Tag: engagement

A Book of Ideas for Scotland

‘Scotland is crying out for some big, transformative ideas’ – Common Weal’s Robin McAlpine

A book of ideas

Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine will join over 100 Common Weal supporters from across Edinburgh and The Lothians to launch the Common Weal ‘A Book of Ideas’ at City of Edinburgh Methodist Church on Friday evening. Continue reading A Book of Ideas for Scotland

Change is coming …

An invitation to a community Open Space discussion event for Northern Edinburgh and Leith

Tuesday 1 December McDonald Road Library 6 – 9pm

Leith mural

Change_is_Coming

I would like to draw your attention to a community-focused event coming up shortly which I think will be of interest to you and to your contacts living and working in Northern Edinburgh & Leith. Continue reading Change is coming …

Council budget: have your say on ‘Transformation Programme’

Consultation period extended until 17 December

CityChambers

New proposals to help save the Council money over the next four years have been published for public comment. Edinburgh’s citizens can submit their views on measures, which add to a series of existing proposals on how the Council is to make an annual saving of at least £126m by 2020.

There will now also be an extra week for feedback, with the engagement period now running until 17 December.

Continue reading Council budget: have your say on ‘Transformation Programme’

Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership meets tonight

Blackhall Library 6.30pmINP1611

Do you want to hear how things are going in North? Come hear what you told us in the Edinburgh People’s Survey, how the North team and other INP Partners are performing and what’s been happening towards key priorities in the Local Community Plan 2014-2017. Come to Blackhall Library tonight at 6.30pm!

Papers for Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership meeting on Monday.

 

Be our guests!

Granton Community Gardeners to share their bumper harvest harvest feast

Weather’s turning wintry, time to gather inside and have some hot food!

YOU’RE ALL INVITED!

Friday 20 November, 6pm Royston Wardieburn Community Centre

No need to bring anything, but message us if you’d like to help organise, set up or bring food. (and RSVPs are helpful for numbers)

Granton Community Gardeners committee member Tom Kirby reports: 

Most things have grown really well in the gardens this year, and there’s been a great regular team of local residents, we’ve all learned a lot from each other!  We still meet up every Tuesday and Saturday at 11am (unless weather is really bad!) at the community garden on the corner of Boswall Parkway and Wardieburn Road. Anyone is very welcome to join us, no prior gardening experience needed!

This Saturday (weather permitting) we’ll be sowing the first of our trial plots of winter wheat!  We are participating in a project organised by Bread Matters, to try growing small scale plots of varieties of wheat that used to be grown in Scotland before cereal production became so industrialised (and before issues like gluten intolerances were such a problem).

We’re already making plans for next year, but it’s good to take some time to relax and celebrate what’s been achieved.

Hope you’re well and keeping warm,

http://www.facebook.com/grantoncommunitygardeners

PEP AGM next Monday

PILTON EQUALITIES PROJECT

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 11am – 12 noon

PEP

Pilton Equalities Project (PEP) welcomes nominations for membership of the Board of Directors from people who live in North Edinburgh and representatives of local organisations who have an interest in the work of the Project.

The maximum number of members of the Board is 11, with a majority of members being elected from groups or activities associated with the Project. If more than 11 nominations are received in time for the Annual General Meeting then there will be a vote at the AGM. A further 4 co-opted places will be available for those who have experience and/or skills which could be of assistance to the directors

Completed nomination forms must returned by Friday 13 November.

If you wish to stand for appointment at the 2014/15 Annual General Meeting of Pilton Equalities Project, please fill in the nomination form (below) and then sign it and return it to Pilton Equalities Project, 3 West Pilton Park, Edinburgh, EH4 4EL

PEP AGM 2015

 

Calling all collectors!

ARCADEUM: art project looking for unusual collections cac2

Whether it’s an interest, an obsession, a hobby or a habit; from animal ornaments to ankle bracelets, from zulu masks to zoo souvenirs, intentionally or by chance – lots of us collect things.

As part of ARCADEUM, a new art project based at North Edinburgh Arts, artist Hans Clausen is looking for residents in North Edinburgh who have collections. Hans plans to create an exhibition around local residents collections accompanied by a book and/or website featuring people’s collections and the stories attached to them.

He would like to hear from anyone of any age who has a collection they’d like to share … the more unusual the better! Over the coming year the ARCADEUM project will be exploring the purpose, potential and possibilities of public art, specifically in and around the new Community Partnership Centre to be built in Pennywell in 2016.

There will be public art events, exhibitions and opportunities for participation, collaboration and discussion. Bringing people together to talk about the things they collect is a way of finding common interests and starting conversations about why we like what we like, the value and worth of things and how we relate and respond to the stuff that surrounds us.

If you’re a collector, a happy hoarder or just happen to have a curious collection of things Hans would like to hear from you. Please get in touch, leave us your contact details and Hans will be happy to meet with you to hear about your collection!

You can contact Hans by:

  • Email: hans@arcadeum.org
  • Phone: 0131 315 2151
  • At North Edinburgh Arts on Thursdays or Fridays or leave him a message at reception.

www.arcadeum.orgcac1