Tag: West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

Stories and Scran: A real Winter Warmer in West Pilton!

It was a full house at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre on Saturday for Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Stories and Scran event.

Guests braved plunging temperatures to enjoy a delicious afternoon tea provided by Scran Academy and to hear a rich variety of stories and poems from EIBF’S Citizen programme participants.

Hosted by EIBF’s Ryan Van Winkle, the packed programme also included brilliant contributions from authors Kate Foster and Douglas Johnstone, and there was another welcome opportunity to see the touching documentary produced by North Edinburgh Arts’ Adult Drama Group.

Yes, it may have been freezing outside but there was a warm welcome and a cosy atmosphere in the local community centre. A real winter warmer!

Stories and Scran!

WINTER WARMER EVENT at WEST PILTON NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

Citizen Winter Warmer: Stories and Scran at North Edinburgh Arts

Saturday 2 December at 3pm

West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

£5/£3 (Concession/NEA Members) including an afternoon tea

Come along to this special community celebration bringing together local voices with authors and artists from across Scotland.

Savour a sumptuous afternoon-tea provided by the Scran Academy (included with your ticket) and hear brilliant new writing from local people who have taken part in Edinburgh International Book Festival‘s ‘Citizen’ alongside special guests including Kate Forster and Doug Johnstone.

This year’s event showcases the diverse voices and creative talent from local groups including a film from the North Edinburgh Drama Group and the Book Festival’s own Adults Writing Group.

Don’t miss the event and book your tickets at:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/751709632747…

Citizen Winter Warmer events: Stories and Scran

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has announced Stories and Scran will take place on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd December as part of the third season of Citizen Winter Warmer events: a community celebration bringing together local voices and authors and artists. 

Audiences are invited to savour a sumptuous 3-course meal provided by the Scran Academy (included in the price of the ticket) and hear new writing from local people who have taken part in the Citizen project.

This year’s first event will take place at Fisherrow Centre in Musselburgh and will showcase the diverse voices and creative talent from local groups including illustrations from students at Edinburgh College of Art and the Book Festival’s own Adults Writing Group and The Citizen Collective. Special guests include Chitra Ramaswamy. 

This will be followed on Saturday 2nd November with another Stories and Scran Winter Warmer event in North Edinburgh.

Join us at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre for tasty food and brilliant storytelling in a heart warming event at the heart of the community.

Savour a sumptuous afternoon-tea provided by Scran Academy (included with your ticket) and hear new writing from local people alongside special guests including including Kate Foster and Doug Johnstone.

This year’s North Edinburgh event showcases the diverse voices and creative talent from local groups including a film from the North Edinburgh Drama Group and the Book Festival’s own Adults Writing Group.

For more information visit: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/stories-and-scran-2 

North Edinburgh Arts: Community Studio Space Open Meeting

TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER 2 – 3pm

at WEST PILTON NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

Artist Alice Betts, together with members of the Art for Grown Ups group, have been exploring and developing a plan for a permanent visual arts studio and making space within the expanded and refurbished NEA venue, due to re-open in 2024.

You can read more about the research project in our blog post at northedinburgharts.co.uk/developing-a-community-visual-arts-space/

As part of her research project, Alice would like to hear from local creative adults who are interested in using a free visual arts studio space at North Edinburgh Arts.

Join the Open Meeting: NEA Community Studio Space on Tuesday 31 October at 2pm at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre to share your thoughts and ideas about a community-accessible studio space within the refurbished NEA.

This event is open to local artists, creatives, and NEA project participants including those from the Community Shed, Create Community Wealth, Art for Grown Ups, and A Stitch in Time.

Come and help shape our future free space for North Edinburgh’s creative community. This is a free event. Advance booking isn’t required.

For more information, please email alice.betts@northedinburgharts.co.uk

Create Community Wealth: End of project celebration

Join us for the Create Community Wealth End of Project Celebration on Tuesday 10 October (5pm – 8pm)🎉

The North Edinburgh Create Community Wealth team would like to invite you to our End of Project Celebration Event at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre, which has been the home of the project for the last two years.

There will be taster sessions, workshops, short film screenings and possibly a mini market where you can see the fantastic work and hear the stories of the talented Create Community Wealth participants. This is a drop in event from 5 – 8pm, and everyone’s welcome to come along.

Create Community Wealth is part of a wider national Culture Collective programme and is a partnership between WHALE Arts, North Edinburgh Arts, SCOREscotland and Passion4Fusion.

For more information, please get in touch with Asia by emailing asia@northedinburgharts.co.uk

Tomorrow: North Edinburgh Community Festival Gathering

We are hosting a Festival Gathering and invite you to come along and share your thoughts.

This will take place on THURSDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2023 AT 6PM at the West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre. We’d love to see you there.

We now have a Ko-Fi account. A Ko-Fi account lets anyone donate a minimum of £3 to the festival which will go towards providing free meals at the festival next year. We have lost some funding for next year, so any contributions to this festival cause are most welcome.

Here is the link – https://ko-fi.com/northedinfest

Please do feel free to circulate or forward this onto others that might want to be part of the festival next year.

Best wishes and hopefully see you at the Festival Gathering!

Planning gets underway for North Edinburgh Community Festival 2024

It feels like the North Edinburgh Community Festival was held merely a few weeks ago when in fact it’s been nearly 3 months and we are already starting to plan the festival for 2024!

So get this date in your diary – SATURDAY 11TH MAY 2024

I’m sure it’s a busy Summer for you all but we hope to grab some of your time!

We want to make the North Edinburgh Community Festival better but in order to do that we need your feedback. We’d really appreciate it, if you could complete this Google form and tell us what was good, what was bad and what was amazing!

Here is the link – https://forms.gle/n6eCwdX7RQbU6au99

Secondly, we are hosting a Festival Gathering and invite you to come along and share your thoughts.

This will take place on THURSDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2023 AT 6PM at the West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre. We’d love to see you there. Please do RSVP to northedinfest@gmail.com to let us know you will be attending.

And thirdly, we now have a Ko-Fi account. A Ko-Fi account lets anyone donate a minimum of £3 to the festival which will go towards providing free meals at the festival next year. We have lost some funding for next year, so any contributions to this festival cause are most welcome. Here is the link – https://ko-fi.com/northedinfest

Please do feel free to circulate or forward this onto others that might want to be part of the festival next year.

Best wishes and hopefully see you at the Festival Gathering!

Free Fringe Workshops in West Pilton

In collaboration with North Edinburgh Arts, JACK ARTS SCOTLAND is bringing a wee taste of the Fringe to North Edinburgh!

Looking for some summer fun? Next week, join us at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre for a short programme of FREE creative workshops led by Scottish stars of the 2023 Fringe. Fun and memorable workshops for children and young people living in Muirhouse, Pilton, Granton and Drylaw.

No previous experience needed; all abilities welcome!

Find our more and sign up for FREE here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/north-edinburgh-arts…