Tag: Muirhouse

Sharing the circle

North Edinburgh Community Circle

North Edinburgh Community Circle has been running for just over three years. We meet once a month at North Edinburgh Arts Centre and welcome people from the local area and all over Edinburgh to share food, friendship, ideas and resources.

In July’s meeting we had a planning session to talk about how to make the most of our connections and include new people in the circle. We also talked a lot about what people get from coming to the circle. We were amazed by what we found out!

These are some of the things people said:

‘It lifts me up coming here’ 

‘I feel included, part of things and I come out of my ‘pod’’ 

‘Everyone comes as themselves without their labels’ 

‘Everyone is on an equal level’ 

‘Even after a bad day you need to think of something positive (and the circle helps you to do that)’ 

‘It’s nice to learn people have different ways of doing things’. 

People also appreciated how welcoming the circle is and how nice it is to have somewhere to come where people are focusing on positive things. Some also said it had helped to increase their confidence in general.

In the circle meetings we eat together (food is always provided), get to know each other, and share our resources whether they are our ideas, things we don’t need anymore, or our skills. We want to create a community based on respect, diversity and recognises that we all have something to give.

We’d love to welcome more people into the circle, so if you’re interested, come along! The next meeting will be on Tuesday 13th August, North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 5.30 – 8pm. We always meet on the second Tuesday of the month so if you can’t make that, come along on 10th September.

If you have any questions or want more details contact Gillian at Edinburgh Development Group: circle@edg-sco.org or 0131 476 0522

Community Circle planning meeting
Community Circle planning meeting

 Gillian Allan

 

Stevey Hay

Stevey Hay’s funeral will be held today at 12pm in Warriston’s Lorimer Chapel.

Stevey, a hugely talented musician, died of a heart attack on 3 July at the age of only 51.

Muirhouse man Stevey was well known locally as the welcoming face of Muirhouse Millennium Centre until he was made redundant last year, but his musical talents as a blues singer and guitarist from an early age ensured he would be appreciated by a wider audience on far bigger stages.

Stevey loved making music from an early age and formed his first band, The Eploited, in 1978 at the tender age of sixteen. He never really stopped playing since, and Stevey’s new band was due to appear alongside blues legend Muddy Waters’ son Mud Morganfield at Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival later this month with his new band, Stevey Hay’s Shades of Blue.

Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival producer Roger Spence said: “We were shocked and saddened to hear about the sudden passing of Stevey Hay.

“He was a much-loved regular performer at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival and was due to play in a headline show alongside Muddy Waters’ son in the festival this year. His unique brand of rocking, good-times blues will be a huge loss, not just to the festival, but to the blues world as a whole.”

A truly talented, friendly and warm guy, Stevey is survived by his wife Louise, daughter Jasmine and sons James and Steven.

BLUES MAN Stevey Hay (left)
BLUES MAN Stevey Hay (left)

 

Young people map out youth provision

Pilton

Young Persons Map

The Junction, a health and wellbeing project for young people aged 12-21, has developed and delivered a young person’s mapping project which is based on the principles and features of the Asset Based Approach.

The key feature of asset based working is valuing the potential, skills, knowledge and connections present in individuals and their communities.

During  creation of the map staff spoke with young people in their community during streetwork; each map shows  where young people hang out, places they feel safe and where they go for support as well as what they saw as the best thing about their area.

The maps were made during May and June at The Junction in Leith, Granton Youth Centre (GYC), Pilton Youth & Community Project (PYCP) and Muirhouse Youth Development Group (MYDG).

Young people attending their regular drop-in at each organisation were given the chance to get involved and those that took part were aged from 12 to 17.

There are 4 maps in total – each is 9ft x 6ft and is made of tie dye material, each map is unique and made up from photos, young people’s comments and opinions about their area.

This is just the beginning; each organisation will be given the map to use as a resource to use with the young people of that area.

Feel free to email any comments you may have about the maps.

Ian@the-junction.org

With special thanks to NEAIC (North Edinburgh Alcohol Initiative Collaborative)

Granton

Muirhouse
Muirhouse

30 June date for West Pilton & Muirhouse Gala

This year’s West Pilton and Muirhouse Gala, which takes place on Sunday 30 June, will feature a procession and gala court.

The procession will include local groups, schools, nurseries, a marching band plus much more. The procession will start leave Craigroyston Primary School at 11:45am and parade through the streets of Muirhouse and West Pilton to arrive at West Pilton Park at 12pm.

For more information on all things Gala email wpmcgala@gmail.com

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Complaint over LACK of council cuts in ‘forgotten estate’

Muirhouse in June - a 'forgotten estate'?
Muirhouse in June – a ‘forgotten estate’?

Usually, community groups and voluntary organisations are up in arms over council cuts to services in their area. However one Muirhouse man is on the warpath over a lack of cuts!

TRIM (Tenants and Residents in Muirhouse) member Robert Pearson has written to the local council team to demand action over the state of local green spaces – weeds, long grass and the general state of the area.

He said: “Yet again I feel it necessary to email you regarding Muirhouse, I am absolutely fed up with the way Muirhouse is being left to rot by you, Edinburgh City Council. It was you who caused the area to fall apart in the first place and now you are leaving us in a mess.”

He goes on: “Back in March this year local children join the Centipede project and planted over 2000 bulbs which spelt Muirhouse Is Home (pictured below). It looked fantastic, the children loved it and it was never vandalised. Unfortunately we are not able to see it anymore as the grass and weeds have taking over the place. Walking around the estate the green areas are all overgrown and basically in a mess; why is this happening again? Does this happen elsewhere in the city? Or does it just happen in the forgotten estate?”

North Neighbourhood Team Business Manager Mandy Rudden said she has requested information from her Regeneration and Task Force colleagues and will update Robert when this has been received.

Muirhouse blooms in March
Muirhouse blooms in March

Investigation after Oxcars Court fire death

An investigation has been launched following the discovery of a man’s body after a fire in a Muirhouse flat yesterday. The body of the man in his 50s – named locally as David Robson – was found at the house in Oxcars Court by emergency services shortly after they arrived on the scene at about 12:35.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police were called to an address in Oxcars Court around 12:35 on Tuesday in response to a fire that had broken out. The body of a man in his 50s was discovered within the flat. Inquiries are under way in order to establish the circumstances of his death.”

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Centipede jumps for joy following grant news

Go For It, Centipede! Funding boost for Muirhouse Project

Muirhouse Centipede Project has received a grant of £60,000 from the Church of Scotland to build on it’s successes over the last year. The local project’s founder Linda Dunbar takes up the story:

The Centipede project has received the great news that we have been awarded £60,000 over three years from the Church of Scotland’s GoForIt Fund. This will enable the Centipede to continue on its journey and explore more activities. We are incredibly grateful for the support of the church in recognising the collaborative work already undertaken, and the value and potential of the people of the area. We still have to raise more money and are in the process of fund-raising – we would like to be able to match the £60K grant. The steering group has a planning day coming up in June where we will be figuring out how best to hear the voices of the community, and what THEY want to see the Centipede doing. If anyone has suggestions they can email them in to:

centipedeproject@gmail.com

If anyone would like to offer financial support to the project, they can get in touch via the same email.

On a personal note, can I thank the folk of Muirhouse for their enthusiasm for the community and their great spirit. It has been a joy to work with them all, and I look forward to the new centipede events, whatever they turn out to be. If folk want to see a short film highlighting just some of the Pilot Project events they can find it at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCcd8BQg13U&feature=youtu.be

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Volunteers required for litter pick this Sunday

Your community needs your help!

Following on from a residents email which TRIM received we have arranged a litter pick with the support of Muirhouse Linkup

We would be grateful if you could share this with anyone you know who might want to help

Sunday 5 May
Wooded area next to Silverlea Nursing home
at 1pm

We will have access to  St Andrews Muirhouse Church on the day for a wee cuppa and a piece of cake after the litter pick

Thanks!

Robert Pearson

Tenants & Residents in Muirhouse (TRIM)

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