Leith Open Space Events – Page 7

Football for a laugh

It’s not just for fun, though it certainly should be a laugh. COMEDIANS vs HIBS Under 17s Girls Charity Football Match is a fundraising event based on a contest between Fringe comedians and Hibs Girls on Sunday 9 August at 2pm. It’s free to get into Meadowbank Stadium but donations go to The Junction, a local charity supporting young people in Leith and North East Edinburgh.

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Damp but undaunted: some of the World Kitchen team. From the left Jo, Pip, Balvinder, Fay, Mridu and Gordon.

We begged and borrowed and though we certainly didn’t steal we owe thanks to many friends and helpers for all your support – in cash, kind, cakes and cooking of all sorts – which made the World Kitchen in Leith such a great success despite the terrible weather on Gala Day. It’s a long list so let’s get going, here are our heartfelt thanks to…

World Kitchen cooks up a storm

If you can’t stand the heat: a rare chance to draw breath in the World Kitchen

It didn’t just rain, it absolutely poured. Recipes and posters got washed away as the deluge battered our poor gazebos. But cooks just kept on cooking which was just as well because as soon as the rain stopped people came looking for food. Crowds of them. We might have hoped for better weather but we couldn’t have asked for a better beginning for the World Kitchen than the Gala Day in Leith Links on Saturday (13 June).

Opening Doors to politics

The first step in the new Opening Doors programme: (from left to right) Ola Kasprzak, Malcolm Chisholm and Fay Young

How can local communities influence political decisions? Ola Kasprzak and Maka Mwamwaja are hoping to find out as they begin this year’s shadowing programme, Opening Doors 2009, by observing the work of Malcolm Chisholm MSP both in the Scottish Parliament and in his constituency of Edinburgh North and Leith.

Come to the World Kitchen in Leith

Calling all cooks. Here’s your invitation to take part in a unique community event during Leith Festival. World Kitchen in Leith is based on the simple idea that food is the best way to bring people together so we can celebrate the many different cultures that make Leith the most vibrant part of Scotland’s capital city. [See also World Kitchen Cooks up a Storm]

Thank you for caring

The day starts with some tough questions. Who should care? Does caring begin and end in the family? How much support should the state give? And what exactly is a carer anyway? Such questions do the rounds as women join the circle of discussion on a sunny spring morning in Pilmeny Youth Centre. Then someone hits the nail on the head: most women do not see themselves as ‘carers’ at all so they never think of asking for help.

The poetry and prose of caring: a tribute to women

They let life go and they get life going,
they live to give love and they love to let live.

Finding the right words is not always easy. For many women caring is such a natural part of daily life they do not stop to put what they are doing into words. We went to the Scottish Poetry Library for inspiration.

Among shelves and shelves of books, there are poems by women from all over the world and we will display at least a few of them at the Leith Open Space event for women, Who Cares for the Carers on Saturday 14 March.

Real life drama in Leith: come and play a part

Can art change society? Here’s news of an exciting new community theatre project in Leith which aims to get people asking questions about the world around us. And maybe come up with some answers about how to change it. No theatre experience needed. Just turn up and get involved on Saturday 14 March in St James Hall, 12 St John’s Place.

Open space event for women

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Look forward to seeing you there.

Who cares for the carers?

Maggie Havergal at an Open Space coffee break — Maggie Havergal, Open Space facilitator, takes a break at our last discussion event

A new Open Space discussion event is planned for Saturday 14 March when we warmly invite women of all ages from all communities in our area to talk about their experience of caring for all kinds of needs. Please join us at Pilmeny Youth Centre for a day which aims to turn words into actions to support women who care.