All Friends welcome. Agenda below.

Bellevue's Mark Meiklejohn performs Robert Burns's key poems and songs, with a cracking live musical accompaniment. Subtitles for novices.  (A sell-out at Tradfest Edinburgh 2014 and Burnsfest 2015.) Tickets £8/£4 concs. For more information and booking, visit here.

Sutherland Forsyth will talk about the Botanic Cottage project.

'Everyone has the right to live a full and satisfying life. MAPS is a 12 week interactive course which is designed to enable [LGBT people] to explore: what wellness means to you, which wellness tools help you keep well and support you when things get difficult.

Local resident Stewart Conn's visual and emotional response to Edinburgh, in words and music.

Local resident Stewart Conn's visual and emotional response to Edinburgh, in words and music.

Sharing the results of recent survey and mapping out a way forward. The aim is to transform Leith into a zero-tolerance area for litter and dog mess. All welcome.

If you'd like to get involved with producing or contributing to the Spurtle, please come along. Meetings usually last an hour-and-a-half.

We bring up the bones, examine the entrails, and put the accounts under the microscope. Followed by monthly planning meeting. All welcome. Possibility of biscuits.