Inch House Community Centre

09/10/2026

Such a joy to welcome everyone to the launch of the Craigmillar Tapestry Exhibition yesterday evening. A great time was had by all.
Thank you to Andrew Crummy who gave a presentation explaining the background to the tapestry.
To Heather Henderson for her story of Agnes Moffat and rendition of 'let the people play their part' I particularly like the audience participation on the chorus.
To Peter Brown for singing about the Laird of Cockpen and to Angela from Connecting Craigmillar for helping bring this all together and the tasty treats.

Come have a look at the tapestry panels.They are available to view
Tue - Fri 12:00 - 13:00 and
Saturday 10:00 -1 6:00

The stitchers are coming to Inch House on Saturday from 10:00 - 13:00. If you would like to add a couple of stitches or learn more about becoming involved please come say hi.

07/10/2026

06/10/2026

The Craigmillar Tapestry is en-route to Inch House this week for a 2-week exhibition!

To celebrate, we are holding a launch event on Thursday 8th October at 6:00pm-7:30pm. This event will include a presentation of the Tapestry, a live violin performance and some drinks and nibbles. It is an exciting opportunity to learn more about the Craigmillar Tapestry and the stories connected to it.

If yourself, or friends and family, are interested in coming along, please reserve FREE tickets via Eventbrite. Follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/craigmilar-tapestry-launch-event-tickets-2002665126303

There will also be a Meet the Stitchers Drop In event on Saturday 10th October from 10:00am - 1:00pm, where you can even have a go at stitching yourself!

If you can, please do come along!
Feel free to share this event with friends, family and neighbours!

Many thanks,

Inch House Team

Come along to celebrate the launch of the Craigmillar Tapestry Project exhibition at Inch House!

03/10/2026

We are pleased to inform you that welcomed nearly 200 people to our Doors Open Day event on Saturday 26 September. This included people visiting for the first time and two people who attended school here that hadn’t met up for many decades!
Many thanks to everyone who helped with this event, including our wonderful volunteers as well as staff from Inch Community Association and City of Edinburgh Council

25/09/2026

Why don't you pop down to Inch House Tomorrow for a guided tour of the building by one of our volunteers.
We are open from 11:00 - 17:00 as part of the Edinburgh & East Lothian Doors Open Days
https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/reg.../edinburgh/inch-house

24/09/2026

“We are delighted to announce that Inch House has received a valuable grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund aimed at securing its long-term future. The grant is focusing on exploring conservation-led options for restoring, and developing Inch House. Our ultimate aim is to see it grow into a strong, vigorous and sustainable community hub for the many people and communities that stand to benefit from it. We want to hear your ideas and suggestions about how we can achieve these goals! See more on our website at https://www.inchhouse.co.uk/post/restoring-and-developing-inch-house Please contact us at [email protected] if you wish to be kept informed about the progress of this project, and/or wish to volunteer with us.”

https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP1000001zSDJIA2/invitation-to-quote-specialist-architectural--business-advisers?fbclid=IwY2xjawUiEQlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMXNjS0N3QnZXWmRnd2RoYTJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEedPKnJpX3Thjb2Ner9Z2tp9h1s8QkjH-cmKnaKklfCX0-pAY1lnEf4fPf-i8_aem_LGMzf0rAbJhsqUEfHHtfeg

Friends of Inch Park Committee, Every Inch Matters, Work+Play Hub Play Plus Toy Library The Architectural Heritage Fund

23/09/2026

Why don't you pop down to Inch House on Saturday for a guided tour of the building by one of our volunteers.
We are open from 11:00 - 17:00 as part of the Edinburgh & East Lothian Doors Open Days

https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/edinburgh/inch-house

22/09/2026

INCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: Scottish Land Fund (SLF) Stage 1 Project

Inch House Community Asset Transfer Feasibility Study

INVITATION TO QUOTE: Specialist Architectural / Business Advisers

Background

Inch House Community Centre, based at Inch House, is owned by the City of Edinburgh Council and operated by Inch Community Association (ICA), a fully constituted two-tier SCIO (SC049401). Unusually for a community centre, Inch House is also a Category A listed building comprising a historic 16th century Tower House with notable Georgian and Victorian extensions. Inch House has been a council-owned community centre for nearly 40 years and the building fabric has suffered from underinvestment over this period.

Inch House is of great significance to local residents and numerous community groups, given its rich history and heritage, its role as an adult learning centre, and hub for many community, arts, cultural, wellbeing and environmental organisations and activities. Under a current grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF), ICA is assessing future viable options for much needed refurbishment of Inch House; it has also been investing its own resources in a programme of restoration and improvement of its rooms and internal spaces (many of which are empty) to make these available for external / community users.

Inch House – Community Asset Transfer preparation

As part of a wider project to secure a long-term sustainable future for Inch House, we are considering all options, including the potential acquisition of Inch House for community ownership through the Community Asset Transfer (CAT) process, working with the City of Edinburgh Council and other stakeholders to develop a viable and sustainable long-term community ownership and management solution that safeguards the future of Inch House.

In order to inform this potential long-term solution, ICA is currently preparing to submit an application to the Scottish Land Fund to secure the necessary ‘Stage 1’ funding to assess the feasibility of developing a CAT solution for Inch House and to prepare the ground for this.

Our application to SLF will be submitted on 02 October and we anticipate a response to our application by mid-November. The likely fee value of this work is £28,000 (including VAT) to be carried out between mid-November 2026 and mid-March 2027.

Invitation to Quote – Specialist Advisers

ICA is now seeking to commission specialist architectural and business consultants with the relevant knowledge and expertise to deliver this project on our behalf. Details of the scope of work, project timeframe and the assessment criteria for advisers, are set out in the attached. NOTE proposals and quotations from qualified and experienced advisers are sought for this work by 3pm, Monday 12 October.