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Volunteer Infographic 2018

A snapshot of the fantastic contributions our volunteers have made to The Welcoming over the past year.

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Your Edinburgh – Gym & Swim Group

This Your Edinburgh piece has been written by volunteer & member of The Welcoming, Noelia. She has been running our Gym & Swim group for several months and is keen for more people to get involved! I didn’t discover The

The Welcoming Association 7th June 2018 Uncategorised Read more

In the Spotlight: New Scots

Welcome to In the Spotlight – our monthly look at what some of our lovely volunteers do here and how they feel about it! ‘New Scots’ is a photography project looking at the identity of newcomers to Scotland, a collaboration between photographers Ciara Menzies,

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Welcoming a Greener Future 2018-2020 Press Release

The Welcoming Association have secured a share of £15.3 million made available through the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund (CCF). The Welcoming Association has been awarded a CCF grant totalling £172,398 over a period of two years (2018-20). The CCF is

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What’s on at The Welcoming 2nd-8th June

A look ahead to what’s on at The Welcoming this week… Please note that there will be no Employment and Business Guidance sessions this week as Leon is on holiday, these sessions will restart on Thursday 14th June. There will

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Your Edinburgh: Be More Edinburgh

In this Your Edinburgh blog, Welcoming participant Noelia is calling on everyone to “Be More Edinburgh!” Many of us when we arrive in Edinburgh, we have heard about August Edinburgh’s Festival. But when you are here for a while, you

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Edinburgh International Festival

Festival time is upon us! And we’re delighted to offer free tickets to Welcoming participants.  To book your free tickets, email victoria@thewelcoming.org with your membership number, full name and name of show(s) you would like to attend.  All free tickets are subject

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What’s on at The Welcoming 26 May – 2nd June

A look ahead to what’s on at The Welcoming this week… Saturday 26 May, Creative Space 12-4pm, 5th floor at The Welcoming  Come to the Creative Space for a wide variety of games, arts & crafts and music! Monday 28

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What’s on at The Welcoming 19-25th May

A look ahead to what’s on at The Welcoming this week… Saturday 19 May, Creative Space 12-4pm, 5th floor at The Welcoming  Come to the Creative Space for a wide variety of games, arts & crafts and music! Monday 21

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Your Edinburgh – Spinning Blowfish

In this next piece as part of our Welcoming participants Your Edinburgh series, Gema has written about something which brightened her days when she first moved to the city and was still settling in. We give today a new suggestion

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