Category: Granton

Great British Beach Clean on Sunday

Date & time:  Sunday, 22 September 2019 – 11:30am – 2:00pm
Meeting location:  Granton Harbour breakwater under the flags
Additional information:

For the third year in a row, we’re joining the national Marine Conservation Society for their ‘Great British Beach Clean’. We’re also celebrating the things we’ve tried to do over the year, and that we want to make sure happen.

The Wild Ones and Wardie Bay Beachwatch have applied to SEPA for Bathing Water Quality Monitoring at Wardie Bay. We want the sea to be healthy to swim in, and our environment to be as protected as it can be.

We are working with landowners and the Angling Megastore to provide fishing litter and general waste bins and signage on the Eastern Breakwater, to make sure our places are properly looked after, and to ask people to help sustain it.

Wardie Bay Beachwatch represents the hopes we have for our wider environment. If we all act on a local level and take that with us into whatever we do, and ask others to do the same, we can help.

Please join us!

• • • − − − • • •

Sunday 22 September, 11:30 – 14:00

Please come and encourage friends and family to come along too.
Gloves and litter picking equipment are provided.
—————————————————————————————–
Please also visit our twitter page @wardiebaybeach for regular tweets or find the event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/483972618831239/

Write to Karen at wardiebaybeachwatch@gmail.com for further information.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Doors Open Days coming up

The Edinburgh Doors Open Day 2019 gives you the chance to discover some of Edinburgh’s most unique and interesting buildings which are normally closed to the public. Across the weekend you can visit these fantastic sites across the city, completely free of charge.

Drumsheugh Baths Club DAD 2019

Open the door on Edinburgh’s hidden gems

The Edinburgh Doors Open Days is one of the city’s favourite free days out. This is your chance to explore some of Edinburgh’s most important buildings. Many venues will offer behind the scenes tours, talks or exhibitions to bring the history of these monumental buildings to life.

New locations for 2019 include: 

– Castle Mills
– Collective at the City Observatory
– Dean Gardens
– Drumsheugh Baths Club (above)
– Informatics Forum
– MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
– Panmure House
– Seafield Treatment Centre

Plus, locations such as Anatomical Museum, Burns Monument and the Lothian Buses headquarters will be opening their doors to the public once again this year.

Read about all of these places and more on the Doors OpenDays website. 

2019-brochure

 

Great British Beach Clean at Wardie Bay

For the third year in a row, we’re joining the national Marine Conservation Society for their ‘Great British Beach Clean’. We’re also celebrating the things we’ve tried to do over the year, and that we want to make sure happen (writes KAREN BATES).

The Wild Ones and Wardie Bay Beachwatch have applied to Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) for Bathing Water Quality Monitoring at Wardie Bay. We want the sea to be healthy to swim in, and our environment to be as protected as it can be.

We are working with landowners and the Edinburgh Angling Centre to provide fishing litter and general waste bins and signage on the Eastern Breakwater, to make sure our places are properly looked after, and to ask people to help sustain it.

Wardie Bay Beachwatch represents the hopes we have for our wider environment. If we all act on a local level and take that with us into whatever we do, and ask others to do the same, we can help.

Please join us!

Please also visit our twitter page @wardiebaybeach for regular tweets or find the event on the MCS website, register and sign up there! https://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/beach/wardie-bay-beach/event/2019-09-22

Write to Karen at wardiebaybeachwatch@gmail.com for further information.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Art in Granton 2019 – exhibition opportunity

Invitations to Artists and Makers

I would like to invite you to consider submitting your work to the next Art in Granton exhibition which will take place over the weekend of 25, 26 and 27 October 2019.

The 2019 Art in Granton exhibition is an open call to all Artists and Makers: painters, printmakers, photographers, textile artists, ceramicists, jewellers, composers, new media artists, etc.

Works must relate to the Granton area and we particularly welcome artworks that take inspiration from the Granton Curious Edinburgh heritage walking tour which is free. Visit their website and download the app from the Apple Store or Google Play.

granton:hub offers free submission and exhibition, with 20% charged on each sale made.

Up to 3 works may be submitted via e-mail to artingranton@grantonhub.org

The deadline for submission is Monday 30 September 2019

Key dates:

• Monday 30 September 2019: Submission deadline 6pm

• Tuesday 8 October: selection of artists and works confirmed by e-mail

• Monday 14 October: Exhibition Programme announced via the website

• Handing-in times for works selected: Friday 18 October (6-7pm); Saturday 19 October (10-12 noon), Sunday 20 October  (2-4pm)

• Exhibition opening times: Friday 25 October (5-8pm); Saturday 26 October  (11- 6pm); and Sunday 27 October (11-5pm)

• Picking-up times: Sunday 27 October (5-6pm); Monday 28 October (10-1pm); and Tuesday 29 October (6-8pm)

All entries must be submitted by e-mail to artingranton@grantonhub.org

Guidelines
Full details on the website https://grantonhub.org/art-in-granton-2019/
Gina Fierlafijn Reddie
AiG2019 organiser

Youth Volunteering Open Day at FetLor Youth Club

YOUTH VOLUNTEERING OPEN DAY

Thursday 19th September from 4 – 6pm

at FetLor Youth Club, Crewe Road South

hosted by Granton Youth Centre

Granton Youth and Fet Lor Youth Club Need You!

Are you aged 14-17 years old and able to donate a few hours a week?

We are having a drop-in that you can come and get some information on volunteering opportunities! This is for young people or parents/guardians to get to ask some questions! There will be interest forms to be completed by everyone who wants to take part as a volunteer – with forms ready to be completed on the night.

Please message us if you have any questions.

Our first night with volunteers will be on the 26th September