Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust

17/06/2026

Art at the canal festival

Join us this Saturday! 🎨✨
We’re taking part in the Edinburgh Canal Festival and will also be hosting our Students Exhibition at Birchwood Art Studio.
Come and see the wonderful work created by our students, enjoy the festival atmosphere, and celebrate creativity with us.
📍 Canal Festival, Lochrin Basin | 11am–4pm
📍 Students Exhibition, Birchwood Art Studio (Ashley Terrace) | 12pm–4pm

17/06/2026

Printmaking at the canal festival

17/06/2026

Crafternoon comes with to the canal festival

🐉Craft & Celebrate at the Edinburgh Canal Festival🛶

Join us for a fun-filled afternoon as the Dragon Boat Festival🐲 and Edinburgh Canal Festival 🚣‍♀️come together for a special family craft session at Fountainbridge Green & Fountainbridge Library.

🚣Date & Time: Saturday 20th June 2026 (2 - 4 pm)
🚣Locations: Fountainbridge Green & Fountainbridge Library

Get creative with a range of hands-on activities, including:
✨Making your own dragon boats
✨Creating Paper zongzi (traditional Dragon Boat Festival decorations)
✨ And much more!

This FREE event is open to all ages, making it the perfect opportunity for families to learn about Dragon Boat Festival Traditions, enjoy some creative fun, and 🎉 celebrate Edinburgh's vibrant canal community!

No booking required - just drop in and join the fun! 🐲🚣‍♀️🎉

17/06/2026

Very entertaining to watch at the canal festival

15/06/2026

1 WEEK LEFT TO APPLY - We are Recruiting a General Manager 🌊

Job description and how to apply ⬇️

https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP1000001izvFIAQ/general-manager

Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust (FCCT) is a dynamic local charity and social enterprise working to make Fountainbridge a better place to live, work, do business and visit. We deliver projects that promote inclusion, sustainability, and community wellbeing.

Our work includes community boating activities, greenspace development, volunteering programmes, wellbeing walking groups, the Edinburgh Canal Festival, and a growing programme of community events. We are also preparing to open a new Canalside Community Space and to build a new sustainable trip boat for 2026—an exciting period of growth that this role will help bring us to life.

We are now looking for a motivated and skilled General Manager to lead our small, dedicated and experienced team and help shape the next stage of FCCT’s growth.

About the Role

As FCCT’s most senior staff member, you will provide strategic leadership while staying closely connected to day-to-day operations. This is a hands-on and varied role, ideal for someone who enjoys combining big-picture thinking with practical community-focused delivery.

Deadline: Monday 22nd June 2026 at 5pm

Interviews: Monday 29th June 2026

Uncategorised We are Recruiting a General Manager by fiona lough|Published 22 May 2026 Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust (FCCT) is a dynamic local charity and social enterprise working to make Fountainbridge a better place to live, work, do business and visit. We deliver projects that promote...

11/06/2026

Kings theatre exhibition, free entry

07/06/2026

We still have a few spaces for our Inspiration Cruise on Wednesday with local resident and writer Sandy Bennett-Haber. It will take place on the Lochrin Belle on Wednesday 10th June 2026 11am -1pm, no previous writing experience necessary.
Come on board the Lochrin Belle and get your creativity flowing on a 2 hour cruise. Sandy will lead the group through site specific writing prompts aimed to get your creativity flowing while we explore the canal.
Signing up for your free space is essential, further details will be sent out to successful applicants.
APPLY HERE: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=CVCTYErYUkWczMGukHAIUcffL_r5A-5CvwcHMky1cUhURURXTFZTWUpKSTZWM0dIQklQNVNJUzJMUy4u
No obligation to share you writing, you are welcome to listen to what others have written. Refreshments and toilet are available on the boat, you are welcome to bring a packed lunch to eat on board.
There are also a good number of spaces for the Inspiration Walk at the end of June as well, sign up on the same form.
Polwarth Parish Church Fountainbridge Library

02/06/2026

We have some exciting events coming up with local resident and writer Sandy Bennett-Haber. One of them will take place on Lochrin Belle - Inspiration cruise on Wednesday 10th June 2026 11am -1pm

Come on board the Lochrin Belle and get your creativity flowing on a 2 hour cruise. Sandy will lead the group through site specific writing prompts aimed to get your creativity flowing while we explore the canal.

Signing up for your free space is essential, further details will be sent out nearer the time to successful applicants.

APPLY HERE: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=CVCTYErYUkWczMGukHAIUcffL_r5A-5CvwcHMky1cUhURURXTFZTWUpKSTZWM0dIQklQNVNJUzJMUy4u

No previous writing experience necessary. Refreshments and toilet are available on the boat, you are welcome to bring a packed lunch to eat on board.

01/06/2026

We are Recruiting a General Manager 🌊

Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust (FCCT) is a dynamic local charity and social enterprise working to make Fountainbridge a better place to live, work, do business and visit. We deliver projects that promote inclusion, sustainability, and community wellbeing.

Our work includes community boating activities, greenspace development, volunteering programmes, wellbeing walking groups, the Edinburgh Canal Festival, and a growing programme of community events. We are also preparing to open a new Canalside Community Space and to build a new sustainable trip boat for 2026—an exciting period of growth that this role will help bring us to life.

We are now looking for a motivated and skilled General Manager to lead our small, dedicated and experienced team and help shape the next stage of FCCT’s growth.

About the Role

As FCCT’s most senior staff member, you will provide strategic leadership while staying closely connected to day-to-day operations. This is a hands-on and varied role, ideal for someone who enjoys combining big-picture thinking with practical community-focused delivery.

Job description and how to apply ⬇️

https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP1000001izvFIAQ/general-manager

Deadline: Monday 22nd June 2026 at 5pm

Interviews: Monday 29th June 2026

Uncategorised We are Recruiting a General Manager by fiona lough|Published 22 May 2026 Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust (FCCT) is a dynamic local charity and social enterprise working to make Fountainbridge a better place to live, work, do business and visit. We deliver projects that promote...

27/05/2026

Sunday 31st may, learning together day, meet up at Gorgie farm at 11am, learn from their established garden, take some plants from there to plant at garden@snake, until 1pm.
More details www.fcct.scot/news