Join us each month in our marketplace style events where you can meet various services who can provide you with advice & support during the cost of living crisis. Services will vary each month, and there will usually be around five or six present.

A very social and supportive art group for older ladies which meets every week in the centre.

If you are renting (or plan to rent) in the private rented services sector our Resilient Renters sessions will support you to know and understand your rights and responsibilities.

From Friday 10 January 2025. A unique, low cost way to access a variety of foods, including chilled and fresh produce, and ambient cupboard staples. For only £1 membership fee, and £2.50 per visit.

Take part in a weekly art class led by Joyce within our cafe space, everyone is welcome!

Learn French in a friendly and support group setting.

Starting on Sunday 17 November 2024 - Join us each Sunday throughout the winter for free hot drinks, biscuits and company in a warm, welcoming and inclusive space.

We're a new community fencing club in Edinburgh, Scotland, set up by local fencers who want to share their love of meeting up each week to hit each other with swords.

We are an Edinburgh based Scout group, part of the international Scout movement. We aim to provide activities and personal development opportunities for young people with an Islamic ethos.

Join us within Goodies Cafe each week for live music in a friendly space.

A new weekly crochet group run by Goodies SCIO in our in centre cafe on Thursdays from 10:30am until 12:00noon.

The City of Edinburgh Council run various Adult Education Programme classes in our centre, in a wide range of subjects.

Two weekly groups for those aged sixty & over. A chance to connect with others through conversation, with tea & biscuits!

A new local area gardening & nature group is coming soon! The group will meet weekly and will visit local garden and nature spots, as well as work in our centre garden.

A new weekly centre gardening group is coming soon. Each session will focus on connecting Southsiders with each other through gardening.

Each term we look at different skills such as improvisation, characterisation, role play, physical theatre techniques and scripted scene study. Generally, but not always, terms culminate in a performance to family and friends.

This is a unique group where like minded young people come together to create characters and storylines, develop scripts which are turned into productions that are performed to the public annually. Older participants also work on technical aspects of production - set, costume, publicity and much more.

There is a long tradition of the Southside Community Centre supporting creative writing.

Advice about any aspect of the Council's work, and signposting to other sources of advice and support.

Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-Control and Indomitable Spirit. Fitness and Self Defence classes

Edinburgh’s only amateur orchestra that meets during the day

A unique Afro-Brazilian art form incorporating dance and gymnastics with elements of martial art.

A two week intensive project where participants work together to create their own production, script, set, costumes, choreography and more, learning a multitude of theatre skills and life skills along the way.