Gunner to go for good as regeneration plans unveiled
The mutli-million pound regeneration of Muirhouse and Pennywell has taken another significant step forward with the launch of a consultation exercise on Muirhouse Shopping Centre and the surrounding environment. Continue reading Muirhouse Shopping Centre to be demolished
Mondays, 12 – 2pm at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre
Hi folks,
Just to say the Chat Café is up and running again and looking for new people to get involved. It’s for people new to the area, who may be learning English and for longer term residents too who want a chance to get out of the house, meet new people and help new folk settle in. It’s a simple way to get people out of the house to make new friends and support each other.
There is a free creche, so it’s especially useful for young parents who can be very isolated, especially if they are recent arrivals and don’t have family support around them. We talk, share a meal, go on trips, share information etc. All very relaxed and informal.
Chat Café
Mondays 12.00pm – 2.00pm
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre Cafe
Friday 16 September 3 – 5pm
The Amphitheatre, Muirhouse Avenue
We are having a party to launch the new amphitheatre, built on Muirhouse Avenue. There will be a BBQ and music workshops with Tinderbox Frontiers.
Spaces for the music workshops are FREE but must be booked in advance on 0131 315 2151 or inside North Edinburgh Arts.
The event is FREE.
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A staff team from Muirhouse Housing Association is stepping out on an intrepid journey to raise funds to tackle cancer this month. The team is taking part in Cancer Research UK’s Walk All Over Cancer campaign – MHA’s Hannah Robertson explains more:
The team at MHA have been working hard to take steps to make Muirhouse Miles Better!
We have decided to get on our feet and raise money for charity! Five of us will be walking 10,000 steps every day of the month of September – that’s five meals EACH every day!
We will be raising money for Cancer Research, and as we do this we will be completing a virtual tour of as many Housing Associations as we can while clocking up the miles every day for a month.
Paula Mcvay, Stevie McAvoy, Susanne Connell, Grit Neilson and Barry Allan are the staff who are taking up the challenge. Luckily Muirhouse is situated very close to the beach and some lunch-time walks will help to increase our step count!
We also have an in house support team to help keep track of the miles and housing associations that we will pass on our journey.
We will walk 500 miles and we will walk 500 more …!
You can support the team by sponsoring a team member (above), and you can follow us on our journey by visiting our Facebook page and our website at www.muirhouseha.org.uk
We are having a party to launch the new amphitheatre built on Muirhouse Avenue. There will be a BBQ and music workshops with Tinderbox Frontiers.
The party takes place next Friday 16 September from 3 – 5pm.
Spaces for the music workshops are FREE but must be booked in advance on 0131 315 2151 or call in to North Edinburgh Arts.
The event is FREE.
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Friday morning swimming is back at Craigroyston Community High School!
Friday mornings from now on we will have a ladies only / mums and toddlers from 10.30-11.30am and a mixed adult swim 11.30am-12.30pm.
Ladies can come anytime from 10.30am and stay until 12.30pm, men from 11.30am only.
Katie Tuff will be the lifeguard (except for the 30th September).
Hope you can come along – same super duper rate and super duper facilities!
Fiona Henderson|Community Access to Schools Development (North) |Craigroyston Community High School, 67 Pennywell Road, Edinburgh, EH4 4NL | Tel 0131 477 7801 | or Tel 0131 538 7285 |
Fiona.Henderson@craigroyston.edin.sch.uk |www.craigroyston.edin.sch.uk | community@craigroyston.edin.sch.uk
STEPPING STONES (NORTH EDINBURGH)
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER at 12:30pm
MUIRHOUSE MILLENNIUM CENTRE
Join in the Great British Beach Clean Family event
Monday 19 September (school holiday) 10.15am-2pm
If you’d like to get some fresh air with the kids on the the Monday autumn holiday, come along with us to take part in the Great British Beach Clean at Granton!
This is a family event helping clean and monitor litter levels at the beach. We’ll have a picnic snack and beach games as well as collecting and logging litter levels at the beach (with some help from Matt at the Marine Conservation Society).
Meet at NEA at 10.15 to get the bus to Granton Harbour, returning to NEA by 2pm.
Children under 8 must be accompanied, and we would love it if you could sign up at NEA so we know who’s coming:
And for more info on the Great British Beach Clean go to
http://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/greatbritishbeachclean
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Community Council nominations open on Monday
Nominations for Edinburgh’s community councils open on Monday (5 September) and the city council is calling on people passionate about their area to play an active role and be part of something great! Continue reading Your community needs YOU! – be part of something great!
A new Scottish Government publication shows the “significant long-term challenge” of tackling deprivation, according to Communities Secretary Angela Constance. Continue reading Muirhouse sixth most deprived community in Scotland
