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4 December 2023Claire Askew at The Ripple Project
The Ripple Project work with local people in the communities of Restalrig, Lochend, and Craigentinny to create opportunities, tackle…
25 October 2023Poetry Sessions at The Corstorphine Dementia Project
Since the beginning of October, poet Ken Cockburn has been running weekly poetry sessions at the Corstorphine Dementia Project: a warm,…
11 October 2023Communities at the August Book Festival
This year, we welcomed several groups to the Festival site, held special author visits with our community partners, and there were…
24 May 2023A New Collaboration with The Ripple
Since the beginning of the year the Communities Team have been developing a new partnership with The Ripple, in Restalrig (North East…
27 April 2023Guest Blog: Eleanor Thom
In this guest blog our Citizen Writer in Residence Eleanor Thom shares her experience working with the North Edinburgh Over-50s Drama Group…
29 March 2023New Project with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Recently we worked with young people and staff from NHS Lothian’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) on a three-day…
21 February 2023Story-sharing with Streetreads
Over the autumn, our Citizen Writer in Residence, Eleanor Thom visited Streetreads to deliver story-sharing and creative writing sessions.…
25 January 2023Guest Blog: Spartan's Writer in Residence - Chris Barkley
Chris Barkley is an award-winning fiction writer, whose work is concerned with belonging, place, myth, and reality. Since August 2022 he…
19 October 2022A New Term for The Citizen Collective
As we look ahead to a new term of sessions with The Citizen Collective, we reflect on a few highlights from the past year.The Citizen…
5 October 2022Scotland's Stories Now at the August Festival
Throughout 2022, we’ve been celebrating Scotland’s Year of Stories. The August Festival was a highlight for our ‘Scotland’s Stories Now’…
21 September 2022On site with Communities Programme at the August Book Festival
This year, we welcomed several groups to the Festival site, held special author visits with our community partners and there were daily…
15 September 2022Off site communities events this August!
This year’s August Festival saw the most extensive array of communities activities yet. Read on to find out more about how we brought the…