Whale Arts Agency

Wester Hailes Arts for Leisure and Education

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Here at WHALE Arts we are a building-based and place-based community-led charity and social enterprise. Our organisation acts as a conduit between our community and creative and cultural projects that happen in the area. We help to harness creative opportunities through the delivery of projects and we work hard with partners to share and celebrate the quality creative and cultural projects that happen in the area. We work with local partners such as The Health Agency and Space & Broomhouse Hub and also Creative and Cultural partners such as Edinburgh Art Festival. (See our partner page with Edinburgh Art Festival HERE.) We do this to build upon these successes to inspire and empower residents, workers, artists and designers to continue to demonstrate the power of creativity as a driver of social change.


Community Partners

About Youth

CHAI (Community Help and Advice Initiative)

Living Well Wester Hailes

Prospect Community Housing

SCOREscotland

Wester Hailes Community Trust

The Health Agency

With Kids


Creative and Cultural Partners

Art in Healthcare

Battersea Arts Centre

Dance Ihayami

Edinburgh Art Festival

Edinburgh Napier University

Capital Theatres

Film Hub Scotland

Open Book

Manipulate Arts

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Scottish Poetry Library

Screen Education Scotland

Sistema Scotland

Starcatchers


Funders

ABC Foundation 

 Algrade Trust 

 Anderson, Anderson and Brown  

Awards for All  

Baily Thomas Charitable Trust  

Batchworth Charitable Trust 

 BBC Children In Need  

Binks Trust  

Brian and Lesley Knox Fund  

Brownless Charitable Trust 

 Capital City Partnership 

 Casa Stella Charitable Initiative  

 City of Edinburgh Council  

Clothworkers Foundation  

Cordis Charitable Trust 

 Courant Fund for Children  

Creative Scotland 

 Cruden Foundation 

 Development Trusts and Associations Scotland  

Dr Guthrie’s Association  

Edinburgh Airport  

Edinburgh Napier University 

 Elizabeth Errington Trust 

 Emergencies Trust  

Erskine Cunningham  

Hill Fitton Trust  

Foundation Scotland  

 Garfield Weston  

Good Things Foundation 

 John Watson Trust 

 Kilpatrick Fraser Charitable Trust  

Lothian Buses Foundation  

Maple Trust 

 Mbili Trust 

 Mickel Fund 

 Miss Isabel Harvey Charitable Trust  

Nancie Massey Charitable Trust  

Nancy Brown Charitable Trust 

 National Lottery Community Fund  

New Park Educational Trust  

One City Trust  

Paristamen CIO  

People’s Health Trust 

 Pleasance Trust  

Ponton House Trust 

 Postcode Community Trust 

 Prospect Housing Association  

Pump House Trust  

Robertson Trust  

Royal Academy of Engineering  

RS MacDonald Charitable Trust  

Ryvoan Trust  

Sabina Sutherland Charitable Trust  

Scottish Government Scottish Land Fund 

 SCVO Digital Charter Fund  

Sir Ian Stewart Foundation  

Soil Association 

 Souter Charitable Trust  

Stafford Trust  

STV Foundation  

The Batchworth Trust  

The David Family Foundation  

The Haramead Trust  

The Hugh Fraser Foundation 

 The Irving Memorial Trust 

 The Mushroom Trust 

 The Walker Family Charitable Trust 

 The Westwood Charitable Trust  

Thistledown Trust  

Thomas Wall Trust  

Travers Smith  

Trefoil Trust  

Ward Family Charitable Trust  

WCH Trust for Children  

William Grant Foundation 

 William Syson Charitable Foundation 

 Youthlink Scotland 


WHALE Arts is …

... the cultural anchor organisation for Wester Hailes. We are a community-led arts charity and social enterprise, set up by local people in 1992. Our mission is to be the creative heart of a vibrant, thriving community.

WHALE Arts

30 Westburn Grove,
Edinburgh,
EH14 2SA
0131 458 3267
info@whalearts.co.uk

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We are seeking a creative, well organised self-starter to develop and deliver engaging content communicating the impact of our work and connecting us to our community, partners, artists and funders. PermanentPart-Time – 14 hours a week£26,326 pro-rataBased at WHALE Arts Centre, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, EH14 2SA WHALE Arts is a community-led arts charity and social […]

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