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We are the charity campaigning to convert Leith St. Andrew's Church into a new activity centre focusing on physical and mental wellbeing.

17/03/2025

🚨Please note that due to a venue change, the previous post about this meeting has been removed! This post contains the updated information.🚨

Hi! Looking for an exciting volunteering opportunity? Well, look no further…

*Open meeting for new volunteers*
An informal space for you to learn more about volunteering with Leith St. Andrew’s Trust and for us to learn what skills and interests you have or what experience you’re looking for! No need to register, just come along.

Monday 24th March
5.30 - 6.30pm
Leith Library

14/03/2025

Our friends at the have their next event coming up on the 29th of March! Do you remember the wonderful Christmas concert this past December? Expect more of that quality of music and performance, but fewer sleigh bells… don your boat shoes and captain‘s hat, because this musical voyage is not to be missed.

07/03/2025

We‘re still buzzing about the success of our exhibition „The Heart of a Community“, and wanted to take the time to thank you again. If you visited the exhibition and have some time to spare, we would massively appreciate if you could fill in a feedback form. This can be found on our website leithstandrewstrust.org

Want to get involved and help Leith St. Andrew‘s Trust keep the building as a space for the community? Email [email protected] to register interest and see how you can get involved.

28/02/2025

Look closely!

Leith St. Andrew‘s: The Heart of a Community is an exhibition packed with information, artifacts, fun facts and *multiple* timelines and diagrams. There is plenty for you to peruse and read, and your last chance to do so is Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of March — that‘s right, this weekend!

Come visit us at Leith St. Andrew’s (410-412 Easter Road) between 12 and 3pm on both days to take a closer look.

27/02/2025

A successful night! Thank you to everyone who attended our panel discussion, for your thoughtful and engaging questions, for bringing along artefacts and sharing your stories — proving that Leith St. Andrew‘s is truly the Heart of a Community.

Thank you to our panellists Jemma Neville, Fraser Parkinson, Julian Grant & Nina Ballantyne, as well as our moderator Ben Reiss.

A special thank you also to for kindly providing their 0.5% Off-Piste Pale Ale!

If you haven‘t had a chance to visit the exhibition, you‘re in luck: your final chances to do so are on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd from 12-3pm.

25/02/2025

Reminder:

Our panel discussion is tomorrow, on Wednesday 26th February. Join us from 7-9pm at Leith St. Andrew‘s church on Easter Road to listen to our panel of local experts as they discuss heritage, history, and the stories that matter in our community. Our panelists are Jemma Neville, Fraser Parkinson, Julian Grant, and Nina Ballantyne.

This event is FREE to attend as part of our The Heart of a Community exhibition, but we ask that you register for a ticket via Eventbrite. You can find all the relevant links on our website at leithstandrewstrust.org

We look forward to welcoming you tomorrow!

22/02/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our opening night yesterday and made it such a success!

It‘s been wonderful to see such interest from the community in a building we care about so much, and we‘re delighted by how many of you ha e already signed up for our panel discussion next Wednesday.
Today, we introduce our final panelist, Nina Ballantyne!

Nina is the Chair of Leith St. Andrew‘s Trust and has been tirelessly devoting her time for months, including being a huge part of our current history exhibition.

There are still some FREE tickets left on Eventbrite, so head to leithstandrewstrust.org to get yours!

21/02/2025

Tonight‘s the night! Our exhibition The Heart of a Community opens at 6pm.

Everyone is welcome to join us tonight at Leith St. Andrew‘s Church from 6-9pm to be among the first to view the exhibition, as well as chat to the team that put it together.

See you there!

18/02/2025

With just over a week to go until our panel discussion, it‘s time to introduce our next panelist. Joining Jemma Neville and Fraser Parkinson is… our very own historian and researcher, Dr Julian Grant!

Julian has been hard at work over the past months collecting stories and memories from within the Leith St. Andrew‘s community.

The entire exhibition is only possible because of his work, so make sure to set aside some time to visit the exhibition and find out what he uncovered.

If you‘d like more information about the exhibition, or you‘d like to know how to book your FREE ticket for the panel discussion, head on over to leithstandrewstrust.org

-Event details for the panel discussion-

When: Wednesday 26th February, 7-9pm
Where: Leith St. Andrew’s church, 410-412 Easter Road

15/02/2025

The opening date of our exhibition The Heart of a Community is inching closer! In case you missed it, Leith St Andrew‘s Trust has been busy organising a local history exhibition which you‘ll be able to visit between the 21st of February (Friday!) and the 2nd of March. Full details can be found on our website leithstandrewstrust.org — where you‘ll also find information about our special panel discussion.

The panel discussion will take place on Wednesday, 26th February, and we are delighted to share with you the second panelist: Fraser Parkinson.
If you‘d like to join, you‘ll be happy to hear that the event is entirely free to attend, we just ask you to register for a free ticket via Eventbrite. The relevant links can all be found on our website.

About our panelist:

Fraser Parkinson puts his passion for local history into action through his role as administrator of the Spirit of Leithers and Lost Edinburgh pages. His fingerprints are all over several wonderful heritage projects and initiatives, including the Leith Rediscovered interactive map and a number of local history books.

When he is not gathering old photographs of Edinburgh and sharing them with audiences near and far, Fraser works full-time as an accredited tourist guide working in Edinburgh and across Scotland. He has a background in youth and community work, including five years as a project worker at the Citadel Youth Centre here in Leith.

12/02/2025

Our exhibition The Heart of a Community opens soon, but in exactly 14 days we have a very special event planned for you!

Join us at Leith St. Andrew‘s church on Wednesday, the 26th of February for a panel debate featuring some very exciting guests.

The event is FREE to attend but we do ask that you register for a ticket beforehand. You can do so via Eventbrite, and all the necessary information can be found on leithstandrewstrust.org

We will be introducing the panel members over the next few days, and up first we have: Jemma Neville!

Jemma Neville is an award-winning writer and journalist. Her debut book, Constitution Street, finding hope in an age of anxiety (published by 404 Ink), told the interconnecting, real-life stories of neighbours on one diverse street in Leith within the narrative structure of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Combining memoir, social history and activism, it won The Creative Edinburgh Award 2019. She has worked in a range of roles connecting the global and the local and has written for The Guardian, The Times and The National Trust for Scotland Members Magazine.

08/02/2025

Mark your calendars, because you’re invited!

Leith St Andrew’s Trust is very excited to announce a special history exhibition of Leith St Andrew’s Parish church. We have been working closely with a local historian who has accumulated a wealth of historical information and fun facts through a collaborative effort with the church, congregation, and local community in the form of detailed archival document and photographic research, intriguing oral histories and much more. We will culminate the 4-month project with an event at the church which is free and promises a wealth of fascinating, local history.

Join us on the 21st of February from 6-9pm for the opening night, peruse the exhibition at your leisure between 12-3pm on Sat 22nd/Sun 23rd Feb as well as Sat 1st/Sun 2nd Mar, or join us for a special panel discussion on Wednesday 26th of February from 7-9pm.
While it’s all completely free to attend, we do ask that you register for a free ticket to the panel debate if you’d like to attend. You can register via Eventbrite—simply head over to leithstandrewstrust.org where you will find more information about the exhibition as well as all relevant links.

If you can, please share information about the exhibition widely across your network! We look forward to seeing you there and delving into the many stories and memories that make Leith St. Andrew’s such a special place.

Address

410-412 Easter Road
Edinburgh
EH68HT

Website

http://www.leithstandrews.co.uk/

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