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!
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!
NEW Group drumming session for all ages.
Tuesday 18th June 6.15pm – 7.45pm.
You may already like drumming and fancy a session, but if you’ve ever fancied it and not had a chance, this is for you too.
Easy level introduction to percussion, drums, and various world instruments, this session is led by experienced Moving Music leader Morag Innes.
Come along and find your inner rhythm. £2 donation.
Please let us know you would like to come here in the comments or by emailing info@drylawnc.org.uk
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! 
YOU are invited to our second follow up engagement session on Saturday 20th 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 20th April!
Urgent Call to Action! 
Help make our Fun Day spectacular!
We’re on the lookout for Tombola prizes and your generosity can make all the difference! 
Whether it’s chocolates 
, toys 
, toiletries 
, or bottles of your favourite drinks 
, every contribution counts!
Support our centre by donating new items for our Tombola. Your support can bring smiles to many faces!
Drop off your donations at our community centre by Friday, April 19th. Let’s make this event unforgettable, together! 
Please get in touch for any information.
Thank you in advance for your kindness and support!
A heartfelt thank you to the Robertson Trust for their generous funding award of £27K over the next three years!
This funding is crucial as it supports our core costs, providing essential stability in a competitive funding environment.
We deeply appreciate the Robertson Trust’s belief in our mission and their invaluable support towards making a difference in our community. 
Join the Young at Heart club! 
Hi lovely followers! We’re looking for women aged 60 and above to join our Young at Heart group who meet every Friday 1-3pm. Picture this: Bingo thrills, endless laughter, and heart-warming tea sessions—all in one fantastic group!
Our ladies indulge in friendly Bingo battles, games of Dominos and savour cups of tea, having a good old natter and a laugh at the same time. Whether you’re interested yourself, or have an amazing lady in your life who might benefit from some relaxed socialising and games, get in touch!
You can pop into the centre or give us a message and we can get you or someone you know set up.
We can provide taxi transport for those less able to get to the centre independently. Please share and spread the message so we can make sure no one gets left behind.
Message on here, email info@drylawnc.org.uk or call 0131 315 4989.
Here’s our Spring timetable for 2024.
Keep an eye out for new activities as we have a few in the pipeline
Spaces available for many of our activities, and don’t forget we have taxi service for our disabled attendees.
Email coordinator@drylawnc.org.uk for more info.
Come along for a very festive morning with Christmas Carols and mince pies at the Centre!
We would love to see you for our last Tea & Toast and Golden Hour of the year! 
A huge thank you to EVOC and The Postcode Lottery who have funded all of these sessions this year.
Later this month we welcome @CllrScottArthur to our meeting to hear his ideas and plan for extending the Tram line through our area.
Pop along and hear all about it and ask Cllr Arthur any questions you may have.
Our meeting is on Thursday 26th October 7pm in @DrylawNC
