The Edinburgh Settlement is a multi-purpose voluntary organisation with a rich history spanning more than 100 years. It is part of the international Settlement movement: a global network of social action centres which work closely with local communities, representing and responding to needs and aspirations, to promote social and environmental justice. Read more…
Joseph Stiglitz talks about the latest in his long line of books exploring economic ideas: “Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress”. Written with Bruce C. Greenwald, it evolved from the Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series. The video is a recording of the lecture he gave talking about the principles of a learning society and how we achieve it. It was given as the Angus Miller Lecture for the Royal Society of Arts in Scotland. Read more…
The word ‘culture’ holds a variety of meanings within the English language. Depending on its context, the word can be applied to the arts, fashion, sociological studies and nationalism. This makes the interpretation of Popular Culture an abstract term that cannot be defined easily.
For the purposes of this supplement the context in which popular culture will be used will be in a sociological format. Read more…
It is important to distinguish the notion of poverty as capability inadequacy from that of poverty as lowness of income. The two perspectives are related, since income is an important means to capabilities. Enhanced capabilities in leading a life tend, to expand a person’s ability to be more productive and earn a higher income, also improvement of a person’s capabilities lends to greater earning power. Read more…
Come along to The Counting House at 7pm to listen to Mike’s talk. Share a crust of bread, and hear the reflections he has to share…
Title of talk:
Cerebral Diabetes and the Reversal of the Flynn Effect;
What is it, what causes it, what is the impact, and how do we combat it?
By Mike McInnes
Summary of what you would like to talk about:
Recently Professor Lovestone at Kings College, London identified 10 proteins that mark Alzheimer’s 15 years prior to diagnosis. Actually these proteins are markers for cerebral diabetes and they begin not 15 years prior to Alzheimer’s but from the modern foetus, and affect infants, children, teenagers, adults and the elderly – this condition is sugar driven and nothing to do with ageing or genes – although enhanced by each of these. Read more…
The Poverty and Social Exclusion (PSE) Survey is the most comprehensive source of information on the extent and nature of deprivation in contemporary Britain. At the turn of the millennium, there were more people living in or on the margins of poverty than at any time in British history. According to the most rigorous survey of poverty and social exclusion ever undertaken in Britain, by the end of 1999 approximately 14 milion people in Britain, or 25% of the population, were objectively living in poverty.
Come along to The Counting House at 7pm to listen to Andy’s talk. Share a crust of bread, and hear the reflections he has to share…
Title:
“Welcome to the Mid-life Revolution”
by Andy Ferguson
Everybody has a “Mid-life Crisis” and that’s a good thing.
Most people will have a number of these during their lifetime and they can start as early as mid-20’s.
The world is experiencing a series of social, political, technological and economic crisis which are particularly challenging for the current generation of “Mid-lifers”, roughly 44 – 63 year olds.
Mid-life can be “the best time” of our life but only if we embrace the challenges it brings.
There’s never been a better time to be Mid-aged even if your world has been “turned upside down” by things like the 2008 financial crisis.
