By fay.young on April 12, 2013
Friday: 11.30 am. Zahira Hassan has just arrived in Sarah Boyack’s office. A quick glance at the MSP’s diary is enough to convince her that she is in for a very interesting few weeks shadowing the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Planning. Continue reading “Re-Opening Doors 2013.”
Posted in Leith Open Space Events, Opening Doors 2012-13 | Tagged Opening Doors shadow scheme, Sarah Boyack, scottish parliament |
By fay.young on December 29, 2012
Many of my female friends show no interest in politics and this is something that baffles me.
Ruth Bittern may be disappointed that many of the young women she knows seem uninterested in politics but there is no mistaking her own enthusiasm. Ruth applied to our Opening Doors Shadow Scheme because she wants to put political knowledge to good use in the community. In fact she had just given up a successful job in the financial sector because she wanted to work somewhere more rewarding and satisfying.
Continue reading “A taste for politics”
Posted in Opening Doors 2012-13 |
By fay.young on October 15, 2012
Another step into the unknown, I’m on a train hurtling south from Edinburgh to London. Of all unlikely things I find myself an ambassador for Leith Open Space on my way to take part in an international conference of open spacers, more precisely the World Open Space on Open Space (WOSONOS) for participants of this defiantly participative process which – in theory anyway – gives the floor to the audience rather than the organisers. Round about York I’m casting my mind back to how it all began. Continue reading “Into the unknown…again”
Posted in Leith Open Space Events, Open view |
By fay.young on September 20, 2012
So you don’t need the muscles of an Olympic champion. It turned out to be surprisingly easy to pedal a smoothie on this marvellous reinvented bike that seems to be making a name for itself at foodie festivals around Scotland.
Continue reading “Eat your way to a better world”
Posted in Food, Leith Open Space Events, World Kitchen in Leith events |
By fay.young on July 26, 2012
It’s 11.30 am on Saturday. “Half an hour to go,” says Mark. “Are we going to be ready?” We all look towards the door. Sunlight beams into the kitchen but is that just a hint of panic in the air? Continue reading “Big fun at the Big Tent”
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By fay.young on July 16, 2012
We’re getting ready for the Big Tent. The menu is prepared, the tents are booked, the wellies are in the bag. Mark has designed and ordered some very smart new aprons for the occasion – and with any luck Ian has booked a sudden spell of sunshine. Continue reading “Calling Mr Sunshine to The Big Tent”
Posted in World Kitchen in Leith, World Kitchen in Leith events | Tagged The Big Tent, The Big Tent 2012, The Proclaimers, World Kitchen in Leith |