Canalside Stories: Story Making Family Boat Rides 11.30am // SMAHF

Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust

On our boat trip, Svend-Erik and Alice will invite you to invent stories about the canal, in your family groups or with new friends.

Lochrin Belle Canal Boat

Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival

Canalside Stories encompasses a mini-series of workshops, walks and boat trips that will allow people to creatively explore and experience the value and role of green and blue spaces in looking after and improving mental health.

Our canal boat cruises are on our wide-beam barge, the Lochrin Belle, and will last approximately 1 hour. As we enjoy a journey along the union canal we will invite you to imagine stories inspired by your surroundings. In your family groups or with some new friends you can have fun inventing tales about the canal with the guidance of 2 professional storytellers, Alice Fernbank and Svend-Erik Engh.This event is suitable for families with children over the age of 5 years old.We can accommodate those with reduced mobility with our platform lift, but it is not suitable for all wheelchairs – please contact us in the first instance. There is a toilet on board. The boat leaves from and returns to the Leamington Liftbridge, at the top of Gilmore Park or Leamington Road near EH3 9NY Please meet promptly – the boat will not wait.Free but booking essential as there is limited capacity on the boat - please book a space for every member of your groups (adults and children).C﻿ontact us if you have any questions: ahoy@fcct.scot, 07716 745978These events are being brought to you by Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2023 funded by Edinburgh Thrive (EHSCP).

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