A date for your diary … Muirhouse Millennium Centre is holding a Table Sale on Saturday 23 March from 11am – 3pm. Fre entry.
You can reserve your table now – tables cost £5 for Centre members (£7.50 for non-members) and the cafe will be open serving tea, coffees and cakes. Why not pop along and pick up a bargain?
For further information call Muirhouse Millennium Centre on 467 3578 or check out their Facebook page.
Edinburgh’s Lord Provost Councillor Donald Wilson will mark international Holocaust Memorial Day this evening (Thursday) at a special commemorative event held at Broughton High School, organised in partnership with the Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association.
A number of guest speakers will be attending for a special night of music, dance and poetry that will be held to commemorate the impact of the atrocities committed not only during the Holocaust but since.
The award winning musician and Rwandan genocide survivor, Jean Paul Samputu, who runs the Samputu Forgiveness Campaign, will be performing some of his songs as well as relaying his life changing experiences that occurred in his home nation.
Other speakers will include Edinburgh resident and Holocaust survivor, Marianne Lazlo, who will be accompanied by other members of Edinburgh’s Jewish community, as well as Sello Hatang from the Nelson Mandela foundation. Pupils of all ages from Broughton High School will be performing readings, dance pieces, music recitals and short dramatic sketches throughout the night.
Lord Provost Donald Wilson said: “It’s vital that we never forget the horrors experienced by so many people both during the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides. I very much hope that we can all continue to work together to eradicate persecution from our society. This event is a special way to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and having the chance to hear from people with first hand experience of such atrocities will be undoubtedly a very moving and humbling experience.”
Broughton High School head teacher, John Wilson, said; “It is a privilege for Broughton High School to host this event and to be working in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association. This is a real opportunity for us as a school to underline our commitment to addressing prejudice and discrimination at all levels. Senior pupils at Broughton High School and the Inter Faith organisation have planned what will be a remarkable and memorable event held within our community.”
Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday 27 January is run by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust – a charity which works to raise awareness of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides to provide an opportunity to learn the lesson and apply them to the present day to create a safer, better future.
The Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association was officially formed in 1989 to promote and facilitate positive engagement between the faith communities of our religiously and culturally diverse city. The EIFA is now considered one of the most experienced and developed Inter-Faith bodies in the U.K.
Leith Links will be the location for this year’s MoonWalk Edinburgh charity fundraiser, and while it’s a bit chilly to be thinking about such things just now, registration for the June event is now open!
New Year, New Moon, New You!
Grant-making breast cancer charity Walk the Walk is delighted to announce two new and very exciting Power Walking challenges for The MoonWalk Edinburgh Scotland on June 8. The event is also being held at a brand new venue – Leith Links.
Sign up for the New Moon and you can join a huge sleepover. Not so much sleep, but you will be able to walk 6.6 miles, or get a team of four together to complete a Marathon between you. Best of all, whilst you wait for your turn to walk, you can snuggle up, eat popcorn and watch films in our huge pink tent. If you’ve never taken part in a Marathon, this is a great place to start.
Or if you are looking for the next extreme challenge, then the “Over the Moon” is for you. Two MoonWalks back to back, covering a distance of 52.4 miles!
Walk the Walk is still offering its famous Half Moon (13.1 miles) and Full Moon (26.2 miles) challenges, with all walkers uniting together to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.
All walkers over the age of 13 wear Walk the Walk’s trademark brightly decorated bras. This year’s theme is “Psychedelic Extravaganza”, where the swinging 60’s meets 2013!
The MoonWalk Edinburgh Scotland has raised in excess of £15 million since it was launched eight years ago. Most of the money raised stays in Scotland, helping to improve the lives of people with cancer. More than £1.5 million was raised by the 2012 event alone.
Nina Barough CBE, Founder and Chief Executive of Walk The Walk said: “Anybody can do The MoonWalk. I have seen many women and men over the years commit to taking part, with no idea of how they are actually going to achieve it. Most of them have never done any regular exercise, let along taken part in a Marathon.
It really is wonderful that with the support of thousands of people in Scotland, Walk the Walk has succeeded in raising more than £15 million, making a huge difference to the lives of cancer patients across Scotland. We also know from the many thousands of letters we receive, that by taking part in The MoonWalk, we are helping people to become fitter and healthier, changing their lives for the better. So, come and join our Magical Mystery Tour, a Psychedelic Extravaganza, where anything goes, as long as it is bright and bold”!
Entries for The MoonWalk Edinburgh Scotland are now open. To enter and for more information about Walk the Walk, go to www.walkthewalk.org
