Save Our Community Space!

Aim

HELP SAVE OUR COMMUNITY SPACE! We need to raise £6,800 by the end of June! And another £8600 by July 30th! £15,400 total!

Help Save Our Community Space From Closure by June 30th!

We need to raise £6,800 by the end of June! And another £8600 by the end of July! £15,400 total!
We run our community space by the people, for the people! We know that everybodies wellbeing is political! Our community in Wester Hailes deserves a space to be themselves, and THRIVE not only survive! We ve been providing free, accessible art and wellbeing activities to Wester Hailes for over 4 years. Our mission is to offer a welcoming space where creativity, community, and wellbeing come together, empowering people to connect, learn, and heal.

Why We Need Your Help!
We’re facing a CRITICAL gap in funding that would mean CLOSURE.  To keep our doors open and continue offering our regular programme, we’re reaching out to you—our community, supporters, and friends—to help us SAVE OUR COMMUNITY SPACE.

CLICK HERE for our T-Shirt Fundraiser!

What Your Donation Will Support
Your generosity will ensure that our summer programme continues to provide:

• Our Restbite Cafe: A free sober space with free hot meals for all!
• Free Wellbeing activities: Run by local members who know what our community neeed. From yoga to creative workshops, we offer a wide range of activities that support mental health and wellbeing for all ages.
• Monthly Radical Anchor Events: on all the big themes that affect our wellbeing from housing to social care, sucide to prison systems... we bring our imaginations and our action towards change!
• Staff Costs: A fair pay for our team of passionate activity leaders, hosts and core roles that make it all happen. Your donation will help us keep them paid, ensuring continuity and care for all participants.
• Operational Costs: This includes the running costs of our venue, such as space maintenance, utilities, and essential resources.

Who We Are

We are a grassroots group of people living in or connected to Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, running since 2021. Originally brought together by social-practice artist Jeanne van Heeswijk through a commission by the Edinburgh Art Festival and WHALE Arts.

TOGETHER WE MAKE CHANGE REAL - Help us contine our work!

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 30th June 2026 at 12:00pm