Would you like to promote the work of your community group? Mike Cowley is organising the Leith Open Space stall at Telford College Diversity Day on 24 April and will be very happy to display leaflets and posters about your activities. Continue reading “Come and join Telford Diversity Day”
Category: Leith Open Space Events
Meeting room available
Are you looking for a meeting room for your community group? Davie Thomson, chair of Redbraes Residents Association, is keen to make good use of the community hut he runs with local residents. He has a room to spare with kitchen and toilets, “All we need is a donation towards heating costs,” he says. Continue reading “Meeting room available”
Ground breaking help wanted
Caught on CCTV: volunteers from Leith Open Space in Persevere Community Garden. “You’ve been working hard,” commented the concierge when we went to return the key to the walled garden. He’d been watching us on the screen. Continue reading “Ground breaking help wanted”
Onwards, upwards and outwards?
Changing views of Leith: artwork by Tommy Perman
Are developments in Leith meeting the needs of local people? Deborah Cameron is keen hear your views of plans for Leith. Continue reading “Onwards, upwards and outwards?”
Say treeees
Just wanted to add this picture pinched from the Greener Leith website (thanks to Alastair Tibbitt who is behind the camera) because it really seems to sum up the spirit of Persevere Community Garden. We’re really looking forward to working with all the other groups involved: Persevere Community Flat, Green Seeds and Greener Leith. Continue reading “Say treeees”
Community fruit takes root
Persevere Community Garden got off to a great start on Wednesday when the first apple trees were planted in bare ground beneath the towering high flats of Persevere Court.
How to plant a fruit tree. Charlotte Encombe of Greener Leith shows Councillor Gordon Munro how it’s done (he’s in smart clothes, by the way, because he’s off to chair a meeting of Leith Neighbourhood Parnership).
Getting involved in Leith
Here’s to spring and lots of ways to get involved in Leith. There’s digging to do in the Persevere Community Garden (see Perseverence Pays Off). There’s positive progress in the campaign for Leith Museum. And there’s a chance to get involved in politics at all levels. If you are interested in finding out what makes politicians tick why not take part in the Opening Doors shadow scheme. Leith Open Space would love to hear from you: just click on Opening Doors Again to find out more.
Opening Doors Again
Question: What was the best thing about the scheme?
Answer: “The scheme opens politics to ordinary people who would never otherwise come close to it. ” Opening Doors feedback form, 2007.
That was just one response. Altogether, feedback was so positive we are planning to run a second phase of the Opening Doors shadow scheme starting in May this year and we would love to hear what you want to learn about politics. Continue reading “Opening Doors Again”
Perseverence pays off
Time to dig out our wellies and head for the opening of the new Perseverence Community Garden at 11am on Wednesday 5 March. Leith Open Space is looking forward to sharing a plot with Greener Leith and we will be marking the spot by planting one of the fruit trees Alastair Tibbitt has ordered for the occasion. With any luck they will come with good weather.
Behind the walls, Perseverence Community Garden waits for planting
A positive step forward for Leith museum
Good news about the future Leith Museum. With over 3000 signatures on the petition collected by the Campaign for Leith Museum, the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee agreed to take positive steps forward when they met on 19 February. In plain English, they want to know what support the campaign can expect from the City of Edinburgh Council , Scottish Parliament and Scottish Enterprise. Answers expected by 25 April. Click here for the longer version…