Living Wage at arts body

PERTH’S arts body has become an accredited Living Wage employer.

Culture Per th and Kinross, which has 119 staff members, provides museum and library services across Perthshire.

The charitable trust, which is less than two years old, gained the accreditation through the Poverty Alliance, which promotes the real Living Wage in Scotland.

The £8.75-an-hour rate is calculated based on living costs and inflation. Accredited employers commit to paying the wage to all their staff and subcontracted staff.

OLDER people in Perth are being invited to try potting and planting a windowsill garden at a free tabletop gardening workshop at the c i t y ’s St Matthew’s Church Hall, Tay Street, on Wednesday from 2pm-4pm.

Experts from Trellis, the national charity for therapeutic gardening, will be hosting the workshop.

Anyone who wants to book a place should contact Barbara MacPhee on 01738 633975, or just come along on the day.

The proposal has been submitted to Dundee City Council by Glo-Tan Ltd.

The pub is planned for Lothian Crescent, in Whitfield, and would have the capacity for 140 people.

Seven letters and a petition in support of the application have been received by the local authority, with one resident saying Whitfield has “been crying out for a community pub”.

David Green said: “I am writing in support of this application.

“I have lived in the area for many years and we have been crying out for a family/community-type pub.

“I understand that there will be many opportunities for locals to participate in communityfriendly activities being run at the club.”

A petition, which has been circulated around local shops, said movie afternoons, bingo and quiz nights would be regular features.

Mr Green added: “I think it’s also important that l ocal community groups will be supported, with the potential to run fundraisers in conjunction with the bar.

“There are lots of positive developments taking place in the area and I feel that this would add to the overall development of Whitfield.”

Another supporter, Kerrie Walker, said it would be good to have somewhere to go to meet other people from the neighbourhood.

However, Whitfield Development Group has raised concerns about parking and the

PLANS to turn a former tanning salon into a community pub will be considered at the city council’s licensing board this week.