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Things are well under way at Niddrie Mill creating our new community garden. On 15th May, we had our first community shed build day led by the wonderful Carolina, with volunteers getting stuck in constructing the first of the shed walls, trying their hand at drilling, using impact drivers, marking out lines and making sure the wall frame was nice and straight! Our next volunteer shed build will be on 27th May from 10.30am and we'd love to have you there, all ages and abilitie

The City of Edinburgh Council has a live survey open to all council tenants across the city. This closes on 12th April and urgently needs responses. We, as the Neighbourhood Alliance, encourage all council tenants to fill this in and let the council know your views! CLICK HERE FOR CONSULTATION LINK This consultation is about how tenants can have their say, meet, and have an impact as to how services are delivered. Letting the council know how you would like to see this happe

Community Alliance Trust have succesfully supported the Niddrie House Neighbourhood Association to secure a micro-grant from the University of Edinburgh Communities Programme. The funding will be used to help Niddrie House Children's Activity Group to run their Easter Parade event on Saturday 4th April.

We are very pleased to announce that we now have funding to create the Craigmillar Library Sensory Garden. We have been in talks with The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit over the last few months, and they have awarded us a discrete fund to see this project come to fruition. We are very grateful to have received this money, and we are progressing with the next steps to ensure its success. The garden at the back of Craigmillar Library is an important resource for the local com

On Wednesday 18th February Community Alliance Trust held its Annual General Meeting. Thank you to all who came and shared your views with us, and we will see you next year! If you are a member of CAT, an AGM is a great opportunity to hear about what's been going on, what we have been working on, and what we have planned over the next year and beyond. It is also a chance to have your say in how Community Alliance Trust runs, and to ask questions. This year our AGM was held in

Pride in Place is a ten-year government programme, offering long-term funding to specific local areas across the UK. In Scotland, 14 areas are being funded, and one of those is in Edinburgh. This is: Bingham, Magdalene, The Christians and Niddrie. Pride in Place is designed to give power to local people to decide how you would like to shape your area and see the money spent. For this to happen, we need to make sure the government hears from as many residents as possible. Tha

Craigmillar Library is a vital local hub for people and services. Previously, the back of the library had a grassy area available for public use, but this fell into disrepair and is currently closed. We want to reclaim this space, transforming it into a sensory garden for everyone to use, along with raised beds for communal veg growing. Craigmillar Library A sensory garden is designed to be a relaxing and vibrant space, with plants that smell, taste and look good. Our vision