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By Councillor Wilson - 50th Anniversary of Garvald Edinburgh

Meeting: 30/06/2020 - City of Edinburgh Council (Item 9)

By Councillor Wilson - 50th Anniversary of Garvald Edinburgh

By Councillor Wilson - 50th Anniversary of Garvald Edinburgh

“Council notes that:

a)              In order to improve creative opportunities and support for people with learning disabilities in Edinburgh since 1969, they have provided creative working environments focusing mainly around craft, catering and artistic skills for over 200 people.

b)              Their approach brings together all the factors that are important for any person in their daily life. A work like environment provides meaning, structure and stability.  The physical environment is even more important for people with learning disabilities. Their day facilities are calm and creative spaces and they encourage respect for the natural world around them. This nourishes the senses and develops a feeling of community and respect that would be otherwise very difficult for their members to experience.

c)               They now support people across four locations.  They are also one of the founding organisations of get2gether Edinburgh, which arranges social activities for people with disabilities in safe and friendly places throughout.

d)              The Art and Design Studio at Garvald Edinburgh enables artists with learning disabilities to develop and exhibit their work. The artists have access to high quality materials and support, giving them space to explore and express their creative voice. Each artist is facilitated to produce a body of work to exhibition standard and their work is shown in a variety of locations in Edinburgh and beyond. Social Therapy.

In acknowledging the positive work of Garvald Edinburgh, Council requests that the Lord Provost, marks the 50th Anniversary in an appropriate way.”

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