WHALE Arts

22/10/2026

📢 Save the Date - WHALE Arts AGM

Come along, enjoy a cup of tea or coffee with us, and be part of our AGM.

Hear what we've been up to over the past year, celebrate the achievements, and find out what we've got planned for the year ahead.

Our community meal will run as usual, so stay a little longer, grab a plate and enjoy a delicious free lunch afterwards.

We hope you can join us.

📅 Friday 20th November
☕️ Tea and coffee: 11:30am - 12pm
📒 AGM: 12pm - 1pm
🍽️ Community meal: 1pm - 2pm
📍 WHALE Arts, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh EH14 2SA
🎟️ No booking required

20/10/2026

👀 A little sneak peek at the Wester Hailes Open Exhibition

Join us this Friday and Saturday as we celebrate our incredible creative community with two very special events:

🎉 Opening Celebration 🎉
📆 Friday 23rd October
🕐️ 1pm - 4pm
📍 WHALE Arts, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh, EH14 2SA

Be one of the first to check out the exhibition, make your very own mini masterpiece, and enjoy an extra special community meal (1pm - 2pm) followed by some light refreshments.

🎨 Special Saturday Open Day 🎨
📆 Saturday 24th October
🕚️ 11am - 3pm
📍 WHALE Arts, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh, EH14 2SA

Explore the exhibition, get hands-on with some collaging fun, or create a mini masterpiece! Bring along your family and friends to check out the artwork and get creative together. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided.

Everyone is welcome, there's no need to book, admission and activities are free. Creative activities are suitable for all ages, no experience required.

We hope to see you there!

19/10/2026

19/10/2026

Our doors are back open after the half term break and our regular programme for adults and young people is back in full swing!

Here's a glimpse into what we've got going on here at WHALE Arts every week:

Adults programme

🎨 Open Studio
📆 Tuesdays (10:30am - 12:30pm) and Thursdays (1:30pm - 4pm)
➡️ A social and creative drop-in group. Bring along a project you're already working on or use our materials and try something new.

🔨 Makers Club
📆 Wednesdays
🕥️ 10:30am - 1:45pm
➡️ A relaxed group for men who want to meet new people and make things.
Work on your own project or join in with our group activity (e.g. drawing, painting, light woodwork, sculpture). Each session ends with a shared meal provided by us.

🍵 Coorie In Cafe
📆 Wednesdays
🕙️ 10am - 12pm
➡️ Group coaching sessions with our wellbeing coach. For adults living with long-term conditions, disabilities and mental health challenges.

📱 Digital Support Drop-In
📆 Mondays, 1pm - 3pm, at WHALE Arts
📆 Tuesdays, 1pm - 3pm, at The Health Agency
➡️ Need a helping hand with a digital issue - a new device, social media, accessing an online service, or something else? Our Digital Support Drop-In may be what you need.

Youth programme

✏️ Comic Club
📆 Wednesdays
🕓️ 4pm - 6pm
➡️ For young people aged 12 - 16. Learn how to write, draw and create your very own comics, as well cosplay, model-making, animation and more!

🎨 SmARTies Art Club
📆 Fridays
🕜️ 1:30pm - 3pm
➡️ For young people aged 6 - 11. Explore a range of fun art activities, from drawing, painting and sculpture, to animation, photography and textiles.

Anything else?

🥗 Our community meal runs as usual every Friday, 1pm - 2pm, so pop in, grab a plate and enjoy a delicious free lunch.

🎥 Our Local Cinema film screenings are back! Next up: the brilliant 'Inside Out 2' on Friday 30th October at 2:30pm.

🍰 Our Pod Café is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:30am - 2pm, and is the perfect spot to take a break, and enjoy a tasty treat and a hot drink.

⭐️ We've got heaps more going on and coming up, visit whalearts.co.uk/whats-on to check out our full programme! ⭐️

14/10/2026

Did you know that we run Digital Support Drop-In sessions? Perhaps you're getting to grips with a new device, need help accessing an online service, trying a new social media channel, or something else! These free, relaxed sessions are the perfect place to get the support you need. There's no need to book and no set curriculum, just turn up and raise the topics you're interested in.

📅 Every Monday
🕐 1pm - 3pm
📍 WHALE Arts, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh, EH14 2SA

📅 Every Tuesday
🕐 1pm - 3pm
📍 The Health Agency, 30 Harvesters Way, Edinburgh, EH14 3JF

08/10/2026

We are delighted to introduce Mog, the new Digital Inclusion Lead at WHALE Arts.

Mog has recently joined our team and will be leading our Digital Support Drop-In sessions from Monday 19th October. We asked her a couple of questions to get to know her a little better:

⭐️ What are you looking forward to doing as part of your new role?
I'm looking forward to getting to know the community and helping with the different kinds of things that people want to learn to do on their phones and computers.

⭐️ What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
Outside of work I enjoy spending time with my two kittens, learning kung fu, and performing in the kung fu school lion & dragon dance team. You might see us around in Edinburgh at Chinese new year and the summer parades 🙂

Our Digital Support Drop-In sessions will run on Mondays and Tuesdays. Need a helping hand with a new device? Using social media? Accessing an online service? Or something else? These free, relaxed sessions are the perfect place to get the support you need. There's no need to book and no set curriculum, just turn up and raise the topics you're interested in.

📅 Every Monday
🕐 1pm - 3pm
📍 WHALE Arts, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh, EH14 2SA

📅 Every Tuesday
🕐 1pm - 3pm
📍 The Health Agency, 30 Harvesters Way, Edinburgh, EH14 3JF

07/10/2026

There's just over two weeks until the Wester Hailes Open Exhibition!

To celebrate the opening of this very special exhibition, we have two exciting events lined up.

🎉 Opening Celebration 🎉
📆 Friday 23rd October
🕐️ 1pm - 4pm

Be one of the first to check out the exhibition, take part in a creative activity, enjoy an extra special community meal (1pm - 2pm) followed by light refreshments, and celebrate our incredible creative community!

🎨 Special Saturday Open Day 🎨
📆 Saturday 24th October
🕚️ 11am - 3pm

Come along and explore the exhibition, with creative activities for all ages! Bring along family and friends to check out the artwork and get creative together.

Everyone is welcome, there's no need to book, admission and activities are free.

06/10/2026

Unfortunately, our Coorie In Café and 1-2-1 coaching won't be running this Wednesday.

As the WHALE Arts building is closed next week, the Coorie In Café and coaching sessions will be back on Wednesday 21st October.

We look forward to seeing you then.

05/10/2026

🪧 Building closed for October school holidays

As usual, our building will be closed and our programme of activities paused during the October school holidays, w/c 12th October.

We've got lots of exciting things coming up over the next couple of months, so we'll be busy getting everything ready!

We look forward to welcoming you back when our doors reopen on Monday 19th October.

02/10/2026

Spend an autumn afternoon with us! 🍂 🍎🍏

Join us in the WHALE Arts community garden next Friday. We'll be pressing apples and enjoying our homemade apple juice as well as a little sweet treat!

Our community meal will run as usual from 1pm - 2pm, so pop in for a delicious free lunch, some good company and a bit of nature!

🍏 Apple Pressing
📆 Friday 9th October
🕛️ 12pm - 3pm
📍 WHALE Arts

There's no need to book, just pop in. Everyone is welcome.