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Share your Memories of Drylaw

As we approach Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre’s 30th Birthday next year, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the vibrant history of our community.

We’re reaching out to you, our friends and neighbours, to help us celebrate this milestone by sharing your cherished memories of Drylaw & Telford over the years.

Whether it’s a story from the early days, a favourite event, or a simple moment that captures the spirit of our community, we’d love to hear it. Your memories, old or new, are an important part of what makes this place so special.

Please join us in preserving and celebrating our shared history by sharing your stories with us!

Get in touch if you’d like more information, or just pop along to one of the sessions!

Reminiscence Sessions are starting on Monday – 19th August!

Come along for a blether and help us build our memory book of Drylaw and Telford. This group is open to anyone with a connection to Drylaw and Telford, whether you have lived there your whole life, just arrived or have a different connection to the area.

No need to book, just pop in!

11am – 12:30pm

19th August

Refreshments and a free lunch is provided.

Drylaw’s Harvest Festival

SATURDAY 31 AUGUST at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

Our Harvest Festival is drawing nearer! Everyone cross your fingers for this beautiful weather to stay for the day

We’ll be sharing more details over the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled.

We have some fantastic things planned with organisations from North Edinburgh. Lots for the kids and adults too.

Plus a free lunch and lots of free food from Tummies Not Trash on the day!

Drylaw Walking Group: Walk and Talk at Lauriston Farm

EXCITING EVENT ALERT !!!

Join us next Monday for an inspiring Walk & Talk around Lauriston Farm with nature expert Leonie Alexander!

Explore this regenerative community farm—a stunning 100-acre haven in North West Edinburgh, overlooking the beautiful Firth of Forth. Since winter 2021, EAC has been transforming Lauriston into a vibrant space teeming with food production, biodiversity, and community spirit.

Date: Next Monday

Time: 10 AM – 2 PM

Meeting Point: DRYLAW NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

Bus to Toby Carvery entrance to Lauriston Farm at 10:30 AM

Walk begins at 10:30 AM

Vegetarian picnic provided!

What to bring:

A rucksack/bag

Good walking shoes

Waterproof jacket

Limited spaces available — book now through info@drylawnc.org.uk !

Sun shines on R2 Garden Party

More than fifty people representing community organisations from across North Edinburgh attended the ‘Garden Party’ held by R2 at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre on Tuesday.

The networking and information event, which was also attended by politicians Ben MacPherson MSP and new MP Tracy Gilbert, was a great success and initial feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

R2 Coordinator Anita Aggarwal said: “We were more than 50 people and it sounded like there was lots of good chat.

“Thanks again to everyone who contributed, particularly the team at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, Jed for the tunes and Scran for tasty food. You can see the lovely picture of us all here Facebook

“I also collected a lot of information about what you want from and can offer to R2. I’ve attached what I have heard so far.

“If you weren’t at the meeting yesterday (or have thought of something else) you can still feedback your thoughts on R2 by completing this short form:

https://forms.office.com/e/V9cabAA4ye

“And one more request for information: I’m trying to build a better sense of what organisations have to offer, so please, if you haven’t already, could you also complete this little table for your organisation – you’ll see some examples in the notes attached.

Organisation	Strengths of my organisation that I could share	Stuff that my organisation has that I could lend
Eg R2	Knowledge of organisations in north EdinburghFund raising experienceUnderstanding and experience of Community Development and Participatory Action Research	Post it notes

“Please respond by end of Monday 26 August.

“I’ll use what you tell me to inform the workplan for R2 for the next few months.”

You can contact Anita at hello@r2northed.org.uk

DAVE P. writes: I had the pleasure of hosting a session where local projects were offered a five-minute opportunity to talk about their activities and share what they are up to with others.

North Edinburgh has a wealth of amazing organisations supporting our community and it was fantastic to learn what is being achieved across the area, despite the many challenges faced by North Edinburgh’s third sector groups.

Many thanks, then, to Adele (North Edinburgh Community Festival), Sarah (NEDAC), Jed (Tinderbox), John (Community Renewal), Lynn and Rebecca (North Edinburgh Childcare), Billy (Royston Wardieburn Community Centre), Anna (Granton Goes Greener), Holly (National Galleries Scotland), Tom (Pianodrome), Debbie (Muirhouse Housing Association) and city council engagement officer Elaine Lennon for your positive contributions!

You can contact Anita at hello@r2northed.org.uk

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Evening sewing sessions at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

NEW: Evening Drop-In Sewing Classes!

We are excited to announce new evening Alterations & Mending classes with Frank Francia! These classes will be on a Thursday evening 6-8pm, running from 8th – 29th August.

Looking to learn or refine your sewing skills? These drop-in sewing classes are perfect for everyone, from beginners to experienced sewers! We will have the fantastic Francia on hand to support your learning. Bring your own clothes or garments for repair and alteration, or bring your own fabric to create something new. All equipment and some materials are provided.

The best part? These sessions are free! We do suggest a donation of £5 or more to help cover costs, but there’s no need to commit to every week—just come when you can!

Join us for some creative fun and skill-building in a suppportive space

Healthy Cooking Course for Women at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

A new 6 week cooking course for women, run by Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC), will be starting at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre on Thursday 1st August from 12:30- 2:30.

Learn to cook healthy delicious food in a small informal group and have fun while doing so!

Tomorrow: Screen printing at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

We’re getting ready for our wee Tea and Toast Birthday Party on the 19th June

Come to Tea and Toast this week and have a go at screen printing!

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre celebrates Future Fun Day success

Celebrating Success!

Our Future Friendly Fun Day last Saturday was an absolute blast!

Thank you to everyone who joined us and made it a roaring success! We raised an amazing £229 through our tombola and bake sale! This will help fund Summer activities which were suggested through our feedback board on the day.

A huge shout out to our fantastic volunteers who helped us make this day happen. And a big thank you to everyone who donated items to our tombola, and the bakers who dropped of delicious treats!

Finally, a huge thank you to Frank Francia, Ama-zing Harmonies, Scottish Communities Climate Action Network, Edinburgh School Uniform Bank, Moving Music, National Galleries of Scotland, Tummies Not Trash and Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) for partnering with us and providing activities, food and entertainment for this fantastic day!

If you have any photos from the day that you’d like to share please post them in the comments or send them over to us! We’d really appreciate it

Let’s keep the spirit alive and continue to build an even stronger, more vibrant community together!

#NorthEdinburgh

#CommunitySuccess

#NoOneLeftBehind

Community Engagement Opportunity: Drylaw Park Drop-In Event

YOU are invited to our second follow up engagement session on Saturday 20^th April at the Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre from 1:30-3:00pm.

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre – DNC – The place to be! (drylawnc.org.uk)

We are very pleased and grateful to the team at the Neighbourhood Centre as we will be joining their Future Family Fun Day taking place on the same day. We will be there to share some of the draft designs and ideas for the park and we’d love to hear your feedback.

As a reminder, we have been working with the City of Edinburgh council to develop concept designs for enhancements across Drylaw Park. These include improvements to park connectivity, accessibility and safety, infrastructure to address surface water issues, nature enhancements and improvements to play provision.

The concept designs take these themes into account and have considered a variety of previous feedback from the community and other key stakeholders.

The Drylaw Park forms part of the Climate Ready Craigleith project which sits under the cities overarching Climate Ready Edinburgh strategy and there is more information on the developing storymap here:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/6c5e4815a3f54ce5be4d6f99b0dff213

Lets hope for some April sunshine and look forward to seeing you on the 20^th April!