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12noon onwards, Saturday 20th June; opposite the EUCS Boathouse

To mark the ‘Edinburgh Canal Festival’, EUCS will have stalls opposite the Ashley Terrace Boathouse …

… on the day, EUCS – and our friends from Merchiston Districts Community Council – will have “Information Tents/ Stalls/Tea/Coffee/Cake & a Competition (with prizes!)“; all on the towpath, opposite the Ashley Terrace Boathouse; and additionally, we’ll also be hiring out our three rowing-boats – which are proving more popular than ever, this year!

Able to volunteer to help make day a success? There are various ways to help:

• A home-baker? Donate a cake. We’ll be ‘cutting and bagging’ cakes at 32 Cowan Road from 6.30pm on Friday 19^th June
• And, if you can donate an hour or two of your time on the Saturday (20th), that would also be great. We’ll be onsite from 10am setting-up
• Or, during the 12noon-onwards period, you could help-out running the stalls
• Then from 4.30pm we will start packing-up. An extra pair of hands for any of these tasks helps enormously!

DO PLEASE though just come along, if you can, and help ensure we have a successful 2026 ‘Canal Festival Day’.

Dear Supporter

EUCS funding appeal – CAN YOU HELP?

For the first time since we relaunched the Canal Society, back in 2021/22, I’m writing with a direct appeal for some funding assistance.

We’ve collectively made great progress since that re-launch a few years ago:

• The Boathouse site’s future has been secured, and we now have a formal ‘Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)’ with Scottish Canals covering ownership & usage of the wider site
• We successfully resurrected boat-hires, as the community overwhelmingly wanted, and we’ve just started our 4th Season of hiring out our traditional rowing-boats … and they’re proving to be more popular than ever this year
• Last November, we completed the “RIBA Stage 1” development process (RIBA – Royal Institute of British Architects), which resulted in a fully-costed Feasibility Study being prepared for the future of the Boathouse site
• And this March we held a first, successful community consultation event, on our emerging plans for the wider site

We’re thus now well prepared and ready to commence “RIBA Stage 2” of the development process, which could subsequently see us on the verge of being able to submit a formal planning-application early next year.

BUT – there’s always a but! – we now need to raise around £7,500 in match-funding, in order to allow us to unlock a few grant applications that will help ensure a smooth commencement of that “RIBA Stage 2” process… and ideally, we need to raise that amount as soon as feasible.

Can you help – any donation, no matter how small, would make a crucial difference in ensuring ongoing success for the Edinburgh Union Canal Society …

… there is a DONATE section on our website – here:

• Donate – Edinburgh Union Canal Society 

… or you can just go straight to our JUSTGIVING page – here:

• EUCS – JustGiving

… or you can make a Bank Transfer directly to our charity account – relevant details:

• ACCOUNT NAME: Edinburgh Union Canal Society (SCIO)
• ACCOUNT No.: 22952565
• SORT CODE: 80-22-60

If you’re able, I do hope you might make a donation; but please don’t hesitate to get back to me if you would like any further information or clarification?

With many thanks for your ongoing interest in the Canal Society. 

Andrew

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Andrew Burns

Chair – Edinburgh Union Canal Society