In 2024, Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust were delighted to receive a small grant from the Women’s Fund for Scotland to run activities in our local greenspaces to improve: the physical health; mental health; wellbeing; and social networks for women. The Difference the Women’s Fund for Scotland Has Made Connecting, Empowering, […]
Rachel Sedman
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In 2024, we embarked on an exciting new journey: launching a second canal boat as an additional income stream for our organisation. With a new (smaller) boat ready to hit the market, but not nearly enough hours in the day to promote it ourselves, we decided to explore a unique […]
Shortly after our Canalside Wellbeing Walk’s second birthday, the group continues to go from strength to strength, with more people keeping active and making new friends and connections with local places. New Members are always welcome! We meet every Thursday at 10am at ‘the swans’ at the canal basin in […]
Back in the heady days of late 2020 / early 2021 Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust carried out it’s first ever community consultation, to ask the local community whether they would like to see the creation of a local Community Development Trust in this area, what that organisation should focus on […]
Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust and partners are delighted to have received funding from City of Edinburgh Council’s Edinburgh 900 fund. !! BOOK HERE !! Over the next few months we will be offering 6 events celebrating the diversity of our City. We aim to promote pride in our local community […]
Join us in Harrison Park West to celebrate all things autumn, outdoor and community! Pop-up pumpkin patch, activities for children and adults, pumpkin decorating. Meet your local Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust 🙂 Saturday 26 October, 12.30-3.30pm More details here or contact ahoy@fcct.scot or phone 07716 745978 with questions.
As part of our Heritage Project activities, Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust and Citadel Arts Group invite you to join us on board the Lochrin Belle canal boat to enjoy a boat ride and to Share Stories of the Union Canal. Visit your own memories and recollections, begin to write new […]
This year Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust will hold a brief business only focussed AGM meeting online and will follow this on another date with an in-person ‘Annual Event’ where members can catch up with us and others, hear about some of our projects and learn how they can get involved. […]
This August we are delighted to be welcoming friends of our organisation to perform short shows on the Lochrin Belle to give locals and visitors to the canal a unique summer experience. Come and see one of our performers live while enjoying a cruise along the Union Canal in the […]
We are so looking forward to welcoming local people and visitors back to the Edinburgh Canal Festival on Saturday 15th June 2024, 12-5pm Residents and visitors are invited to explore the Union Canal between the Lochrin Basin and Harrison Park and to meet some of the great organisations that operate […]