Craigmillar Stories for Sharing

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Our Craigmillar Christmas 2025 appeal is now LIVE! 🎄☃️🔔🎁❄️ Please help us to support literacy in our community by donating, sharing the appeal or telling people about our work. tinyurl.com/4hk7zzkz #BabiesLoveBooks #StoriesForSharing #CraigmillarChristmas #BookGifting

@librarygeekery @CastlebraeCCC @CraigmillarLT Have to say, I'm excited about this! Love being part of the CWNN! 😍

Whoop! The Club With No Name is back!! Come along to the Library @CastlebraeCCC to catch up with Katie, meet new facilitator Lou and find new ways to #ExpressYourself. We've zined, drawn, filmed snorted and puppeted - come along to help us decide what's next... 💬✏️🎬🐷🧵

And voting is now LIVE! Fabulous to see our organisation as part of the voting in Tesco today on Niddrie Mains Road. Don't forget to ask for your blue token when you shop 💙 #tescostrongerstarts #Tesco #Groundwork #Community #Craigmillar

2⃣Art Buds Creative Workshop🍂 Bingham Medway Tues 14 Oct 2pm - 3.30pm No booking required, just come along. FREE & OUTDOORS Please remember to dress for the weather! #HalfTermActivities #Families #Collage #OutdoorAdventure #Literacy #Creativity

Mid-term break activities for families with children aged 4-12! 1⃣Katie's Collage Club ✂️ Craigmillar Library Sat 11 Oct 10am-11.30am Drop-in at any point - all materials provided. #FREE #FamilyFun

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for our 🌞 Summer of Stories 2025 🌞! We had a brilliant time & hope that you did too. If you could spare 5 minutes to complete our survey that would be brilliant. 😍 SURVEY: tinyurl.com/bdf9v6d9 #StoriesForSharing #SummerOfStories

@klswannie @BookSuperhero2 Ooh nice selection! 🤞🤩

@BookSuperhero2 @CraigmillarSFS A 😍 xxx

Time for a #SummerHoliday book giveaway. This time it’s TWO bundles of glorious KS1 books! Just RT, tag a friend, and comment with ‘A’ or ‘B’ to enter. (U.K. only)

SUMMER OF STORIES: WEEK TWO 📚Manjeet Mann - Big Dreams, Big Feelings 🕚Thursday 24 July 11am-12pm 📍Craigmillar Library 🎟️No need to book, just come along! Perfect for ages 4-7 but all ages are welcome. #Craigmillar #SummerOfStories #Free #StoriesForSharing #Literacy

🌟Tawona Sithole - A Place of Gathering ⏰Saturday 19 Jul 11am-12pm 📌Craigmillar Library Free, just come along Tawona is a playwright, poet, storyteller & musician. He'll be sharing folklore from his Zimbabwean heritage. All ages are welcome to join us for this joyful event! 🤩

LAST PLACES REMAINING! Email Katie to book: info@craigmillarliteracytrust.org.uk 🧑‍🍳Cooking & Creating 🎂Ages 8-12 🕑Wed 16 Jul 2-4pm 📌Edinburgh Food Social, 47 Peffer Place For children aged 8-12 living in Craigmillar, Niddrie, Bingham & Magdalene #Free #SummerOfStories

We hope you're enjoying the lovely weather today! Whether it's 🌧️⛅️☀️🌪️or🌨️, we can't wait to see you all for our Summer of Stories 2025 events😍 #Free #Community #StoriesForSharing #Storytelling #PictureBooks #Creativity #Imagination #Family

Some of our very favourite books to gift, thanks to @BrownsBFS! 🎁🎁🎁

Katie would love to see you in Craigmillar Library @ 3.45pm today for Teatime Tales! 🦊 Perfect for 4-6 year olds, but everyone is welcome for this relaxed and fun session. #TeatimeTales #Storytime #RelaxedStories

Our trustee Dom is running the Edinburgh Marathon later this month and is fundraising for us! Look at that smile - he must be enjoying those training runs, what a star!🤩 #CraigmillarCastle #LochTay #Fundraising #EdinburghMarathon tinyurl.com/nhbay287

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Today we have an exciting chance to win a copy of the five books in our CLiPPA 2025 shortlist to celebrate the launch of this years Shadowing Scheme! To enter drop a ❤️ below. Good luck! T&C's on our website.

📢Craigmillar Art Park Event Fri 4 Apr 1-4pm Katie will be book gifting at this lovely event. Please pop by and choose a free book for the holidays! We've got a fabulous selection for babies and children aged 0-12. #BookGifting #BabiesLoveBooks #StoriesForSharing #Community

Just 13 days to go before the #JohnniStantonCWA closes 🤯🤪😀 If you have a young person in your house who might like to tell us a story in 100 words, over half term might be a great time to get writing! ✍️📚💻 #CreativeWriting #TellUsAStory #Storytelling #StoriesForSharing

Did you know colouring calms the brain & helps you to relax? We have giant colour-ins, a beautiful book that folds out to colour plus more colouring using all sorts of felt tips and pencils to experiment with. All ages welcome, come for 5 mins or the whole session!🎨

Katie will be in #CraigmillarLibrary next week for a fun & relaxed story workshop for 8-12 year olds, part of the #JohnniStantonCWA. We'll be using lots of different games to think of ideas & writing or telling our stories to each other. Book a space or just turn up!