Tag: Children and Families

Inverleith’s BIG Search is ON tomorrow!

I know I said this last week as well, but the BIG Search definitely goes ahead tomorrow!

The BIG search 2013

Dear All

Rain or shine, we plan to go ahead with the BIG Search in  Inverleith tomorrow (Thursday 1st August) from 1pm. Bring your wellies and please join us for a fun afternoon of questions and clues that will lead you around the Inverleith Ward! Find out more about your area and win great prizes!

Pick up your pack at 1pm at either Blackhall or Stockbridge Libraries (packs include question sheet, local map plus there will be a free  tshirt and goody bag for first 50 entrants!) and plan your route around the area  to  answer the questions.

Bring your completed sheet back to King George V Park (Eyre  Place) at 4pm for prize giving, refreshments and BBQ weather  permitting.

This free event is for all ages. We hope you will join  us!

 

Elaine Lennon Partnership Development Officer

Ignore that date - it's happening TOMORROW!
Ignore that date – it’s happening TOMORROW!

Wednesday is Edinburgh’s Playday

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Edinburgh’s Playday takes place on Wednesday (31 July) from 12.30 – 4pm in the City Chambers Quadrangle. What’s Playday?

Edinburgh’s Playday is a festival of play for parents and children. It gives adults ideas on a big scale of things they can do with their children at home on a smaller scale.

This year, Edinburgh’s Playday takes place right in the heart of the city in the City Chambers Quadrangle and High Street on the Royal Mile. The street will be transformed with a festival of play on offer for children and their families. Come along and try out some old and new ways to play together!

Come along and try:

  • Giant Sand Pit
  • Water Play
  • Mud Kitchen
  • Magic Potions
  • Cardboard City
  • Play in a Box
  • Yarn Bombing
  • Parachute Games
  • Play for Babies
  • Giant Games
  • and much more!

See the flyer (top) for more details

Access is free but children should be accompanied by an adult.

For more information contact cf.play@edinburgh.gov.uk.

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It’s BIG Search day – get the teeshirt!

The BIG search 2013

Wanted to remind you about the free, fun event taking  place this afternoon in Inverleith. ‘The BIG Search’ is a treasure hunt /  quest type event that involves reading clues and finding the answers across the  area from Blackhall to Warriston! 

Open to teams of children, young people, adults and families  of up to 6 people (at least one must be aged 16+), every participant will get  a teeshirt and goody bag and the winning team will get exciting prizes!

Pick up your packs from 1pm at either Stockbridge or  Blackhall Libraries and bring your sheets back at 4pm to Inverleith Park where  there will be fun activities and BBQ (weather permitting).

Please come along and take part and please tell your friends,  families and neighbours about this first in Inverleith! The event is organised  by the Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership’s Children and Families Action  Group.

Thanks to Ocean Terminal and Scottish Gas for their support in this  event.

Elaine  Lennon, Partnership  Development Officer

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Tel: 0131 529  5270

Sun shines on MY’s Youthwork Games

Good luck to all the participants who will be taking part in the Youth Games over the next two days. The story:

Following the enormous success of My Adventure’s  first ‘Youthwork Games’ inspired by the 2012 London Games, we are proud to announce that we will be hosting the games on 24th and 25th July 2013. These games are targeted at youth projects to encourage young people not engaged in mainstream sporting activities to compete in a series of outdoor adventure sports and challenges.Activites will include:

  • Mountain Bike

  • Cross Country Run

  • Long Jump

  • Tree Climb

  • Assault Course

  • Archery

  • Swamp Soccer

  • Tug of War

  • Canoe & Swim

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 Contact jonny@myadventure.org.uk for more information

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Playing Out’s back!

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Safe play areas for children was an issue identified by local parents and carers during last year’s Total Craigroyston consultation – two Play Out events were held last summer which were very successful. 

This year they will be held in local green spaces.

The first Play Out of the summer will be next Saturday 13 July, in West Pilton Park – all welcome, and even better, if you or any local volunteers can help on the day, please get in touch!  Two more Play Days will be held, down at the Waterfront and in Muirhouse Park later this summer; details will follow …

Sarah Low

Community Learning & Development/Total CraigroystonTotalCraigroyston

Inverleith Summer Programme

Inverleith Summer Programme

Hi all 

Please find (above) a PDF file listing the usual mixture of fun and exciting events for Inverleith’s 2013 Summer Programme for info/sending out to your networks/ listing on your various web pages etc. There are still quite a few events to be confirmed and so these haven’t been listed on the programme yet as such but I intend to send out individual details of these become more apparent – watch out for more posters but have a grand summer anyways! 

Best wishes 

Callum McLeod

Inverleith Community Learning & Development Team

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