Festival of Cultures – Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th June
Join ELREC at this year’s Festival of Cultures at Inverleith Park. We will showcase local ethnic diversity in Edinburgh over the 2-day, outdoor event. It is an opportunity to celebrate diversity, learn about local cultures and connect communities using food, dance, music, and activities. Bringing people together to create strong relationships Making communities stronger and […]
ELREC awarded funding from Paths for All
Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) awarded funding to get Scotland cycling. ELREC Cycling Club has received £22,000 of funding from Scottish walking charity Paths for All – Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme in a bid to encourage people to change their behaviours to drive less and to walk or cycle as part of […]
International Mother Language Day event 2023
Wonderfull International Mother Language Day event today at City Chambers, The City of Edinburgh Council. Our warmest thank you to the guest speakers: Councillor Robert Aldridge Rt. Hon. Lord Provost and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh, Foysol Choudhury MSP for Lothian, Professor Emeritus and Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University Sir Geoff Palmer, Antonella Sorace […]
Swap Shop event
Communities’ Reduce Reuse & Recycle Project: Delighted to have had a very successful Swap Shop event last Saturday. 250 people attended the event and 531.6kg of clothes, books, shoes, kitchen utensils, plastic, and more were donated and redirected to the local community which now will reuse them. Our deepest gratitude to our group of dedicated […]
International Mother Language Day 2023
We would like to invite you to join the celebration of International Mother Language Day 2023. International Mother Language Day (IMLD) was proclaimed by UNESCO and observed every year since 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. This year the speakers include Councillor Robert Aldridge Rt. Hon. Lord Provost and Lord Lieutenant of […]
Sewing Club
Thrilled to see the Sewing Club participants developing amazing sewing projects. A big well done to Alana for making a very elegant coat with donated fabric, and to Melba for making a beautiful tote bag with fabric remains. Would you like to join the sewing classes as well? The sewing club take place every Monday […]
Big Swap Event
Come along Saturday 4th February 2023 at St Martins Church (232 Dalry Rd, Edinburgh, EH11 2JG) to find some great clothes, toys, books, DVDs, kitchen utensils, and other stuff for FREE! Grab your free ticket asap: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/big-swap-shop-event… All welcome!! At the event, you will find clothes and other useful items in need of a new […]
£eithChooses Gallery
Support the Conscious Living Project with your vote in the Leith Chooses voting from 16th to 29th January! The Leith Chooses presents 20 community projects in Leith that can receive funding support with your votes. The aim of the project is to promote wellbeing and mental health care as well as raise environmental awareness in […]
Join our conversations about how the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh used to care for people by enslaving other people
Can you imagine working for years, controlled by threat of violence, treated as less than human, unpaid and unable to leave? Recent research, funded by The NHS Lothian Charity tells the story of how, for decades, the first Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh owned enslaved people of African descent on its property in Jamaica. The profits […]
Free English classes
If you would like to register, visit Life is Good in Scotland – English Classes (google.com)
