Tag: Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

Drylaw’s Festive Fayre: Tombola donations wanted

🎄🎁 Clear Out and Give Back! 🎁🎄

Is your cupboard full of “one-day-I’ll-use-this” gifts? This Christmas, why not turn them into joy for someone else?

We’re collecting new, unopened items for our Christmas Tombola at our Festive Fayre on 28th November.

🎅 What we need:

– Toys, games, and puzzles

– Beauty sets or toiletries

– Gadgets, candles, and home goods

– Anything unopened and giftable!

📅 Drop-offs welcome until: Friday 27th November 4pm

📍 Bring your donations to: Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

Your generosity helps us make this season brighter for everyone whilst also supporting the centre.

Friday: Free Community Lunch at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

Our first Friday Community Lunch was an absolute success!

We served 33 meals of a delicious coconut and chickpea curry with rice and vegetable pakoras on the side. Of course, we forgot to take a photo!

However, we’re back again this Friday with a lovely Sudanese dish, taught by one of our talented cooking group members.

You can come and join in with cooking the meal from 10am-12pm or just come along for lunch, served from 12pm-1pm.

We are here to serve the community, so everyone is welcome.

It is always free, and you are welcome to leave a donation if you would like.

New Friday Cooking Club at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

🍲 Join our new Friday Cooking Club!

Would you like to learn some new recipes, share your own cooking skills and meet new people?

Come along to our new Cooking Club at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre!

🗓️ Fridays, 10am–12pm

We’ll be coming together each week to plan, prepare and cook our Community Lunch. We’ll take turns being ‘head chef’, choosing a meal for the group to make, with everyone pitching in to help with the preparation and cooking.

It’s a great opportunity to:

🥕 Learn new recipes and share your own favourites

👩‍🍳 Build your confidence and try new skills

🍽️ Meet others and enjoy cooking together

📜 Get support to achieve your Food Hygiene Level 2 Certificate, if you’re interested. This could be useful for future employment opportunities or simply as a way to develop your skills.

You can come along every week or just drop in whenever suits you. Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a confident cook or just starting out!

Interested or have questions?

Get in touch with Rebecca at rebecca@drylawnc.org.uk for more information.

Welcome to Drylaw’s Garden Kitchen

Introducing The Garden Kitchen, a new Gardening & Wellbeing Group at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre.

The Garden Kitchen is a weekly group where adults from Drylaw and Telford can come together, spend time outdoors, grow food, learn new skills and enjoy good food and company.

Every Thursday, 10am–2pm, sessions will include:

• Gardening and food growing
• Cooking and sharing a communal meal
• Learning practical skills
• Peer support and conversation
• Opportunities to gain new qualifications and experience

The group is a welcoming space for anyone experiencing loneliness, poor mental wellbeing or social isolation, and is all about building confidence, making connections and feeling part of the community.

There will also be opportunities to work towards a Food Hygiene Level 2 qualification and develop skills that could lead to volunteering or employment.

If you’d like to find out more, please email Jane at wellbeing@drylawnc.org.uk

Date set for Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre’s Festive Fayre

🎄✨ Drylaw Festive Fayre – Save the Date ✨🎄

Our Festive Fayre is back! Join us at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre for a lovely festive afternoon filled with seasonal treats, handmade gifts and plenty of community spirit.

📅 Saturday 28th November

⏰ 11am–2pm

📍 Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

🎁 Browse stalls selling crafts, gifts and festive goodies

🍰 Enjoy homemade cakes and refreshments

🎅 Meet Santa, for the young and young-at-heart!

🎟 Try your luck at our tombola and look out for more surprises!

🛍️ Stallholder spaces are now open!

Are you a local maker or small business selling gifts, crafts or festive treats? We’d love to hear from you! Come along and be part of our Festive Fayre.

Stalls are £10 each, with limited spaces available.

📧 To enquire about a stall, email rebecca@drylawnc.org.uk

Whether you’re coming along to do some festive shopping, meet Santa or catch up with neighbours, everyone is welcome. It’s a free, family-friendly event and a lovely way to kick off the festive season!

We hope to see you there! 🎄❤️

Tomorrow: Last Monday Cafe at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

All good things must come to an end!

This Monday (12th October) will be our last Monday Café, and what a lovely few months it’s been! We’ve loved cooking for our community, meeting new people and trying out new recipes. Together, we’ve served 412 meals, all freshly prepared each Monday using lots of rescued food and produce from our garden. 🌱

A huge thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who have helped make this project possible. We couldn’t have done it without you!

But don’t worry, our community lunches aren’t going anywhere! 🎉 We’ll be moving them to Friday afternoons, making it easier for more people to join us, including families after school pick-up and anyone popping along to Dr Bike at the centre. We’ll share more details about timings over the next week or two.

Fancy getting involved in cooking up our community lunches? We’re starting a cooking group where people can come together, share skills and learn new recipes on a Friday morning. If you’re interested, get in touch with Rebecca at rebecca@drylawnc.org.uk to find out more.

And we’re going all out for our final Monday Café! 😋

🥓 Breakfast: All your usual favourites, plus homemade blueberry scones.

🍽️ Lunch: Bangers and mash, followed by an indulgent Banoffee Pie.

Come along, enjoy some good food and help us give the Monday Café a lovely send-off. We’d love to see you there!

The Kitchen Garden: New project at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

Introducing The Garden Kitchen! 🌱

We’re excited to be starting a new Gardening & Wellbeing Group at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre.

Starting Thursday 15th October, The Garden Kitchen will be a weekly group where adults from Drylaw and Telford can come together, spend time outdoors, grow food, learn new skills and enjoy good food and company.

🌿 Every Thursday, 10am–2pm, sessions will include:

• Gardening and food growing

• Cooking and sharing a communal meal

• Learning practical skills

• Peer support and conversation

• Opportunities to gain new qualifications and experience

The group is a welcoming space for anyone experiencing loneliness, poor mental wellbeing or social isolation, and is all about building confidence, making connections and feeling part of the community.

There will also be opportunities to work towards a Food Hygiene Level 2 qualification and develop skills that could lead to volunteering or employment.

If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch with the lovely Jane at wellbeing@drylawnc.org.uk

Join the glow! Women-led night cycling event in North Edinburgh

THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 5.45pm from DRYLAW NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

Join a women-led night ride through North Edinburgh starting at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre and exploring local highlights before finishing with a hot drink at West Pilton Park.

REGISTER HERE:

https://bbr.cyclinguk.org/?drylaw-nc-and-elgt-womens-cycling-group