Category: Leith

Edinburgh School Receives Free Author Residency

Scottish Book Trust has announced ten schools who will receive fully-funded author residencies this school year to inspire a lifelong love of reading and writing – and one of the ten is Leith’s Hermitage Park Primary School. 

The residencies will also give professional writers the opportunity to build relationships with the school and work together on a creative project. Continue reading Edinburgh School Receives Free Author Residency

Port of Leith Housing Association holds young persons’ street art workshop

 

A group of young people have created a graffiti mural with Port of Leith Housing Association to celebrate Scottish Housing Day. Led by Spectrum Arts, the group experimented with spray painting techniques on an indoor wall at Transgression Skatepark inside Ocean Terminal. Continue reading Port of Leith Housing Association holds young persons’ street art workshop

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

 

New Chairperson for Port of Leith Housing Association

Port of Leith Housing Association’s 43rd Annual General Meeting saw its Chairperson Margaret O’Connor stand down under the Association’s five-year rule. Vice Chair Caitlin McCorry has now been appointed Chairperson of the Association.  Continue reading New Chairperson for Port of Leith Housing Association