Centipede Big Easter Bash is postponed

Muirhouse Centipede Project’s ‘Big Easter Bash’, which was to have been held on Easter Sunday, has been POSTPONED.

Organiser Linda Dunbar explained: “Given the state of the ground and the snow forecast over the weekend we have taken the decision to postpone the Centipede Project’s Big Easter Bash. It is not the weather for planting or egg rolling. The event will be rescheduled – hopefully later in April, and we’ll be in touch as soon as we have a new date.”

North Edinburgh Arts Director Kate Wimpress added: “I think this is the best decision, and we have circulated this on our Facebook/website/email networks. I’ll look forward to working with you on the rescheduled date.”

The cancellation of the event is a disappointment, but the Big Bash will be something to look forward to when (if?) the sun eventually starts shining again!

It’s Yummy Food Festival time!

The Yummmy Food Festival takes place at North Edinburgh Arts today. The fun kicks off at 12.30 then it’s foodie fun and frolics ’til 5pm!

Don’t miss it!

Young snappers pick up 121212 prizes

Muirhouse Centipede Project have kindly supplied a photograph of Gemma and Garry Pearson receiving their prizes from Muirhouse St Andrew’s locum minister (and lead Centipede!) Linda Dunbar.

There’s still time to see the exhibition before it finds a permanent home at Muirhouse St Andrew’s – check out previous 121212 post for details.

Help make your neighbourhood a better place to live

A reminder about two forthcoming Forth Neighbourhood Partnership consultation events:

Help us make Forth a better place to live

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership would like to hear your views on what you think could improve your local area.

Neighbourhood Partnerships (NPs) are the City of Edinburgh Council ’s approach to delivering local community planning and they work to improve the quality of life in the area. The four councillors for the Forth Ward are all members of Forth NP along with City of Edinburgh Council , Lothian & Borders Police, Lothian NHS and local Community Councils.

The Partnership has recently been reviewing its work and we hope you can help shape our priorities by telling us what improvements you would like to see in your area. This can include planning issues, community safety, parks & green spaces, traffic issues or anything else you are concerned about.

We also want your suggestions for small to medium scale environmental improvement projects for funding through our Neighbourhood Environment Programme (NEP).

Muirhouse and Salvesen

North Edinburgh Arts Centre

(Behind Muirhouse Shopping Centre)

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Drop in anytime between 6pm and 8pm

Tea/Coffee and Sandwiches provided

Children welcome.

Granton and District

Royston Wardieburn Community Centre

(Pilton Drive North)

Saturday 16 March 2013

Drop in anytime between 10am and 12 Noon

Snacks and drinks provided – Children welcome.

How do Neighbourhood Partnerships Work?

They can:

•Bring decision making closer to the community
•Provide opportunities for communities to express their views
•Set out the priorities to improve quality of life in the communities
•Make recommendations to the Council and other partner organisations about the way services may be delivered in the local area
•Comment on strategic decisions that affect the local area
•Award small grants to community groups for local projects that can make a difference in the local area.

For further information contact Forth Neighbourhood Partnership Development Officer Jim Pattison:

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership

North Edinburgh Local Office,

8 West Pilton Gardens, EH4 4DP.

Telephone 0131 529 5082

Email jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk

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See the poster below and find out how you can win cinema tickets!

Countdown to Yummy Food Festival

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Just six days now until the big event …

Please find attached the flyer for this year’s food festival. Organised by a group of local women from West Pilton and Muirhouse this food festival aims to inspire and encourage healthy eating. The afternoon will be full of food demonstration and workshops by local people and organisation as well as food-related arts workshops, face painting, singing from North Edinburgh Sings Together, balloons, baking competition, and our local celebrity chef Neil Forbes (pictred below) , Mrs Mash the foodie story teller, The Edible Garden, Kitchen Canny, the Seed Truck, goody bags, tastes of the food, recipe cards and a whole lot more!

So if you can, share this with your local networks, groups and organisations. Hope to see you on the day!

Best Wishes From

The Yummy Food Festival Steering Group 2013

Gemma’s the little star of 121212!

Seven year old Gemma Pearson’s photograph of her family Christmas tree is the winner of Muirhouse Centipede Project’s 121212 photography competition.

Muirhouse folk were encouraged to take lots of pictures on 12.12.12 on the themes of love, peace, joy and hope and submit them for exhibition. There was a good response and the wide variety of excellent entries is now on display in North Edinburgh Arts.

Judges loved Gemma’s picture, submitted under the theme of ‘Joy’; the photo captured their hearts. Gemma’s caption reads: ‘I took a photo of my mummy’s Christmas tree it is very beautiful. My mum took hours to put everything on the tree it has 360 white lights. Everyone loves my mummy’s tree but I love it the most. My Auntie Nicola says it looks like a tree out of the Christmas movies. This makes me very happy and excited for Santa coming’.

Winner of the adult competition was some bloke who may have overindulged in mulled wine before submitting his entry, a fantastic ramble about Santa and a helper donkey visiting Muirhouse. Too much Christmas spirit!?

See for yourselves – the 121212 exhibition moves to Muirhouse Millennium Centre today before moving on to Muirhouse Library from 11 – 17 March.

Dates set for Centipede photo exhibition

12.12.12 was a particularly special date, and it’s a day in history that has been captured for ever thanks to the Muirhouse Centipede Project. Muirhouse folk were encouraged to get out and about with their cameras on that memorable date, capturing images on four seasonal themes. Reverend Linda Dunbar of Muirhouse St. Andrews’s explains what happens next:

“We received a good number of entries of photographs taken during the 24 hours of 12/12/12 that captured something of the Advent themes of Love, Joy, Hope and Peace. The submissions are going on display in the North Edinburgh Arts Centre from 26 February – 3 March, Muirhouse Millennium Centre 4-10 March, Muirhouse Library 11-17 March (to be confirmed) before ending up at Muirhouse St Andrew’s Parish Church on the 18 March where they will find a permanent home.

The official launch of the touring display will be on

Tuesday 26 February at 11am in North Edinburgh Arts Centre

with free coffee and scones on offer too! The winners of the children’s and adults’ entries will be on display – it would be great to see folk there.”

Let’s do the Time Swap!

In another first for North Edinburgh, North Edinburgh Time Bank will be holding a Time Swap event at North Edinburgh Arts on Tuesday 26 February from 1 – 3pm. Time Bank Broker Julie Smith explains what it’s all about:

‘If you can spend a bit of time now and then helping someone in the community, you can earn a time credit. You can exchange that for help you need, or you can donate it to someone else who needs it.

If you’re quite handy, if you can help with housework, get shopping when someone’s not well, have a cup of tea and a chat with someone, give them a lift, teach a new skill like knitting or photography – or you want to learn how to work that new camera, or you need a hand painting, or fixing something – drop in.

Would you like to join a knitting group? Photography group? Singing? Timebank is a way of getting together and sharing interests and skills. Do you have something else you’d like to do? Tell other people and they can join in!

Times are tough and we all need somebody to lean on. Timebank is a way of meeting other people in your neighbourhood and helping each other when we need it. Phone me on 07807 002 591 if you need more info. Otherwise, see you on the 26th!’

Email: north.timebank@volunteeredinburgh.org.uk

Website: www.edinburghtimebank.org.uk