Everything’s turning to Gold
Who would have thought it? Well, we would! Nineteen medals and fourth in the Beijing Olympics medal rankings! It’s not just the result of great facilities provided thanks to the National Lottery, even if such facilities are a huge advantage. Sir John Major was partly right when he said in this context “money is the root.of all goodness”. But the other root of all goodness lies in self-belief and determination. Now those are things that are simply beyond price…
Everyone’s a winner
That was the feeling we had at the beginning of July when Talking Up’s work with Craigroyston Community High School in Edinburgh won the Merrill Lynch Award for Education. The award recognised the work that we had done together to help develop and communicate a culture of achievement at the school, connecting the school with a range of audiences, from business to public sector organisations, and in showcasing the talents of its pupils (musical, dramatic and presentational) at events across Edinburgh.
And there were wins elsewhere too when Talking UP’s main sponsor Edinburgh communications agency Design Links won the Community Mark award from Business in the Community. Design Links was one of only 21 companies, including banking and retail giants TSB Foundation for Scotland and the John Lewis Partnership, to win the award this year. In Design Links’ case, it was the company’s work with partners that included Talking UP for a Change, international orthopaedic prosthetics charity 500 Miles and Craigroyston Community High.
