Educational History: The Edinburgh Settlement
16th September 2014
The Edinburgh Settlement is a multi-purpose voluntary organisation with a rich history spanning more...
Edinburgh Settlement
Edinburgh Settlement is a part of the international Settlement movement which started over 100 years ago. It forms part of a global network of social action centres which work closely with local communities, representing and responding to needs and aspirations, to promote social and environmental justice.
In late 2010, financial difficulties forced the loss of many of Edinburgh University Settlement’s established community projects. The Edinburgh Settlement continues it’s work, under the auspices of The International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres – Europe (IFS-Europe).
A core part of the continuing aim of the initiative is ensuring the safe keeping and provision of access to the extensive archives of the Edinburgh Settlement for research. Ragged University has offered support to the continuation of the Settlements archive, partly by providing a home to digitize the Settlement archives, thus making them accessible to the public here:
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1937: 'Everybody's Thrift Shop' Opened by Edinburgh Settlement21st March 2016"One of the earliest charity shops in the UK was set up by the... -
1980: Edinburgh Settlement; The Need For Psychiatric Day Centres21st June 2016The Settlement is an arm and hand of friendship which the University, as a... -
1960: University Settlement Plan Craigmillar Adventure Playground11th May 2016Scotland's first "adventure playground," modelled on Scandinavian lines, is to be established in the... -
1993: Edinburgh Settlement Unveils Plans For ‘Care Village’12th December 2014University Settlement bids to turn disused Elsie Inglis Hospital into Scotland’s first ‘Care Village’.... -
1980 Review of Edinburgh Settlement's Policy and Activities12th October 2014This is a transcription of the 1980 review of Edinburgh Settlement's Policy and Activities,...
List of Articles:
- 1905: Edinburgh University Settlement Association Constitution
- 1906: Letter Officially Appointing C. W. G. Taylor as First Warden of Edinburgh Settlement
- 1919: Edinburgh Settlement; Future of The Settlement Statement
- 1933 to 1934: Edinburgh Settlement Annual Report; Kirk O’Field College
- 1933 to 1934: Edinburgh Settlement Annual Report; Kirk O’Field; An Impression
- 1935: Report of Address by Lord Lothian, Founder of Newbattle Abbey College
- 1936: Extract from Minutes of the Settlement’s Annual Meeting
- 1937: ‘Everybody’s Thrift Shop’ Opened by Edinburgh Settlement
- 1960: University Settlement Plan Craigmillar Adventure Playground
- 1964 Edinburgh Settlement’s Bold Social Service Plans
- 1980 Review of Edinburgh Settlement’s Policy and Activities
- 1980: Edinburgh Settlement; The Need For Psychiatric Day Centres
- 1993: Edinburgh Settlement Unveils Plans For ‘Care Village’
- 1994: Edinburgh University Settlement’s School of Art Therapy; Historical Outline
- 6th March 1931: Winston Churchill opens the new Edinburgh Settlement extension
- Educational History: The Edinburgh Settlement
- Newsclipping: Adult Education Endowment Wanted
- Pioneer of the Settlement: Grace Drysdale