Tag: Craigmillar

Sylvia Gorman is the librarian at Castlebrae Community High School but she is also Secretary of the Craigmillar Literacy Trust who organise Craigmillar Book Festival.We spoke to her about the festival which is coming up in...

 Tommy Sheppard MP has called on Edinburgh businesses to help a Craigmillar-based community project reach its fundraising target. The Craigmillar Community Grows project supports a variety of community gardens and growing projects run by local...

Grocer of the Year, Lidl, submits detailed application for new concept store as part of Craigmillar’s town centre regenerationThe EDI Group Ltd has announced today that a detailed planning application has been lodged by...

The Edinburgh Reporter met up with Kevin Finlay from Kids in the Street recently at the 'graduation ceremony' being held in the White House in Craigmillar. People from local groups were presented with their certificates to...

On Thursday (24th September) Edinburgh councillors will decide the future of Bridgend Farmhouse. A local charity and its supporters are hoping the council will support their bid to own and renovate the derelict farmhouse...

by Councillor Maureen Child, Portobello/Craigmillar Ward It’s been a bit of a long-running saga, but the railway bridge at Brighton Place/Southfield Place is to be inspected starting this weekend and the wire-mesh ant-pigeon measures put in once...

 School pupils have put down their pencils in favour of builders’ tools to give Sandy’s Community Centre a new path as part of Castlebrae High School’s Construction Challenge.The Lord Provost will present the pupils...

Earlier this morning Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called to wasteland just behind the Thistle Foundation in Craigmillar where a car was on fire. Scroll down for more photos.The Edinburgh Reporter spotted the...

Edinburgh charity recognised for delivery of vital services to young people Health Opportunities Team, working across the Portobello/Craigmillar & Liberton/Gilmerton areas of Edinburgh, has become one of more than 2,100 organizations across the UK to...

A social enterprise has opened for business in Craigmillar in a bid to bring contract manufacturing back to Edinburgh and create much-needed jobs.After Edinburgh businesswoman Allie Cherry struggled to find a manufacturer for her...

 Bookbug: songs and rhymes for young children and babies. 10.30-11am, Oxgangs Library, 343 Oxgangs Road North.Live Music Now: Slide Too Far. Formed two years ago in Glasgow, trombone quartet Slide Too Far has gone from strength to strength, winning...

MONDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2014Mrs Mash at The Skylark: songs, stories and joining in fun from Mrs Mash aka Marie Louise Cochrane, the Storytelling Cook, for the under-5s and their parents and carers - this week...

With Nerve and Heart and Mind: in her poem The German Ward, Vera Brittain wrote of how she worked with 'nerve and heart and mind' to match the courage and skill of the sister-in-charge, the only trained...

Every Primary 1 child in Scotland will get not one but three free books as part of the celebrations next week during Book Week Scotland.The national celebration of reading runs from 24 to 30...

MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2014Delighters: Hula Hooping  - taster session. For ages 14+, beginners or beginners + - session will be tailored to the abilities of the participants. 6.30-7.30pm, Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace....

UPDATE MAN has now been traced.Police Scotland is appealing for information to help trace a 68-year-old man who has been reported missing from Edinburgh.Dennis Scott, who is 68 years-old, was last seen at his...

You may recall that The Edinburgh Reporter spoke to Vickie Tanner before she left New York to come to Edinburgh to stage her one woman show. She told us then that she would love...

MONDAY 11TH AUGUST 2014Phill Jupitus: Sketch Comic.  The National Galleries of Scotland are letting legendary stand-up, poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks during August.  Each morning Phill...

MONDAY 4TH AUGUST 2014GENERATION: Curator's Tour. Senior Curator Lucy Askew leads an introductory tour of the GENERATION exhibition at Modern Art One, introducing key artists and themes.  This part of the exhibition includes spectacular...

An archaeological dig at Bridgend farm house on the edge of Craigmillar Castle Park has been trying to find traces of an old chapel believed to have been used by Mary Queen of Scots.The...

WOMEN IN EDINBURGH URGED TO STAY IN THE BREAST OF HEALTH Women in Edinburgh will be encouraged to take the ‘breast challenge’ this week, as the Detect Cancer Early breast screening campaign visits Craigmillar. With one...

Monday 12 May 2014 - Out of the Blue is 20!Louise Bourgeois' Sunday Salons: Artist Julie Roberts shares her experience of attending one of Louise Bourgeois' notorious Sunday Salons in New York.  The Studio,...

This Easter Edinburgh Zoo’s Discovery and Learning department is working in partnership with Edinburgh City Council to provide a unique day out for children from Edinburgh’s Drylaw, Wester Hailes, Sighthill, Craigmillar and Leith communities. The...

The Big Lottery Fund has announced over £10m of funding for projects across Scotland to improve community spaces. From a plot which will become a community garden in Auchinleck to a 40 acre community...

VOTING MADE EASY FOR 2013 COMMUNITY COUNCIL ELECTIONSFor the first time, local people taking part in this year's Community Council elections in Edinburgh will be able to vote online. There has been such a good response to join...

A new £500,000 Innovation Fund is now open for funding applications from voluntary, charitable, not for profit organisations who provide health and social care in Edinburgh.Funding is available from Edinburgh’s Health and Social Care Partnership for innovative projects that...

A report detailing the outcome of a recent consultation on the proposed closure of Castlebrae Community High School will be considered at the Council meeting on 14 March 2013. A decision will be made by Council at...

Submitted by james milligan  There is a plan being or which has been made behind the backs of the people of Craigmillar & Niddrie.There's a plan to build a mosque on the site of the old...

Politicians from across the political spectrum have called on Edinburgh City Council to reconsider plans to close Castlebrae High School. Councillors on the education committee had been expected to approve plans to start a formal...

MP for Edinburgh East Sheila Gilmore has backed a proposal from Craigmillar residents to protect Cairntows Park from future development. Residents in Craigmillar asked Ms Gilmore to seek Queen Elizabeth Fields in Trust Diamond Jubilee...