Symposium Exploring Current Perceptions of Migration chaired by Journalist Susan Mansfield | Museums and Galleries Edinburgh (edinburghmuseums.org.uk)

Museums and Galleries Edinburgh is hosting an online symposium on Thursday 31 August, 7pm – 8.30pm (on Zoom) which will explore how migration is represented in public life.

Local Foreigners: the human face of immigration | Museums and Galleries Edinburgh (edinburghmuseums.org.uk)

Until Sunday 10^th September 2023 at The Museum of Edinburgh, housed in Huntly House on the Royal Mile

This exhibition features photographs of people who have moved to Edinburgh from other countries and made the city their home. Each person has chosen a cherished object to display.

Local Foreigners is a project by author and photographer, Maryna Sulym. As an immigrant from Ukraine, she is not happy with negative representations of immigrants as victims or threat in the media. She started the project to spread awareness of the diversity and complexity of immigration. Local Foreigners aims to present immigrants as locals by showing that they have everyday problems, families, hobbies, study and work.

Heart of Midlothian FC is delighted to extend an invitation to all school’s pupils and their families to attend the inaugural Women’s Capital Cup, a new trophy that will be awarded to the winner of Hearts Women vs Hibernian Women’s matches in the Scottish Women’s Premier League. 

The first match will be played on Sunday, 10th September 2023 (4:10pm Kick-off) at Tynecastle with the return fixture being played at Easter Road on Sunday, 19th November 2023

Women’s and girls’ football is enjoying significant growth in Scotland and the Clubs are delighted that Baillie Gifford has come on board to sponsor the Women’s Capital Cup for the next few years to ensure that as many families as possible can enjoy this spectacle. 

Thanks to Baillie Gifford’s generosity, all tickets for these games which will be held at Tynecastle and Easter Road, will be provided free of charge. Why not take advantage of this great offer and plan a memorable day out for your families.

Hearts and Hibs are, however,  keen to encourage families to attend and will be making tickets available to families via this link: Event Information Screen – Heart of Midlothian eTickets (eticketing.co.uk). 

There is no limit to the number you can receive.

With kind regards,

Hearts of Midlothian FC.

We’ve had the below message from Rosanna at Pianodrome

I am writing on behalf of the adopt a piano adoption scheme at the Pianodrome.

We have many upright and grand pianos up for adoption at the Wee Hub in Ocean Terminal shopping centre. The showroom is open Thursdays 10-2pm and Saturdays 12-4pm. Suggested prices reflect the quality of the instruments which we are refurbishing to give them a new lease of life. All donations go back into the project to upskill our volunteers and save pianos from waste.

Please see this BBC article for more information on this project:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-64175072

Our website has further details too:

https://www.pianodrome.org/:

Please share this information as widely as possible with anyone you think might be interested in giving a piano a good home.

All the best,

Rosanna,

Volunteer with Pianodrome

If you need support to read this webpage or online letter via translation into an additional language please contact the translation service using this link https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/languages

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If you were interest in the full results of the recent 20 minute neighbourhoods survey for Gorgie and Dalry they are available on the following link.

https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/20minutegorgiedalry 

if you would prefer an easier to digest summary of the online survey results, you can request this by emailing 20MinuteNeighbourhood@edinburgh.gov.uk

If you need support to read this webpage or online letter via translation into an additional language please contact the translation service using this link https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/languages

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