THIS WEEK AT MYDG
Category: Muirhouse
Men’s mental health: new group in Muirhouse
Weird and wonderful street science in Muirhouse
Spectacular street science entertained children in North Edinburgh yesterday.
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Fresh Start Community Picnic at North Edinburgh Arts
Fresh Start Community Picnic
Thursday 11th July from 4 – 7pm
at North Edinburgh Arts
Working with partners across Edinburgh and with volunteer teams, Fresh Start support people previously homeless to ‘make a home’ for themselves in new tenancies. We enable them to resettle in their community, providing volunteering opportunities that offer practical and emotional support, helping them develop life skills, and involving church members and the wider community in our work to end homelessness.
We achieve this by providing essential household goods and decorating services to help people set up home. We also help those who are unemployed gain skills, experience and qualifications that will increase their employability – including gardening, cooking and employability training.
In addition to the practical support we provide, Fresh Start service-users have identified the need for support to help them feel at home in their new community as well as in their new tenancy. They highlighted the advantages that would come from being able to get to know local people, to develop skills and be able to access services and opportunities in a neighbourhood location and be able to get involved in community activities including in evenings and at weekends.
Fresh Start has been based in North Edinburgh for 20 years and we now have the opportunity to take over some currently unused adjacent premises to create a community hub.
Working with other community organisations, we have been looking at ways in which we can bring this space back into community use. We want to create a hub that will work for the whole community ensuring that people new to the area have access to a space where they can meet with local people, develop skills and make a contribution to the community.
To make sure that this becomes a place where people can feel part of, and connected to, their local community we want to know what you would like to see happening in the Hub.
Chatterbooks is back at Muirhouse Library
The book group with a twist is back at Muirhouse Library, with loads of fun activities, quizzes, crafts and of course, loads of awesome books to read and talk about!
Starting Tuesday 2nd July and every Tuesday after
2pm – 2.45pm during the summer holidays, 3.15pm – 4pm when schools are back!
Free kids football in Muirhouse during school holidays thanks to Helping Hands
MUIRHOUSE MILLENNIUM PARK
Starts Thursday 4th July: 6 – 7.15pm
Helping Hands have launched our Free Summer Football Programme 2019 in memory of Bradley Welsh, one of our founders, our friend and comrade. After discussions with Brad’s family and our coaches, Helping Hands have decided to go ahead with our plans for this years kids football programme. Plans that Brad was key to putting together. Continue reading Free kids football in Muirhouse during school holidays thanks to Helping Hands
Celebrate International Yoga Day at North Edinburgh Arts
Power of Food Festival comes to North Edinburgh Arts
North Edinburgh Arts is part of the Power of Food Festival, an annual celebration of community food growing in community gardens across Edinburgh.
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Craigroyston 2006 at the double!
Congratulations to Craigroyston CYFC 2006 football team, who have just completed a League and Cup double in their very first season of eleven-a-side competition – some achievement! Continue reading Craigroyston 2006 at the double!