Headlines for February 2007

• Council Figures Show a Better Home Care Service - Wednesday, Feb 28 2007
  Scottish Borders Council has released information to MSP Christine Grahame today which settles the issue of the new community care eligibility reviews and demonstrates that:
• Blue Light Disco Promotes Healthy Foods - Tuesday, Feb 27 2007
  Scottish Borders Council’s Hungry for Success team were very pleased to promote healthy snacks to young people at February’s Blue Light Disco in Galashiels.
• Very Strong HMIe Inspection Report for St Ronan’s Primary School and Nursery Class - Tuesday, Feb 27 2007
  St Ronan’s Primary School, Innerleithen, was recently inspected as part of a national sample of primary and nursery class education.
• Borders BIG visit - Tuesday, Feb 27 2007
  On Friday (March 2nd), Dharmendra Kanani, Director of the Big Lottery Fund, Scotland, will visit the Borders to attend the Scottish Borders Awards at Springwood Park, Kelso.
• Blue Light Disco promotes healthy snacks - Tuesday, Feb 27 2007
  Scottish Borders Council’s Hungry for Success team were very pleased to promote healthy snacks to young people at February’s Blue Light Disco in Galashiels.
• Grandparents to join Grandchildren at Nursery - Tuesday, Feb 27 2007
  For two weeks running from Monday 5 March 2007, grandparents who attend their local SPPA playgroup or toddler groups with their grandchildren, can gain free entry.
• Information packs for Childminders - Friday, Feb 23 2007
  170 Childminders in the Borders area will soon be receiving a boost to their educational resources thanks to the Scottish Borders Community Safety Forum Home Safety Working Group (HSWG). The packs for childminders were introduced following a survey last year.
• Budding young Borders singers wanted! - Friday, Feb 23 2007
  ‘Hawick Sing Up’ is part of Scottish Borders Council’s Youth Music Initiative, funded by the Scottish Arts Council.
• Sponsorship for Artists - Friday, Feb 16 2007
  The Arts Development Service at Scottish Borders Council, in partnership with Arts & Business Scotland, are inviting Arts organisations from the Scottish Borders to attend a special ‘Introduction to Sponsorship Course’.
• ‘Investors in People’ status retained by Burnfoot Community School - Thursday, Feb 15 2007
  Burnfoot Community School in Hawick has recently been re-accredited as an ‘Investors in People’ (IIP) school following an inspection in December last year.
• Scotland' s Number 1 - Tuesday, Feb 13 2007
  Scottish Borders Council has come top in Scotland in making 85 percent of its buildings accessible to the public.
• Care and Repair Service available across the Borders - Tuesday, Feb 13 2007
  he Executive at Scottish Borders Council agreed, today (Tuesday 13 February 2007), to roll out a Care and Repair Service across the Borders in 2007/08.
• Tree Safety to the fore at Harestanes - Friday, Feb 9 2007
  Tree surgery work is about to get underway at Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, near Jedburgh, to safeguard the wellbeing of visitors using the area’s popular network of woodland paths.
• Entries Sought For Design Award Scheme 2007 - Friday, Feb 9 2007
  The search is on again for the best designed buildings in the Scottish Borders, with the launch of the Scottish Borders Council Design Award Scheme 2007.
• Positive HMIE report for Newcastleton Primary - Thursday, Feb 8 2007
  The headteacher and staff at Newcastleton Primary School have welcomed the very positive report from the HMIe, published today, following their inspection of the school in October of last year.
• Seminar seeks brighter future for ‘looked after’ children - Thursday, Feb 8 2007
  A Corporate Parenting Seminar to improve the prospects of ‘looked after’ children in the Borders was held last week at Scottish Borders Council HQ in Newtown St Boswells.
• Prison? Me? No Way! - Thursday, Feb 8 2007
  Over two hundred youngsters at Galashiels Academy experienced a day at school like no other on Friday (2nd February) when they were given a taste of prison life.
• SBC agrees “Best Budget ever for the Borders” - Thursday, Feb 8 2007
  • Highest ever spend at £225 million • Lowest Council Tax increase in SBC history • Highest ever investment in public facilities in Borders history
• Warmer Heating Deals For The Elderly - Friday, Feb 2 2007
  Elderly people without central heating are being urged to find out if they are eligible for the Scottish Executive’s extended Central Heating Programme and Warm Deal Grant.
• Romance In The Air At Kelso Library - Friday, Feb 2 2007
  Borders’ romantics are being encouraged to attend a “Sweet Nothings” event on Wednesday 14 February to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Kelso library.
• Excitement At New Denholm Primary School Designs - Friday, Feb 2 2007
  There was a real buzz in the air as the plans for the new Denholm Primary School were unveiled yesterday. Pupils, parents, locals, members of staff, supply teachers, ex-members of staff, Councillors, architects and members of the project team from Scottish Borders Council (SBC) attended the event in Denholm Village Hall.
• "A great day for education in the Borders" as £70m PPP contract signed - Thursday, Feb 1 2007
  Scottish Borders Council yesterday (31 January 2007) reached agreement with the Scottish Borders Education Partnership Consortium (SBEP) to provide three new high schools in Berwickshire (Duns), Earlston and Eyemouth through a £70m Public Private Partnership (PPP).