Month: March 2018

An evening to celebrate for North Edinburgh’s young people

We would like to invite you to join North Edinburgh Young People’s Forum on the evening of Thursday 22nd March 2018, 6:30 – 8:30pm (Refreshments from 6pm) for The North Edinburgh Youth Awards.

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Leith’s Dreadnought is CAMRA’s Edinburgh Pub of the Year

CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has announcedTthat its Edinburgh Pub of the Year is The Dreadnought. The pub, which was only opened in its current guise in 2016, takes over from the Stockbridge Tap, which had won the award for the last four years.

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School holds funeral service for plague victims discovered under playground

The remains of around eighty 17th Century plague victims discovered underneath an Edinburgh school playground have been laid to rest. Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School in Leith helped the city council hold a memorial service on Friday. Continue reading School holds funeral service for plague victims discovered under playground

Community Landownership report published

Community Land Scotland has published its Urban Community Landownership in Scotland in 2018 report, which looks at the current state of urban community landownership in Scotland and the potential it holds for the future of our towns and cities. Continue reading Community Landownership report published

Branching Out: transatlantic taskforce seeks timber design solutions

Students from Edinburgh Napier have teamed up with colleagues from America’s elite Harvard University to explore the challenge of creating the sustainable communities of the future. The two groups joined forces for a learning week which focused on the use of pre-manufactured timber construction systems. Continue reading Branching Out: transatlantic taskforce seeks timber design solutions

Football is for life: Walking Football Scotland commercial partnership with Cardiac Science

Walking Football Scotland (WFS) is delighted to be working with new commercial partners Cardiac Science. The company has gifted WFS a state-of-the art Powerheart G5 Automated External Defibrillator (AED) that will be available at WFS events in the future. Continue reading Football is for life: Walking Football Scotland commercial partnership with Cardiac Science

Climate Challenge cash bonanza for local projects

Granton Parish Church, North Edinburgh Arts, Leith Cops in Pots and ELREC are among fourteen city projects to share grants totalling £15.3 million in the latest round of Climate Challenge Funding. The initiative supporting action to combat climate change has now helped in excess of 1,000 projects – and provided more than £100 million funding over the past decade. Continue reading Climate Challenge cash bonanza for local projects