We have monthly Branch Get-Togethers on the second Wednesday of the month, from September until May/June. These aim to be social meetings, where you can come along, knowing there are other people around for a chat, to share experience, perhaps learn something new, or find out details of what is going on in the Branch. Some months we may have guests, to share information or knowledge, but there is always time for socialising.
Our next monthly Branch Get-Together takes place on Wednesday 14th June 2023.
We start at 2pm, where tea/coffee and biscuits will be provided. The meeting lasts around 90 minutes.
Venue is Inverleith St Serf’s Church Hall, Clark Road, Trinity EH5 3BD. Lothian Buses 14, 21, 23 stop close by, and there is free parking in the road.
For this Get-Together, we will be joined by new Parkinson’s Nurse Specialist Daniel Curran and Alison Stewart. Please do make an effort to come along and give Daniel a warm welcome. Most of you will know Alison, but if not, it will be a good opportunity to meet her as well.
For the 2022/23 annual calendar, we have tended to switch between Liberton Kirk Hall and our other venue at Inverleith St Serf’s Hall, 1A Clark Rd, Edinburgh EH5 3BD. We thought this was an ideal way to make our meetings more accessible to more people. However, we may consider moving to a more central venue for the 2023/24 calendar.
Liberton Kirk Hall is at 28-30 Kirkgate EH16 6RY. It is served by Lothian Buses: 7, 31, 37 & 47. There is a small car park with 2 blue badge spaces, and there is free parking in the road. There is also Kirkgate Café at the venue, which is run by volunteers, and serves snacks and food, as well as drinks.
Inverleith St Serf’s Church Hall, Clark Road, Trinity EH5 3BD. This has excellent audio-visual facilities, a splendid kitchen and space for everyone. Lothian Buses 14, 21, 23 stop close by.
Summaries of past Branch Get-togethers and other events
Dr Yoon Irons (Nov 2021): Singing
We had a Branch Blether with Dr Yoon Irons, on Wednesday 17th November at 11am. Yoon is a research fellow in arts and health at University of Derby. She is…
Branch Blether 3rd Feb 2021: Genevieve Geffriaud
We welcomed Genevieve Geffriaud to our online Blether, on Wednesday 3rd February. Genevieve, who has Parkinson’s, lives in France and met Alison Williams online on a recent international dance project.…
Book Blether: Book Suggestions
We had a super inaugural meeting, with many great suggestions for books to read. A real mixture of themes, so something for everyone. Below is a synopsis of the suggestions. …
Branch Blether Synopsis
Our first online Branch Blether took place on Wednesday 9th September 2020. While the numbers were not as high as we had hoped, it was a great success and those…
When the Going Gets Tough 2018 Presentation
It was recently brought to our attention that we had omitted to archive the presentation by Dr Richard J Davenport DM FRCP Edin, Consultant Neurologist, Western General Hospital, which he…
Six myths about Parkinson’s Disease and why they are untrue
On Saturday 27th April members of the Edinburgh Research Interest Group were entertained and informed by a talk from Dr David Breen, a newly appointed neurology consultant in the Western…