Granton Goes Greener are very excited to be part of @EdClimateFest on 14th August at Leith Links …
We are very excited to have our stall with FREE clothes, shoes and some books at the festival.
Plus we are preparing a basic weaving workshop, where we will be teaching how to do weaving with upcycled materials like T-shirt yarn or plastic fruit nets.
And we will have some weaving kits to give away, so you could take them home and practise!
Remember, the Climate Festival is taking place in Leith Links Park this year on Saturday 14 August between 12 noon and 7pm.
If you have any plastic fruit nets ( from your lemons, onions etc), we would happilly accept them at Share’n’Wear on Friday between 11:30 am and 1 pm or you can bring them to the festival.
Unfortunately, we are not able to offer food, drinks or toilet facilities on site, but these can be found walking distance from the venue.
There are new, staffed public toilets 5 minutes’ walk away. We will be able to direct you to the closest establishments and Leith’s many eco-friendly businesses, including Earth and Commons’ market near the festival.
We ask you:
-Not to attend the event if you have COVID-19, have COVID-19 symptoms or have tested positive for COVID-19.
-Wear a mask.
-Respect 2 meters social distancing.
We reserve the right to ask someone to leave if they don’t adhere to these rules.
The Edinburgh Climate Festival is organised by Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC), The Welcoming Association, Earth in Common, the Salisbury Centre, SHRUB Coop and the Edinburgh College Students Association.
The festival is supported by Net Zero Scotland, and The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland.
The open day is a public event and photographs and films will be taken for use for marketing uses.
Police have confirmed that three teenage girls, aged 15, 14 and 13, have been charged in connection with the assault of a 13-year-old girl and 31-year-old woman which happened in Leith Link Park around 5.40pm last Sunday (27 June).
Reports have been submitted to the Children’s Reporter.
Police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to as they believe he may be able to assist with their enquiries in respect of a robbery and a theft which took place in the Leith Links area this summer.Continue reading Leith Links robberies CCTV appeal
Kids of all ages are in for a treat at the brand new Leith Links play park, which was formally opened on Friday, becoming one of the Capital’s largest play spaces.
A parkour unit, a Rolli trampoline for wheelchair users, a natural play area and oodles of great new play equipment chosen by the local community have allbeen installed in the north Edinburgh park.
Ageing Well, Edinburgh Leisure’s successful project promoting healthy lifestyles for older adults in Edinburgh, is launching their allotment programme at Leith Links.
I was re-running some old photographs of Leith Harbour in South Georgia in my head. Most of the pictures were of sailors having fun sledging, but there was one with a view out over the fiord and you could make out the superstructure of two catchers tied up at the dock.
I remember dad telling me that the catchers has their own dock, and how a lot of attention was given over to their servicing during the off-season. In the picture they looked small, around eighty feet or so and in remarkably good condition considering that whaling ended for the Scottish company Salvesen so many years ago.
Driving flat out into a storm chasing down a whale in such a small boat must have been quite a ride, not to say dangerous, although much more so for the whale.
Maybe they should bring one of these catchers back to Edinburgh and park it in the Meadows of Leith Links as a reminder of when men fished for whales.
Sadly whaling still goes on, when will we ever learn?
Residents are being encouraged to come along to Leith Links today (25 May) to help celebrate the achievements of people who have a learning disability and the organisations who provide support at the Learning Disability Festival 2018.Continue reading All welcome at today’s Learning Disabilty Festival
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