A NEW service to people addicted to drugs or alcohol
is launched this month
by Church of Scotland
Social Responsibility.
The two-year pilot, operating within the local authorities of East Lothian and Midlothian, will provide a day support programme for those who have shown motivation to change, and
have stabilised their drug or alcohol use.
The service will be based at centres in Dunbar and Loanhead, and those who use it will receive group work and individual counselling to help recovery. A practical side assists with further education, jobs, and leisure opportunities.
Assistant divisional manager Graham Lumb, responsible for setting up the new venture, says: ''Many lives have been ravaged by addiction problems and we pray that this service will bring renewed hope and purpose to those who use it.''
The Royal Air Force is offering young Scots a flying start with its RAF Maths Mission CD-Rom for C-G standard grade students. Illustrating the practical use of maths, each mission is based on real-life situations in the service, including air-sea rescue, engineering, catering, and sport.
Students are invited to use maths to successfully complete the mission. For a free schools copy, contact Educational Communications on 0207 4014070, fax 0207 4014001.
RAF Target, a maths study
web-site for 14 to 16-year-old pupils, just launched, has an
interactive on-line classroom,
student section, and a fun
maths competition. Visit www.RAFtarget.com for details.
According to a survey, it's hard to get a job working with computers if you're over 35. But only over-50s can get
''on-line'' with a special autumn offer from GNER.
Reduced fares are priced at #17, #21, and #24 return, depending on distance and
are offered to anyone aged
50 or over travelling on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Journeys can be made anywhere on GNER trains between London, Yorkshire, the North-east and Scotland, meaning a #24 fare will cover the 1136-mile
round trip between London and Inverness.
Available for travel up to November 23, over-50s tickets are valid for up to a month on less busy trains and must
be booked before 6pm on the day before travel. Bookings can be made through GNER telesales on 08457 464637 and at stations.
A Clerk Maxwell Cancer Research Fund has been established to examine the use of electromagnetic radiation in the cure and palliation of cancer in Scotland. The charity is named in honour of Scotland's greatest scientist, who discovered the electro-
magnetic spectrum. He died of stomach cancer in 1879, aged 48.
Electromagnetic radiation has an important role in the modern management of cancer, including diagnostic X-rays in imaging to target cells by beams of ionising radiation or lasers.
More than 10,000 patients a year are treated by radiotherapy in Scotland, which boasts outstanding teams of researchers in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St Andrews.
But relatively little research funding is available since the cancer research programmes of the main UK charities are focused on its molecular basis, and new drug development. It is hoped the fund will simulate and support high-quality innovative research. Further information from Norman Dow, chief executive, the Clerk Maxwell Cancer Research Fund, 15 Hill Place, Edinburgh EH8 9DW (tel: 0131 6684615).
''Try a little tenderness'' was Otis Redding's recipe - but for women who are bored, in a rut, or finding it hard to
make friends in a new area, joining the National Women's Register (NWR) could be
more stimulating.
Founded in the swinging sixties, when stay-at-home mums were more isolated, NWR offers a chance to meet new people, find fresh interests, and engage in lively conversation, meeting in one another's homes.
Theatre visits, workshops, and social affairs are arranged by group members, who attend conferences to widen their horizons. A house exchange scheme and pen friend network are also offered.
For details, write to NWR at 3a Vulcan House, Vulcan Road North, Norwich NR6 6AQ
(tel: 01603 406767, or visit http://www.nwr.org).
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