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A FEAST in the street

By fay.young on September 14, 2007

Sun shone on the FEAST. Thanks to everyone who came, this imaginative event was a great success (we spotted our MP Mark Lazarowicz and a few other Leith Open Space supporters in the crowd).

As the music began, people moved towards a makeshift stage in the middle of the Eating Place food market in Castle [...]

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Come to the FEAST

By fay.young on August 19, 2007

Here’s an invitation to a feast with a difference.

The FEAST celebrates Chinese food through film and music at a free public performance in Castle Street, Edinburgh on August 30 when Edinburgh band FOUND join forces with Chinese composer Kimho Ip to create music inspired by the sounds of preparing and cooking Dim Sum.

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What’s on?

By fay.young on August 15, 2007

If you want to find out what’s happening in Leith and North Edinburgh, look no further than a new community website celebrating Leith and North.
Congratulations to Nick Gardner, a member of Leith Open Space Group, who designed the website with local news as well as a lively what’s on section and links to the huge [...]

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Community learning

By fay.young on August 13, 2007

On Saturday July 26 Nahid Aslam attended the Black and Ethnic Women’s Network meeting on behalf of Leith Open Space Group. The purpose was to share with the Network the work of Open Space and gather support for future events.

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Trouble Sleeping

By fay.young on August 11, 2007

Nahid Aslam, of Leith Open Space Group, was one of many community participants who took part in workshops at Stockbridge Theatre Workshop exploring the lives of refugees in Edinburgh. They were working on the script for a film seen through the eyes of five refugees.
Trouble Sleeping, directed by Robert Rae and edited by Tina [...]

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Summer newsletter

By fay.young on July 14, 2007

Welcome to summer news from Leith Open Space Group including details of an interesting programme of activities organised by Leith Community Involvement Project (see Summer in the City). There is lots more to come from Leith Open Space too and we will be contacting you again with plans for another Opening Doors shadow scheme [...]

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Summer in the city

By fay.young on July 14, 2007

What exactly does democracy mean? The Leith Community Involvement Project has organised a ’summer school’ so local people can take part in a thought-provoking programme to stimulate debate about the connection between democracy and the lives of ordinary people.
The programme begins in August with drama in the Scottish Parliament (the theatrical kind rather than political [...]

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True or false?

By fay.young on July 5, 2007

During Refugee Week Fay Young of Leith Open Space Group joined an information session organised by Edinburgh Refugee Centre. This is the first part of her report.
We sat at tables in small groups grappling with questions. What exactly is an asylum seeker? Where do most refugees come from? What is a migrant worker? [...]

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A compassionate culture

By fay.young on June 14, 2007

I am British, I was born here and I have no intention of leaving here, so I want to create a society here where compassion is built into our culture, in this society we will be so aware of the world around us that we will not need a Refugee Week. Until then this is [...]

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A museum for Leith

By fay.young on May 15, 2007

Let’s join the campaign for Leith Museum. Mark Lazarowicz, MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, is inviting Leithers near and far to sign a petition to support local groups campaigning for a museum celebrating the history of one of the fastest changing parts of the Capital.

Celebrating Leith’s history, the mural in North Junction Street was [...]

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