Month: August 2018

Fort Kinnaird to go the extra mile for Thistle in Edinburgh Kilt Walk

Staff at Fort Kinnaird are building up their supplies of tartan and plasters ahead of the Kilt Walk next month, where they will be walking in support of Thistle Foundation. The team at Fort Kinnaird, which is Edinburgh’s leading retail and leisure destination by footfall, will join thousands of individuals and organisations across the city in walking the 5, 15.5 or 24-mile journey for The Kilt Walk in Edinburgh on 16 September. Continue reading Fort Kinnaird to go the extra mile for Thistle in Edinburgh Kilt Walk

Social Bite to hold Wee Sleep Out for younger people

Wee Sleep Out is calling on all teachers, youth leaders, parents and guardians to challenge young people between 8 and 16 years old to get out of their beds, and their comfort zones by organising their very own Wee Sleep Outs on 9 November, as part of Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018. Continue reading Social Bite to hold Wee Sleep Out for younger people

Circular Edinburgh is the best show in town

 Fringe Swap Shop demonstrates benefits of re-use

Everything from weird and wacky costumes to solid stage props are getting a new lease of life at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Swap Shop for performers, a great example of how the new ‘circular economy’ approach to the capital’s Festivals could work in the future, making one of the world’s leading cultural cities, one of its leading circular cities. Continue reading Circular Edinburgh is the best show in town

Fringe: the show’s over for 2018

Yesterday marked the end of another record-breaking year for the world’s greatest performing arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Shows took place in 317 venues across the city ranging from large theatres to a chicken coop with a capacity of three! Continue reading Fringe: the show’s over for 2018