30th Birthday Party Success! – Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

This year marks an incredible milestone for Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre – 30 years of serving our community! On Saturday 13th September, we gathered friends, families, neighbours, and partners together to celebrate three decades of connection, creativity, and care.

The centre was buzzing all day. Over 250 people joined us to share in the fun! Thanks to the support of volunteers, local organisations, and everyone who came along, we were able to:

💷 Raise over £1,000 to support our ongoing work
🍏 Give away 1,000 apples to the community
♻️ Rescue and redistribute 100 kilos of food through Tummies Not Trash
🍲 Provide a baked tattie lunch for 250 guests with the help of Scran Academy
🎶 Made some beautiful drumming noise with Moving Music
🎮Got to try out the Escape Drylaw escape room with Tinderbox Collective
🎂 Cut a very special birthday cake with Jeanette Robertson – our longest-serving Board member and volunteer – generously provided by Free Cakes for Kids Edinburgh

A big shout out to the Community Police and Lothian Fire Rescue for coming along to support our big day too. As you can see, some of us loved getting to try out the Fire Rescue workwear!

We are delighted to have organised such a successful and well enjoyed day for our community.

A big thank you to Christine Jardine MP for submitting an Early Day Motion in Parliament recognising our impact over the past 30 years. Now we’re excited to see what we can achieve in the next 30 years!

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