Edinburgh International Book Festival – pics of our live reading!

Edinburgh International Book Festival – pics of our live reading!

We’re so proud of our Cowgate Creative Writing Group, who, on the evening of Wednesday 21 August, took to the stage of the Edinburgh International Book Festival to read their work in front of a live audience. Invited to respond to the 2025 Festival theme of ‘Together We Repair’, the writers read a selection of new […]

See our Creative Writing Group at Edinburgh International Book Festival!

See our Creative Writing Group at Edinburgh International Book Festival!

Our Cowgate Creative Writing Group have been invited to present their work at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. They’ve been challenged to respond to the 2025 Festival theme of ‘Together We Repair’ – exploring how writing as a group has helped to repair and restore them. In recent weeks they have been curating and […]

Catch our Wellbeing in the City exhibition – open until 31 Aug!

Catch our Wellbeing in the City exhibition – open until 31 Aug!

Don’t miss our Wellbeing in the City exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh (142-146 Canongate, EH8 8DD), open until 31 August 2025. Inspired by places in and around Edinburgh that enhance wellbeing, it brings together photographs by our PAGE (Photo Arts Group Empowerment) and written pieces by our Creative Writing group. For the exhibition, each […]

Access to Industry’s Certificate Ceremony 2025!

Access to Industry’s Certificate Ceremony 2025!

An annual highlight of the Access to Industry calendar, our Certificate Ceremony 2025 took place on Tuesday 24 June in St Cecilia’s Hall. It brought together a jubilant crowd to celebrate the students from across our various courses, classes and groups who have achieved this year. For our 24/25 year, we awarded 267 certificates to […]