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Edinburgh Wellbeing Pact/Thrive Edinburgh: Coorie in for Winter

Edinburgh Wellbeing Pact/Thrive Edinburgh says

As we approach winter we are keen to ensure that communities of place, interest and identity  have opportunities to connect during the winter months which this year are set to more challenging than ever. Thrive Edinburgh has a for a number of years supported the publication of ‘Corrie In for Winter’ booklet and this year we plan to extend Coorie in for Winter to include activities and events.  Here are further information and an application form.

Completed applications should be sent to me by close of play on 17 October. All applications will be reviewed by the Thrive Edinburgh Team, and we will let you know on 25 October the outcome. We do appreciate that this is a short timescale and have tried to keep this application process as straightforward as possible and the turnaround time short so that activities can commence from November onwards. If you have any questions, please just send me an email (Linda.irvinefitzpatrick@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk) and I will get back to you.

Many thanks for your ongoing commitment to the Edinburgh Wellebing Pact. I’m looking forward receiving your applications and working together to so that everyone can have more good days.

Dr Linda Irvine Fitzpatrick
Strategic Programme Manager, Thrive Edinburgh
SRO, Edinburgh Wellbeing Pact and Community Mobilisation
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Strathcylde and Queen Margaret Universities

Edge conditions: visions for key sites and buildings in Leith and its ‘edge’

This exhibition is at Out of the Blue until tomorrow (Friday 30 September. The organisers tell LCCC:

‘Edge Conditions’ exhibits a summary of the work carried out by students of the Master of Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University. It showcases selected student work from of a studio led by academics Christos Kakalis, Zeynep Kezer and Ivan Marquez Munoz between 2019-2022, which set Leith as the context of intervention. Using this area as its primary site of inquiry, the studio encouraged explorations of architectural responses to edge conditions, conceived literally and figuratively, proposing them as a deliberately loose frame. This enabled a wide range of experimentations and interpretations, from the most literal and material translations of the notion, to the most ephemeral and metaphorical. The projects developed in this studio included attempts at stitching the boundaries between the land at the sea, addressing the effects of water pollution and rising sea levels, as well as interventions to mend the fragmented urban fabric where it frays, identifying components of abandoned assemblages to reconfigure them for new uses, thereby reducing waste and improving the resilience of local communities. The projects exhibited include ‘Reclaiming Playtime’, winner of the RIBA Award for Sustainable Design at Part 2 at the RIBA President’s Medals 2021, and winner of the RIBA Presentation Prize at the RIBA North East Student Awards 2021, proposed for the Shrubhill site by graduates Nic Honey and Rob Thackeray.

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Northbound road closure: impact on Leith Walk traffic from 2 October for 3 weeks CORRECT MAP

Following on from this post, we understand that we were supplied the wrong map. What we believe to be the right map is below, and has been put into the original post. LCCC’s web-weaver apologises for any inconvenience this honest mistake causes.

map of affected area

Click the image to see the full-size PDF.

Northbound road closure: impact on Leith Walk traffic from 2 October for 3 weeks

Antigua Street – Annandale Street north-bound road closure

On the 2 October 2022 there will be changes to the traffic management arrangements on the north-bound section of Leith Walk between Antigua Street and Annandale Street to allow final surfacing works to be undertaken .

This will involve a full north-bound road closure for approximately three weeks from the Picardy Place turnback to Annandale Street. Please note the Picardy Place turnback will remain operational throughout the duration of these works.

Buses will be using the Picardy turn back. Bus stops on York Place will still be in use and they will be using East London Street and Annandale Street to get back onto Leith Walk.

There will be diversion signage installed in the local area to inform road users of the recommended route. The main diversion route for north-bound cyclists will be Dublin Street, Abercromby Place, Albany Street, Broughton Street and East London Street while traffic will be diverted via Dundas Street, Brandon Terrace, Canonmills, Broughton Road and Bonnington Road. Traffic will also be able to access Broughton Street via York Place and the Picardy Place turnback but this will only be signed in the local vicinity in order to encourage traffic to use the above diversion. Details of Lothian Buses diversions will be listed on their website.

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