SATURDAY 4th NOVEMBER 11am – 2pm
BROUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL, East Fettes Avenue
Category: Inverleith
Today: big screen community cinema at Broughton
Saturday 30 September at Broughton High School
On Foot By Bike: Inverleith Festival of Walking & Cycling
Sunday 24th September, 1.30 – 4.30pm – Inverleith Park
The Inverleith Festival of Walking & Cycling 2017 takes place on Sunday 24th September 2017 from 1.30 to 4.30pm in Inverleith Park.
There will be lots of FREE activities, tasters and information on how to take up or increase your walking and cycling.
- Walking football
- Bike obstacle course
- Guided walks
- basic bike checks
- security marking
- etc, etc, etc!
Some activiites can be signed up in advance. See below:
1pm – Family and buggy friendly walk, with Ramblers, in advance of the Festival start
Meetup point will be the monument in the center of the park. From here we’ll follow the path towards the botanic garden (John Hope entrance) where we will follow the path that crosses the garden and get out through the east gate door. Here we’ll head to the Rocheid path (water of leith walkway) that will take us to the Inverleith Pond, before we go back to where we started.
It’s all easy paths, buggy friendly, and the walk will be around 1 hour. We will have plenty of time to enjoy the botanics and the pond. In the end everybody is invited to stay and visit what the festival has to offer. There will be 3 road crossings and we’ll need to be careful with the younger children.*
Sign up here! Walk meets at 1pm – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inverleith-festival-of-walking-and-cycling-2017-tickets-37239431141
1.30 – 2.30pm – Inverleith Allotments are about to celebrate their centenary. The site was created in 1918 to grow food for ex-servicemen after WW1. It reverted to park land between the wars but is now a haven for wildlife and vegetable growing.
Contact elaine.lennon@edinburgh.gov.uk for more information
Coming up this weekend: Harvest Festival at the Botanics
Saturday 16 & Sunday 17th September 1 – 4pm
Police Open Day at Fettes this Sunday
Sunday 10th September, 11am – 3pm
Bring the wee ones and the older ones and come behind the scenes to see what it’s like to be a police officer for the day!
Activities include:
- The Marine Unit (boat included minus the water!)
- Roads Policing (fast cars and motorbikes AKA nee naws to the wee ones)
- Police Dogs and Horses (because who doesn’t love our furry friends…criminals aside)
- The wildlife crime team (just to make sure there’s not too much horsing about)
- Counterfeit goods (can you spot a fake?!?)
- Recruitment (Come and join us!)
Our partners will be out in force as well with their smiling faces and fancy kit including:
– Scottish Ambulance Service
– Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
– British Army
– The City of Edinburgh Council
– Borders Search and Rescue
– Coastguard
– Spartans Street Football
– 6VT Edinburgh City Youth Cafe
– Action for Children
– Lothian Buses
– Emergency Riders
– Neighbourhood Watch Scotland
– Tweedale Mountain Rescue
and lots more activities to keep the kids busy!
This year all of the proceeds will be donated to Marie Curie with a raffle to be drawn on the day with some fantastic prizes on offer including; afternoon tea for 2, signed rugby and football tops, spa day, family tickets to various City Centre attractions, restaurant vouchers, hairdressing vouchers, holiday vouchers, golf vouchers and theatre tickets.
The Open Day is free entry, but will have a limited capacity. However please remember the event is running from 11am to 3pm so feel free to pop in to see us throughout the day!
As much as we love furry friends due to our police dogs/horses being in attendance only guide dogs will be permitted entry on the day.
Please note – the attendance of some specialist police resources and emergency partners will be subject to operational requirements.
– You may be searched prior to enetering the event arena.
Dementia-friendly event at Botanics next Monday
Monday 28th August: meet 12:45 for 1.30 walk
Join dementia friendly walk at Botanic Gardens
A relaxed, informal information afternoon and dementia friendly walk day for people to learn more about services for people living with dementia, is being held at the Royal Botanical Gardens on Monday, 28 August. Continue reading Join dementia friendly walk at Botanic Gardens
Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership meets on Monday
Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership meeting takes place next Monday (21st August)at 6.30pm in Stockbridge Library. All welcome. Continue reading Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership meets on Monday
August round of Neighbourhood Partnership meetings
Neighbourhood Partnership meetings are taking place in August
With the ongoing rollout of new Localities community planning structures across the city, the future of Neighbourhood Partnerships has been in some doubt but they are back for now – at least until a suitable replacement can be agreed.
Neighbourhood Partnership meetings are open to the public, so take the opportunity to hear discussions and decisions about Local Community Grant Fund applications, North West Locality Improvement Planning, participate in the popular ‘question time’ session and more.
There are four Neighbourhood Partnerships within the new North West Locality and each of these will meet in August. Dates are:
Forth Neighbourhood Partnership
Tuesday 15 August at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, 6.30-8.30pm
Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership
Monday 21 August at Stockbridge Library, 6.30-8.30pm.
Almond Neighbourhood Partnership
Wed 23 August at Rosebery Hall, South Queensferry, 6.30-8.30pm.
Western Neighbourhood Partnership
Thursday 31 August Drumbrae Hub, 6.30-8.30pm.
Full agendas for all meetings will be available here
From here to infinity: get fit with Lisa
Boxercise at Granton Parish Church
INFINITY BOOTCAMP
Saturday 1 July 10am – Inverleith Park
