Our popular Gardening Group re-starts!

Our popular Gardening Group re-starts!

We’re pleased to announce that our popular Gardening Group will return for 2024 – starting on Monday 6 May – again taking over the idyllic courtyard space (pictured) at The Museum of Edinburgh (142-146 Canongate). Last year we planted flowers and edibles – including an abundant herb garden of chives, rosemary and thyme – so […]

New Beauty Nails course!

New Beauty Nails course!

Our beauty courses are always really popular, so we’re excited for the first time to be offering a standalone course in nail therapy. Beauty Nails kicked off this week, led by Beauty Therapist and experienced college lecturer, Michelle Kurkowski-Gibson. The course will teach students all about manicures (including luxury nail treatments), using paraffin wax, warm […]

Drugs and Alcohol services feedback – can you help?

Drugs and Alcohol services feedback – can you help?

Our funding partners MELDAP (Midlothian & East Lothian Drugs And Alcohol Partnership) have commissioned us to research how people in Mid and East Lothian with lived and living experience of drugs and alcohol use engage with the support services on offer. Key to the study is the voice of the individuals using these services, often […]

Barista training in HMP & YOI Polmont!

Barista training in HMP & YOI Polmont!

We’re so pleased to be able to share that the two professional-grade coffee machines we provided (with funding from the CashBack for Communities programme*) has enabled staff and individuals at HMP & YOI Polmont to gain their SCQF level 5 qualification in Barista Skills training. HMP & YOI Polmont is the first prison in Scotland […]