The city council’s new Adult Education programme is now available, offering lots of opportunities to learn something new!
Day, evening and weekend courses start next month and from anthropology or arts and crafts to walks or even writing children’s stories there’s surely something there for you!
For further information on what’s available, call 556 7978, visit your local library or community centre or go to www.edinburgh.gov.uk/adultcourses
New Trust formed to run the Sailing School at Port Edgar
A new trust is being set up to run a Sailing School at Port Edgar following the decision by Edinburgh Leisure to close the Watersports Centre there. The new trust, established by members of the community, plans to become a registered charity and buy the boating assets from Edinburgh Leisure to ensure the activities at Port Edgar can continue.
The trust aims to continue to provide a full range of courses and activities to children, adults, schools, sailing clubs and commercial businesses. It also plans to work closely with local authorities and RYA Scotland in developing its services, particularly for disadvantaged groups.
The trust will be called the Scottish Sailing Trust to demonstrate how convenient and accessible the location is for over 75% of the Scottish population and to demonstrate its aim to cover a wider area than just the local South Queensferry community.
The trustees have applied for a SportScotland grant to part-fund the acquisition of the Edinburgh Leisure assets but it also needs financial support from the public as well as local businesses and clubs to demonstrate the public support it has and to secure its future.
The appeal, which was formally launched yesterday (Tuesday 20 August), aims to raise a minimum of £5,000 and gain grant funding of £5 for every £1 raised.
Edinburgh Western MSP Colin Keir supports the community-led initative. He said: “This is local people taking charge of the situation in a bid to run the school alongside the successful sailing club. Many hundreds of people including youngsters will benefit from this.
“I congratulate the Scottish Sailing Trust for their efforts so far and offer them every assistance to get this great idea off the ground.”
Further details can be found at http://www.scottishsailingtrust.com
or email: info@scottishsailingtrust.com
September 2013 CA Publicity Poster
North Edinburgh Childcare Academy’s latest course starts on 11 September and places are still available; see poster for details:
Pilton Community Health Project’s singing group resumes next week – and new members will be made most welcome.
See poster for details …
The Travelling Gallery embark on its Scottish tour this Friday (23 August) with ‘THIS LAND’, a new autumn exhibition presenting a beautifully alternative view of the Scottish landscape – and it’s stopping off at Drylaw on it’s travels. You can catch the exhibition at the local centre next Thursday (29 August) afternoon from 2 – 5pm.
Inspired by the Year of Natural Scotland, the Travelling Gallery’s autumn exhibition presents an alternative view of the Scottish landscape, through works by artists with a diverse range of practices.
Exhibits will include paintings by Henry Coombes and a series of works exploring the history, geology and politics of the island of Rockall by Andy Holden. Hannah Imlach uses sculpture and photography to explore new environments and find connections between the landscape and the human body, while Michael Reisch and Iain Sarjeant both show photographs which focus on interaction between natural and man-made environments.
Visitors will also be able to enjoy a complementary programme of films, postcards, sketchbooks and other works to support the exhibition.
The Travelling Gallery is a custom-built, mobile, contemporary art space inside a big beautiful bus. Supported by Creative Scotland, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the City of Edinburgh Council, the Travelling Gallery brings high quality contemporary art exhibitions and events to schools and communities throughout Scotland.
Edinburgh will be the first stop on the gallery’s Scottish-wide tour, stationed in a variety of locations around the Capital between 23 and 30 August.
Councillor Richard Lewis, the city’s Culture and Sport Convener, said: “Yet again the Travelling Gallery curators have devised a fascinating exhibition which I am sure will delight crowds across Scotland. As a Council we’re committed to making art and culture as accessible as possible to a variety of people, and what could be more accessible than a mobile gallery? I hope everyone takes the opportunity to pay the Travelling Gallery a visit when it comes to town.”
The Travelling Gallery will be open to the public at the following venues in Edinburgh, as part of Edinburgh Art Festival:
Friday 23 August City Art Centre, Market Street, 11am – 6pm
Saturday 24 August City Art Centre, Market Street, 11am – 6pm
Tuesday 27 August Hawes Promenade, South Queensferry 11am – 5pm
Wednesday 28 August Festival Square, Lothian Road, 11am – 5pm
Thursday 29 August
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, Groathill Road North 2 – 5pm
Friday 30 August High Street, Portobello 11am – 5pm
The Travelling Gallery will then tour to the following areas:
2 – 13 September – Highlands
16 – 20 September – Lewis and Harris
23 – 24 September – Uists
28 September – 3 October – Shetland
7 – 11 October – Perth & Kinross
21 – 25 October – Renfrewshire
28 October – 8 November – South Ayrshire
11 – 15 November – Midlothian
18 – 22 November – Renfrewshire
25 – 29 November – Edinburgh
3 – 7 December – Angus
10 December – West Lothian
