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Scope and Contents Issue number 46 (Edinburgh Festival Fringe Issue).This issue includes: an article on Section 28 and Edinburgh District Council’s refusal to give a grant to Lark in the Park; obituary for physique photographer Hoffman; coverage of the gay and lesbian community in the mainstream press; an article on the gay community in Thailand; an interview with author Fiona Cooper; a feature on the International Lesbian and Gay Association in Vienna; coverage of the Edinburgh International...

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Topics discussed include: the Social Work Department grant application; the future training programme for both the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) and Lesbian Line; Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) moving premises; press interest in EGS including a community service announcement and the Scottish Parent Enquiry; the EGS youth strategy; and the EGS one-day conference.

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Topics discussed include: annual reports; VAT owed on rent; insurance; training; the Dunblane Conference; an update on Body Positive; the Social Work Department grant for 1990; Fife Switchboard; and advertising.

Also discussed was the Stonewall Youth Group and a separate sheet is attached detailing this discussion and the procedure for referring callers to the Group.

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Topics discussed include: an AIDS update; Gaysoc youthline; late night Saturday shifts; a sexual abuse workshop; joint conferences with Glasgow Gay Switchboard; the Social Work Department grant; using the Linden Hotel conference room; smoking on duty; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard (EGS) Youth Strategy; the finances of the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); and social events.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: a joint community service announcement on Scottish Television (STV); a training weekend with Strathclyde Gay and Lesbian Switchboard; the Social Work Department grant; the Peebles Conference; late night Saturday shifts; training; the Stonewall Youth Project; an update on Scottish AIDS Monitor's (SAM) move to new premises; a new leaflet; poor attendance at meetings; women trainees; Lothian AIDS Forum; Scottish Parents Enquiry; and an announcement that the Blue Moon...

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Topics discussed include: potential purchase of a word processor; furniture; rent; the Social Work Department grant; the University of Edinburgh Nightline; a training weekend focusing on gay relationships; relationships within the team and relationships between the team and other agencies; painting of the telephone room; young people project; job allocation; and the cost of producing a banner.

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Topics discussed include: the training officer's report; Fife Friend; the rota; request for speakers at a meeting of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM); Icebreakers; the Social Work Department grant; a new volunteer application form; interviews for trainees; contact with the media; and the Stonewall Youth Group.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: a correspondence course on inter-personal skills offered by the University of Wales; the dissolution of the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Trust; premises for the Stonewall Youth Project; a funding application to the Transitional Relief Fund due to the reorganisation of the council; comments and concerns relating to moving premises; the Busy Line Tracking System and statistics; a Lesbian Line report covering feedback on training on domestic violence; a training...

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An update on the topic of victim callers is provided as well as discussions on: funding; the young people's group; the Glasgow Befriending Service; the use of the telephone during befriending hours; and security.