Stockbridge Library 4.30 – 6.30pm
TONIGHT! If you have any concerns about safety in your home or place of work, please come along to Stockbridge Library’s ‘Safer Stockbridge’ drop in market place event this evening from 4.30 to 6.30pm to pick up info and advice and talk to Police Officers, North Community Safety Officers, security firms and more!
Festive fun at Inverleith Park: 5 & 6 December
The annual Christmas Charity Festival is taking place at Inverleith Park this weekend. Click on the link to find out more about the range of activities: there’s charity walks and toddles, the Santa Parade, live reindeer, Santa’s Grotto, food and drink stalls and lots more (see below) …
Come along and browse round the many charity stalls, stay awhile and have a snack at our tea/ coffee bar!
See Santa’s reindeer waiting to pull Santa on his sleigh in the Santa Parade / Toddle. Toddle Tent for the little ones will be open on Saturday & Sunday.
Lots of things for the wee ones to do, including a soft play area, card making, ginger bread decorating and storytelling and lots more.
Santa’s Grotto open Saturday & Sunday from 10am book early many people said it was one of the best grottos in Edinburgh last year.
Carol Service 3pm Saturday 5 December Join us for our annual Christmas Carol Service followed by free warm mulled wine and hot mince pies.
St Columba’s salutes ‘great team of volunteers’
St Columba’s Hospice has been celebrating its many volunteers with special long-service awards ceremonies. In total, the people who have been recognised for their long service have given a massive 560 years to the Hospice! Continue reading More than five centuries donated by St Columba’s volunteers
Friends of Inverleith Park AGM is taking place in St Stephen’s Church, Comely Bank at 7pm tonight. There will also be an illustrated talk on ‘Pollinators in the Park’. New Friends welcome!
Before the paint has even dried, The Botanic Cottage is in the running for a national award …
The Botanic Cottage at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has been nominated for Best Georgian Garden/Landscape at The Georgian Society’s prestigious annual Architectural Awards – before it has even opened its doors! Continue reading Reconstructed Botanic Cottage up for national award
An exhibition by a renowned Scottish artist is to take place in a Goldenacre charity bookshop
John F Martin, whose work is held in collections all over the world, will display a collection of his paintings at the St Columba’s Hospice bookshop on Montagu Terrace in Goldenacre this week. Continue reading Scottish artist goes the extra acre for St Columba’s
Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership
Monday 16 November 6.30 – 8.30pm, Blackhall Library
All welcome – for further information call 0131 529 5050 or email elaine.lennon@edinburgh.gov.uk
PILTON EQUALITIES PROJECT
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 11am – 12 noon
Pilton Equalities Project (PEP) welcomes nominations for membership of the Board of Directors from people who live in North Edinburgh and representatives of local organisations who have an interest in the work of the Project.
The maximum number of members of the Board is 11, with a majority of members being elected from groups or activities associated with the Project. If more than 11 nominations are received in time for the Annual General Meeting then there will be a vote at the AGM. A further 4 co-opted places will be available for those who have experience and/or skills which could be of assistance to the directors
Completed nomination forms must returned by Friday 13 November.
If you wish to stand for appointment at the 2014/15 Annual General Meeting of Pilton Equalities Project, please fill in the nomination form (below) and then sign it and return it to Pilton Equalities Project, 3 West Pilton Park, Edinburgh, EH4 4EL
‘I’m fortunate to have a team brimming with talent and enthusiasm, making North Edinburgh a safer place to live, work and visit’ – Chief Inspector Richard Horan Continue reading Room for optimism? Reported crime down in North Edinburgh
Central Taxis to sponsor Spartans Connections
Taxi for Spartans! Edinburgh’s Central Taxis are to sponsor local community club Spartans Connections. The Connections squad are delighted with the sponsorship deal and the new partnership is a great result for the Ainslie Park footballers. Continue reading Fare play to Spartans Connections!
