Tuesday afternoon Creative Writing Workshop @ Gorgie City Farm 17th April 2012

Filmmaking enthusiasts welcome to explore Gorgie City Farm as a location for future productions, meet the poet and other creatives. Juliet Wilson’s poem “Animal Haven” is about Gorgie City Farm. She’s returning there in April to offer a creative writing workshop!

So for anyone out there who would like to write a poem (or anything else!) about Gorgie City Farm, here’s a link to the details: http://julietwilson.net/2012/02/28/creative-writing-workshop-at-gorgie-city-farm/

Please Save “The Welcoming”! Thursday 9th Feb 930am @ City Council Chambers St, Edinburgh

IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN WELCOMED BY THE WELCOMING AND/OR YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE IT GOING, PLEASE TAKE ACTION AND JOINT US IN TRYING TO SAVE IT.

The Welcoming – Grant Cut

The Welcoming has not been recommended for the next batch of funding from the City of Edinburgh Council.
If our grant is cut, The Welcoming is in danger of closing.

We are having a deputation to the City Council, Chambers St on Thursday 9th February at 9.30am. Please come and support in our protest about The Welcoming grant cut!

Also please forward this note to all your contacts, and your local councillor and MSP.

If The Welcoming closes, Edinburgh will lose:

a unique, vibrant and highly cost effective project for newcomers to Scotland:
- training and preparation for migrants, refugees and minority indigenous groups for life in Edinburgh
- provision of a wide range of classes in English, employability, wellbeing and Scottish culture
- 650 classes a year, 6 days a week and over 60 volunteers
- a prime focus for integration, wellbeing and cultural interchange

PLEASE HELP US SAVE THE WELCOMING!!

Watch our new film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk0GVvfbaxU&feature=youtu.be

The Welcoming Association, Tollcross Community Centre

117 Fountainbridge Edinburgh. EH3 9QG

Tel: 0131 221 9756

email: thewelcoming2006@hotmail.co.uk

Website: http://thewelcoming.btck.co.uk/

Claire moves on from this collection

With the this collection project about to experience something of a revival, it is with regret that co-founder Claire Askew departs the project for pastures new.

Claire says:

“I had a great time working on this collection, and I am very grateful indeed to all the brilliant poets, filmmakers and artists I got to work with over the course of the project.  It wasn’t always easy, and things didn’t always go to plan, but it was always, always weird, daring and great fun.  Being part of the massive McEwan Hall showcase will remain one of the stand-out moments of my poetic ‘career’ — it was a truly unique and awe-inspiring event.  All our events were special, all our film shoots were mad and brilliant, all our poetry readings were inspiring.  Thanks a million to anyone who was in any way involved.

Thanks in particular to Stan Reeves of the Tollcross Community Centre; and to Mike Spells and Garry Gale of Edinburgh City Libraries — gents, may your glasses at the Bow Bar be ever full.

Thanks for everything, this collection-ers! Keep up your fabulous creative work, whatever it may be.”