We’re heading towards the Autumn and the next round of community grant decisions from the Edinburgh Neighbourhood Partnership. Meetings for the South West and Pentlands Community Grant Funds will take place during the first week in October.

The Neighbourhood Partnership Community Grants Fund is a small grants scheme (provided by Edinburgh Council).
 
Community Grants are awards of up to £5000 for start-up, or new one-off community projects. Money is distributed in different Neighbourhood Partnership areas across Edinburgh for projects that benefit those communities.

​For more information, guidance notes, application forms, and conditions of funding please head to the Neighbourhood Partnership website.

We are pleased to say that the Pentlands Book Festival is back for 2018! The programme for this year has been finalised and can be found on the Festival website, along with more information about what the Festival is all about. 

All Pentlands Book Festival events are FREE to attend (tickets required), so come along and hear from some fantastic local authors over the full twenty four day programme.
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The Eric Liddell Centre are hosting a 'Living Well' event on the 1st November 2018, from 1-4pm (drop-in), focussed at providing information to over-65s about activities, support and services they can benefit from in the local area.

Come along and find out what's on offer and how you or someone you know can be involved!

Dementia Friendly Pentlands is a volunteer organisation committed to improving the lives of people living with dementia within Juniper Green, Currie and Balerno.

They will be hosting drop-in sessions throughout July and August. The drop-in sessions will be run by Petra Lipnik, DFP development worker, and will provide an opportunity for anyone who would like to learn more about dementia and support available locally to come along and have a chat.

They will be held on two Saturdays in July and August:
July 14th and July 28th, August 4th and August 18th - 10.30am – 2.30pm at Currie Library

For more information contact Petra by email at dementiafriendlypentlands@gmail.com or call 07587 034 535.

Are you over 65, wanting to take up a new activity, and interested in taking part in a Heriot-Watt University research study? Read on for more information:

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Are you aged 65 or over? Do you want to take up a new activity?
As we get older, some of us might experience changes in our thinking or memory skills. Research has suggested that taking up a new activity, especially one we’ve never done before, might help maintain our thinking skills.

We are a research team at Heriot-Watt University exploring how taking up a new activity might benefit our thinking skills and wellbeing. We are looking for people aged 65 and over in Edinburgh and the Lothians to take part. 

If you or someone you know might be interested, or you would like some more information, please contact us on 0131 451 8009 or healthyageing@hw.ac.uk. We’ll give you full details about the study and answer any questions you might have.

You can also find some more information about the research at https://healthyageing.hw.ac.uk/contact.html

We look forward to hearing from you!