Item 6.1 - Business Bulletin

Culture and Sport Committee 10.00am, Tuesday 31 May 2016 Dean of Guild Court Room, City Chambers,

Culture and Sport Committee

Convener: Members: Contact:

Councillor Richard Lewis Councillors Lewis (Convener), Lynne Halfpenny Director of Culture Tel: (Festivals and Events Austin Hart (Vice-Convener), 0131 529 3657 Champion) Balfour, Booth, Cairns, Cardownie, Donaldson, Doran, Andy Gray Fullerton, Milligan, Munro, Head of Schools and Paterson, Shields, Burns (ex Lifelong Learning Communities and officio) and Ross (ex officio) Families Tel: 0131 529 2217

Lesley Birrell Committee Officer Tel: 0131 529 4240

Councillor Austin Hart (Vice- Convener)

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Meets Pledge Museums and Galleries Collections Information Milestones P31 In January 2015 Museums and Galleries launched a new collections management software package, EMu, which was the result of a £40k grant from Museums Galleries in 2013. In the first 15 months of using EMu a few important milestones have been met. It is rapidly becoming the one-stop shop for all collections information, with functionality to manage loans, transport, valuations and exhibition information, and digital images of collection items are being uploaded. In the ongoing inventory of all collections stored at the Museum Collection Centre, 400 individual boxes have been marked, numbered and listed, with all contents itemised on the EMu database. This is a large task which involves going through everything in the store and for the first time staff are discovering the full extent of all the collections, where the items are, and what condition they are in. Museums and Galleries staff and volunteers entered over 1,500 new object records onto EMu in the first year of operation, and more than 200 items have been accessioned in to the collection since January 2016.

Meets Pledge 35 Currie Library hosted a Vocal Carers Support Group drop in session leading to a regular monthly event in the library. We are also pleased to have welcomed Dads Rock (28 children and 20 dads) to take over one of our Bookbug sessions for some noisy sing-along fun. We have expanded our adults craft and chat group to incorporate colouring in activity and have seen our poetry discussion group (10 members) engage in some heated debate over the poet James ’s work in a session led by one of our Duke of Edinburgh pupils. Teresa Straczynski attended the library to lead a dementia friendly training group (12 attendees) for library staff and did an excellent job of explaining dementia in an engaging and informative fashion to help staff make efforts to make the Pentlands a more dementia friendly community. We are hoping to replicate this training in libraries throughout Edinburgh. We also crowned a new racing champion at our Easter craft racing event after some furious dice rolling and car construction.

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Meets Pledge Recent Loan from the City Art Centre Collection P31 and Council The City Art Centre is currently contributing to an exhibition at the Outcome CO20 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art which celebrates the achievements of female artists in Scotland. Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors 1885-1965 explores the 80 years between Fra Newbery’s appointment as Director of School of Art and Anne Redpath’s death - a period which saw an unprecedented number of women train and practice as artists. The City Art Centre has loaned three important paintings from its permanent collection of for this exhibition: Les Joueurs by Mary Cameron (c.1907), Rest Time in the Life Class by Dorothy Johnstone (1923), and Merge and Emerge by Bet Low (1961). Modern Scottish Women features work by 45 different painters and sculptors. The inclusion of artworks from the City Art Centre’s collection helps to shine a light on the creative contributions of these women, many of whose successful careers have now been virtually forgotten. The exhibition runs until 26 June 2016. All three artworks also feature as illustrations in the accompanying exhibition catalogue.

Mary Cameron, Les Joueurs, c.1907

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Meets Council The Edinburgh Award 2015 Outcome CO20

On Friday 4 March, the Lord Provost hosted a presentation event at the City Chambers for the ninth recipient of the Edinburgh Award, an award which honours and celebrates the outstanding contribution made by an individual to Edinburgh’s reputation, both at home and abroad. The 2015 recipient of the Edinburgh Award is successful entrepreneur and keen philanthropist Sir Tom Farmer.

Born and educated in Edinburgh, Sir Tom began his career at 15 at a local tyre firm before famously founding one of Europe’s largest and best known automotive repair businesses, Kwik Fit. Sir Tom is currently the major shareholder of Hibernian Football Club and since 2007 has been Chancellor of Queen Margaret University.

Sir Tom was the first Scot to be awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for philanthropy and continues to work with a catalogue of charities and community organisations. He was the Chairman of the campaigning pressure group Scotland Against Drugs, and Chairman of the Trustees of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. He established the Farmer Foundation to provide support to local communities in the UK and abroad.

At the event the Edinburgh Makar, Christine De Luca, recited a poem especially written for Sir Tom. Reverend Professor Norman Drummond, Head of Voluntary Funding at the Sick Kids Friends Foundation, gave a moving account of Tom’s work and the difference his efforts have made to the lives of many in Edinburgh.

The Lord Provost then presented Sir Tom with the Loving Cup and a certificate. Sir Tom’s handprints have been engraved and gilded into stone in the City Chambers quadrangle.

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Meets Pledge Edinburgh International Science Festival P24 and Council Outcome CO20 From 26 March to 9 April the Edinburgh International Science Festival returned to the City Art Centre with a programme of 20 family events running over six floors on an hourly, half hourly or drop in basis. The overarching theme of the festival was “Building Better Worlds”: how science, technology, engineering and design have the potential to improve the world we live in and the way we live within it.

For the first time there was also a Science Festival Lates event where adults could build and programme lego goalkeepers, remove blood clots in A+E, and enjoy an evening of ‘brains, bees, circuits and slime’.

Over 10,000 people attended the twelve days of events at the city Art Centre.

Meets Pledge Festival of Museums launched at P24 and Council Outcome CO20 The programme for Festival of Museums 2016 was launched on 30 March at Lauriston Castle. The Festival, which started life as Show Scotland, celebrated its 10th birthday this year. The programme of events ran from 13 to 15 May and included a fancy dress party at the Museum of Childhood, a tea dance with a ragtime band at the , a craft workshop at the City Art Centre and a Secret Garden-themed gala day at Lauriston Castle.

Launch day at Lauriston Castle

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Meets Pledge Edinburgh Lecture 2016 P24 and Council

The Assembly Rooms played host to the Edinburgh Lecture. This aims Outcome CO20 to explore themes that important to the capital city, and to highlight and promote culture in its broadest terms. The Edinburgh Lecture was delivered to an audience of over 140 people by one of Scotland’s most successful artists, the renowned sculptor David Mach. Taking as his title “The Art of Excess”, Mach talked about his art, and the challenges and advantages of producing work in the modern day. In 2011 David exhibited Precious Light at the City Art Centre. Marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, this featured his trademark collages and large-scale sculptures.

David Mach’s Noah’s Ark

Muirhouse Library Meets Pledge 35 The Link group held a small party for Harry to celebrate his 100th birthday at his next Library Link visit to the library as you can see he is still fighting fit and an avid reader. He enjoys his visit to the library and a chance to catch up with the other Link members as well as the RVS and Pilton Equalities Project volunteers who support the service.

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Gaelic songs and rhymes for under fives Meets Pledge 35

Rannagan na chloinne: Seinn comhla rinn! Blackhall and Libraries have been holding regular Gaelic song and rhyme time sessions for under fives. The sessions are as inclusive as possible, so no prior knowledge of Gaelic is necessary for parents or children participating, with songs and rhymes introduced and explained in both Gaelic and English. Groups are quite small but the numbers have been steadily growing; nine adults and eleven children participated over the course of a Saturday morning's session.

Dazzle Workshops at Central Library Meets Pledge 35

Dazzle the Forth is a vibrant, creative visual arts project, inspired by the use of dazzle on ships during WW1. The initiative is being led by the Edinburgh Art Festival in partnership with Edinburgh City Libraries where young learners design their own dazzle pattern, learn more about the war at sea and commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Jutland in 2016. The Dazzle workshops which took place during the Easter holidays in libraries were part of this project. Libraries and schools are participating in a citywide art and design project alongside Edinburgh Art Festival’s commission of Ciara Phillips’ Dazzle Ship in Leith. Working in partnership with EAF, Edinburgh Libraries will co-ordinate workshops and talks to bring the Art Festival programme out to communities across Edinburgh during the school holidays.

Colinton Library took part in the Colinton health fair on 7 May, by Meets Pledge 35 promoting dementia awareness and hosting a Vocal drop in session. Two new Jass volunteers have helped the Library put a youth friendly spin on some activities. The Colinton junior knitting group is experimenting with a change of date to bring in as many people as possible. The Library is now showcasing the works of local artists in photography and felting.

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Muirhouse Library celebrated the Catalan Sant Jordi festival on Meets Pledge 35 Saturday 23 April. Members of the Catalan community from across the city attended the event run by our own Catalonian team member Sandra. The session explained the legend of Sant Jordi and its importance to Catalan people. Sandra told an interactive Catalan traditional story El Patufet, and others shared traditional and popular songs. Children of Catalan heritage as well as children from other communities learned numbers, vowels and names of parts of the body to start their newest language skill! The day was applauded as a great success. Many of those who came along also speak Spanish and will be joining the Spanish Bookbug which runs at Muirhouse Library every third Saturday.

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On 30 March, Rachel Bliss from the Dogs Trust made a welcome return as did Newton the Library dog. Much fun was enjoyed by all but Newton complained afterwards that the children enjoyed pulling his tail and tongue. The event was free with talk, stories and craft activities for children aged 4 to 10. On 4 April “A Mad Hatters Tea Party” for 30 children included a mixture of crafts, making top hats and pocket watches, and the children received a jam tart as they left the library. The event was free and open to children aged 3 to 10.

Leith Library Meets Pledge 35 On 7 April, Leith library had a stall at Pilrig Church before the showing of the film “The Good Dinosaur”. The Library has been working with CLD colleagues and Fort Early Years parents on a joint project called “What’s the story”. This project started last September to create a photo display using pictures of Fort Early Years Centre families reading together. Parents at Fort Early Years Centre got together to share photos that show their children reading. Leith Library is currently hosting a local history exhibition about Newhaven in the 1960s called “Newhaven then and now” which ran from 25 April to 28 May.

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Coffee Cake Connect at South Neighbourhood Library Meets Pledge 35

South Neighbourhood Library hosted a coffee morning community engagement event on 25 April for local residents over fifty, with information stalls, refreshments and a range of activities. As part of the Liberton/ Gilmerton Local Community Plan we have been working with organisations in the area to tackle isolation amongst older people, and organisations which joined Libraries in displaying stalls at the event included Living it up, Vintage Vibes, Community Safety, Edinburgh Leisure, the Fire Service and Libertus. The event was a great success, with more than 65 people attending. During the event new library members were signed up and introduced to a range of services, such as applications for bus passes and hearing aid batteries. Staff also used reminiscence boxes from the City Art Centre, which proved hugely popular.

Drumbrae Library was delighted to host a film crew from the BBC Scotland to promote work with the Build it Scotland project. This project involved young people building Scottish Landmarks using the sandbox Watch the BBC game Minecraft. Their models were 3D printed at the library for the video here young people to keep and show off. The creations will be part of a gigantic interactive map of Scotland. The video is now featured on the BBC Scotland learning website and features interviews with the young people and staff from the library.

Matt Ferguson, Team Leader at Drumbrae Library, was also invited to the Insomnia Gaming Festival at the EICC on 1 May. He took part in a panel questions and answer session flagging up the innovative work that has been done in the library as part of the BuilditScotland project.

Free events at Central Library in May Meets Pledge 35 These have included 11 May – Alison Demarco’s the Signature of Tibet; 18 May – Bruce Vickery on 19th century Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Charles Piazzi Smyth; 24 May – Iain Maloney on his new novel The Waves Burn Bright about the aftermath of the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster; and 30 May – Scrieve It, featuring the National Library of Scotland’s resident Scots Scriever, Hamish MacDonald.

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Tradfest 2016 Meets Pledge P24 and Council Tradfest kickstarted the summer season with a feast of music, Outcome CO20 storytelling, dance, folk drama, folk film, literature and talks, crafts and visual arts from 27 April to 8 May. Taking place in 25 venues and with more than 90 events, the programme was inspired by the traditions of May Day and Beltane, showcasing Celtic arts and cultural traditions with a contemporary spin.

Imaginate 2016 Meets Pledge P24 and Council Imaginate is a unique organisation in Scotland, promoting, developing Outcome CO20 and celebrating the performing arts for children and young people. The Imaginate Festival is Edinburgh’s international festival for children and features some of the world’s best theatre and dance for young people.

This year’s Festival opened on 28 May with a free Family Fringe weekend with performances and activities all day for 0-12 year olds. As well as home grown talent, festival participants have come from Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Poland, Northern Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Norway. The festival runs until 5 June.

The Great Illusionist, by Het Filiaal theatermakers (Netherlands)

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Meets Pledge Imaginate awarded EU funding P24 and Council Imaginate has beaten off stiff competition from over 400 organisations Outcome CO20 across Europe to receive funding for its new project, PUSH, which will offer artists high quality, international opportunities to initiate new artistic ideas through the exploration of three important topics. Competition for the Creative Europe Programme was fierce, with only 12% receiving funding. Imaginate was one of only seven UK organisations to receive an award.

With Imaginate as Lead Partner this two year project will be delivered in collaboration with the following co-organisers:

* cultuurcentrum Hasselt and Krokusfestival (Hasselt, Belgium)

* The Ark and Dublin Theatre Festival (Dublin, Ireland)

* Norsk Scenekunstbruket and Showbox Festival (Oslo, Norway)

* Aaben Dans and SWOP Festival (Roskilde, Denmark)

The project will focus on the three topics of Identity, borders and ‘Safety Zones’ and will initiate new ideas for theatre and dance for young audiences, create positive and open spaces to pilot new ideas/experiments with audiences and offer high quality training and peer-to-peer learning for European artists and practitioners.

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Meets Pledge Event highlights at the Assembly Rooms and P24 and Council Assembly Rooms Outcome CO20 • 16 March – Data Talent Scotland event run by We are the Future – global youth entrepreneurship organisation and Data Lab. Created to showcase Scotland’s data science potential, this event brought together over 450 data science enthusiasts, with more than half of attendees being MSc students in Data Science courses from around Scotland. Highlighting Scotland’s exceptional data science ecosystem, this event gave the data scientists of the future the chance to hear from the UK’s leading data innovators, with speakers from organisations including Deloitte, RBS, TSB and NHS Scotland, plus fast-growing fashion start-up Mallzee and health informatics pioneer Aridhia. • 18 March – An Evening of Conversation with Annie Lennox – presented by Royal Scottish Geographical Society – Singer Annie Lennox was interviewed by Sheena McDonald and awarded the RSGS Livingstone Medal in recognition of her positive contribution and dedication to raising awareness of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. • 23 March – SIE Student Enterprise Summit – Students from all over Scotland travelled to Edinburgh to hear about enterprise, make connections in the CAN DO support network, and hear from inspiring speakers including Andrew Dobbie (MadeBrave) and former TV presenter turned entrepreneur Carol Smillie (DiaryDoll). During the summit, SIE’s Interns of the Year and the winners of the SIE’s 2015-16 enterprise competitions were formally announced and presented with their prizes on stage.

Data Talent Scotland © We are the Future

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• 29 March – Leaders’ Debate – STV – The leaders of Scotland’s five main political parties debated live from the Assembly Rooms. The event was hosted by Bernard Ponsonby, STV Political Editor, with an audience comprising members of the public who had been selected by polling company Ipsos MORI. The debate was broadcast live across Scotland. • 30 March – Edinburgh Lecture: Mach – The Art of Excess – As noted above, five years on from his sensational show at the City Art Centre Scottish sculptor David Mach presented the Edinburgh Lecture 2016. • 2 April - Judy’s Vintage Fair - Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair brought the finest purveyors of vintage together for a day to create their unique, eclectic vintage marketplace. Shoppers enjoyed over 50 stalls of fashion, accessories, homewares and collectables from the 1920s to the 1980s. • 14 April – Scottish PA Network Spring Showcase – One of three exclusive events the Scottish PA Network organises every year, this event offered an ideal chance for PAs and Business Members to make new connections face-to-face, learn about the latest products in the marketplace, and build mutually beneficial relationships. • 20 - 21 April – Edinburgh Glee 2016 – presented by Frisson Foundation – This charity was established to get every primary school child in Scotland singing by 2020. The singing competition took place over two evenings for the following Edinburgh primary schools – Heat 1 - Bun-sgoil Tabbh na Pairce; Davidson’s Mains Primary School; The Royal High Primary School; Clermiston Primary School; Granton Primary School; and Ratho Primary School. Heat 2 – Clovenstone Primary School; Murrayburn Primary School; Trinity Primary School; Dalmeny Primary School; and St John’s RC Primary School. • 22 April – Chamber of Commerce Job Fair – The Developing the Young Workforce organisation for Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian hosted a Young Persons’ jobs roadshow, allowing employers an opportunity to showcase their vacancies to a talent pool of school and college leavers from across the region. • 24 April - Lou’s Lou’s Vintage Fair – Stalls of vintage fashion from 1940s-1990s, vintage homeware and a vintage beauty and hair salon Lipstick, Lashes and Locks. • 26 April – Well-Being at Work Event 2016 – This one day conference allowed HR professionals, business leaders and consultants to learn from experts and peers about the latest wellbeing developments and successes that are enhancing individual and organisational performance in companies across the UK and Europe. • 10 May – EIE (Engage, Invest, Exploit) 2016 – presented by Informatics Ventures – This flagship annual technology investor showcase connected up to 60 Scottish technology-based life sciences, ICT and energy companies with over 200 international investors. It has become the largest event of its kind in the UK.

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Recent news Background

• 19 May – Edinburgh Tourism Showcase 2016 – presented by ETAG The Edinburgh Tourism Showcase is a one day, one stop shop event which gives the opportunity for everyone in the tourism sector to network, exchange, information and share knowledge. • 22 May - Judy’s Vintage Fair – as above • 26 May - Edinburgh Glee 2016 – presented by Frisson Foundation – This event featured the schools which were selected during the heats in April. • 27 May – Local Heroes Awards 2016 – presented by Scotsman Publications – The Local Hero Awards aim to honour the talented and the brave, the compassionate and the determined. The winners were nominated by readers of the Edinburgh Evening News.

Meets Pledge Church Hill Theatre P24 and Council • 9 - 12 March – Al…and his Braw Lamp – South Morningside Outcome CO20 Stage Club • 13 - 19 March – La Boheme – Edinburgh Grand Opera • 20 - 26 March – The Producers – Edinburgh Music Theatre Company Ltd • 3 - 9 April – Blackadder Goes Forth – Edinburgh People’s Theatre • 16 April – Annual Dance Showcase – Edinburgh Napier Students Association • 20 – 23 April – One Act Play Festival – SCDA (Scottish Community Drama Association) - Scottish Final • 24 - 30 April – Growing Up – Lothian Youth Arts & Musicals Company • 2 - 6 May – A Musical Alphabet – Telephone Choir • 22- 28 May – Bothered and Bewildered – Edinburgh People’s Theatre Crime writing without clichés at Craigmillar Library Meets Pledge 35

A writing workshop for aspiring crime writers was run on World Book Night (Saturday 23 April) at Craigmillar Library by the Library’s Scottish Book Trust Reading Champion, Claire Askew. Claire is a crime novelist whose debut novel-in-progress, Three Rivers, has been longlisted for the Peggy Chapman Andrews (Bridport) Novel Award and the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. The workshop included writing exercises designed to get participants started in crime writing, along with practical advice that could be applied to new projects or works-in-progress.

As the event was part of World Book Night, every attendee receive a free copy of Sarah Hilary’s dark crime novel Someone Else’s Skin. Fourteen people attended the workshop, which was very well received.

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Rare treasures from the Art and Design Library’s collections are on Meets Pledge 35 display. Two stunning exhibitions in Central Library showcased some rarely- seen treasures from our collections. Pieces of Heaven: Childhood Dreamland as seen by Crane, Caldecott, Greenaway and Rackham showed how these 19th century illustrators helped create children’s books as we know them today. Faika Cansin Gursoy, a Masters student at the University of Edinburgh, who put together the exhibition, told us that “working with the Central Library’s rare collections was an exceptional period of my life”. The rare collections of Central Library can be consulted in person and images can be viewed at www.capitalcollections.org.uk. The second exhibition was entitled Clouded Mirror, Tinted Lens – travel in Japan. This showcased both the early Japanese photographs from the Libraries’ Dyer Collection and the Japanese guidebooks held in the Central Reference Library. Both resources contain rare and valuable material which reflects Japan in the late 19th century through western eyes expressed in word and imagery. The exhibition was curated by MSc student Stephanie Hornstein, who led an accompanying workshop on Friday 29 April. The workshop was fully booked with 17 members of the public attending.

Naxos Music Library Jazz Drop-in – Waverley Court Meets Pledge 35

The Music Library kicked off its International Jazz Day celebrations on 30 April 2016 by holding a Naxos Music Library Jazz drop-in event in the courtyard of Waverley Court on Friday 29 April to promote our music streaming service. We advertised the service by playing music, through posters, and on the Waverley Court plasma screens.

In total 27 people stopped by to ask more about the music streaming service, many of whom had library cards but were not aware of the service. Response to the service from staff in Waverley Court was very positive with a lot of people asking questions, wanting to talk about music, and taking away a leaflet with the website address. Naxos Music Library Jazz has seen a steady increase during 2016 but staging promotional drop-ins are a good way to find new audiences outside the Library.

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Easter Rising Centenary Meets Pledge 35 Edinburgh Central Library marked 100 years since Ireland’s Easter Rising with a talk by the Irish Ambassador to Great Britain. The Convener of Culture & Sport introduced Dan Mulhall, Irish Ambassador, at the Library on Monday 2 May, whose speech focused on the historic event, also known as the Easter Rebellion. Ambassador Mulhall, who has served as Ambassador in London for the last three years, was previously Consulate General in Edinburgh from 1998 to 2001. A well- known enthusiast of W B Yeats, he also helped the Central Library celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Irish poet last year. The rising, which took place during World War I, was the most significant of its kind since the rebellion of 1798. The event was full to capacity with 150 people attending. Meets Pledge Pearl Izumi Tour returns to Edinburgh P24 and Council The city welcomed round three of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series on 19 Outcome CO20 May. The race – brought to Edinburgh in partnership with SweetSpot and EventScotland - saw some of Britain’s top professional teams competing on a challenging 1.6km circuit – slightly revised from 2014 - which took place in the Lawnmarket, Johnston Terrace, Victoria Street, the West Port and the Grassmarket. In addition to the main race the city also hosted a corporate Pro-Am relay, sponsored by Brother UK. Ten teams of five riders, each joined by a professional cyclist, took on the circuit in a battle of Scottish businesses and Tour Series partners.

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Edinburgh Collected makes the Digital Leaders shortlist Meets Pledge 35 Users of an online history tool designed by the City of Edinburgh Council are being encouraged to vote it to the top of a list of digital leaders from the UK’s public, private and non-profit sectors. Voting for the Digital Leaders 100 closes on Friday, 27 May. Edinburgh Collected is our nomination for Digital Council of the Year. Edinburgh Collected has been selected as one of the Digital Leaders 100, a group of projects, initiatives and organisations across ten categories, as nominated by the digital community.

Launched in 2015, Edinburgh Collected facilitates the online gathering and sharing of pictures and stories of Edinburgh past and present. Images and information about the capital are crowd-sourced by enabling users to share their personal photos and memories on a dedicated website available to the general public. The open source platform can also be re-used by any organisation or individual to create their own local digital heritage.

The Council’s ICT and Libraries teams worked in partnership with innovation charity Nesta to create Edinburgh Collected.

Hibernian Football Club win the Scottish Cup Congratulations to Hibernian Football Club on their victory against Rangers FC in the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park on Saturday 21 May. One hundred and fourteen years since their last success in this competition, Hibernian came from 2-1 down to win with a goal in extra time from captain David Gray. A civic reception hosted by the Lord Provost was held at the Lothian Chambers on Sunday 22 May followed by a parade through the streets of Edinburgh, lined by thousands of people, from the High Street to Leith Links which was co-ordinated by the Culture Service’s public safety team. Visual Impairment Service Meets Pledge 35 Edinburgh City Libraries award-winning service for visually impaired readers has been shortlisted for the MJ Awards 2016 in the Disability Confident category. The team awaits the results at the ceremony to take place on 16 June.

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Free events at Central Library Meets Pledge 35 How to promote your book, Thursday 2 June, 2.30pm. For aspiring or self-published writers to learn how to put together a basic promotional campaign. Diane Hinds is an experienced entertainment PR who has taught Campaigning & Persuasive Skills at the University of Westminster, on its Public Relations & Advertising BA course and is a frequent Guest Visitor in Victoria Zackheim’s Personal Essay Writing course, part of UCLA’s Extension programme.

Magnus Linklater - Little Sparta, a guide to the garden of Ian Meets Pledge 35 Hamilton Finlay Wednesday 15 June at 6.30pm. Chairman of the Little Sparta Trust, discusses Jessie Sheeler's publication Little Sparta - a Guide to the Garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Ian Hamilton Finlay's garden in the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh, is widely regarded as one of the most significant gardens in Britain. In addition to being a spectacular example of garden design, it also features almost 300 art works by Finlay and others which form an integral part of the garden scheme. The guide tells the story of Ian Hamilton Finlay's extraordinary creation, exploring the underlying themes, and introducing and explaining the significance of the main elements and art works in each part of the garden. The publication also features new photographs by photographer Robin Gillanders as well as archival material.

Usher Hall Meets Pledge Forthcoming events at the include Touch of Class with P24 and Council Strictly Come Dancing’s Ian Waite and Natalie Lowe on 3 June; Outcome CO20 Astronomical 2016 on 11 June; Love Music Community Choir on 13 June; and Dancing in the Streets: Motown’s Greatest Hits on 17 June.

Assembly Rooms Meets Pledge P24 and Council • 9 June: SCVO Awards Dinner – awards dinner for Scottish Charity Awards 2016 Outcome CO20 • 16 – 13 June: World Congress of Bioethics Conference - Dinner • 18 June: Edinburgh International Film Festival – Opening Ceilidh • 2 July: Rock Choir – performance • 4 – 7 July: Society for Applied Microbiology – Conference • 11 July: Pop-up World Cities Expo Symposium – The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland – Conference • 17 July: Lou’s Vintage Fair – as above • 29 July – 31 August: Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival (EDFF) – Edinburgh International Fringe Festival

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Summer Festival dates Meets Pledge Imaginate Festival continues to 5 June P24 and Council Outcome CO20 Edinburgh International Film Festival 15 – 26 June Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 15 – 26 July Edinburgh Art Festival 28 July – 28 August The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 5 – 27 August Edinburgh Festival Fringe 5 – 29 August Edinburgh International Festival 5 – 29 August Edinburgh International Book Festival 13 – 29 August

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Pledges P24 - Maintain and embrace support for our world-famous festivals and events P31 - Maintain our city’s reputation as the cultural capital of the world by continuing to support and invest in our cultural infrastructure P35 – Continue to develop the diversity of services provided by our libraries P40 – Work with Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and others stakeholders to conserve the city’s built heritage Council outcomes CO19 – Attractive Places and Well Maintained – Edinburgh remains an attractive city through the development of high quality buildings and places and the delivery of high standards and maintenance of infrastructure and public realm CO20 – Culture, sport and major events – Edinburgh continues to be a leading cultural city where culture and sport play a central part in the lives and futures of citizens CO26 – The Council engages with stakeholders and works in partnership to improve services and deliver on agreed objectives

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