Centipede Project update

Plans are in hand for the 121212 photo competition entries to go on show in March – hopefully travelling around the area for a week on display in the North Edinburgh Arts, the Millennium Centre, Muirhouse Library and finishing up at St Andrew’s Church where they will remain on display.

This will provide a build up to our concluding event when, hopefully, the Hollywood Style “Muirhouse” bulbs will be in full bloom. On Easter Sunday, 31 March, we are planning lots of activities around the bulb site – more work with the artist and the youngsters around a planting theme, Easter Egg rolling and painting, a free BBQ and hot drinks and stalls giving information on local groups and activities.

This bonanza will mark the formal end of the pilot project, but by no means the end of the Centipede Project. We are nearly ready to submit our application to the Church of Scotland’s new Go For It fund which, if successful, would provide three years of funding for a full project where we hope to work towards establishing a Community Development Trust – a big idea, but one which we think is achievable together with all the fantastic folk and groups that are working in the area.

The application will be submitted on 1st March, and we would hope to have a decision by the end of May.