Blackhall Library needs YOU!

Do you have any spare paint brushes, leftover paint, or anything else from your summer gardening ventures, for example flower bulbs, compost, etc?

You can drop any donations into our box at the main entrance of the library, or hand it to one of our staff members.

Thank you for helping us create our own little library oasis!

Blackhall Library 56 Hillhouse Rd Edinburgh EH4 5EG

Monday – 1-5pm

Tuesday – 10am-5pm

Wednesday – 1-5pm

Thursday – 10am-5pm

Friday – 10am-2pm

Saturday 10am-2pm

Thieves steal tools worth over £30,000 from Edinburgh College construction centre

Police are appealing for information after thieves broke into Edinburgh College Forthside building on West Shore Road, sometime between Wednesday 1 July and Wednesday 8 July.

Hand and desktop power tools valued between £30,000 and £40,000 were stolen from the College’s Construction Centre for Excellence.

Detective Inspector Kevin Tait said : ‘The building is a training facility for students to train in the professions of bricklaying roofing and joinery.

“Enquiries are currently ongoing into the break-in and we would ask anyone with anyone information to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting 962 of Wednesday 8 July’.

New Lottery support to strengthen voluntary sector

disabled kids on beach

Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations will have the ability to improve their performance and sustainability, thanks to two new online tools supported by the Big Lottery Fund. Continue reading New Lottery support to strengthen voluntary sector