Last time I went to a cup final, 1996, we got hammered 5 -1 by Rangers.
My favourite Hearts memory is Jim Jeffries being appointed manager. I was there when he was appointed the first.
Here in Auld Reekie there's twa fitba teams
In Leith and in Gorgie, there's twa fields o dreams
It's maroon at Tynecastle, and Easter Road's green
Wad ye tell me the best team that you've ever seen?
The Jam Tarts, the Hibees
Wad ye tell me the best team that you've ever seen?
Ah mind Turnbull's Tornadoes, aye man they were braw
Herts' Terrible Trio, Conn, Bauld an Wardhaugh
An Hibs Famous Five aye we mind on them still
We've never seen finer, and we never will
The Jam Tarts, the Hibees
Wad ye tell me the best team that you've ever seen?
Mackay, Stanton, Baker an Walker an Young
Great players o baith teams had their days in the sun
Some o oor heroes frae boyhood are gone
But we’ll a’ mak shair that their names will live on
The Jam Tarts, the Hibees
Wad ye tell me the best team that you've ever seen?
Every new season we build oor team up
It’s ‘Herts for the league’ or it’s ‘Hibs for the Cup’
But maist every season oor cupboards are bare
But we’ll shairly win something – aye maybe this year!
The Jam Tarts, the Hibees
Wad ye tell me the best team that you've ever seen.
The Lyrics of ‘Twa Fields O Dreams’ written by Bobby McLean and Scott Murray
Real happiness can only be obtained by
unselfishness. 15
16
Saving a life and finding a wife.
I was crossing a high bridge one cold November day
Wondering when I would get my next pay.
When I happened to look up at the sky,
I could not believe what caught my eye.
It looked like a women that wanted to fly.
As I drew closer I heard her say,
She wanted to see God.
I said, the devil you will, you have seen me instead.
Words passed through my mind of tinkers of old at this critical
moment,
Their words seemed so bold.
I genuinely took hold of her and the struggle was on,
If she slipped through my hands I knew she was gone.
I shouted for aid at the top of my voice,
How would I be helped above the traffic and noise?
The sweat did pour and I heard myself roar,
Don’t let her go or she’s gone through the floor.
What coaxing and cajoling and the attention of the men,
I knew her mind would just have to win.
When finally we bought her round
And lowered her gently onto the ground.
She threw her arms around me and said I saved her life,
I said your life would be worth living if you would be my wife.
She said I cannot tell you this in my present state of mind,
But I shall go with you, as you have been so kind.
So off we went hand in hand throughout the land.
Her name, or where she lived I never knew
But what I’d done, seemed the proper thing to do.
If on life’s long journey, ever again, her I do see,
I shall take her to see my dear old mother across the Irish sea.
Tim Tate
Benefits
I am carrying out a work placement
with “Bethany Christian Trust” within
the framework of my educational
course.
In fact, in France, I study the benefits
that the French government gives to-
wards people who are in need. I be-
lieve it could be interesting to compare
Scottish benefits and French benefits.
To summarize; workers are required to
pay taxes, which are deducted from
their pay, in both countries. It enables
them to have a safety net (health care,
social care).
However the
French government
provides more ser-
vices than the Scot-
tish government,
notably in the unemployment field.
Nevertheless, the French system is
very expensive, that’s why the
“securité sociale” (social security)
budget is in deficit.
When people in France go to the doc-
tor, they pay £1 each, and when they
go to the pharmacy most medicines
aren’t free, whereas in Scotland the
costs of the doctor and medicines are
picked up by the government.
Therefore, French benefits system is
very generous but less egalitarian than
Scottish benefits system.
Franck
When you aim at nothing you will
seldom miss your target.
17
A Great Sporting Weekend May 3rd 1986 and the Scottish League Championship was building up to a ferment. Hearts
the long-time leaders had been steadily pulled back by Celtic who had gone on an unbeat-
en run of 15 games without defeat. Celtic knew going into their last game at Love Street
what they had to do was simply to win by 3 clear goals and hope that Hearts would lose
their last match away to Dundee at Dens Park.
I would have loved to have been at Love Street that day but as I was unemployed at the
time I made do with going to Easter Road with my great friend David to see Hibernian
play a meaningless end of season game against Dundee United. The match was very
mundane but there was great stirring in the crowd behind myself and David we were soon
to find out the reason for this. The reason for the crowd reaction was that although Hearts
were drawing 0-0 at Dens Park, Celtic were running rampant at Love Street to the tune of
4-0 all now to play for.
Dundee were taking the game to Hearts in the second half but had yet to score. Enter substitute Albert Kidd. As Dundee pressed he
was to score what perhaps was the most important goal of his career and just a few minutes later he was to add a second and in the
course of it leave Hearts fans stunned. The news was to filter through every ground in Scotland not least of which was Love Street.
Celtic supporters could barely believe their luck as the League Championship had seemed like a forlorn hope but a few months pre-
viously.
Older Hearts fans must have had a feeling of “Déjà vu” as in season 64-65 they lost the Championship to Kilmarnock at Tynecastle
losing 2-0 to lose the league by 0.0004 of a goal, (goal average then applying) prompting Hearts to seek a rule change to goal differ-
ence i.e. goals against, subtracted from goals scored, unfortunately for Hearts they were to be “two-time” losers.
George McAndrew
That famous day on May 19th
2012
The only cup final Scots were interested in on the 19th
May
On Saturday 19th May, there were two cup finals being played.
At 3pm, the Scottish cup final was the first of all Edinburgh finals for 100
years, were Hibernian vs. Heart of Midlothian.
At 7.30 pm, the champion’s league final, Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea.
But the only cup final Edinburgh people were interested in, Hibernian v Heart
of Midlothian.
It turned out the biggest hammering any team had had in many years.
The score 5-1 to Hearts suggests it was a one sided game.
It was the third time in 14 years that Hearts had reached the cup final.
In 1998 they beat Rangers 2-1 and in 2006 they beat, now defunct, Gretna on
penalties.
So winning their third Scottish cup was, I think, a great achievement.
On the Sunday after the game, from the West End to Gorgie, there were thou-
sands of people on the streets to welcome the Scottish cup winners back to
Tynecastle, where I was in the Wheatfield Stand.
It was a brilliant afternoon to be in Gorgie.
It really is amazing that Hibs have never won the Scottish cup but have won
three league titles during the days of the Famous Five.
Bobby McLean
Footprints in the sand of time are not
made by sitting down.
MEDITATIONS ON A CHE ST INFECTION, JANUARY 2012
Being ill or unwell is unpleasant at best, but when you have a chest infection which renders you so short of breath that you can hard-
ly speak or walk without getting badly puffed out, it’s more of a panic situation. I was so breathless I could hardly make myself un-
derstood whilst phoning the surgery; and going to the local newsagent for a paper took over an hour. Then there’s the 4 flights of
stairs back up to my flat! This period of illness lasted about a month, starting on Monday 2nd January – what a start to the new year! –
ans lasted about a month. This episode was even worse than the time I was in hospital with Tuberculosis – at least at that time I was
breathing and speaking more easily.
These meditations were ‘stitched’ together from various strands of Scripture, using a concordance on a central chosen daily theme;
the idea being to be able to read them as a coherent passage and thereby derive some comfort from them. When you’re feeling
stranded, isolated and worried about how you’re going to manage through the next days, you realise you must cast your lot upon
God, pray, and be thankful you’ve made it so far. Each day I took what I thought was a pertinent feature in one’s relationship with
God, then I searched Scripture for those pieces of the jigsaw which, when slotted together, would read like a devotional passage. For
this exercise I’ve retained the King James Version, which I believe lends a certain loftiness and majesty to the subject matter of each
reading.
Monday 02/01/12
O Thou that hearest prayer (Ps. 65:2)
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. (Ps. 34:15); - The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and
delivereth them out of all their troubles (Ps. 34:17). - And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious (Exod.
22:27). - Before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear (Isa. 65:24). - He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he
also will hear their cry, and will save them (Ps. 145:19).
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots......(2Chro. 14:9)...
Then Asa went out against him (2Chro. 14:10).... And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether
with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O
LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee (2Chro.14:11). So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the
Ethiopians fled (2Chro. 14:12).
If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven
(Matt 18:19). - In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God (Phil. 4:6). - The prayer of
the upright is his delight (Prov. 15:8).
THE LORDS PRAYER IN SCOTS
I recently bought a copy of “The Four Gospels in Braid Scots, by Rev. Wil-
liam A. Smith. It’s quite hard going, because of all the archaic language, yet
if read out loud it sounds quite impressive. I’d like to share with you this
rendition of the Lord’s prayer:-
Matthew, Chapter 6
9. And sae pray ye ; 'Faither o' us a', bidin Aboon ! Thy name be holie !
10. 'Lat thy reign begin ! Lat thy wull be dune, on the Yirth as in Heeven !
11. 'Gie as ilka day oor needfu' fendin.
12. 'And forgie us a' oor ill deeds, as we e'er forgae thae wha did us ill :
13. ' And lat us no be sifit; but save us frae the Ill-Ane ! For the croon is
thine ain, and the micht and the glorie, for evir and evir, Amen !'
Are charities that give out meals en-
couraging people to not cook for them-
selves?
Bill Wilson:
No, I think it is very needed for some peo-
ple or they would not eat at all, and that is
not good for your health.
I think places like this place and others are
very important.
John Gibson:
Sometimes you don’t have time to cook for
yourself, so the charities provide a backup
in these times.
I cook for myself at home but enjoy com-
ing to the charities where I can enjoy the
food on offer.
Paul McLellan:
No, most people that use these services
need a hot meal, or cannot afford one etc.
Lachlan Cameron-Lovell:
No! I live in a B&B with no cooking facil-
ities! If it wasn’t for people like you, I’d
be living on pot noodles.
Davie Allan:
No – with the influx of eastern Europeans
and home grown homelessness, charities
that give out meals are going to be more a
necessity to eat a meal than at any time
since the 1930’s.
No, some people have no cookers at home.
You need money to buy a cooker and food.
___________________________________
Fire at the pub in Leith walk.
On Saturday April 14th I was in the Volun-
teer Arms with staff from Ladbrokes doing
karaoke. On Monday April 15th the pub
went up on fire, it was an electrical fault in
the cellar, but luckily no one was hurt,
there were lots of fire-fighters and the road
was closed. They missed out on the cup
final as they couldn’t show it on TV. It is
opening up again in June. Here are some
pictures of the pub at the time and after-
wards that I took.
Douglas Forbes
...Of Two Cities
Edinburgh and Glasgow people judge each other for many reasons and each one thinks that
their place better than the other. Though I think the best people to judge these are the people
who live outside the two. The many people who do will on the most part choose one over the
other. People continue to visit Edinburgh in great numbers and one cannot surely be disap-
pointed in the very impressive sights they see. It’s a really fine place. This could be the rea-
son the Queen has made it a royal city. Glaswegians should no longer dislike Edinburgh as a
Scottish haven, as the people over the border have made it an English city now by constantly
moving in with large numbers of Englanders. This should alter the way those of Glasgow
think of their country, as people in Edinburgh only live in their city, they no longer own it.
People think there is competitive rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh, one to outdo the other
in many ways. Though each city is only concerned with keeping up with each other. There are
many differences between them both but places have to be different otherwise they wouldn’t be
interesting. It’s been said that you have to be hard to live in Glasgow. This is true though you
have to be hard to live anywhere. The people of the two cities in Scotland shouldn’t continue to
criticise each other for their ‘faults’ but praise each other for their good points. In their condemna-
tion they have tarred everyone with the same brush in both urban dwellings. Cities of the same
country should not be seen to be so against each other. City links are a good thing to have, there
should always be more than just the arrivals of the buses to bring people of both places together.
Affection is the best link between people, whether it travels or not.
Andrew Watt
I have picked up a
book of my approval.
It is entitled ‘Lyric
dance’. It is a Chris-
tian book. I thank
the Lord for Bethany
giving me this book.
I have been seeking
the Lord myself of
late and I know as
well as my Bible it
will help me to grow
in grace and in the
knowledge. I have
also picked up a
booked called, ‘The
Christian In Com-
plete Armour’. I had
this book before and
it was a lot of help to
me.
Eddie Kilmek
The only thing in life achieved without
effort is failure. Gordon Cameron
18
Are charities that give out meals en-
couraging people to not cook for them-
selves?
Bill Wilson:
No, I think it is very needed for some peo-
ple or they would not eat at all, and that is
not good for your health.
I think places like this place and others are
very important.
John Gibson:
Sometimes you don’t have time to cook for
yourself, so the charities provide a backup
in these times.
I cook for myself at home but enjoy com-
ing to the charities where I can enjoy the
food on offer.
Paul McLellan:
No, most people that use these services
need a hot meal, or cannot afford one etc.
Lachlan Cameron-Lovell:
No! I live in a B&B with no cooking facil-
ities! If it wasn’t for people like you, I’d
be living on pot noodles.
Davie Allan:
No – with the influx of eastern Europeans
and home grown homelessness, charities
that give out meals are going to be more a
necessity to eat a meal than at any time
since the 1930’s.
No, some people have no cookers at home.
You need money to buy a cooker and food.
___________________________________
Fire at the pub in Leith walk.
On Saturday April 14th I was in the Volun-
teer Arms with staff from Ladbrokes doing
karaoke. On Monday April 15th the pub
went up on fire, it was an electrical fault in
the cellar, but luckily no one was hurt,
there were lots of fire-fighters and the road
was closed. They missed out on the cup
final as they couldn’t show it on TV. It is
opening up again in June. Here are some
pictures of the pub at the time and after-
wards that I took.
Douglas Forbes
...Of Two Cities
Edinburgh and Glasgow people judge each other for many reasons and each one thinks that
their place better than the other. Though I think the best people to judge these are the people
who live outside the two. The many people who do will on the most part choose one over the
other. People continue to visit Edinburgh in great numbers and one cannot surely be disap-
pointed in the very impressive sights they see. It’s a really fine place. This could be the rea-
son the Queen has made it a royal city. Glaswegians should no longer dislike Edinburgh as a
Scottish haven, as the people over the border have made it an English city now by constantly
moving in with large numbers of Englanders. This should alter the way those of Glasgow
think of their country, as people in Edinburgh only live in their city, they no longer own it.
People think there is competitive rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh, one to outdo the other
in many ways. Though each city is only concerned with keeping up with each other. There are
many differences between them both but places have to be different otherwise they wouldn’t be
interesting. It’s been said that you have to be hard to live in Glasgow. This is true though you
have to be hard to live anywhere. The people of the two cities in Scotland shouldn’t continue to
criticise each other for their ‘faults’ but praise each other for their good points. In their condemna-
tion they have tarred everyone with the same brush in both urban dwellings. Cities of the same
country should not be seen to be so against each other. City links are a good thing to have, there
should always be more than just the arrivals of the buses to bring people of both places together.
Affection is the best link between people, whether it travels or not.
Andrew Watt
When it comes to giving some people
stop at nothing. 19
The men’s group gave their
thoughts on football in the lead up
to the Scottish Cup Final…
Should football wages be capped?
No, if football clubs are prepared to pay
those wages. You take what you can out of
life.
Roddy Spence
I think they should be capped as this
would help the lower divisions with their
finances.
John Gibson
Yes, they’re paid too much.
Paul McLellan
Should the Scottish Premier League be
expanded?
Yes, to give other clubs a chance at com-
peting with the bigger clubs.
D Jackson
What’s your favourite football
memory?
1986 Den’s Park. Albert Kidd comes on
as a sub and scores two goals preventing
hearts from winning the league.
Scott
It should be remembered that Edinburgh is
also home to a vast ‘outsiders’ population,
and whilst all focus is on the game to end
all games, I for all wish both well. Being a
‘Blue Brazilian’ my memory is of winning
promotion this year. Being a realist I will
expect to be playing 2nd division football
the season after next.
Alan Veale
Watching Indianapolis Colts win the Su-
perbowl! (Ha Ha!)
David Dowd
Should the big teams play in a
European League?
Yes, but also in the domestic league as
well.
D Allan
How can the Scottish national team be
improved?
Change their name to Brazil!
Willie Douglas
The men’s group on eating when
Homeless.
Is it right for people to be vegetarian
when they are homeless?
The question is ridiculous, you have the
‘right’ to be whatever your conscience
dictates, granted it is more difficult.
David Sword**
What is the difference, what is the point of
the question? Is it a crime?
J Demarco.
Yes, homeless people are still people and
should be allowed to enjoy the same free-
doms of choice and religious observances
as the rest of the society. Why de-
humanise further the less fortunate?
Terry Kennedy
No, I think they should take what they can
when they can or they could not be so
hungry, homeless as they would like peo-
ple to believe
John Anderson
Yes why not?
Peter M
Of course it’s their choice
Phil
Can you eat healthily when you don’t
have much money?
Yes vegetables and fruit cost less than
ready made meals and take away.
Looking at supermarket offers on fruit and
veg can help sometimes. Community help
and advice initiatives can advise on organ-
isations selling fruit and veg.
Matthew Simpson
Course you can if you don’t drink cider
and take drugs
Charlie Farrell
What is your top money saving tip for
eating on a budget?
Make a pot of soup and freeze it or buy
food that is going to go out of date.
Daryl
Asda smart price and don’t spend all your
money on drugs
Craig J
Pray to God!
Go to Liddle or Farmfoods, even though
sometimes it isn’t that healthy.
Don’t spend your money or fags, drink or
drugs. Use the soup kitchens.
Charles Maloney
Buy lots of pulses e.g. rice. Invite lots of
friends to yours once, and then they will
invite you…maybe!
Ivor Miller
Don’t draw all your money out of your
cashline account at once and try to budget
your money a bit better.
Stephen McKenzie
What is your favourite meal & why?
MENS GROUP
Resolve always to do right, this will gratify
some people and astonish the rest. 20
Chilli con carne because it warms you up.
Daryl.
Spaghetti bolognaise because it is tasty
and good for you.
Sean Blackwood
Sirloin steak, chips & peas and then
strawberry cheesecake.
Charlie Farrell
Scotland’s great haggis & tatties.
Laird McLean
Chilli con carne, always reminds me of
my mum, she makes great chilli.
Phil
Stuffed chicken with brie in a garlic
mushroom sauce with sauté & mashed
potatoes, broccoli, carrots.
These are all my favourite veggies and
meat sauce. It is also simple to make.
Terry Kennedy.
Should it be a rule that B&B’s should
have a place for you to be able to cook?
I think you should as you can’t always
plan your day around B&B’s.
Brendan Mckay
Certainly
James Bain
No! Everyone wishing to cook would just
argue or someone would come in drunk
and burn the place down.
S Alexander
Yes, you only get one meal = breakfast a
day. This meaning you have to use eating
out premises (chippy/chinese) which are
very expensive and not feasible when on
benefits.
T Kennedy
Yes I do because all I get in my B&B is a
cooked breakfast. Then I got to buy
cooked food because there is no where
else to cook. Especially, for the long term
residents like myself.
John Anderson.
Any funny/strange food story you want
to share?
I once ate fried tarantula in Cambodia!
And drank snake whisky.
Phil
Years ago I was going out with a young
nanny at a children’s home, she invited
me for dinner. The bottom line is what I
thought was stew, turned out it was kit-e-
kat! The kids were in hysterics…
Davie Young
I started an Italian cooking course about
four months ago. I have been cooking
with the Cyrenians for about two years.
The classes are open to anyone that has
been homeless. In my Italian course I
have cooked lasagne, risotto and carbano-
ra. We cook and then eat together after-
wards which is a good community feel.
With the Italian course you also get to
keep the recipes and the other courses you
get a food parcel to take home!
Matthew Simpson.
Do not always say what you know, but
always know what you say 21
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Streetwork Crisis Service 22 Holyrood Road (0131) 557 6055, 24/7 freephone 0808 178 2323 24 hour provision of advice and support. Food, laundry, showers & lockers available for those accessing support.
Support for Women: Women’s Aid Crisis Helpline (0131) 315 8110 Shakti Women’s Aid (0131) 475 2399 Streetwork Women’s Service (0131) 476 2023
Support for Young People: The Rock Trust (16-25) 55 Albany Street, EH1 3QY (0131) 557 4059 Medical Help NHS 24 0845 42 42 424
Helplines: Drinkline Scotland 0800 7314 314 Advice and information for anyone concerned about alcohol misuse Frank 0800 77 66 00 24-hour drug helpline Samaritans 08457 90 90 90 Shelter 0808 800 4444 Housing info and advice. 9am-5pm Mon-Fri Crossline 0845 658 0045 Counselling helpline Depression Alliance Scotland 0845 123 23 20 - Mon-Thurs 11am-4pm Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87 Mon-Thur 6pm-2am, Fri 6pm-Mon 6am
Food:
Grassmarket Mission 86 Candlemaker Row (0131) 225 3626
Various activities for people to get involved in. Free Meals served Tuesday 6-7pm, Wednesday & Friday
12-3pm (limited space)
Little Sisters of the Poor 43 Gilmore Place (0131) 229 5672
Free sandwiches available for collection. Everyday 12-2pm and
5-6pm.
St Catherine’s Convent 4 Lauriston Gardens (0131) 229 2659
Free food: Mon to Fri, 9-11.30am & 5.30-6.30pm
St Mary’s 61 York Place (0131) 556 1798
Provide sandwiches at 5pm every day.
Jericho House 49-53 Lothian Street: entrance on Bristo Place
(0131) 225 8230
Free soup kitchen: Wed & Thu, 6-7pm—Sun 10.30am -1.30pm
Missionaries of Charity
18 Hopetoun Crescent (0131) 556 5444 Meal at 4pm most days (not Thursday)
Bethany Care Van
Free soup & hot drinks: every night, 9:00 - 9.45pm at Waverley Bridge, and then other locations.
Salvation Army Regenr8+ 25 Niddry Street (0131) 5231060
A drop-in that provides food for a small charge (£1 for 3 courses), showering facilities, a clothing store, an advice service and
various events organised from time to time.
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