• 4th August 12.30 – 2.00PM
• 11th August12.30 – 2.00PM Cancelled
• 18th August 12.30 – 2.00PM
• 25th August12.30 – 2.00PM

Bring yourself, your family, your friends, and a blanket to sit on. Maybe a game or two. We will provide the picnic, and (TBC) Play Midlothian will be offering play sessions.

To book:

1. Please complete the form below
2. You will receive a confirmation email
3. Turn up on the day

Can you book more than one picnic? Of course you can. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Be lovely to see you.

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Why Winter Wellbeing?

Personal and community wellbeing has become even more important in this uncertain and constantly changing time. As a community and an organisation, we have changed and adapted quickly over the past 16 months and shown our resilience in how we supported one another and the speed at which it was delivered. But it has come at a price: the community (including service providers and charities) is tired, fatigued, and worried about the next winter. Wellbeing is for all of us. No exclusion.

Good mental health isn’t a luxury, it’s required for a healthy, happy, purposeful life.

Through Winter Wellbeing we will come together to learn skills that can be used time and time again, to connect deeper with others, to share experiences.

Please join us. Call 01875 816320. If a class is fully booked we will add you to the waiting list.

All classes are FREE to residents of EH23 4

Yoga for Beginners Monday. 7th February – 28th March 2:00 – 3:00PM

Yoga for Beginners Monday. 7th February – 28th March 3:15 – 4:15PM

Buggy Walk Tuesday. 8th February – 29th March 10:00 – 11:00AM

Step It Up Tuesday. 8th February – 29th March 6:00 – 7:00PM

New Age Kurling Thursday. 3rd February – 25th March 2:30 – 4:00PM

Craft Connections Thursday. Feb 10th – 31st March 2:00 – 4:00PM

Sew Social Thursday. Feb 3rd – 24th March 6:30 – 8:30PM

Painting for Beginners Thursday. 10th February – 31st March 10:00 – 11:30AM

Writing for Wellbeing Thursday. Feb 3rd – 24th March 7:00 – 8:30PM

Stretch It Out Friday. 4th February – 25th March 11:30 – 12:30PM

Learning To Look Again: A Drawing Class Friday. 4th February – 25th March 11:30AM – 12:30PM

Creative Bookbinding Friday. 4th February – 25th March 1:00PM – 2:00PM

Bite and a Blether Saturday. 5th February – 26th March. 2:00PM – 4:00PM

What is a Community Action Plan you might ask? 

This is a way of giving local people an opportunity to have a say on how our communities will develop in the future.  We want to know what you would like to see included, how you feel about living here, the good, the bad what is missing and what can be improved.

How Can you help?

There will be a virtual engagement room which you can access by clicking on this link – through www.crtconnect.org.uk Look for the live link on the front page ‘Connect with the Gorebridge Consultation’ and it will take you into the virtual engagement room where there are a few videos from local people that you can watch before answering the questions. Please also share this email and the link to the survey and encourage friends, family, neighbours and anyone else you know living in Gorebridge or Moorfoot Districts who may want to give their views.

Face to Face event

For those people who would rather come and visit the “real” room, a two day event will be held at the Beacon from 10 am – 4 pm on Saturday 19^th and Sunday 20th  February 2022, where you will have the opportunity to discuss and ask any questions with the organisers .  More details will follow, but you can be sure that it will be a happy and memorable event and whisper it, fun!

What difference will it make?

This Community Action Plan will be an important document to take forward and will be used by Midlothian Council Planning and other Departments as a testament to what our community wants to achieve and look like five years from now. It will also help Local organisations applying for grant funding for their projects as they can mention this document in their applications and demonstrate how their project will help the community achieve what they said they wanted. It is a Place Standard approach to community involvement and sets out what is important to those living here.

Please get involved and complete the survey this is your community and your views matter. 

Gorebridge & District Community Council

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Moorfoot & District Community Council

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