Enriching Play

A fun free practical short course on Play for parents, grandparents and carers. 

Build on your experience caring for a child between 2 and 6 years old. Accredited a SCQF level 4). 

Every Wednesday 9:30 – 11:30am starting 26th October for 8 weeks, ending 14th December. 

People Know How
Straits Meadow
61 – 63 London Road
Edinburgh
EH7 6AA

For more information and to register:
Contact Morag Lang on: 07783 171817 or email morag.lang@edinburgh.gov.uk

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Dalmeny Autumn Craft Fair

Dalmeny Autumn Craft Fair on Saturday 15 October.

Easy for people to get to and lots of passing traffic, Dalmeny Village Hall is near South Queensferry with a direct bus service no.43 to and from Edinburgh and a 10 min walk from Dalmeny Station.

Entry is FREE and there will be a cake stall in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Northfield and Willowbrae Community Environment Fair

Northfield Community Centre, 10 Northfield Road, Edinburgh, EH8 7PP
Saturday 24th September, 12 – 3.30pm

– Tool sharpening – Bring your secateurs, loppers, shears, hoes, lawn edgers,  etc to be sharpened and adjusted (no knives or saws). Run by Edinburgh Tool Library

– Repair Cafe – Our volunteers offer you free help with repairing items such as toys, small electricals, laptops, lamps, toasters… so if you’ve got something that you want to fix, you can email us at repaircafeedinburgh@gmail.com to confirm suitability and to reserve your place. Or just turn up on the day and we’ll take a look.

– Cargo bikes and trikes, electric bikes and even cycle trishaws. Courtesy of Cycling Without Age Scotland, Duddingston Community EBikes, Porty Community Energy

– Puppet shows and art fun

– Talks and workshops:
– Saving on heating – home insulation
– Planning for a Net 0 Community in Willowbrae
– Our local greenspaces
– Growing more food
– Information stalls about environmental issues and projects and local issues.

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1 Waterfront Avenue

1 Waterfront Avenue provides flexible, open-plan office accommodation in the heart of North Edinburgh’s evolving Waterfront area. The building is located adjacent to the iconic Granton Gasworks, which is due to undergo renovation to be transformed into a tree-lined amphitheatre for cultural events.

Currently occupying floors two and three. Opening hours for the building are between 8:30am and 6pm Monday to Friday and closed on Saturday and Sunday. The building will also be closed on all public holidays.

Facilities include:

  • Security access, in addition to security desk, and full intruder alarm
  • Climate controlled heating and cooling
  • Good quality toilet facilities
  • Fully accessible with two passenger lifts and accessible toilets
  • Access to One Waterfront Café on the ground floor, serving a selection of hot and cold food and drinks
  • Numerous breakout areas, strategically located within the spacious open plan space
  • Secure cycle parking
  • On major bus routes: 24, 38, 47, 113, X37 & X47.
  • Buses 8, 14, 16, X29, N16 & Skylink 200 all stop on West Granton Road which is a short 6-minute walk

Contact: spaces@peopleknowhow.org

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Community Yoga Classes

Hello lovely people,

On Saturday August 6th we started the  Yoga Community class at 6.02 Yoga Collective. Class last 1:15 minutes at 10, and you are welcome to stop for a cup of tea and a chat after for around half an hour.  The class operates a sliding scale, it is taught by four of us in turns.  To book see below.

https://bookwhen.com/yoga-collective

You need to click onto the date you wish to come, then the rest is detailed on the booking system. Cash is also fine on the day, but please book so we know numbers :-). thank you.

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Paper

“Paper” is an exhibition by the Scottish women’s art collective, the Abstractionistas, featuring works by artists Megan Chapman, Judith Shaylor, and
Susan E. Wilson. The Pop-Up show is open to the public from 11-4 pm on the
12th, 13th and 14th of August at the Granton Hub, Madelvic House, Granton Park
Avenue, Edinburgh, EH5 1HS. The artists will have a public reception on Saturday the 13th from 2-4 pm.

Chapman, Shaylor, and Wilson bring a depth of experience in the arts and a firm
dedication to the abstract. Since forming in 2019, the collective has had dynamic
exhibitions at the Edinburgh Palette, Bannockburn House, Detour Espresso at
Marchmont, and the Dalkeith Palace. The group is delighted to bring their abstract
visions on paper to the Granton Hub during the Edinburgh festival.

https://www.facebook.com/Abstractionistas

https://www.instagram.com/abstractionistas

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Orcadia: A Fenris and Ragnar Story

We (Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn) will be presenting two events to accompany our work in the exhibition Scotland Small? at the Royal Scottish Academy in two weeks. Here is some information about the events:  

Orcadia: A Fenris and Ragnar Story  
Film screening & Q&A  
Saturday 2 July 2022 
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre | Royal Scottish Academy  
Free | Registration required 
2 – 3pm  

 

Orcadia: A Fenris and Ragnar Story is a short documentary film by Scottish filmmaker Glen Thomson. The film follows artists James Alexander McKenzie and Daniel O’Dempsey as they navigate life on the Orcadian Isles and chronicles their immersion in its rich culture. They discuss the impact Orkney has had on them, and the philosophy behind Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn. Orcadia documents McKenzie and O’Dempsey’s collaborative practice, and the first two acts of the experimental play that they developed during their residency.  

Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn: Act 4  
Live Performance  
Sunday 3 July  
RSA Lower Galleries  
Free | Registration required  
1 – 1:30pm 

Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn will employ their body of work exhibited in Scotland Small? as props, backdrop, and stage for Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn: Act 4. The fourth act, they describe as “a stage act of performing alter egos and experimental performance.” 

Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn is an artist collective consisting of James Alexander McKenzie and Daniel O’Dempsey as abiding contributors and includes anyone that the pair collaborate with when operating as Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn. It is a vehicle for experimentation, collaboration and developing ideas within the realms of fine art, performance art, spoken word, poetry, music, and theatre. 

You can register to attend our events here

Scotland Small?, RSA Lower Galleries runs 25 June – 24 July 2022

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Volunteers Wanted for Free Yoga Classes!

To support body symphonies teacher training sessions. 

Thank you to all who came the last time, it was fab and we really enjoyed the whole weekend.

I am posting the link again in case you wish to sign up for the next two occasions. One is June 18th-19th, the other is July 2nd and 3rd.  

Format:  June week-end :The trainees will be teaching one class each, all different classes. I am hiding in a corner not to interfere. We have teas, cake and savoury bits for after to thank you .

July week-end: I will be going around adjusting people, to remind them of what we discussed over the 15th month one last time before they set off. Not ideal if you prefer to avoid touch.

If you have any medical condition that requires special attention, I would ask you to please not join the weekends as they are simply for me to assess general level classes. The rest goes under special workshops and trainings one can choose to do to deepen afterwards. Feel free to e-mail me if in doubt.

Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you at Yoga, Collective at studio 6.02.

annamaria@bodysymphonies.co.uk

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