Spectacular street science entertained children in North Edinburgh yesterday.
Continue reading Weird and wonderful street science in Muirhouse
Spectacular street science entertained children in North Edinburgh yesterday.
Continue reading Weird and wonderful street science in Muirhouse
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.
This week an Edinburgh man will attempt to cycle 100 miles from Carlisle to Cramond overnight using a Just Eat Bike. Continue reading Henry’s 100 mile cycle ride delivers for Fresh Start
MONDAY 24th JUNE from 6pm
Its that time of the month again when we bring people in our community to share together through singing, music and dance.
This time, it’s a BARBECUE for all under a cool and relaxing atmosphere. 🍤🍕🥓🍔🥗🍸🍗
Come and lets celebrate ourselves together!💃💃💃
Please join us and invite a friend 👭👬👪👨👩👧👧
************** Free event ***********
@ West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre, Edinburgh. EH4 4BY
6PM prompt
amazingharmonies@gmail.com
Saturday 15th June 10am – 3pm
Summer Fair to fundraise for our Tanzania 2020 trip! 🇹🇿
Stalls will include hot food 🌭, face painting 🎨, cake and candy 🍰, tombola 🎟, clothes rail 👗, jewellery💍, henna painting 🖍, nail painting💅🏼, games🥇 etc.
Fun for all the family! 👨👩👧👦
Be sure to share the event, come along and bring as many friends as you can! 👍🏼
The Edinburgh Poverty Commission is working throughout this year to define the steps the city needs to make to reduce, mitigate, and prevent poverty in Edinburgh. Continue reading Edinburgh Poverty Commission: ‘Prospects’ – Phase II call for evidence
New job opportunities for Trainee Youth Workers
Contact any of your local youth agencies in North Edinburgh
Muirhouse Youth Development Group
The Fischy Choirs Summer Concert took place at Royal Botanic Gardens in Inverleith on Monday.
Continue reading Feeling Good: Fischy Choirs make sweet music at The Botanics
Lottery Community Fund cash for local projects
Scots of all ages who may be feeling lonely, isolated or disconnected from their communities are set to benefit from a £1.5 million National Lottery cash boost announced today. Continue reading Let there be heat! Good news for Granton