Last chance to have your say on Drylaw Skatepark
Drylaw Community Association and Edinburgh and Lothian Greenspace Trust will be holding a final consultation event on the new skatepark this Wednesday (15 April) from 5.30 – 6.30pm in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre.
Go along, have a look at what’s being planned and have your say – the organisers are particularly keen to hear the views of young people.
They came, they saw … they planted!
A top team of green-fingered activists descended on Drylaw on Saturday. Their mission: total germination and much more besides!
The Spring sun was shining and the afternoon was a great success: pictures by Georgia Forsyth Sijpestijn
And, yes … they’ll be back! Hasta la vista, baby …
News from Granton Community Gardeners
The sun’s out today and Spring is slowly underway …
We’ve been busy in the gardens, including building a greenhouse, and planting a small orchard with the children at Granton Early Years Centre. We got our first potatoes planted on Saturday.
It’s a great time of year to get involved in community gardening. And this Saturday (21st) we are joint-hosting an event that will be great for getting inspired! (see flyer (above))
‘Germination’
At DRYLAW NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE
Saturday 21 March
1pm – 5pm
FREE EVENT
ALL WELCOME!
A celebration of community gardening with a DIY and collaborative spirit.
See flyer for list of workshops.
Also confirmed: Meet a man who has designed and built a bike powered flour mill, have a go and cook pancakes with the result!
Lifts available from Garden at top of Wardieburn Road. Meet 12.30.
Gardening drop-ins are continuing every Tuesday and Saturday. Meet 11am at the garden on the corner of Wardieburn Road and Boswall Parkway. All welcome! No previous gardening experience required!
Gardeners Cafe is now on Tuesdays 3pm-6pm at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre up until the Easter Holidays. Free veggie soup and bread and chat. On Tuesday 31 March we will have a workshop on foraging and herbal medicine from Grassroots Remedies. Please RSVP if you’d like to come to that.
Tom,
Granton Community Gardeners
http://www.facebook.com/grantoncommunitygardeners
Local Brown Owl Susan Jeffrey will receive the Thomas Tierney Award for Good Citizenship at next week’s Drylaw Telford Community Council meeting.
The Tierney Award was launched both to remember local activist Tam Tierney and to celebrate the work carried out by volunteers to improve life in the local community -and with thirty years service with the Brownies at Drylaw Parish Church Susan fits the bill admirably!
Community council chairman Alex Dale said: “We had four very worthy nominations for the Award this time round but Susan was the stand-out choice. To have volunteered with the local Brownies for thirty years shows incredible commitment and dedication. People like Susan help make communities better places to be and we are looking forward to presenting the award next week.”
The community council’s monthly business meeting will be held in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre on Wednesday 25 March at 6.30pm and will be followed by the Award presentation and reception.
Brown Owl Susan (seated) is pictured with her current Brownie pack
North West Carers are moving home next week. The local organisation won’t be moving too far, however – the Carers are ‘flitting’ from Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre down to the Prentice Centre in Granton Mains.
Manager Angela Dias said: “We are moving to new premises on Wednesday (18 March). Our new address is: The Prentice Centre, 1 Granton Mains Avenue,
EH4 4GA. Our email addresses and website address will remain the same as now, as will our telephone number.
“We would expect communications to be working as normal, however please bear with us if there are complications with our telephone and email systems within the first few days. We will put a mobile number on our website on Wednesday which will provide a default communication system in the unlikely case of any unforeseen difficulties.”
www.nwcarers.org.uk
angela@nwcarers.org.uk
Drylaw Telford Community Association – the organisation which oversees Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre – is holding it’s Annual General Meeting next Wednesday 19 November at 6.30pm in the Centre off Groathill Road North. All welcome.
See Agenda (below):
West Pilton & Muirhouse Gala is NEXT Sunday – not today!
The school holidays are a distant memory, the nights are already ‘fair drawin’ in’ but it seems the summer fun days go on forever! Yesterday was packed with community events but there’s plenty more on offer in North Edinburgh this coming weekend too:
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre’s popular annual Fun Day takes place next Saturday from 11 – 2pm and is packed with activities
Along Ferry Road, North Edinburgh Community Art Group is holding an Art and Craft Fair in the Craighall Centre (below) from 11 – 3pm.
Silverlea Care Home on Muirhouse Parkway (below) are also holding a Summer Fun Day on Saturday from 2 – 4pm with lots of fun for everyone – all welcome.
And last – but certainly not least – West Pilton and Muirhouse Community Gala does go ahead – but it’s NEXT SUNDAY (not today!)
Organisers have confirmed: “This year’s gala is at full steam ahead .. It’s been a bit quiet from us as the committee have other commitments too. But your gala on Sunday 24 August at West Pilton Park will be a blast , we have a little something for everyone and hope to see as many people turn out as the last one ..”
Fun kicks off at midday until 4pm.
So much fun, so little time …!
The Travelling Gallery is off on it’s travels again and Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre will be one of the destinations as the bus embarks on a five-month tour of Scotland.
For the past 25 years the Travelling Gallery has played an active part in exhibiting and promoting Scottish artists, so it is delighted to be part of GENERATION, a nationwide celebration of contemporary art in Scotland, which is taking place in over 60 venues throughout the country this year.
GENERATION: TG is a group exhibition which includes five Scottish artists; Laura Aldridge, Craig Coulthard, Mandy McIntosh, Hanna Tuulikki and David Sherry.
The exhibition will present new commissions alongside developments of existing works. A hand-made, craft element links all of the works in the exhibition, which include ceramics, textile wall hangings, digital animation, drawings, sculpture, film, performance and song.
The exhibition also includes a film of the artists talking about their work to pupils from Edinburgh schools, which was made in collaboration with Pilton-based Screen Education Edinburgh (formerly Pilton Video). The exhibition includes a short film of the artists talking about their work to pupils from three Edinburgh schools in collaboration with SEE (Screen Education Edinburgh).
The schools involved were Craigroyston, Holyrood and Portobello High Schools. All the pupils met with the artists, often in their studios, and asked them questions about their art and life as an artist. A programme of workshops, run by SEE, introduced the pupils to the film equipment, interviewing techniques and editing skills. The film will be available on YouTube and at www.travellinggallery.com.
The Travelling Gallery is a mobile contemporary art gallery, custom-built in a big, beautiful bus. The gallery is supported by Creative Scotland, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Edinburgh Museums and Galleries, a division of the City of Edinburgh Council.
The GENERATION: TG exhibition has been curated specifically for this unique space, and will travel the length and breadth of Scotland, visiting schools, high streets, community centres, and many other venues on the way. Travelling Gallery staff are always available to give formal, and not so formal, presentations on the exhibition at every stop.
Councillor Richard Lewis, Culture and Sport Convenor for the City of Edinburgh Council, said: “Once again the Travelling Gallery is set to be a fascinating exhibition which will draw crowds from communities across Scotland.
“This year, I am particularly looking forward to a short film that has been developed for the exhibition which includes artists talking about their work to pupils from Edinburgh schools. Another highlight will be seeing the bus when it returns to the City Art Centre as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival in August.”
GENERATION: TG is part of GENERATION: a major, nation-wide exhibition programme showcasing some of the best and most significant artists to have emerged from Scotland over the last 25 years. It shows the generation of ideas, of experiences, and of world class art on an unparalleled scale by over 100 artists in more than 60 venues.
The programme is delivered as a partnership between the National Galleries of Scotland, Glasgow Life and Creative Scotland and is part of Culture 2014, the 2014 Cultural Programme.
The Travelling Gallery will tour the GENERATION: TG exhibition in the following areas:
19– 20 July – Tramway, Glasgow
24 – 29 July – North Lanarkshire
4 – 15 August – Edinburgh Art Festival
2 – 7 September – Nairn Book and Arts Festival
8 – 19 September – Highlands
22 – 26 September – Lewis and Harris
4 – 10 October – Moray
20 -24 October – Falkirk
27 – 31 October – South Ayrshire
3 – 7 November – Stirling
10 – 14 November – Edinburgh
During the Edinburgh Art Festival the gallery will be visiting these venues:
Monday 4 August – Leith Walk (near Shrubhill House) 12 – 6pm
Tuesday 5 August – Westside Plaza, Wester Hailes 11am – 5pm
Thursday 7 August – Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre 11am – 5pm
Friday 8 August – Portobello High Street 11am – 5pm
Monday 11 August – Scottish Gallery of Modern Art: Modern 2 10am – 6pm
Tuesday 12 August – Craigmillar Library 11am – 5pm
Wednesday 13 August – City Art Centre, Market Street 10am – 5pm
Thursday 14 August – City Art Centre, Market Street 10am – 5pm (plus Art Late North)
Friday 15 August – City Art Centre, Market Street 10am – 5pm
See www.travellinggallery.com for all the details
@ArtinaBus or see @genartscot (#genartscot).
A reminder that Drylaw Telford Community Council is meeting tonight at 7pm in Drylaw Neighourhood Centre. All welcome.
Transport remains a hot topic in Inverleith and the subject will top the agenda at next week’s Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership public meeting at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre …
Come along and find out what’s happening in your area and have your say on all things transport!
Tuesday 4 March, 7 – 9pm
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, Groathill Road North
For papers and agenda call Elaine on 529 5270
or visit www.edinburghnp.org.uk/inverleith
