AFGU group is delivering another family friendly Paste-Up day!
TOMORROW – Monday 3rd August 12 – 4pm
Over the course of the day, we’ll add to and extend our big, paste-up collage on the hoardings at the front of the building.
Please come along and join in – for the whole day, or just for a wee creative break!
All Best Wishes – See yous on Monday!
ALICE BETTS
Art For Grown Ups & The NEA Film Group
NEA SUMMER PROGRAMME
Summer Breakfast Club is back at the hub!
Cereal, fruit, snacks and drinks available 10-12 every Mon to Sat during the summer holidays!
This year we’ve joined forces with the North Edinburgh Arts team to deliver this and a whole programme of family events and activities!
We are aware of recent concerns involving groups of young people in the Pennywell and West Granton area. Our investigations have now identified 14 young people linked to 52 offences.
They and their parents/carers have been spoken to and referrals are being made to Child Protection and Youth Justice partners.
Thank you to everyone in the community who has helped us.
We remain committed to tackling behaviour that affects your quality of life and to working with partners to support young people towards safer, more positive choices.
Free short hair cuts in North Edinburgh!
We’re hosting a free pop-up community barber session here at North Edinburgh Arts on Wednesday 27 May, 1–3pm, open to local residents in North Edinburgh and delivered by a professional barber.
Spaces are limited and booking is essential, so don’t miss out!
To book, contact the Link Up team on 07493 876 130
North Edinburgh Arts, 12C MacMillan Square, Edinburgh EH4 4AB
APRIL: Muriel Spark’s Loitering with Intent
April’s book group is Loitering with Intent, by Muriel Spark.
If you would like to join the group just pick one and join the discussion on Wednesday 29th from 6 – 7pm.
FREE FOOTBALL
Craigroyston are setting up a sessions for our youngest players “Craigy’s Little kickers” we’re looking for young boys and girls to come along and kick start there Craigy career early before soccer school. Boys and girls aged between 3-5 years old.
SFA qualified coach
Sports first aid trained.
Sessions will be based on nothing more than fun, making friends and football.
First session Saturday 2nd May
Saturday afternoons 1-2pm old cattle track lane (Marine drive) EH4 5JT
The first Kick can lead to a dream.
Get involved. Please contact Anthony on 07708293555
Please share and spread the word
FRIDAY 27 & SATURDAY 28th MARCH at NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS
The North Edinburgh Film Festival is this Friday 27 March & Saturday 28 March, and you can now take a look at everything we’ve got lined up for you.
This year we’re in our brand new home at North Edinburgh Arts, and we’ve packed two days with over 60 films from across the world and right here in North Edinburgh, plus art installations, filmmaking workshops for all ages, a community lunch, and an Audience Awards Ceremony where you pick the best locally-made film.
From short films about working-class lives and social activism to animations, family-friendly screenings and special film screenings from Screen Education Edinburgh, there really is something for everyone.
View the brochure online and start planning your visit – http://northedinburgharts.co.uk/north-edinburgh-film…/
North Edinburgh Arts, 12C MacMillan Square
Friday 27 March 10am–8:30pm
Saturday 28 March 10am–6pm
Entry is free and drop in!
Full details: https://northedinburgharts.co.uk/north-edinburgh-film…/
Consultation now open by @Edinburgh_CC on ‘North Edinburgh Connections’ active travel scheme (Ferry Road-Pennywell Road-West Granton Road).
You can see the plans and comment (closing date 9 June) here:
NEN PUBLISHED OUR FIRST BLOG POST ON THIS DAY IN 2011
The very first NEN blog post was published on this day in 2011. The post read:
Hello, and welcome to the brand new NEN blog.
For those of you not already familiar with the newspaper, we are a local community paper serving the North Edinburgh community. We’ve been here for over thirty years.
This blog, along with our new Facebook page and Twitter stream, represents our first foray into the world of social media. We really want to encourage more participation, more questions and ideas from the North Edinburgh community – both online and offline – and hope that these new tools will help us to do that.
We already have a good website, where you can always find the latest edition of the printed newspaper. The blog won’t be replacing that, but will instead be there to show people the latest news about the area, and also to help us cover the current funding crisis we are facing as an organisation.
Above all, we want to include your input on the blog – be it ideas for stories, comments, pictures and events. So get in touch!
The NEN’s website was sadly deleted when funding ceased but our social media presence continues on both Twitter and Facebook and the blog is still going strong with 10 – 12 posts daily.
2025 was the NEN blog’s busiest ever year with 36,000 visitors. As I write this we’ve published more than 38,000 posts – all of these remain accessible online – and we’re currently on a run of publishing on 2749 consecutive days.
When the NEN office in Crewe Road North closed much of the NEN archive material was lost, but thankfully some of our picture library was salvaged and can now be found at granton:hub (Madelvic House), where the volunteer archive team has also collated all remaining hard copies of the North Edinburgh News newspaper.
Hopefully, between the physical archive and the NEN blog, you can find all you need to know about our community’s rich history – and we’re adding to that history every day!
