Back in June, a great community event was held in Torry in three venues to explore ideas around retrofitting in Torry homes, to celebrate the opening of the new Outdoor Nature Classroom in St Fittick’s Park and a packed program from creative writing to tree planting!
A packed programme of events at Tullos Community Centre included creative writing and collage breakfast workshops with activities themed around ‘What does Torry mean to you?”. In St Fittick’s Park there was Tree planting, nature-based crafts including leaf printing, stone painting and the Mammal Detective’s table.
The team from shmu were on hand to showcase ideas for a new ‘Connected Torry’ website and a social media reels workshop. A fantastic performance from ‘The Torry Dancers’ ended the sessions at Tullos.
There was also opportunity for a discussion about RAAC for the community at midday. Craft activities for kids, butteries and a cuppa too! Great community, great atmosphere,
100 free packed lunches were given away. Big Noise entertained us, with the day ending with an emotional highlight of the Lennox’s, who ran Doonies farm, officially opening the new outdoor nature classroom. The classroom is dedicated to them as pioneers of outdoor learning.
St Fittick making an appearance too!
Despite the challenges we face as a community it was inspiring to see such positivity and working together.
Many folks helped to bring this together including The Torry People’s Assembly, Friends of St Fittick’s Park, Nescan, Nesfit, The Bridge Centre and many others who brought activities including The Northeast Small Mammal Network, Living Rent, Scoop the Dog, Dorothy and Donna from the Communities Team, Big Noise and of course the community for coming along.
The conversations continue.
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