COMMUNITY EVENT – WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER from 9.30am
Tomorrow: Winter Warmer at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre
Category: Royston/Wardieburn
Winter Warmer: Community event at Royston Wardieburn
Winter Warmer Community Event at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre
Wednesday 29th November
Tea/coffee available from 9:15am
9:30am – 12noon – Information and advice stalls
Activities
Nearly new clothes, toys and books
Raffle
12noon – 1pm – Community lunch
Granton Community Gardeners become local landowners!
IT’S OFFICAL: We now own our Community Garden at 10 Wardieburn Road!
Our Community Asset Transfer is now complete, and we received money from the Scottish Land Fund (Scottish Government) to help enable us to purchase the land from the Council. The process has taken a wee while, but now it’s done. Thanks to everyone who’s helped along the way!
As a local community charity, we’re aiming to benefit our community as much as we can, and you’re all invited to get involved – and anyone living within our defined local area who supports our aims can become a voting member!
Today (and every Wednesday) there’s a free community lunch open to all at 2pm.
Wednesday Gardening club is an open drop-in session every week 1-3pm (winter hours).
And there’s women’s outdoor cooking club 12-2pm (with Pilton Community Health Project)
There are also other regular groups through the week even through the Winter:
Weds mornings: Wee Steps run by Stepping Stones North Edinburgh (parents/carers and under 5s)
Thurs mornings: Play Together Outdoor Adventures, with Pilton Community Health Project and Trees and Seas Outdoor Adventures (mums and under 5s)
Friday mornings: Women’s Woodwork, with Pilton Community Health Project and The Edinburgh Tool Library
For more information on our Asset Transfer, see: https://www.grantoncommunitygardeners.org/community-asset…
Pictured: Our Harvest Festival back in September
What’s new at R2?
LATEST R2 NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2023
Bonfire Weekend Youth Hubs at Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
BONFIRE WEEKEND
This weekend PY will be running on BOTH Friday and Saturday night for our S1+ Drop In Hubs!
Muirhouse Youth Development Group will be with us, and Granton Youth will be doing street work so pop by and say hi!
Please stay safe this weekend, be careful of yourselves and mindful of your pals and other people in the community.
Thank you to LAYC for the funding to allow us to run these activities!
Dispersal Zones information
Dispersal Zones for #OpCrackle have been set up across Edinburgh and will be enforceable from 3rd – 5th November.
These zones are set up to help prevent anti-social behaviour and to keep the community safe.
Additional officers will be deployed over the weekend across the city and they have the grounds to take action should people be involved in such conduct, as detailed in the below poster.
Keep yourself and others safe by attending organised events only, which can be found here:
https://www.firescotland.gov.uk/…/organised…/…
Operation Crackle: Dispersal Zones come into effect next week
Dispersal Zones for #OpCrackle have been set up across Edinburgh and will be enforceable between 3rd November and 5th November 2023.
These zones are set up to help prevent anti-social behaviour and to keep the community safe.
Additional officers will be deployed over the weekend across the city and they have the grounds to take action should people be involved in such conduct, as detailed in the below poster.
Keep yourself and others safe by attending organised events only, which can be found here:
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre’s Winter Programme
Our Winter Programme starting from Monday
For full details or to book your place for any of the classes, contact the centre on 0131 552 5700
Granton Harvest Festival
SATURDAY 16th SEPTEMBER from 3 – 6pm
At the Community Garden on Wardieburn Road
ALL WELCOME!
It’s harvest time and we’re planning a celebration!
Come join us!
Saturday 16th September, 3-6pm.
If you’d like to help out or contribute a performance of some kind, please contact Tom:
Mixing it with Granton Youth
Granton Youth, who work out of Royston & Wardieburn Community Centre, have developed a very successful ‘Mixtape’ group (writes DAVID MACNAB).
This provides opportunities to learn from volunteers and tutors who come from different backgrounds but perform music. The young people get bespoke lessons such as vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, and drums – along with learning music production, song writing exercises, and how to play in a band environment.
The 2023 – 2024 year looks like it is going to be a defining year for the young people who get music tuition and support from Granton Youth and Mixtape.
This year five of the young acts performed at the second North Edinburgh Community Festival, attended by over 6000 people in West Pilton Park, with Granton Youth and Tinderbox partnering on the musical end.
Kat, who plays under the name “Laurent” (french pronunciation), completed her debut EP “Modern Myths” and released this to much acclaim.
Despite being only 17, they have already been named “track of the week” on BBC introducing in Scotland with the track “News to Me” and has become one of the youngest ever people to headline Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh. Her other singles “Paint” and “Hunting Season” are also receiving national and US airplay.
Tonight – Friday 1st September – the Mixtape club takes over Sneaky Pete’s again, with four young Broughton High students headlining as the newly formed band “Low Tide” and having sold out the venue in advance following the release of their debit single “Between Knuckles” – all received tutelage, rehearsal time, and recording studio hours through Granton Youth.
They have also worked closely with our school workers within Broughton High, forming meaning relationships with Granton Youth which made them feel comfortable in coming to Mixtape.
Later this year, Mixtape has these two acts performing at Dunfermline’s “Outwith” Festival – as well as our young persons covers band “Ecliptic”, has partnered with Tinderbox again to form “North By Northwest” – a free entry gig evening in Leith showcasing young and emerging talent, and will be touring it’s young acts across Scotland in the months to come with shows already scheduled in Aberdeen and Glasgow.
A great example of how youth work can really make a difference to young lives.