Young people across Scotland will be inspired to make a positive change in their lives, thanks to £474,900 of National Lottery funding awarded to 55 youth-focused projects today (THURS 6 SEPT), in celebration of Scotland’s Year of Young People. Continue reading Lottery cash boost for young people across Scotland
Muirhouse moves into Ocean Terminal! Continue reading Make Your Mark at Ocean Terminal
Funny man Dave Gorman comes to Edinburgh Playhouse this week as part of his With Great Powerpoint Comes Great Responsibilitypoint tour. Continue reading Dave Gorman comes to Edinburgh Playhouse this Sunday
Today is the International Day of Charity, and to mark the occasion Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC) staff, along with an elderly black Labrador called Sally, are to deliver ‘thank you cards’ to voluntary organisations across the city Continue reading EVOC says thanks to Edinburgh’s voluntary organisations
Cyrenians – working in partnership with Hibernian and NHS Lothian – has provided over 600 free lunches at their weekly GameChanger events at Easter Road Stadium. Continue reading Cyrenians provide over 600 free lunches in Easter Road partnership
Sweetener for beleaguered Leith businesses?
Businesses along the planned tram route to Newhaven will have their say on a raft of “innovative and exciting” support for business proposals in a new consultation beginning next week. Continue reading Leith traders invited to help shape Trams to Newhaven business support plans
“It’s hard to see how erasing all the buildings along Leith Walk will preserve or enhance anything. Once heritage is lost it is very hard to replace.”
Leith has always been Edinburgh’s port and still retains a distinctive quality of its own even though it has changed significantly in recent years. It has been reinvented as a lively centre of urban living, a good food destination, and as a hub of creative activity and cultural diversity. Continue reading Leith Walk: the Cockburn Association view
Graffiti artists from across the UK and Europe will descend on the Capital this weekend to work their magic on a stretch of wall close to Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal. The Rock the Dock Graffiti Jam on Saturday (1 September) aims to create the UK’s longest legal graffiti wall at Marine Parade. Continue reading Edinburgh set to become home of UK’s longest legal graffiti wall
Police are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire in Leith. The incident happened early yesterday morning at the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple on Sheriff Brae. Continue reading Fire at Sikh Temple: man arrested
Mela is back this weekend!
Friday 31st August – Sunday 2nd September, Leith Links
