Category: Pennywell

Police: Antisocial behaviour and youth disorder in North Edinburgh

14 YOUNG PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

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 Haircuts at North Edinburgh Arts

WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 1 – 3pm

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

Muirhouse Library Book Group

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.

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Free Football with Craigy’s Little Kickers

🟡🔵 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🟡🔵

All set for North Edinburgh Film Festival

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!

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Full details: https://northedinburgharts.co.uk/north-edinburgh-film…/

North Edinburgh Connections: Pennywell Road consultation

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:

http://bit.ly/4d0gHHX

Happy 15th Anniversary, NEN blog!

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!

Muirhouse Library Winter Book Festival

Big Event Announcement!

Edinburgh International Book Festival Paper Trails x Muirhouse Library Winter Book Festival

In partnership with EBIF Paper Trails and North Edinburgh Arts we are very happy to announce, what we hope to be our first, Muirhouse library Winter Book Festival!

Throughout February we will be hosting:

Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi

Campaigners and hosts of the Witches of Scotland podcast and co-authors of How to Kill a Witch. Mitchell and Venditozzi join Vic Murray for a lively discussion about all things Scottish Witch trials and their sinisterly humorous book: How to Kill A Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy.

Doug Johnstone

Author bestselling works including anarchic rock and roll road trip story The Ossians, the darkly funny seven-book series The Skelfs, and the whip-smart sci-fi Enceladons Trilogy.

Ahead of the publication of his 20th novel later this year, join Doug Johnstone to celebrate his 20-year career as a writer, including sharing reflections and hilarious stories from the last two decades.

Maisie Chan

Author of Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths, Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past and the Tiger Warrior series. Listen to Maisie read from her hilarious, warm-hearted books; hear where she gets the inspiration for her stories from and then get stuck into an interactive drawing activity fuelled by your imagination!

You’ll also receive a free copy of one of Maisie’s books to keep.

This event is suitable all ages – perfect for some half-term family fun.

Val McDermid

Scotland’s undisputed ‘Queen of Crime’, Val McDermid joins Book Festival Director Jenny Niven to talk all things crime, dark nights, and share a few behind the scenes stories of having her books adapted for TV.

Irvine Welsh

Joining us via video link for this special event Welsh returns to Muirhouse Library, where he spent time as a child, to bring his characteristic wit, energetic imagination and unfiltered honesty home to the place that made him.

Details and tickets are available to book online via the link below:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/muirhouse-library

There will also be a limited supply of tickets for each event reserved for residents of the local area available to be picked up in the library, pop into the library and ask a member of the team.

TODAY: Something for everyone in a packed activities programme at North Edinburgh Arts

CREATIVITY, CONNECTION & FESTIVE FUN

✨ WHAT’S ON TODAY – Thursday 11 December at North Edinburgh Arts ✨

A full day of creativity, connection & festive fun, and most activities are free to join.

🎄 Winter Pop-Up Market | 11am–3pm

Handmade Christmas decorations, art and gifts by local artists & makers from Granton Art Collective, supported by NEA X NESSIE

🎬 Dementia-Friendly Film Club: Scrooge | 1.30–3.30pm

A relaxed, welcoming screening of the classic 1970s film

🌸 Garden Sessions for Adults | 1.30–4pm

Get active, learn new skills & meet new people in our Community Garden

🎨 Youth Arts Collective | 4–6pm

Creative challenges, fun games, snacks & chats for local young people

🥊 Women’s Wellbeing Workout | 6–7pm

BLAST Boxing for mental health, confidence & fitness (Pay What You Can)

🛸 Talk: Scottish UFOs | 6–7.15pm

A fascinating history of UFO culture with Dr Gavin Miller

🎲 Adult Social Club (16+) | 6–8pm

Board games, music, hot drinks & relaxed social time

🥊 Men’s Boxing Workout | 7–8pm

Fitness & wellbeing through boxing (Pay What You Can)

There’s something for everyone to enjoy so come and join the fun and make the most of it before the festive break!

More details can be found at: https://northedinburgharts.co.uk/whats-on

Christmas jumper workshops at Muirhouse Library

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND – our Christmas jumper workshops!

These were a huge hit last year so start getting excited now! On Saturday 22nd and 29th of November, we will be running drop-in craft sessions (2pm – 4pm).

We will provide wool, felt, pom-poms etc – please bring a spare old jumper or t-shirt if you have one! We will provide some old jumpers as well.

We can’t wait, and we look forward to seeing you all wearing your beautiful Christmas or festive jumpers throughout December!