Join us to plants woodland summer flowers in West Pilton Park!
Fun & friendly FREE event
Tools, Gloves & bulbs provided
Please dress for the weather
Meet at entrance to the park by West Pilton Gardens
For further details contact Emily: emily@elgt.org.uk or telephone 0794353086
Fresh Start is looking for volunteers – roles available in both FreshStart Shop and FreshStart Pantry on Ferry Road Drive.
For further info email: abigail@freshstartweb.org.uk
Police are appealing for information following a number of fires in West Pilton in the early hours of Saturday morning.
At around 1.40am on Saturday, 25 September, officers received reports of bins on fire on Jansch Place, Inchcolm Court and West Pilton Grove.
The fires are being treated as suspicious and no-one was injured.
Detective Sergeant Alan Sharp, of Costorphine CID, said: “Thankfully no-one was injured as a result of these fires.
“Enquiries into each of these incidents are ongoing and we are appealing for anyone with information, or who may have seen any suspicious activity on these streets, to please come forward.
“Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting incident 0436 of 25 September. Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, if you wish to remain anonymous.”
The latest fires follows similar incidents last weekend in Drylaw and Pilton on 18 September – these also took place in the early hours of the morning.
Changed opening times from Monday 6th September
From Monday 6 September, Fresh Start’s Pantry and Shop will streamline their opening hours to 9.30am – 12.30pm, Monday, Tuesday & Friday.
Weekly sessions start on 7th September
BOOKING ESSENTIAL!
In the Frame is a free programme for people living in North Edinburgh to learn documentary filmmaking and make their own short film.
Running from 20th September 2021 to March 2022, the programme will amplify the voices of local people and capture snapshots of life in the community by providing a platform to express themselves through a series of short documentaries.
Participants will learn each stage of documentary filmmaking, from an introduction to the genre via watching films, to learning the key skills in camera, sound, directing, editing, and interview techniques. We will also cover the ethics of documentary and support learners to use these skills to devise and produce a short film.
Many films used as case studies will come from the Pilton Video/SEE archive, which reveal some of the hopes and issues that matter most to the community in North Edinburgh over the past 40 years.
No previous film experience is required and In the Frame is open to people living in North Edinburgh (Crewe, Drylaw, East Pilton, Granton, Pennywell, Muirhouse, Royston, Salvesen, Telford, Wardieburn, Waterfront and West Pilton).
The programme will take place on Tuesday evenings for adults (aged 19 and over) and Wednesday evenings for young people (aged 14 to 18) with films shot throughout November and December and editing in January & February, with the film’s receiving their premiere on the big screen in March.
The programme is funded by Inspiring Scotland’s Creative Communities Programme which is funded jointly by the Scottish Government’s Culture and Justice directorates and aims to extend opportunities for people to take part in creative endeavours throughout their lives.
To find out more and to take part, please complete our short form here and the team will be in touch.
Hey PYCP families and friends! Pretty soon we’ll be starting two new 10-week-blocks of the Adventurers for young people P5 to P7.
The activities will be on: Tuesday 3.30 – 5.00 and Thursday 3.30 – 6.00
To book a place: aga@pycp.co.uk 07305054162.
Our Teen Boutique Project is back! 
Come and visit us this Saturday 21st August from 11 am to 2 pm.
Our popup shop offers affordable, preloved clothes for young people aged 11 & up.
Screen Education Edinburgh is excited to announce applications are now open for In the Frame, a free programme for people living in North Edinburgh to learn documentary filmmaking and make their own film.
Open to adults of any age, and young people aged 14 plus! Find out more here:
