Communitywellbeingcollective

01/06/2026

Welcoming June ☀️

Save the date for your fave activities 🗓️ Always free, always drop-in!

27/05/2026

From nothing to everything.
And we’re fighting to keep it.
Slide 1:
Where we started. An empty space.

Slide 2:
What we built. 4 years. 600+ people/month. Free meals, Gàidhlig classes, yoga, meditation, community.
Slide 3:
What we’re about to lose if we don’t hit £6,800 by June 30.

Not metaphorically. Actually closes.

We’ve proven what’s possible. Now prove it matters.

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£2,520 by June 30 or everything disappears.
We’re not giving up. Neither should you.
CommunityBuilding

25/05/2026

Make the most of this beautiful week ☀️ Come join us for:

Monday (open as usual)
🎨 Breathing Art Experience | 12-3pm
🍲 Free Hot Soup | 1-3pm
🕺 Men’s Club | 5–7pm

Wednesday
📚 English Language Support | 12:30–2pm
Note: Women’s Sewing Group is off this week

Thursday
🙌 Learning Gaelic together | 6–7.30pm | Anna is joining us this week with fun game!

Friday
Intergenerational Sober Dance & Crafts | 6–8pm

Saturday
❓Anchor Event: Where’s All This Coming From? Games, chats and more with CWC members, the .project and The Ragged University.

Sunday
🌻 Sunny Sundays | 1–3pm | By Wester Hailes Community Action

24/05/2026

62% 💛
From 54% to 62% in just a few days.
130 Supporters backing the Community Wellbeing Collective Space.
We need £2,520 more by June 30.
Together we are resilliant and Together we save this space. LINK IN BIO TO KEEP US OPEN 🔗

23/05/2026

Only one week to go until our May Anchor Event, Where’s All This Coming From? We know the world is COMPLEX right now - so join us, the .project, and the good folks from The Ragged University for an afternoon of tea, blether, games, talks, and art workshops to get you thinking, talking, and creating! 💫 Share what makes you tick, what grinds your gears, what’s on your mind about What’s Happening, and navigate global and personal anxieties together at the CWC ☀️❤️ food from 12, games and conversation from 1, talks and workshops from 2 - see you there!! We will also be taking donations to SAVE OUR SPACE at this event, so if you want to contribute in any way you can, pop down!! Saturday 30th May, 12pm - 5pm

20/05/2026

111 people have donated to save this space. 🪩✨
We’re at 54% of our June goal — £3,730 raised. We need £3,070 more by June 30th or the Community Wellbeing Space closes.

For our community that means losing,
The ONLY free sober drop-in space in Wester Hailes
Free hot meals every week 🍲
Free Gàidhlig classes
Yoga, meditation, workshops & more all community-led
600+ people/month who depend on this space.

£75/day for 41 days to keep our doors open.
🔗 Link in bio to donate or buy a t-shirt!

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18/05/2026

This week’s offerings ✨

Mondays
🥣 Free Hot Soup | 1-3pm 
🌿 Henna | 1-2pm

Wednesday
🧵 Women’s Sewing Group session | 10am-12pm
📚 English Language Support | 12:30–2pm

Thursday
💃🏻 Zumba (women-focused) | 6–7pm

Saturday
🥗 Free Community Meal | 1–2pm
🎬 Film-making | 2-4pm

Sunday
🌸 Sunny Sundays | 1–3pm | By Wester Hailes Community Action

16/05/2026

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HELP SAVE OUR COMMUNITY SPACE! We need to raise £6,800 by the end of June! And another £8600 by July 30th! £15,400 total!

16/05/2026

Wester Hailes community group Community Wellbeing Collective aiming to raise £15,000 this summer to keep doors open

16/05/2026

A Community Lifeline at Risk in Wester Hailes

Wester Hailes’ Community Wellbeing Collective is facing a financial crisis, putting a vital local resource in jeopardy.

Founded in 2021, the Collective opened its first space just a year later in a former off-licence unit at the Westside Centre (previously known as Westside Plaza). What began as a grassroots initiative has quickly grown into a cornerstone of community support - I visited just a few weeks ago.

Since then, the group has moved into a new home within the centre, a welcoming space affectionately known as the “Big Yellow House.”

From this base, the Collective has built something special: a place where people come together, not just for support, but for connection. It runs free events and activities, offers safe spaces to gather, and provides hot meals (the soup is great!) at no cost to members of the Wester Hailes community.

Now, all of that is under threat.

Without urgent financial support, the services that many local people rely on, from meals to meaningful social connection — could be lost.

Crowdfunder here:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-community-space

Story here: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/wester-hailes-community-wellbeing-collective-urgent-fundraiser-avoid-closure-8548789