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		<title>Rising Absenteeism in Fife Schools</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/rising-absenteeism-in-fife-schools/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 15:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Child Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deprivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council Education and Children's Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Education Scrutiny Committee]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A report presented to the Fife’s Education Scrutiny Committee earlier this month showed that Fife was below the national average for school attendance at both primary and secondary level, although not by much. As of March 20th this year, school attendance in Fife was 92.1 per cent for primary and 85.6 per cent for secondary, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/rising-absenteeism-in-fife-schools/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Rising Absenteeism in Fife Schools"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chariots of Fire race returns</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/03/chariots-of-fire-race-returns/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home Start North East Fife]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a two-year absence, the Chariots of Fire beach race, inspired by the 1981 film of the same name, will return to the West Sands of St Andrews this summer. Between 800 and 1000 runners are expected to take part in the 5km race on June 5th. Ben McLoed, organiser of this, the 10th race, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/03/chariots-of-fire-race-returns/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chariots of Fire race returns"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Parents push back on plans remove head teachers from East Neuk schools</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/02/parents-push-back-on-plans-remove-head-teachers-from-east-neuk-schools/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angela Logue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Linda Holt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Neuk]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Parents’ anger over plans to remove headteacher post from East Neuk schools has sparked a backlash and an online petition gained over 1,500 signatures within days of being set up. Fife Council has confirmed it is consulting on a new leadership model for 9 schools in the Waid Academy cluster, which will affect Waid Academy, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/02/parents-push-back-on-plans-remove-head-teachers-from-east-neuk-schools/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Parents push back on plans remove head teachers from East Neuk schools"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council reverses decision to cut Third Sector funding &#8211; but only for a year</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/03/council-reverses-decision-to-cut-third-sector-funding-but-only-for-a-year/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As previously reported in February, Fife&#8217;s Children and Families Division had been planning to defund nineteen charitable organisations of annual funding from April to save £410,000. However, the council administration has found now found money in its surplus to plug that gap for 2021-22, under its new budget arrangements agreed earlier this month. Kathy Henwood, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/03/council-reverses-decision-to-cut-third-sector-funding-but-only-for-a-year/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council reverses decision to cut Third Sector funding &#8211; but only for a year"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council plans deep cuts to charity funding</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/02/council-plans-deep-cuts-to-charity-funding/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Craig Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Dempsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education and Children's Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Start]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Gillies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council, which is facing a £11M black hole in its 2021-22 budget, is planning to take £410,000 of its funding of 19 charities and voluntary organisations after a six-month transition period. These include charities which support struggling families such as Home Start, with several branches across Fife, and the stand-alone Cottage Family Centre in &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/02/council-plans-deep-cuts-to-charity-funding/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council plans deep cuts to charity funding"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Struggling Fife families with self-isolating pupils to get help with food costs</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/11/struggling-fife-families-with-self-isolating-pupils-to-get-help-with-food-costs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Judy Hamilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communities and Housing Services Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food insecurity]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council is planning to offer financial help to those families that struggle with the unexpected extra food costs when pupils have to self-isolate due to Covid-19. Payments are already made during school holidays to families on benefits who meet the deprivation criteria. Thousands of school pupils in Tayside and Fife have had to stay &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/11/struggling-fife-families-with-self-isolating-pupils-to-get-help-with-food-costs/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Struggling Fife families with self-isolating pupils to get help with food costs"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NHS Fife Development Worker wins Scottish Children’s Health Award</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/09/nhs-fife-development-worker-wins-scottish-childrens-health-award/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[children's health rights]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Children’s Health Awards have been created by the charity Children&#8217;s Health Scotland to celebrate courageous children and those who are making a difference to the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland. Tara Irvin, winner of the Healthcare Rights Award, has worked in nursing for over three decades. The experience, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/09/nhs-fife-development-worker-wins-scottish-childrens-health-award/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "NHS Fife Development Worker wins Scottish Children’s Health Award"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Madras College rector appointed</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/madras-college-rector-appointed/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2020 20:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avril McNeill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David McLure]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[New rector Avril McNeill, 47, will take up post in August following six years as rector of Glenrothes High School. Her appointment follows the retirement of rector David McLure. Mrs McNeill is no stranger to Madras, having taught history and modern studies there from 1998 to 2005. Trained at Jordanhill College and originally from Renfrewshire, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/madras-college-rector-appointed/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Madras College rector appointed"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews pupils mark end of term with lockdown version of &#8216;Bridge over Troubled Water&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/06/pupils-mark-end-of-term-with-lockdown-version-of-bridge-over-troubled-water/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bridge Over Troubled Water]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pupils at St Leonards School have recorded a poignant end of term version of Simon and Garfunkel’s iconic song Bridge over Troubled Water. Studying during lockdown at home, the pupils recorded their individual parts remotely before the video was stitched together by parent Chris Wallard. &#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>First Minister introduces 4-phase routemap out of lockdown</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/05/first-minister-introduces-4-phase-routemap-out-of-lockdown/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 09:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are excerpts of the First Minister&#8217;s speech introducing the the Scottish Government&#8217;s detailed routemap for through and out of the coronavirus crisis. &#8220;Today’s route map outlines four phases in emerging from the Covid crisis beyond the current lockdown phase, and it covers nine key aspects of our lives &#8211; seeing friends and family; travel &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/05/first-minister-introduces-4-phase-routemap-out-of-lockdown/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "First Minister introduces 4-phase routemap out of lockdown"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activity centres open for children of key workers in Fife</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/03/activity-centres-open-for-children-of-key-workers-in-fife/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council has opened 29 Children’s Activity Centres for children of key workers – where one or both carers are front line health and care workers directly supporting the coronavirus response, or supporting, emergency work. The centres will provide essential child-care to key workers while schools are closed during the virus outbreak. Carrie Lindsay, Executive &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/03/activity-centres-open-for-children-of-key-workers-in-fife/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Activity centres open for children of key workers in Fife"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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