Fundraiser for youth group’s Leadership Academy
MYDG are hosting a race night on Friday 10th June at Leith Dockers club 7pm start, in aid of our leadership academy. We are hoping to raise funds for their final year end trip as some of the group are moving on. Continue reading And they’re off!
TWO CONSULTATION SESSIONS NEXT WEEK
‘There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been carers, those who are currently carers, those who will be carers and those who will need carers’ – Rosalynn Carter, former US First Lady
West Pilton Gardens Social Worker Centre is looking to open a new Dementia Cafe in North Edinburgh Arts Centre (off Pennywell Road, beside Muirhouse Library).
We are holding two meetings where we want to hear what you want from the Cafe. We would like people with dementia and their families, their carers, ex-carers, friends and neighbours, etc. to come along and participate in the consultation.
This is an opportunity for your voices to be heard and to be part of an exciting new project in your community.
If you would like to know more, please spread the word and come to:
North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Pennywell Court
on TUESDAY 24 MAY 10am – 12 noon
or SATURDAY 28 MAY 10am – 12 noon
Volunteers will be there to show you where to go
Teas and coffees available
Children welcome
Exciting times for Tinderbox Frontiers with two concerts coming up!
First up is tonight at North Edinburgh Arts, with support from the amazing SUPA & Da Kryptonites plus some special solo performances too.
Then at Hidden Door for the Edinburgh Youth Music Festival on Sat 28th – see you there!
The city council has confirmed that an independent inquiry into school closures will commence after the summer holidays. Continue reading PPP school closures: independent inquiry confirmed
Going for gold at Spartans Olympics
Spartans Community Football Academy are hosting a Sportsday for local primary schools on Wednesday 25 May. This will be the third year of this annual event and Granton, Craigroyston, Pirniehall, St David’s and Flora Stevenson P7s will all take part. Continue reading Countdown to super sportsday at Spartans
Lots of local community events taking place today:
The Old Kirk & Muirhouse Parish Church are holding a Table Top Sale in the church hall in Pennywell Gardens from 10am – midday
Newhaven Parish Church is holding a Plant Sale from 10am – noon
Davidsons Mains Primary School’s May Fair is on from 10am – 1pm
and Royston Wardieburn Community Centre’s Fun Day runs from 10am – 2pm
There’s a mighty team effort taking place in Muirhouse Avenue right now. Muirhouse Centipede Project are putting the land not currently being built on to good use and are now preparing the ground for a community amphitheatre and performance area.
It’s a lot of work – it’s a lot of space! – but volunteers from Craigroyston Community High School, Tomorrow’s People, Scottish Widows, Community Action North, Scottish Gas, the Haven Project’s Dad’s Group and North Edinburgh Arts are really getting stuck in!
You’ll already see an amazing difference … and today 130 tyres will arrive for the next stage of the operation! Get involved!
More pictures on our Facebook page
European Literature Night, North Edinburgh Arts
Friday 13th May 5 – 6.30pm FREE
Come along to celebrate the most exciting contemporary European poetry with this taster session with short readings by poets including: Billy Ramsell, Christodoulos Makris, Nurduran Duman, Efe Duyan, Asta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, Alexander Filyuta, Alessandro Burbank, Heather O’Donnell, Graeme Smith and Dominic Hale.
You can also wrote your own lines of poetry to become part of a shared collective poem.
Free Tickets can be booked here: https://www.eventbrite.
Move over, politicians: Jackie’s back!
We expect a bumper turnout tonight as the weather changes for the better, so we look forward to hosting all the fans of “Jackie’s Prize Bingo” as we had to postpone the last session due to the Scotish Elections (writes James McGinty).
For full details of the night’s format for newcomers click HERE
THURSDAY 12 MAY 10am – 12 noon
Join the Timebank Temptations at North Edinburgh Arts
