Making a Difference – The NEN – North Edinburgh News

Making a song and dance at community event!

Around fifty local people took part in the latest ‘Getting Together, Making a Difference’ event at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre last week. Taking place on ‘Living Life’ Day, the gathering offered an opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds to get to know their neighbours better, make new friends, learn new skills and create new artworks.

Workshop sessions followed introductions and the official opening of the Getting Together, Making a Difference’ photography exhibition.

The workshop aims:

 Provide an opportunity for participants to get to know each other

through an activity

 Introduce participants to songs, poems, art work which focus theme of

diversity and solidarity

 Provide an opportunity for partiipants to create poetry, music and art

work which can be shared with other workshop groups after lunch

 Create an opportunity to send a positve message on diversity, difference

and solidarity to the wider community

Workshop 1 : Poetry

Workshop led by Jim Aitken

Supported by Lynn McCabe and Fiona Manson

Workshop 2: Music

Workshop led by Jed Milroy

Supported by Hannah Kitchen

Workshop 3: Arts

Workshop led Mo Brand

Supported by Anna Baran and Lydia Markham

The event proved to be a great success and a lot of fun: creating new friendships, developing relationships, fostering greater understanding and producing some impressive artwork, a poem and a brand new song, too!