Archive for November, 2007
Picture by Nick Gardner
Are you a budding photographer? If so, Jackie Mearns of Leith Community Involvement Project invites you to take part in a photography competition open to anyone with a Leith link. CLOSING DATE 31ST JANUARY.
“My Leithâ€? is the name of the competition run by Jackie in conjunction with “Regenerate” community newsletter. All entries will be featured in an exhibition next year and the best photographs may also be published in the “Regenerateâ€? newsletter and other forthcoming publications produced by the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership.
There are three age categories – Children (up to 12), Young People (13 – 21), and Adult (21 and over). Prizes of a trophy and Ocean Terminal shopping vouchers for each category have been generously donated by Forth Ports PLC.
You are allowed up to three entries and can either email your digital pictures to leithphotos@hotmail.co.uk or send hard copies to Jackie Mearns, Leith Community Involvement Project, 4 Duncan Place, Edinburgh EH6 8HW. Please call Jackie Mearns on 0131 554 9951 if you have any questions. Good Luck!
PS, thanks to Nick for his view of the rapidly changing shore of Leith. You can see lots more of Nick’s news and views on his wide-ranging community website Leith and North News.
November 27th, 2007
Talking of photography, the film of the FEAST event is now up on the FEAST website. Alan Stockdale, Leith photographer and film-maker, fused images of Shanghai and Edinburgh with music inspired by the making of Dim Sum (made at Out of the Blue as we reported back in August).
You can enjoy film and music and read some intriguing stories from Chinese and Scottish communities by visiting the FEAST blog. The event was created by Kimho Ip a musician and composer (he runs intercultural workshops in Leith) who believes food is the vital link between all people no matter what language we speak.
Kimho and the rest of the FEAST team are now working on a multi-media, multicultural event, Dialogues of Wind and Bamboo, which will take place in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh next summer as part of the China Now in Scotland programme for 2008.
November 27th, 2007
Community gardens can be a great way of bringing people together. Just take a look at the Hidden Gardens in Glasgow for inspiration. But there are lots of creative ideas bubbling up much closer to home. Plans for community gardens are quickly spreading across the Leith area.
Some, like Dalmeny Street Park, are already taking shape on the ground. Others, like hopes for a community garden in an area of Leith Links, are still at the planning stage.
Want to get involved?
Community groups like Greener Leith are hoping to encourage volunteers
to make sure plans become reality. If you want to get involved click on the Greener Leith website for a long list of opportunities in local environment projects, including building a data base, designing posters and making videos as well as helping to develop community garden projects such as a ‘berry hedge’ in Pilrig Park.
Leith Open Space is also hoping to support another exciting community garden scheme just about to get off the ground. So keeping watching this ‘open space’.
November 26th, 2007
