To start off this month, we are pleased to be able to welcome yet another partner, with whom we will be working in the future.
Art in Healthcare is a charity that has been working in Edinburgh and Scotland since 1991. They have a large collection of Scottish art that is placed in community, healthcare and social care settings and they also work with professional artists to provide creative workshops in a wide range of communities.
A spokesperson said: “We are really excited to have the opportunity to work at Heart of Newhaven to consider how art can become an integrated part of the organisation and building as it moves forward.
“We are planning a programme of art workshops for all ages and levels of experience, visits to other interesting venues in Edinburgh and the opportunity to visit our stores and help to select works that could be exhibited at the Heart from September 2022 onwards.”
Of course Art in Healthcare is only the latest organisation to approach the Heart.
Visit our Partners page on the website to find out about others.
If anyone knows of any individual, organisation or charity that would like to contribute to our three themes of culture and heritage, learning and enterprise and well-being, and take space at The Heart to do so, do get in touch.
While we are currently negotiating with various groups over use of space, nothing is yet set in stone. We want to maximise the use of space and the benefits to the community that working in partnership can bring.
We have heard of one local artist who mistakenly thought the place was totally full!
While there is certainly lots of interest, it is also a large site and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Contact our project coordinator Judy Crabb if you are interested: judy.crabb@heartofnewhaven.co.uk
Our next collaborative event will be taking place in June, so make a note in your diaries for The Big Picnic on 19th June. This will happen at Victoria Park and is a joint venture with Friends of Victoria Park.
There will be fun for all in a family-orientated event with loads of activities and loads of fun. Look out your picnic baskets, air your picnic blankets and watch this space for more details in the next newsletter.
Now you must know that local elections are taking place on 5th May and those of you who live in the immediate area may have been used to voting at Victoria Primary School.
Do take a close look at your polling card though. If you live in Western Harbour, you will be voting at The Heart, another confirmation that the City of Edinburgh Council is on board with our plans!
If you live along Main Street or other parts of Newhaven, however, you will be voting at Newhaven Church. Make sure you go to the correct place. You can also check here
Finally, you can’t have helped but notice that we’ve launched another Crowdfunder campaign.
As we get ready to accept the keys to the site (date still not confirmed, but hopefully soon) we are also getting ready to hit the ground running.
For this we need funds to clean, paint, repair, plant and generally get the site up to standard. We’re pleased to report that we have already reached the halfway point for the target sum, and have applied for match-funding from other donors, so please do contribute to the campaign, no matter what the amount. It all adds up!
Make sure you spread the word as well and tell all your friends and social media platforms.
Thank you in advance.
Thank you too to all who have helped so far during our site visits and if you haven’t signed up to help (via our Volunteering page on the website) then do so now.
