With a little creativity (and a lot of group effort), Orwell Arts have been making the best of building works.

The Garvald Makers shop celebrated its first birthday in its new Morningside Road location.

We're thrilled to share that our talented bakers brought home not one, but two Gold Awards at the Scottish Bread Championships.

Both Gorgie Workshops and Orwell Arts were lucky to receive a creative visit from Glasgow-based artist Cameron Morgan, who wanted to sketch our workshops in action.

Orwell Arts were delighted to welcome Dr Scott Arthur MP for a visit to their workshops.

As usual, Gorgie Workshops pulled out all the stops for their Rabbie Burns celebrations.

Orwell Arts held their annual Festive Open Day, inviting the local community to come in and get crafty.

Mayfield Kitchen get a soup-er new convection oven and workbench, thanks to a Morrisons Foundation grant.

For the third successive year, Edinburgh Art Fair organisers invited Garvald Edinburgh to be their Charity Partners.

Gorgie Workshops celebrated their open day, giving visitors a chance to see Gorgie members at work as well as the opportunity to try out a whole range of creative activities for themselves.

Claire Scott, a member from Garvald Mayfield House, shares her passion for raising awareness about Cystic Fibrosis.

Orwell Arts have been trying out the adaptive bikes at Saughton Park. Read all about it here!

We are delighted to publicly launch Life, Death and Lilies, our film about bereavement.

The Garvald Puppetry Performance group are thrilled to be taking part in the Visual Arts Scotland Centenary exhibition at Dalkeith Palace.

Mayfield House got together to celebrate their 10th birthday and reflect on everything that has happened over the last decade.

Nicola ran 42 kilometres in the Edinburgh Marathon to raise money for Garvald.

Waterside hosted a fabulous Spring Fair on Thursday the 30th of May. Read about the stalls, cakes, games and wonderful puppetry performance.

Keith Crombie and Nicole Watson are raising money for Garvald Edinburgh.

Orwell Arts celebrated May Day with maypole dancing in the garden.

The Garvald Glass Workshop have been selected for the British Glass Biennale, presenting their piece Glass Carousel.