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Penny Mile Challenge

Water of Leith Conservation Trust hope to raise over £800 by laying 80,000 pennies side by side along a mile or so of the river from the WoLCT Visitor Centre in Slateford. Bring a jar of pennies for free entry into games and activities.

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Water of Leith Visitor Centre

Feeling Better About Me

Being trans/transitioning can bring additional strains which impact on how we can cope and take good care of ourselves. Join us for an afternoon workshop which will look at tips and techniques to help boost your mental and emotional wellbeing.

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Venue
LGBT Health & Wellbeing Centre, 9 Howe Street

Flea market

Rummage for treasures at the monthly Out of the Blue Flea Market. Entry free. Over 45 stalls full to bursting with clothes, jewellery, small furniture, music, books, bric-a-brac and so much more. Treat yourself to delicious coffee and cake at the Drill Hall Arts Cafe. 

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Venue
Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street

Place exhibition

The free  ‘Place’ exhibitions – Place: Rediscovery, Place: Analysis and Place: Displaced – are three exhibitions created by third-year Edinburgh Napier University photography students. The work questions place as an idea, challenged, altered, demarcated and purely imagined. The photographers conduct detailed analyses of place through geography, history, social structure, religion, physicality and tangibility.

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Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street

Spurtle AGM

Review of progress and accounts for the last year, followed by a normal meeting to discuss plans for the coming month. All welcome.

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Broughton St Mary's Parish Church (entry around the back)

Spring into Nature

Do you want to attract more wildlife into your garden? Try suspending goat viscera from your washing line. Alternatively, attend a free drop-in session for all ages at the Royal Botanic Garden. RSPB experts will offer tips on how to bring butterflies to your borders and birds to your bird table. This activity will also run at the same time and venue on Sunday 9 February.

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Venue
Real Life Science Studio, John Hope Gateway