Orwell Arts held their annual Festive Open Day, inviting the local community to come in and get crafty.

Mayfield Kitchen get a soup-er new convection oven and workbench, thanks to a Morrisons Foundation grant.

For the third successive year, Edinburgh Art Fair organisers invited Garvald Edinburgh to be their Charity Partners.

Gorgie Workshops celebrated their open day, giving visitors a chance to see Gorgie members at work as well as the opportunity to try out a whole range of creative activities for themselves.

Claire Scott, a member from Garvald Mayfield House, shares her passion for raising awareness about Cystic Fibrosis.

Orwell Arts have been trying out the adaptive bikes at Saughton Park. Read all about it here!

We are delighted to publicly launch Life, Death and Lilies, our film about bereavement.

The Garvald Puppetry Performance group are thrilled to be taking part in the Visual Arts Scotland Centenary exhibition at Dalkeith Palace.

Mayfield House got together to celebrate their 10th birthday and reflect on everything that has happened over the last decade.

Nicola ran 42 kilometres in the Edinburgh Marathon to raise money for Garvald.

Waterside hosted a fabulous Spring Fair on Thursday the 30th of May. Read about the stalls, cakes, games and wonderful puppetry performance.

Keith Crombie and Nicole Watson are raising money for Garvald Edinburgh.

Orwell Arts celebrated May Day with maypole dancing in the garden.

The Garvald Glass Workshop have been selected for the British Glass Biennale, presenting their piece Glass Carousel.

Mayfield House welcome Springtime with their annual Spring Fair.

This year’s Storytelling Day at Gorgie Workshops was a great success.

Freddie in the Joinery at Gorgie Workshops, Garvald Edinburgh

Brian has completed his final chair for a commission by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to create a set of 15 chairs for the Botanic Cottage.

Garvald Bakery for the first time enters the Scottish Bread Championships. We were extremely gratified to receive the following awards: Gold (for the Chilli / Chia Seed), Silver (for the Sesame),Silver (for the Herb and Pumpkin Seed varieties) and
Silver for our Sourdough bread (amidst some pretty stiff competition).

Food Bank Donations to the Salvation Army. Many members and staff donated food for the food bank at the Salvation Army on Gorgie Road. They Salvation Army were very appreciative of this generous gesture.