First Signs of Spring Sunday 9th February 2025 12.30-3.30pm You are invited by North Merchiston Club , Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust and the Green Team to look for the First Signs of Spring Sunday 9th February 2025 12.30-3.30pm in North Merchiston Club and Harrison Park featuring All-age nature crafting (drop in 12.30-3.30), Greenspace volunteering […]
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Apply for a free place at our Mushroom Workshop The event features a talk about mushroom growing by Rhyze Mushrooms followed by an inoculation workshop and taking some mushrooms home to grow. This event will be held at the North Merchiston Club Wednesday evening 29th January 2025 Joining details will be […]
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, […]
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 […]
Saturday 14th September2024 1pm to 4pm You are invited by North Merchiston Club And Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust for a Foraging Discovery Day Saturday 14th September2024 1pm-4pm in North Merchiston Club and Harrison Park 1-4pm Foraging Discovery Space (drop in) 1.15-2.15 pm Nature Discovery Walk (free booking) 2.30-3.30pm. Creative Foraging Walk (free booking) […]
TWICE A MONTH, NEXT TWO DATES …. Wednesdays 21 August and 11 September (6pm) RSVP or more info: susanne@fcct.scot
These are some of the community activities on in our local area Spring 2024, please get in touch with our Community Navigator fiona@fcct.scot if you are aware of others to add to this page. WEDNESDAY ACTIVITIES @ POLWARTH April, May and June sessions NB There will be no sessions on […]
Partnership with the SocialprescribED Tastival The event is all about raising awareness, and understanding, of the varied social prescribing programmes listed on the University of Edinburgh’s SocialPrescribED webpage. The Tastival will run across two weeks in March, centred around Social Prescribing Day 2024, on Thursday 14 March.Social PrescribED developed out […]
Saturday 16th March, Harrison Park East near North Merchiston Club, some photos from the day. 11am – 1pm drop in Join our Canalside Greenspace Group for all-age outdoor activities in Harrison Park, connecting us to our local greenspaces and those who love and care for them. All-age treasure hunt in […]
We provided three types of activities this year, on the water and on land… The Rivers Centre A celebration boat trip for a group from The Rivers Centre who are based nearby at Fountainbridge Library. The Rivers Centre is NHS Lothian’s specialist service for people of all ages affected by […]