In partnership with North Edinburgh Arts, North Edinburgh Community Festival, and West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre, Screen Education Edinburgh are running a free workshop for young people as part of North Edinburgh Film Festival.
There will also be screenings, exhibitions, and talks about the films.
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Screen Education Edinburgh partnered up with The Guardian to tell the story of the community in North Edinburgh and their fight to bring back their much loved festival.
Screen Education Edinburgh’s Film Tutor, Jennifer Souter, worked with John Domokos from The Guardian throughout this production.
Jennifer said “My aim when making the film was to show the positivity that is not often shown about this community in mainstream media.
“When undertaking initial research for the film I would ask local residents what they wanted to show people about the community and how they felt it had been represented in media and almost everyone’s response was that the community was filled with good people that we never get to see.
“Local people didn’t think there was enough positive stories about the area as much of the representation is dominated by crime and antisocial behaviour.
“During the course of the making of the film the team and I worked with so many amazing people who work tirelessly to make things better for the community in spite of widening inequalities.”
The film follows the story of a community coming back together post-covid to create the first local Festival in decades. It highlights the importance of connection, recovery and never giving up.
Watch the full film on the Guardian here:
The North Edinburgh community came out in force yesterday to enjoy the North Edinburgh Community Festival at West Pilton Park.
More than fifty local organisations contributed to a memorable day of music, food, arts and crafts, entertainment and information.
Local activist Willie Black, who chairs the Festival organising committee, said the hard work involved in staging the event had proved worthwhile.
“Covid has meant that it’s been a long time since our community has been able to have a party so it was great to see local folk coming out in huge numbers to enjoy themselves.
“Today has been a celebration of everything that makes North Edinburgh special and I’d like to thank each and very individual and organisation who contributed so much to making the festival such a huge success.”
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NORTH EDINBURGH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
TODAY from 12 – 6pm
at WEST PILTON PARK
The North Edinburgh Community Festival is THIS SATURDAY!
Saturday 7th May from 12noon to 6pm.
The 
main stage will be jam-packed from 12noon!
Make sure you catch your favourite act:
12.00pm – Fischy Music
12.50pm – Pulse of the Place
1.15pm – Ama-zing Harmonies
1.35pm – Granton Youth MixTape
2.00pm – Big Fish Little Fish Scotland
2.45pm – Tinderbox Hub
3.10pm – Broughton High School
3.35pm – Yer Local Bams
4.10pm – City of Edinburgh Music School Jazz Quartet
4.35pm – DJ Dynamite
5.00pm – Tinderbox Collective & Guests
See you all on Saturday!
Saturday 7th May 12 – 6pm at West Pilton Park
NORTH EDINBURGH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS
Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre, is helping one community project brighten up their green space in the Lothians with its Helping Your Community Grow initiative.
This spring, Dobbies’ Edinburgh store is supporting a sustainable project through its popular initiative. In recent months, community projects across Edinburgh and the Lothians were invited to nominate themselves for support and now a shortlist has been selected by local team members. People now have the chance to vote for their favourite project.
The winning project will then receive advice, products and support from their local Dobbies’ team. Sustainable products, such as peat-free compost and recycled pots, will be use wherever possible.
North Edinburgh Community Festival is looking for support to help them teach the community about how to grow their own produce and encourage them to get into gardening.
With a particular focus on the seed to plate approach and making produce last longer, Dobbies’ support would provide essential growing resources.
St Thomas of Aquin’s R.C. High School is striving to create an urban garden area for pupils, where they can learn about sustainable gardening practices and how to care for and protect the planet.
Dobbies’ support would help the high school improve the overall wellbeing of their pupils through this green space, encourage them to get outdoors, and hopefully pique an interest in gardening.
Ward 5 at East Lothian Community Hospital supports the elderly and cares for patients with a wide range of medical conditions and is looking to create a relaxing space for the body and mind.
Dobbies’ resources would help the ward spruce up their outdoor terrace area with vibrant plants and planters to make it a beautiful garden for all to enjoy.
Dobbies’ CEO, Graeme Jenkins, said: “Helping Your Community Grow is a really popular initiative in Edinburgh and the Lothians and we’ve seen a great response from community groups and projects looking to make a difference to their local area.
It’s been positive to see so many projects place importance on sustainability and environmentally-friendly products.
“Now the community voting gets underway and we’re looking forward to seeing which projects receive our support.”
In addition to the Edinburgh winner, the project which receives the most votes across the UK will win the national Helping Your Community Grow title, gaining additional support from Dobbies to deliver their project.
There will be further opportunities for community groups looking to brighten up their local areas. Community groups are invited to contact their local store for details of the community initiatives available on a case-by-case basis.
Voting will remain open until 16 May.
For more information on how to register your vote, visit Helping Your Community Grow | Dobbies Garden Centres.
We are looking forward to @northedinfest!
see you there as we launch our updated Wild Places & Open Spaces directory of fantastic outdoor spaces #NorthEdinburgh and the local Hidden Gems walking maps for everyone to enjoy our neighbourhood!
SATURDAY 7th MAY at WEST PILTON PARK
For more information please email northedinfest.volunteers@gmail.com
