Hi All,
Join us on our Community Open Day tomorrow – Thursday 4th July – with Places for People.
12 Midday to 2.30pm
We are inviting our local community to come along with your children for some fun, treats and special activities!
We won’t have PY Dinners on the day but we will have hot dogs and sweet treats instead.
If your child is under 8 you will need to accompany them.
PY Team.
TWO more Monday sessions planned with North Edinburgh Arts and Dr Bike
Monday 26th February
& Monday 25th March
between 3pm and 5pm.
Bring your bike along to PYCP and have it repaired for free by Dr Bike experts.
No booking needed.
Free service for local residents (not just children and young people!)
MONDAY 29th JANUARY from 3 -5pm
at PYCP’s GREENHOUSE on WEST PILTON BRAE
TUESDAY 24th OCTOBER from 11am – 1pm at PYCP
NORTH EDINBURGH BIG FOLK!!!!! We are so excited to announce that booking is now open for the first 4 sessions in our new North Edinburgh venue!
Beginning on 25th October and running on Wednesdays in the beautiful Pilton Youth and Children’s Project (PYCP) centre, we would love to see you and your wee folk there.
Sessions are FREE but please book a space so we can manage numbers at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/mini-melodies-nycos-67069471743
Only the child attending requires a ticket as accompanying adults are included in booking. If you can no longer make a session, please cancel the space on Eventbrite or send us a message so we can open the space to someone else.
TEEN BOUTIQUE – SATURDAY 1st JULY 10am – 1pm
THIS THURSDAY 24th NOVEMBER from 4 – 7pm
in the Sports Hall at Pilton Youth & Children’s Project
WHAT’S ON AT THE GREENHOUSE
PILTON YOUTH & CHILDREN’S PROJECT
25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OPEN DAY
WEDNESDAY 10th AUGUST 1 – 3pm
A group of young people at Pilton Youth and Children’s Project have been working over the summer holidays to design and build two Little Free Libraries for children in the local community.
The idea was brought to us by Alison McLuckie, a paediatrician working with children and young people in Edinburgh and Mark Stares, a research doctor based at the Western General Hospital.
Alison said: “In my work as a paediatrician, I understand the importance of early literacy and reading for pleasure, and we were thrilled to work with PYCP on the project”.
Alison and Mark and PYCP Youth Workers Aga, Caryn, Adrianna, Adele and other volunteers worked with young people aged 8 to 12 from the “PYCP Adventurers” group, taking the project from the idea stage to building both libraries.
The Adventurers group meet weekly and do all sorts of outdoor activities and learn how to use tools safely, so this was the ideal project for them!
The idea is that local families can take free books from the libraries which are positioned outside of the PYCP building.
A number of Little Free Libraries are all over Edinburgh, including in the New Town, Stockbridge, Starbank Park and Leith Links.
This has been a fantastic project and the young people at PYCP will continue to steward the libraries, making sure they are well stocked and looked after. Families are also welcome to bring a book to leave in return for taking a new one.
The libraries were officially launched on Tuesday (10th August) by Bruce Adamson the Children and Young People’s Commissioner and Nick Hobbs from the office of CYPS.
Young people from the group met with Bruce and Nick and talked him through the design and building process. Bruce and Nick also brought along some books to put in the libraries which were greatly appreciated by the young people.
There are two Little Libraries outside The Greenhouse, both designed by and built with the Young Adventurers.
The first is aimed at children nursery to Primary 2 and is the design of a rainbow hot air balloon. The second is a Harry Potter library for children aged Primary 3 to 7.
Pilton Youth and Childrens Project
