Walking Group 17/02/2014

Surprisingly mild weather on the walking group today !  Loads of squirrels squirreling about today at the Botanic Gardens. 

The Great War

We are delighted and proud to hang yet another piece of moving art and peotry at the Stafford Centre.  These pieces produced by John, commemorate the beginning of the First Word War. 

Walking Group

Today the walking group went from the Water of Leith visitor centre down to Rosewell.  Lovely sunny day ! Here are some photos of the walk

Art Group Exhibition Visit 
On a grey Wednesday afternoon it was nice to get out together to see another stunning exhibition at The Printmakers Workshop!

on our way-2minutes walk around the corner

The exhibition was Mary Modeen's "The Absolutely Other" and included colourful, mysterious multuilayered prints, poems, sculptures and hand made books suggesting nature, buildings, and memories, feelings,other times and places, the inner and outer world. Justin kindly gave us a short introduction and we enjoyed the experience and discussions on "What is Art"-does anyone know???-answers on a postcard please!

Thanks again to Printmakers Workshop.

artists at work in the workshop-viewed from the gallery

walking group 03/02/2014

Check out our photos of the walking group today !

Quilting- Warm Hearts

 

Thanks to a fantastic donation of wonderful materiel earlier in the week,we have been able to donate some of it to Warm Hearts Quilting Group and we hope to have a demonstration of quilting very soon in the Stafford Centre - keep you posted

Scottish Parliamentary Reception, Tuesday 28 January, 2014

Scottish Parliamentary Reception, Tuesday 28 January, 2014

In celebration of the refounding of the 'See Me', Scotland's national anti-stigma programme to end the discrimination of people with mental ill-health.  To that end, Frances Simpson, CEO of Support In Mind Scotland and Eric (Board Member) and Mike Staley and Alisdair Cormack, Peer Volunteers and Service Users of the Stafford Centre were invited to the Scottish Parliament to be with other groups and organisations, hosted by 'See Me' and Fiona McLeod MSP.  Along with drinks and nibbles we all had a thoroughly wonderful evening at the Scottish Parliament, with a guided tour of the debating chamber at the end, speeches were given by Fiona and Angiolina Foster, the Director of Health and Social Care Integration, and she welcomed the newly appointed director of 'See Me', Judith Robertson, formerly Head of Oxfam Scotland.