Christmas Coloured – Open Studios at Stockbridge
Artists in WASPS studios at Patriothall, off Hamilton Place in Stockbridge, are celebrating the festive season by having an Open Studio on Saturday 10th December between noon and 5pm. The building,...
View ArticleExhibition at The Leith Gallery – Christmas Calling Birds
Emma Butler-Cole Aiken’s stained glass birds, ‘Stanley’ and ‘Elspeth’ sing out colour and harmony in the Leith Gallery’s Christmas exhibition. The birds are just two of the exhibits selected by Gallery...
View ArticleEdinburgh Festival Fringe Review : Nobody’s Child
Formally excellent and intellectually and emotionally challenging, I Am Son is another stunning example of contemporary Italian dance at the Fringe. Lara Guidetti has choreographed this exploration of...
View ArticleEdinburgh concern over benefit cuts
Edinburgh residents and politicians continue to protest about government cuts and benefit reassessments which could lead to 3.5 million disabled people losing over £9.2 billion in benefits. A Public...
View ArticlePublic Meeting about Welfare Reform Act
A Public Meeting is being held at Portobello Town Hall on Friday 7 September 2012 at 7.30pm to consider the effects of The Welfare Reform Act. The meeting is open to all. A group of Edinburgh...
View ArticleAnti cuts campaigners want council to honour pledges
The most vulnerable people in Edinburgh, the elderly and schoolchildren are among those who would be badly affected if the City Council goes ahead with its 2014-2015 budget proposals on 13 February,...
View ArticleLeith theatre project funded by Creative Scotland
Resilience, an exciting theatre project exploring how community groups can thrive whilst under attack, working with people with experience of homelessness, violence and mental health issues, has...
View ArticleEuropean Elections hustings 14 May 2014
Edinburgh voters will get a chance to grill party representatives at a free public hustings for the European Elections in the city centre a week before the poll. Vital issues such as working conditions...
View ArticleLeith Festival – Fish is the Future
Once again Flashback has devised a brand new piece of exciting theatre for this year’s Leith Festival in Edinburgh in June. Fish is the Future will be performed at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall from...
View ArticleTheatre – enquiring into people power and politics
‘Resilience’, the current project by theatre group Active Inquiry, is holding a big event at Out of the Blue on Saturday 11th October. Everyone is welcome to come and support this unique experiment in...
View ArticleCommunity groups and trade unionists against council cuts
Anti-cuts campaigners say that The City of Edinburgh Council’s draft budget proposals for 2015/6 will significantly damage services for those most in need. They say they are also in fear of a steep...
View ArticleCommunity Opposition to Council Austerity Budget
Edinburgh residents want to persuade the Council that this year’s budget will have a bad effect on services and job. There will be a lobby of the Council outside the City Chambers from 8.30 am until...
View ArticleNorthfield Community Centre taking action to help refugees
Are you concerned about the plight of refugees? Would you like to do something to help them? Here’s how…. make an artwork and then come along to buy an artwork at a special event.The theme is HOME –...
View ArticleCommunity taking action to help refugees
A special evening of art, poetry and music, to help refugees, is being held at Northfield Willowbrae Community Centre on Saturday 28 November from 6.30 – 9 pm. At the event, craft and artworks,...
View Article#SP16 – Northfield hustings
Kezia Dugdale (Scottish Labour), Andy Wightman (Scottish Green Party), Nick Cook (Scottish Conservatives), a Scottish Liberal Democrat representative and Ash Regan-Denham (Scottish National Party) will...
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