Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Rainbow of hope unveiled
A “RAINBOW of hope” has emerged in Kirkcaldy, celebrating love after grief.
The t o w n ’s M e r c a t Centre is helping a local photography duo to showcase a special installation which aims to bring hope to families who have experienced the loss of a baby and help raise awareness of the support available in the community.
The Rainbow of Hope mosaic, unveiled in the unit next to Shoe Zone, is a poignant collection of images of more than 100 infants who were born after their parents experienced a miscarriage, stillbir th or neonatal death, known as rainbow babies.
They were captured by Kerry Anderson and Courtney Anderson, the mother and daughter team from Kirkcaldybased Kerry Photography.
The rainbow baby term comes from the idea of a rainbow appearing in the sky after a storm or following a dark and turbulent time.
The families of those featured in the piece have been to see it and visitors will be able to have quiet moments of reflection at the mosaic, which forms a rainbow when viewed from a distance.
There will also be a raffle to raise funds for Fife Sands (Stillbir th and Neonatal Death Support) and t h e S i m p s o n ’s Memory Box Appeal. MORE than 800 jobs were on offer at a council-led work fair inside the Caird Hall yesterday.
More than 50 employers and training providers gathered inside the hall for the Discover Work Jobs Fair, hosted by Dundee City Council with support from D&A College, Skills Development Scotland, the Department for Work and Pensions and DYW Dundee and Angus.
As well as offering work, the fair also highlighted the wide range of employers Dundee and Tayside as a whole has to offer.
Among the firms meeting potential new recruits EDUCATION bosses have bee n h au led ove r t he coals for their handling of a troubled school after admitting “walking away” from problems over the course of four years.
Dundee City Council installed a new head teacher at Sidlaw View Primary in Downfield before the summer, after government inspectors graded its leadership, teaching and the wellbeing of pupils as “weak”.
And just months on from the shake-up, the council’s scrutiny committee took education bosses to task after being told there had been concerns about the school’s management as far back as September 2015.
Education officers made interventions in 2015, 2016 and 2017 – but noted improvement was “not being sustained” after they left.
At the scrutiny meeting this week, Ferry Conservative councillor Philip Scott asked chief education officer Audrey May why it had taken until now to take drastic action in installing a new head.