Too early for the Christmas chat? Nah!
After the success of last year’s Christmas Fayre our fundraising Volunteer big Nic is organising another one with the support of staff and other service users.
This will take place on the 30th of November 2024 at Granton Parish Church. The money raised from this event will go towards our summer program.
We are also looking for more donations if you think you can help please give us a message x
Join us on Halloween for our FREE Benefits Awareness Workshop!
THURSDAY 31st OCTOBER from 10am – 12 noon
at Clermiston Church of the Nazarene, Rannoch Terrace
We know it’s still far too early to talk about the C-word, buuuuut … our CHRISTMAS Pop-Up Shop is just a few weeks away!
It’s going to be stocked with all of your seasonal essentials, including cards, gifts & decorations. There will also be mulled juice and mince pies, so this is definitely one not to be missed!
For more info, go to https://stcolumbashospice.org.uk/…/christmas-pop-up-shop
We are back for stories and crafting!
Share a tale and listen while you stitch or knit this Sunday 20th October from 19:30 – 21:00.
For information and to book your space, email wildflowers@grantonhub.org.
A community-led food growing charity, based on Wardieburn Road in North Edinburgh, has been featured on the latest podcast episode from climate charity Carbon Copy.
Granton Community Gardeners, which was founded by a group of neighbours in 2010, is now a flourishing and vital community organisation, with weekly gardening and cooking sessions, a chicken co-op, cycle repair pop-ups and a beautiful permanent garden space used by diverse groups from around the area.
Speaking to podcast host Isabelle Sparrow, Mary, one of the co-founders of the charity, explained why a project like this is so important: “We have over fifteen different nationalities that come here.
[People come from] Germany, France, Kenya, India, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria…I wish each community could have something like this. When you come here, you eat fresh food, you engage yourself, your mind is relaxed, your wellbeing [improves]. You are not bored. When you come here, sometimes you work, even if you don’t work, you come and sit and eat!”
Granton Community Gardeners has recently been recognised for its important work by being selected as part of the Nature Neighbourhoods programme.
Led by the RSPB, WWF-UK and National Trust and funded by National Lottery Communities Fund and the Co-op, Nature Neighbourhoods is a UK-wide programme supporting projects in towns and cities that are helping to connect people with nature and wildlife.
Speaking on the podcast, Rory Crawford who is managing the programme for the National Trust said: “Community organisations are doing brilliant work at the community level in many of our towns and cities, and nature organisations are doing some excellent work at the national level, and you know in some places doing some really great work in towns and cities too.
“But there can often be a disconnect between those two parts of the sector. One bit which is perhaps higher capacity and works on big national policy issues, and another bit which is very much focused on the local: what matters to an individual place.
“We need to be able to work more meaningfully in towns and cities. We need more nature in towns and cities. We just need to have it. That’s where people will get that first spark if we’re going to have any hope of solving the nature crisis … it’s all about hearing what a community needs and wants from nature in their place.
“And that’s our starting point for it. So that’s why we’re working with anchor organisations in Nature Neighbourhoods like Granton Community Gardeners.”
To learn more about Granton Community Gardeners and how the Nature Neighbourhoods programme is supporting this and other local projects around the UK, listen to All Nature: Nourishing Connections, on the Carbon Copy website or wherever you get your podcasts.
Edinburgh Multicultural Festival goes on tour! This fall we will be visiting libraries in the Edinburgh North neighbourhoods with our featured artists.
On Saturday, 19 October, Granton Library will be hosting ahalya Dance Academy who will bring a South Asian cultural dance performance and workshop for all ages.
Ahalya Dance Academy, an Edinburgh based dance school specialising in the ancient Indian art form of Bharatanatyam. Their vision is to bring the rich tradition of Bharatanatyam to diverse communities and provide a platform for aspiring dancers to learn and grow.
This event is free but ticketed, so make sure you register with us ahead of the event!
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A Granton church is this week marking 90 years since, on Monday 22nd October 1934, the foundation stone was laid by the Duke of York (later King George VI).
Under the foundation stone there is a cavity holding a casket containing ‘The Scotsman’, ‘Life and Work’, extension scheme documents, architect’s description of the Church Buildings, a list of contractors, the name of surveyor and Clerk of Works, note of the cost of building and a copy of the programme used at the ceremony when the foundation stone was placed in position.
The move from the old Granton Parish Church building at the foot of Granton Road up to Boswall Parkway was seen as an opportunity to be closer to the new housing schemes of Wardieburn, East Pilton, Royston and Boswall, and the new church was opened in February 1936.
The church has been serving that new community ever since. Today’s work now includes lunches, coffee mornings, Friday drop-ins, and the hugely popular Share ‘n’ Wear service.
For more details, including an archive film of the Duke of York’s visit, go to the church’s website at grantonchurch.org.uk.
Our Beach Cleaning event is only few days away …
Great opportunity to start October break and do something for the environment
We will be meeting by a green feather flag at the Brick Beach across the road from the Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden and next to the pitt on Saturday 12/10 at 11 am.
Free picnic after the event.
Thank you to R2 project for their support and all the rubbish pickers they provided to Granton Goes Greener
We are looking for Trustees to work with the existing Board during this exciting time of development of the Western Harbour.
If you think you can contribute or you would like more information, do not hesitate to contact chair@grantonhub.org
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled individual to join our existing board of trustees as secretary.
See http://grantonhub.org/trustee or email to chair@grantonhub.org for more information.
Thursday 10 October, 7pm
PASS Theatre at Edinburgh College, Granton Campus
Multi-Cultural Family Base (MCFB) is delighted to invite you to a dance performance on October 10th between 7 and 9 pm.
This event is the official launch of our programming for the Edinburgh 900 commemorations, entitled “Roots for Routes”. The concept behind this name is that through celebrating and honouring heritage and culture, we find ways to grow towards the future.
Some of our young people from the MCFBards are collaborating with the PASS performance group to create a full length piece based on their poetry.
Please see the attached invitation. If you are able to attend, please follow this link to our Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/Roots4Routes
We hope you are able to join us for this evening of art and celebration!
Tickets & more info: https://tinyurl.com/Roots4Routes
