2026 Festive Fayre
Our Festive Fayre is back! Join us at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre for a lovely festive afternoon filled with seasonal treats, handmade gifts and plenty of community spirit. Saturday 28th November 11am–2pm Browse stalls selling crafts, gifts and festive goodies Enjoy homemade cakes and refreshments Meet Santa, for the young and young-at-heart! Try your luck at […]
Harvest Festival: 5th September
Come along to our annual Harvest Festival – a fun day out for all!
Funding Update April 2026
Feeding North Edinburgh: Food with Dignity DNC are delighted to announce that Morrisons Foundation has supported our Community Larder project for the coming year. We have been awarded a grant of £4692, which will enable us to buy a display fridge for the larder and some new shelving, alongside £2500 to purchase fresh food to […]
New Weekly Community Lunch
We’re delighted to share some exciting news from the centre — we are launching a free Weekly Community Lunch, and we would love for you to be part of it! Starting this Monday, our café team will be preparing a delicious and nutritious lunch each week, open to everyone in our community. It’s a wonderful opportunity to […]
Drylaw Pickers: Litter Pick and Wildflower Seeding
On Monday, 2nd February, the Drylaw Pickers were out along the Roseburn Path for a litter pick – and to do a bit of planting for the future. We had noticed that the new fencing between the Red Bridge and the old Craigroyston Primary School had left an area of bare earth exposed, which created […]
Monday Breakfast Cafe
Our first Monday Café was a hit with 17 customers coming through the doors – thank you to everyone who came along and made it such a lovely morning. Our banana pancakes were a huge success. They sold out within the first hour! We are now running every Monday 9am-11am. Come along for a relaxed […]
Walking Group 19/1
Drylaw Walking Group had a great time at the Nordic Walking training with Emily from ELGT on Monday. Everyone really enjoyed striding out and exercising their arms and legs in this stylish new sport. (It’s particularly good for reducing ‘bingo wings’!) Many thanks to Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust for their generosity and time in […]
Monday Community Cafe Plans!
Have your say – new community café idea! We’re planning a community café session at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre – a relaxed place to enjoy food, meet others, and feel welcome. This could work alongside our Monday morning activities, but nothing is set in stone yet – we want to know what times suit the community […]
Community Partners
Enable Communities New youth club starting in February for young people aged 8-12. This club is aimed specifically at young people who may looking to make new friends, build some confidence and have fun. This project is finded by Motability Foundation and delivered by Enable Communities. If you know a young person who would benefit […]
Garden update January 2026
We are currently building a path behind Flo’s Summerhouse which will connect with new raised beds which we intend to build as soon as the weather improves enough. These new beds will be utilized by some of our local community groups including Midnight and Beyond. The path is going to be called Andy’s path as […]