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11 April 2024Citizen Writers and Edinburgh College of Art: Deliverances from Death
At the end of last year, our Citizen Writers collaborated with illustration students from Edinburgh College of Art to create a set of…
7 March 2024Singapore International Foundation’s Arts for Good Fellowship
Over the autumn and winter, Communities Programme Director, Noëlle Cobden had the privilege of being part of Singapore International…
21 December 2023Communities '23: End of Year Reflection
As 2023 comes to an end, our Communities Programme Director, Noëlle Cobden, reflects on her top five highlights in what has been another…
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…
1 December 2022Illustration Collaborations with ECA Students: Part 2
In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in…