Tomorrow’s People exhibition to open in North Edinburgh Arts shop unit
The National Galleries of Scotland and Tomorrow’s People would like to invite you to the opening of their exhibition on Monday (7 December), 12-5pm.
You can view this collaborative piece of work in The Artists’ Shop (inside Muirhouse Shopping Centre, closest to NEA).
Also a great opportunity to speak with Tomorrow’s People to find out more about the organisation and all the brilliant work that they do around our community.
Miss the Community Action North Christmas Tree event on Thursday? My colleague Andy captured the whole thing on video – and you can watch it in under twenty seconds!
I also captured a snippet of the Craigroyston musicians during rehearsals for the evening event:
And if you’d prefer a more leisurely idea of what went on, Broughton High School’s Morgan Creamer braved the elements to capture some memories of a special night in Muirhouse … thanks, Morgan – hope you have dried out!
More of Morgan’s pictures on our Facebook page
Call Royston Wardieburn if you need transport to Warriston
Regular readers will know that local activist Roberta Blaikie’s funeral is on Tuesday at 1pm at Warriston Crematorium.
Transport will be available for members of the local community – call Royston Wardieburn Community Centre on 552 5700 to let them know your requirements.
Community celebrates despite deluge
It lashed down with rain all afternoon and into the evening – a real Muirhouse monsoon! – but local people came out in their droves to see the Christmas tree lights being switched on in Muirhouse Shopping Centre last night.
Craigroyston High School’s Josh Hardwick did the honours and kicked off an evening of music, food and fun that seemed to get everyone in the festive mood!
So many people to thank:
Thanks, everyone!
Andy & Dave, Community Action North (CAN)
Our day in pictures (below)
There are more on Facebook too …
Tonight’s the night at Muirhouse Shopping Centre
Dull old Muirhouse Shopping Centre will be transformed into a local winter wonderland tonight when Community Action North (CAN) kicks the Christmas season off in style!
Why are we doing this? During the first phase of the Community Action North project we spoke to dozens of local groups and hundreds of local people – and one of their biggest complaints was about the state of the shopping centre. Everyone agrees it’s not the most welcoming environment, so we decided to do something about it – even if only temporarily. And when Urban Union kindly offered to donate a real Christmas tree we thought: if places like Corstorphine, Morningside and Stockbridge can have public Christmas trees, why not Muirhouse too?
It’s taken a while to organise and has presented a number of challenges – I’m sure Santa’s Christmas present run is easier to plan – but we’re almost there and tonight we hope local people will join us to celebrate our community at a very special time of year.
We’ve been working away to make the Centre look a little bit brighter – children from the local primary schools created some brilliant snowflake stencils and these are now being painted on the walls by a team from Tomorrow’s People, supported by Austeja from North Edinburgh Arts.
Our Christmas tree, a mighty twenty-two foot Norwegian Spruce, was delivered and erected yesterday and will be decorated today. We’ll also be adding some more lights around the Centre to give it that festive feel. There’s still a lot to be done, but we’ll get there!
So what could possibly go wrong? Well, quite a lot – as many local people have been quick to point out! However we’ve looked at all the possibilities, we’ve weighed up all the risks and we’re giving it a go. Christmas is a time of hope, of new beginnings and more than anything it’s about children – and we believe our local children deserve to have their own tree, here in their community.
Among tonight’s highlights:
The festive fun kicks off at 5pm. Santa Claus is coming to Pennywell tonight – we hope you will too!
Andy and Dave, Community Action North CAN
Meet your community Police Officers at Muirhouse Centre
It’s a long haul for many to visit Drylaw Police Station, especially or those with Mobility Issues, and so the local police officers who keep law and order in our Community have arranged to meet the community at their local Community Centre on the following dates and times:
3 December: 2.30 – 3.30 pm
15 December: 7 – 8 pm.
7 January 2016: 2.30 – 3.30 pm
20 January 2016: 7 – 8 pm
James McGinty
CRAIGROYSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
Saturday 5 December 10am – 1pm
And there’s a free festive lunch too!
Come and join Community Action North (CAN) this Thursday evening and kick off the Christmas season in style!
Music, entertainment, food and Santa … can we do Christmas events in Muirhouse Shopping Centre? You bet we CAN!
Saturday 5 December 10am – 1pm
