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Record number of Excellent Bathing Waters in Scotland for 2025

In 2025 the highest number of Scotland’s bathing waters on record will meet the best environmental standards, with 87% achieving classifications of Excellent or Good. A further 10% will meet the Sufficient standard.

This reflects an ongoing positive trend for Scottish bathing water quality over the past decade since classifications were first reported against new Regulations in 2015. In 2015 there were 84 designated bathing waters, of which 17 were Excellent.

For the year ahead, Scotland will have 89 designated bathing waters, of which 50 are Excellent.

As Scotland’s principal environmental regulator, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) routinely analyse water quality at all of Scotland’s 89 designated bathing water sites during the summer months to protect human health.

In tandem with environmental monitoring, SEPA work with operators and stakeholders across the country to direct action, including millions of pounds of investment, to improve bathing water quality.

For the 2025 bathing season Scotland’s bathing water classifications will be: 

50 (56.18%) Excellent
27 (30.34%) Good
9 (10.11%) Sufficient
3 (3.37%) Poor

Classifications are calculated at the end of the bathing water season using data from the previous four years. They apply to bathing waters for the duration of the following season.

Ruth Stidson, Principal Scientist for Bathing Waters at SEPA, said: “The highest number of Scotland’s bathing waters rated Excellent or Good for 2025 represents tangible improvements following more than a decade of targeted investment and ongoing work with Scottish Water, land managers and stakeholders to improve our water environment.

“Scotland’s bathing waters monitoring programme has significantly expanded since it began in 1988 and has helped identify pollution issues so crucial improvement measures can be implemented and pollution reduced at the source.

“Protecting and improving our bathing waters is crucial for water users, local economies, and communities. While we celebrate the improvements made so far, we are not complacent. We will continue our work to ensure these improvements are sustained and where necessary further improvements are made, so people can enjoy our bathing waters now and in the future.”

Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy Gillian Martin said: “I am pleased to see an increase in the number of our bathing waters achieving the highest classification for bathing water quality, with 87% achieving Good or Excellent water quality status.

“We continue to see the benefits of our continued investment in protecting and improving bathing waters across the country, and targeted work in priority catchments.

“However, there is still work to do to ensure that all designated bathing waters meet the required standards. We want to make sure that as many people as possible can enjoy our bathing waters, which is why we continue to work closely with SEPA and Scottish Water to monitor and improve water quality.”

Reducing rural diffuse pollution – a success story for Scotland

SEPA’s ongoing work with Scotland’s farming community to reduce the risk of water pollution from rural diffuse pollution has contributed to improvements in bathing water classifications over the past decade.

This has been particularly apparent in regions such as Ayrshire, where improvements required by SEPA have included increased slurry storage, fencing, alternative sources of livestock watering, and the planting of riparian “buffer zones” to move farming activities back from watercourses. Many of these measures have been supported by Scottish Government funding.

Some of these improvements take time to translate into water quality improvement, however quantifiable improvements to the water environment are now being evidenced through water sampling data in recent years.

Stephen Field, National Rural Unit Manager at SEPA, said: “Since 2012, SEPA have worked with land managers across 14 priority catchments where rural diffuse pollution was impacting bathing water, providing regulatory advice and requiring improvements in livestock and slurry management.

“Many rural land managers have since implemented measures over and above minimum regulatory requirements to address pollution issues arising from their farming activities. As a result, we’re seeing increasing evidence of bathing water quality improvements in these catchments.

“We’ll continue to engage with land managers and other relevant parties within the priority catchments to promote the importance of maintaining regulatory compliance to ensure bathing waters are maintained at a high standard.”

Tackling further impacts on Scotland’s bathing waters

Over the past decade, SEPA have ensured Scottish Water investment has been targeted to drive major improvements in water quality at locations that were not meeting the Sufficient standard.

Ayr (South Beach), which has now achieved four successive Good classifications after many years of Poor classification, has benefitted from significant sewerage system upgrades delivered by Scottish Water alongside investment by Scottish Government and the farming community to reduce rural diffuse pollution.

Microbial DNA source tracking analysis tools developed by SEPA has confirmed that bacteria from dog fouling and from gulls can also pollute our bathing waters.

Visitors can reduce this by picking up after their dog and not feeding gulls – human food is unhealthy for them and encourages unnatural behaviours.

Finally, our Scottish climate impacts water quality. Heavy rain can wash contaminants off both rural and urban land, together with overflows from sewage systems in affected areas. As such, bathing is not advised during, or 1-2 days after, heavy rainfall due to the risk to bathers’ health from short term water pollution.

At 30 bathing waters, SEPA make daily water quality predictions and display these online and on electronic signs at beach locations.

Three bathing waters will have a Poor classification in 2025; Kinghorn (Harbour Beach), Lower Largo and Fisherrow Sands. SEPA are creating and implementing improvement plans at all these sites.

At Lower Largo, Scottish Water has had an on-going programme of work since the bathing water was designated for 2022 to understand the impact of their wastewater systems and identify improvements required.

At Kinghorn (Harbour Beach), SEPA are working with operators and businesses to reduce pollution in the Kinghorn Burn which discharges into the bathing water, while at Fisherrow, SEPA are considering appropriate next steps after a single high result this summer skewed the classification to Poor this season.

Full list of 2025 classifications 

  • Aberdeen – Excellent
  • Aberdour (Silversands) – Excellent
  • Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands) – Excellent
  • Achmelvich – Excellent
  • Anstruther (Billow Ness) – Excellent
  • Arbroath (West Links) – Good
  • Ayr (South Beach) – Good
  • Balmedie – Excellent
  • Barassie – Good
  • Brighouse Bay – Good
  • Broad Sands – Good
  • Broughty Ferry – Excellent
  • Burntisland – Good
  • Carnoustie – Excellent
  • Carrick – Excellent
  • Coldingham – Excellent
  • Collieston – Good
  • Crail (Roome Bay) – Excellent
  • Cruden Bay – Excellent
  • Cullen Bay – Excellent
  • Culzean – Excellent
  • Dhoon Bay – Sufficient
  • Dores – Good
  • Dornoch – Excellent
  • Dunbar (Belhaven) – Sufficient
  • Dunbar (East) – Good
  • Dunnet – Excellent
  • Elie (Harbour) and Earlsferry – Excellent
  • Elie (Ruby Bay) – Excellent
  • Ettrick Bay – Excellent
  • Eyemouth – Sufficient
  • Findhorn – Excellent
  • Fisherrow Sands – Poor
  • Fraserburgh (Philorth) – Excellent
  • Fraserburgh (Tiger Hill) – Good
  • Gairloch Beach – Excellent
  • Ganavan – Excellent
  • Girvan – Sufficient
  • Gullane – Excellent
  • Heads of Ayr – Good
  • Inverboyndie – Good
  • Irvine – Excellent
  • Kinghorn (Harbour Beach) – Poor
  • Kinghorn (Pettycur) – Good
  • Kingsbarns – Excellent
  • Kirkcaldy (Seafield) – Excellent
  • Largs (Pencil Beach) – Excellent
  • Leven – Good
  • Loch Morlich – Excellent
  • Longniddry – Good
  • Lossiemouth (East) – Excellent
  • Lower Largo – Poor
  • Lunan Bay – Excellent
  • Lunderston Bay – Good
  • Luss Bay – Sufficient
  • Machrihanish – Excellent
  • Maidens – Sufficient
  • Millport Bay – Excellent
  • Monifieth – Excellent
  • Montrose – Excellent
  • Mossyard – Excellent 
  • Nairn (Central) Good
  • Nairn (East) – Good
  • North Berwick (Milsey Bay) – Good
  • North Berwick (West) – Good
  • Pease Bay – Excellent
  • Peterhead (Lido) – Excellent
  • Portobello (Central) – Sufficient
  • Portobello (West) – Sufficient
  • Prestwick – Excellent
  • Rockcliffe – Good
  • Rosehearty – Excellent
  • Rosemarkie – Excellent
  • Saltcoats/Ardrossan – Excellent
  • Sand Beach – Excellent
  • Sandyhills – Good
  • Seacliff – Excellent
  • Seamill – Excellent
  • Seton Sands – Good
  • Southerness – Good
  • St Andrews (East Sands) – Excellent
  • St Andrews (West Sands) – Good
  • Stonehaven – Good
  • Thorntonloch – Excellent
  • Thurso – Good
  • Troon (South Beach) – Excellent
  • Wardie Bay – Excellent
  • Whitesands – Excellent
  • Yellow Craig – Sufficient

Opens tomorrow: St Columba’s Christmas Pop-Up Shop

It’s not long to go now until our Christmas Pop-Up shops! This weekend, No.17 will be transformed into a veritable Santa’s Grotto, stocked with all your Christmas must haves!

Open on Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 10 until 4.30pm, this is a great way to help your local Hospice and make this festive season that little bit more special!

Broughton RFC celebrate one hundred years of rugby in North Edinburgh

100 years ago this weekend, a group of young men took to the muddy Wardie Playing Fields for their inaugural outing as Former Pupils of @BroHighOfficial against United Colleges.

FORWARD a century & today celebrates a historic moment with Broughton Men playing Forrester RFC at 3pm.

Search for Jenny Hastings: Body found

Around 3.20pm this afternoon (Saturday, 7 September, 2024), the body of a woman was found in the Hound Point area of South Queensferry.

Formal identification is yet to take place but the family of missing woman Jenny Hastings has been informed.

There do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

Hastings family ‘heartbroken’ as mum Jenny lost in Wardie Bay

Former Scotland rugby star Scott Hastings has confirmed his wife Jenny has been missing since disappearing while wild swimming at Wardie Bay on Tuesday afternoon.

HM Coastguard was alerted to Jenny Hastings’ disappearance shortly before 3pm but despite a swift and thorough response by emergency services she could not be found. The search was stood down on Tuesday evening.

Jenny Hastings has struggled with her mental health for a number of years and police are treating the incident as a ‘high risk missing person case’.

A statement issued on behalf of the family says:

The Hastings family are absolutely heart broken.

Jenny and Scott have a huge following of friends from all walks of life including those that work in the media and we ask that at this moment in time we are allowed to grieve privately with family members.

For the time being we request that you hold off from messaging us directly and/or posting on any social media until further news.

We know that you all care for us deeply and as soon as we hear any update from the police we will advise you accordingly.

We miss our Jenny. She leaves a gaping hole in all our hearts and hope that she is returned to us safely so that we can celebrate her remarkable life.

Scott, Corey, Daniel, Kerry-Anne & Ian

Check the weather, check the water urges SEPA

Water quality information at your fingertips as Scotland’s bathing waters season begins

  • 98% of Scotland’s designated bathing waters meet water quality standards.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) are encouraging visitors to “check the weather, check the water” via SEPA’s bathing waters website before heading to one of the country’s designated bathing waters this season.

Scotland has 89 designated bathing waters around the country, from Dunnet in Caithness to Brighouse Bay in Kirkcudbright, and 98% will meet or exceed the Sufficient classification for 2024, with 84% achieving the higher standards of Excellent or Good. 

Last year Scotland started the season with the highest number of bathing waters ever, after the designation of Wardie Bay in Edinburgh and the re-designation of Fisherrow Sands in East Lothian. In 2024 the country starts with the best water quality on record as both begin the season rated as ‘Good’.

The full list of bathing water classifications is available on SEPA’s website.

Check the water

The season begins on the 1st of June and runs until the 15th of September. During this time, SEPA’s specialist teams will be checking the water by collecting and analysing around 1,500 water samples from all designated bathing waters. These provide regular water quality information which is published on online.

The results also form part of the four-year rolling data set that determines the classification for each bathing water every season.

SEPA’s website and electronic messaging signs, which operate at 30 bathing waters, are updated at 10am every day with real-time water quality predictions. Although generally of a high quality, the bathing waters can be affected by heavy rain and results can be accessed at sepa.org.uk/checkthewater so people can check before they travel.

SEPA can also make people aware of any abnormal pollution events that may impact water quality via this page, as well as using the network of electronic signs and physical signs posted by local authorities and other partners at all other beaches.

Check the weather

While sunny weather always draws more people to bathing waters, it’s important to not just check the weather on the day you go. It is recommended that users do not bathe for one to two days after heavy rain – and beaches with SEPA electronic signs will warn against bathing when poor water is predicted.

Our climate impacts on water quality, and heavy rain can wash contaminants off both rural and urban land and can cause overflows from sewage systems. These overflows prevent systems being overwhelmed with rainwater and backing up into homes and businesses.

Altogether the combination of water quality predictions and information about abnormal pollution events shared by SEPA, plus awareness of recent rainfall events and the potential impact allows people to check the water at any bathing water they plan to visit to make an informed decision whether to bathe or enjoy on-land activities.

Ruth Stidson, SEPA’s Principal Scientist for bathing waters, said: “Scotland has the highest ever number of designated bathing waters, with the best water quality since 2015, when tighter standards first came into force.

“We know there’s many physical and mental health benefits of being outdoors and beaches can offer great spaces for that. They are regularly used by coastal communities, as well as by groups for water-based activities. Scotland has a mixture of urban and rural bathing waters, and many are accessible by walking or public transport, often making them a budget-friendly option. Visitors often plan a whole day around being at the water, which can also benefit local economies.

“We encourage everyone planning to visit our beautiful bathing waters this summer to check the weather, check the water before they leave for their day out and ensure they have the best information possible to enjoy their time in our stunning Scottish environment.”

Mairi McAllan, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy said: “We now have the highest number of designated Bathing Water sites ever, with 98% of Scotland’s bathing waters currently achieving the bathing water quality standards and 84% being rated “good” or “excellent”.

“However, we are not complacent and we continue to work closely with SEPA and Scottish Water to monitor and improve water quality on our designated beaches and in our designated lochs.

“We want to ensure that as many people as possible are able to continue to safely enjoy them throughout this summer and beyond and I would encourage everyone to make use of SEPA’s resources and information to help make an informed decision about where and when to bathe.”

Protecting and improving water quality

SEPA’s monitoring data provides crucial evidence to drive investment and improvement in both rural and urban areas. We regulate and work with businesses, farmers and land managers across the country protect and improve water quality. This approach will continue to deliver real progress in the coming years for the future of our water environment.

Communities and visitors can help to protect our water environment, including beaches and bathing waters.

Visitors are encouraged to bag and bin dog poo, bin litter or take it away, and avoid feeding gulls as that can attract them to areas in higher numbers.

Every year Scottish Water teams deal with around 36,000 blockages, costing customers about £7 million annually, and around 80% of those are caused by people flushing the wrong items down the toilet – particularly wet wipes – or pouring fats, oil and grease down the sink. These meld to cause blockages in the sewer system and can contribute to spills of pollution into the environment.

Professor Simon Parsons, Director of Environment, Planning and Assurance at Scottish Water said: “We would echo SEPA’s call for people to check the weather and the water before swimming at a designated bathing water.

“Scottish Water is committed to continuing to support the protection and improvement of Scotland’s rivers and coastal waters and we are very pleased that almost all bathing waters meet or exceed the “sufficient” classification and that 84% are “excellent” or “good”.

“We check almost 500 of our assets before and during the bathing season to ensure they are delivering the level of service we expect.

“We look forward to playing our part in ensuring bathing waters become destinations for people to enjoy Scotland’s fantastic coastal waters. 

“Scottish Water has invested £2.7 billion in improving and maintaining the country’s public drainage system and infrastructure over more than the past decade to help improve our waters.

“Our Improving Urban Waters Routemap, which supports the national River Basin Management Plan objectives (92% good water quality by 2027), commits us to additional investment of up to £500m to further improve water quality.”

Full list of 2023/24 classifications

  • Aberdeen – Excellent
  • Aberdour (Silversands) – Excellent
  • Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands) – Good
  • Achmelvich – Excellent
  • Anstruther (Billow Ness) – Excellent
  • Arbroath (West Links) – Good
  • Ayr (South Beach) – Good
  • Balmedie – Excellent
  • Barassie – Good
  • Brighouse Bay – Good
  • Broad Sands – Good
  • Broughty Ferry – Excellent
  • Burntisland – Good
  • Carnoustie – Excellent
  • Carrick – Good
  • Coldingham – Excellent
  • Collieston – Good
  • Crail (Roome Bay) – Excellent
  • Cruden Bay – Excellent
  • Cullen Bay – Excellent
  • Culzean – Excellent
  • Dhoon Bay – Sufficient
  • Dores – Sufficient
  • Dornoch – Excellent
  • Dunbar (Belhaven) – Sufficient
  • Dunbar (East) – Good
  • Dunnet – Excellent
  • Elie (Harbour) and Earlsferry – Excellent
  • Elie (Ruby Bay) – Excellent
  • Ettrick Bay – Good
  • Eyemouth – Sufficient
  • Findhorn – Excellent
  • Fisherrow Sands – Good
  • Fraserburgh (Philorth) – Excellent
  • Fraserburgh (Tiger Hill) – Good
  • Gairloch Beach – Excellent
  • Ganavan – Excellent
  • Girvan – Sufficient
  • Gullane – Excellent
  • Heads of Ayr – Good
  • Inverboyndie – Good
  • Irvine – Good
  • Kinghorn (Harbour Beach) – Poor
  • Kinghorn (Pettycur) – Good
  • Kingsbarns – Excellent
  • Kirkcaldy (Seafield) – Excellent
  • Largs (Pencil Beach) – Good
  • Leven – Sufficient
  • Loch Morlich – Excellent
  • Longniddry – Good
  • Lossiemouth (East) – Good
  • Lower Largo – Poor
  • Lunan Bay – Excellent
  • Lunderston Bay – Good
  • Luss Bay – Sufficient
  • Machrihanish – Excellent
  • Maidens – Sufficient
  • Millport Bay – Excellent
  • Monifieth – Good
  • Montrose – Excellent
  • Mossyard – Good 
  • Nairn (Central) Good
  • Nairn (East) – Good
  • North Berwick (Milsey Bay) – Sufficient
  • North Berwick (West) – Excellent
  • Pease Bay – Excellent
  • Peterhead (Lido) – Excellent
  • Portobello (Central) – Sufficient
  • Portobello (West) – Sufficient
  • Prestwick – Excellent
  • Rockcliffe – Good
  • Rosehearty – Good
  • Rosemarkie – Good
  • Saltcoats/Ardrossan – Good
  • Sand Beach – Excellent
  • Sandyhills – Good
  • Seacliff – Good
  • Seamill – Good
  • Seton Sands – Good
  • Southerness – Good
  • St Andrews (East Sands) – Excellent
  • St Andrews (West Sands) – Excellent
  • Stonehaven – Good
  • Thorntonloch – Excellent
  • Thurso – Good
  • Troon (South Beach) – Excellent
  • Wardie Bay – Good
  • Whitesands – Excellent
  • Yellow Craig – Sufficient

Witness appeal following attempted armed robbery in Trinity

SUSPECT HAS ‘DISTINCTIVE GAIT‘

Detectives in Edinburgh are appealing for information following an attempted robbery in Trinity.

Around 6.40pm yesterday (Saturday, 4 May, 2024) a man presented at the door of a home on Lomond Road with a knife and demanded money from the occupiers.

No one was injured.

Police are keen to trace a man described as being around 5ft 6ins tall, 40-50 years old, and of slight build. He was wearing a blue anorak, dark trousers, white trainers, white baseball cap and checked scarf covering face.

The man is also described as having a Scottish accent and walks with a distinctive gait.

Detective Sergeant Alan Sharp, of Edinburgh CID, said: “Our enquiries so far have established that this man attended at multiple properties along Lomond Road last night.

“We would like to speak to anyone who was in the area who saw or heard anything suspicious. Similarly, anyone with private CCTV, doorbell footage or dashcam of the area is urged to review the footage and bring anything significant to our attention.”

Anyone with any information can call 101, quoting incident 3144 of 4 May.

Alternatively, information can be shared anonymously with the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Community engagement takes centre stage at North Edinburgh Community Festival

Where: West Pilton Park
When: 12pm – 5:30pm, Saturday 11 May 2024
Social Media: Instagram – northedinfest, Facebook – northedinburghfest, Twitter – northedinfest

The third North Edinburgh Community Festival will take place on Saturday 1th May 2024 in West Pilton Park. The park sits in the heart of North Edinburgh and draws its audience from Pilton, Muirhouse, Granton, Drylaw, Davidson Mains, Silverknowes and Wardie.  

The event which has grown year on year is a fun, free to attend, family day out for new and existing residents to enjoy – promoting opportunities, creativity, enhancing community cohesion, reducing social isolation and celebrating the diversity of the area. 

The Festival is going from strength to strength with over 100 local groups, organisations and charities taking part and providing workshops, information and activities – from glitter tattoos to video games, from dodgeball and football to obstacle courses and interactive theatre.

In the open area at the far end of the park we will have the Army, Marines and the Airforce in attendance showing as well as the Scottish Fire Services. 

This year and moving forward, one of the key aims of the festival will be to work with young people in North Edinburgh and encouraging young people to take the reigns for future events and festivals.

One of the ways to engage with the young people is through music and over 600 young people from across North Edinburgh have taken part in the Tinderbox Garage Band Challenge, creating their own new music for the event. The winners will perform their original tracks on the main stage at the festival. 

The music for the festival has been curated by local organisations Tinderbox Collective and Granton Youth’s Mixtape Music Club.

There will be more than 30 acts playing over the afternoon including over 160 performers, almost all of them from the local neighbourhood. On the outdoor stage, highlights include the incredible Fischy Music, Ama-zing Harmonies Choir, Heritage Of India Through Dance and Edinburgh Ukrainian choir. 

On the indoor stage we have an exciting lineup of youth bands who are part of ‘North By North West’ a collaboration project between 5 youth music organisations across North Edinburgh the aim is to get the very best emerging talent out onto the Edinburgh music scene.

From the slick electronic pop of Muirhouse local (and BBC Introducing alumni) Laurent, Granton rapper Leon Highway, or the pop-rock stylings of Drenched in Dreams – we’ve got something to suit all tastes.  Look out for amazing youth artists A420, Kieran Crosbie, Mezari, and Trisha Muco finishing out the festival in collaboration with players from Tinderbox Orchestra.

Head into the Sports Hall of West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre to find Tinderbox Games Showcase, an exhibition of playable games made by young game designers of all ages from North Edinburgh.

These will be featured alongside an exciting new escape room made in collaboration with young people from Granton Youth, which draws inspiration from trips to the Granton Hub archives and the area’s rich history, as well as a selection of games made by previous winners of the East Lothian Game Jam.

You’ll discover a mix of digital, physical and table-top games made by the next up-and-coming generation of game designers and creators from the neighbourhood.

Look out for Granton Youth’s stall advertising its youth work provision, which includes work with local schools, detached youth work, counselling for parents and young people, open access youth clubs, family support, and Mixtape – our music club.

This year we are extremely excited to have so many of the Edinburgh Festivals joining us on the day.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Society will have street performers on the day and will be handing out free tickets to shows at this years Fringe Festival under their new Fringe Days Out Scheme which offers free Fringe vouchers and Lothian bus tickets to people who wouldn’t normally get to experience the Fringe.

The Edinburgh Science Festival are back with bigger and better street performance style science shows as well as their cargo tricycle for their science demonstrations. 

And there will be storytelling activities for families from the Edinburgh International Book Festival Citizen Adults Writing Group plus loads of free books for children. 

North Edinburgh Arts have a host of activities planned across their two large marquees this year. There will be drop-in arts activities for children and families, carpet bowls, and information on their newly refurbished and extended building opening later this year.

There will be family-friendly performances by commissioned artists, selected by local children from Forthview Primary School and Pilton Youth, as part of the Creative Encounters project, delivered in partnership with Imaginate, the Childrens Festival and North Edinburgh Arts.

And there will be storytelling activities for families from the Edinburgh International Book Festival Citizen Adults Writing Group plus loads of free books for children. 

Of course, there cant be a festival without a parade and this year North Edinburgh Childcare have stepped up and organised the parade which will leave from their premises at 1130am and make its way along Ferry Road Drive around West Pilton Park and entering the park for the official start of the festival at 12noon.

The theme is Superheroes and any families looking to join in are most welcome. Pulse of Place will lead the parade and if you are around North Edinburgh on Saturday 11th May, you’ll most certainly hear the parade before you see it!

Other activities on the day include: 

  • Important information from around 80 third sector organisations
  • Badge making with Pilton Community Health Project
  • National Galleries of Scotland’s Art in the Open electric cargo-bike for a sustainable art making workshop
  • Storytelling with Muirhouse and Granton Libraries
  • Human tower building with Colla Castellera d’Edinburgh
  • Horses from Edinburgh Equilearn

Each year the festival provides free food – the amazing RRT (Rapid Relief Team) hand out a few thousand burgers and will return again this year.

There will also be free food from Bangla Kitchen and Multi-Cultural Family Base.

This year we have yet again a larger food presence with some new vendors but as always there is cap on the cost of food at £5. 

Lyndon Cane from RRT says “RRT is pleased to support North Edinburgh again by providing the signature burger meal at the North Edinburgh Community Festival.

“Care and Compassion is at the heart of what we do, and this event is important for us to attend so we can widen our support to communities during times of need.”

North Edinburgh Community Festival really does have the community at its very heart and we can’t wait to see everyone on the day.

 

St Columba’s: Supporting your child in grief

THURSDAY 8th FEBRUARY at 11am

Our next ‘Supporting your child in grief’ session takes place on Thursday 8th February at 11am.

The session offers an opportunity for you to join other parents and carers to talk, share feelings and connect with one another. You can simply say it how it is, seek advice and hopefully pick up some tips from each other.

Register for free today at https://bit.ly/48YWWf1