Muirhouse Shopping Centre redevelopment: Info sessions at Muirhouse Library

Friday 24th August 11am – 12 noon in Muirhouse Library

Wednesday 5th September 6.30 – 7.30pm in Muirhouse Library

Stuart launches his thriller at North Edinburgh Arts

Stuart Runciman is a young man with cerebral palsy who has attended literacy sessions at Pilton Equalities Project for nine years. He has a passion for action movies and thriller novels – and a chance comment by Senior Care and Support Worker Gerry Corbett has resulted in Stuart writing a book of his own! Continue reading Stuart launches his thriller at North Edinburgh Arts

Bilingual Storytelling Session at Muirhouse Library

Monday 23 July, 11am – 12 noon

Muirhouse Library

Twa Craws are up oan Muirhouse Library wa’!

Do you remember Makin’ a Brew, the music, story and song project for parents and pre school children at Craigroyston Early years Centre, which ran 2014 – 2016? The parents group produced some lovely poems – and one collaborative work, Twa Craws, now adorns Muirhouse Library wall! Continue reading Twa Craws are up oan Muirhouse Library wa’!

Autism-friendly film screenings at Muirhouse Library this week

World Autism Awareness Week 27 March – 2 April

Free training opportunity at Granton Library this week

Overcoming Language Barriers for Frontline/Reception Staff

Training Opportunity for Workers in North Edinburgh

10am – 12pm, Wednesday 29th March 2017

Granton Library, 25 Wardieburn Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 4DT

Learn about:

• Practical ways to remove language barriers in your organization.

• Race equality in Scotland

• Some of the current challenges for BME communities.

The trainer will be Eleanor McKnight from Elite Linguist CIC. Living in Harmony and Muirhouse Library are organizing the training.

Book your free place by contacting Anita on 0131 551 1671 or anitaaggarwal@pchp.org.uk

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Muirhouse Library celebrates 25 years of Library Link service

A local library success story was shared last week as the Library Link service celebrated it’s 25th birthday. This popular service helps people who have difficulty getting out to access books and other library services. It’s fitting that the celebrations centred on Muirhouse Library, for it’s here that the Link service was first established all those years ago! Continue reading Muirhouse Library celebrates 25 years of Library Link service

Training session: Overcoming language barriers

Overcoming Language Barriers for Frontline/Reception Staff –

Training Opportunity for Workers in North Edinburgh

10am – 12pm, Thurs 26^th Jan 2017, Muirhouse Library, Pennywell Road

Learn about:

Practical ways to remove language barriers in your organization.
Race equality in Scotland
Some of the current challenges for BME communities.

The trainer will be Eleanor McKnight from Elite Linguist CIC. Living in Harmony and Muirhouse Library are organizing the training. Book your free place by contacting Adam Farquhar on 0131 551 1671 or emailing

livinginharmony@pchp.org.uk

Lorna drums up a day to remember at Muirhouse Library

Muirhouse and Granton libraries held an event with Lorna Liverpool, author of the wonderful children’s book ‘A Dance to Remember’ on Monday. The event is part of the libraries’ celebration of Black History Month which began on the 1^st of October and runs until the end of the month.

Lorna demonstrated African drumming and performed stories with arts and crafts for local primary school children – giving everyone a great opportunity to learn about the African drum’s significance in African culture, and of course to make some noise!

The children were joined by the local Living in Harmony group for Lorna’s session, making it a day to remember for all at Muirhouse Library.

Thanks to Declan McCann, team leader at Muirhouse Library, for the pictures