Following our AGM which took place on Sunday 29 January, we’re very happy to publish our report for the year 2021-22. To read, click on the link below!
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Rebuild gives Path a new lease of life
Projects officer Alan explains what it’s taken to look after some of our key features over the past year. A lot of work goes into maintaining parts of the grounds used for our learning development with children, and 2022 saw the biggest changes for some time. At the start of
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Odd-job helper needed
2023’s shaping up to be another busy year for us. We have some odd jobs we’d ideally like done before Christmas to help us get ahead. We’ll be recruiting volunteers again but in the meantime, if you have skills you can share and have a couple of days to spare,
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Halloween tricks and treats!
We’re excited to be hosting Twilight in the Tent, a community event for our friends and their families! We’ll be bringing down the (haunted) house as dusk falls on Sunday 30 October with activities in our grounds and marquee – go on a scary scavenger hunt before picking a pumpkin
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Edinburgh Botanics students
Bringing people together has all sorts of benefits for personal development – growing confidence, group work and peer support to name a few. For a long time it wasn’t possible for groups to gain these benefits through residentials, with young people really suffering as a result. We’ve loved being able
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October holiday ready for action!
Jump into autumn with our week of activities for children during the school break. From Monday October 17 to Friday 21, we’ll keep children warm and busy – toasting marshmallows, carving pumpkins, rafting and building dens plus… a day of video making with special guests from BBC TV! Every day
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Partners Weir Group swing by to lend a hand
We have a lovely new spot to enjoy the view across the front lawn, from our new basket swing, which was installed last week by our Partners the Weir Group. It took the team a day and it was amazing to watch a group of engineers precision fit a piece
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Bill’s back on the road – sponsor his cycle!
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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How volunteering at Wiston Lodge gave purpose back to Heather
As part of Volunteers’ Week we are highlighting ways those who give their time and effort make a difference to Wiston Lodge. These include youth volunteers helping with activities, people looking to gain work experience, and those who have given their time unpaid, and become part of the team. Here,
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Summer Holiday Activities for Young People – BOOK NOW!
Bookings for our summer activity programme are now live! Join us for 4 weeks of outdoor fun and adventure on themed days taking advantage of all the activities we have to offer on site – try your hard at archery, high ropes challenges, team games, canoeing, raft building, hill climbing
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