Simon Tomlin is Wiston Lodge’s gardener and over the last two and a half years he has dedicated himself to reviving and developing the gardens at Wiston Lodge not simply to provide fresh produce for Wiston Lodge kitchen but also as a place for learning about food production and the
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Perhaps more than ever, Scotland’s young people need to be adaptable, confident, and self-aware in order to safely navigate today’s fast-moving and digitalised world. The poverty-related attainment gap remains stubborn, public services for children and young people face pressures, and employers still report a lack of meta skills in the young workforce. Families and
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Winter Wonderland and Green Santa are back at Wiston Lodge for 2024! Join us this festive season for an enchanting Winter Wonderland event at Wiston Lodge! Immerse yourself in the holiday spirit with a spectacular light trail that will guide you through a mesmerising display of twinkling lights, festive decorations
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🎃👻 Join Us for a Spooktacular Family Halloween Event! 👻🎃 Looking for a fun-filled, spooky adventure? Bring the whole family to our Halloween Spooky Trail*, complete with marshmallow toasting, apple dooking, face painting and more creepy surprises around every corner! Dare to enter our creepy teepee’s and put your senses
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Our board of trustees are all volunteers, and as well as lending their expertise from various professional backgrounds, they also jump in and help in other ways. In 2019 one of them, Bill Crook, raised over £2,000 for Wiston Lodge’s first major roof repair works through a sponsored cycle the
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Our amazing chairperson has decided to step down, following our recent AGM. Isobel Lindsay has been a fantastic advocate for Wiston Lodge since the formation of the charity in 2007. In this time, she has overseen the growth of the charity to a successful enterprise, which is proud to have
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Through the Amazon Smile programme, you are able to donate to Wiston Lodge and it doesn’t cost you anything! Simply go to smile.amazon.co.uk, pick Wiston Lodge as your chosen charity and shop on Amazon as normal. They donate 0.5% of the total of items that you buy to us. An
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It’s been home to our outdoor equipment and instructors for many years, and as the year draws to a close the Little Lodge has come down, about to be replaced by a new purpose-built facility. The instructors vacated in October and the building has now been demolished to make way
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In December 2016, we successfully received a grant from BBC Children in Need that has allowed us to create the magical interpretative trail, Path of the Little People.
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Without our supporters who make small donations or volunteer to help in the house or grounds, either regularly or on an ongoing basis, Wiston Lodge would not be around today.
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