The Canongate Youth Project celebrated its 30th birthday in 2007 and we staged lots of events to mark this milestone.

On 19th March 2007 we were invited to a reception held for us at the Scottish Parliament by Sarah Boyack MSP for Central Edinburgh. You can view here a short film of some of our staff members talking about that exciting day, which will take a short time to download to your PC.

On 26th July 2007 we held our "Lark in the Park" and you can view the extensive photo album of that day here.

In the evening of 7th September 2007 we held a musical celebration in the Queen's Hall. Among the artistes who generously contributed their musical talents and support were: Dick Gaughan, Karine Polwart, Dean Owens, 6 Day Riot, Amplifico and Lorna Brooks. Many thanks also to the appreciative audience for making it such an enjoyable and memorable occasion!

You can see a short film on YouTube giving the background story of the Queen's Hall event here.

CYP is greatly indebted to Karine Polwart for giving permission for us to use her song "I'm gonna do it all" on the soundtrack of the films on this page.

There was also a trip to Mull arranged for our members which was greatly enjoyed by all. It included rock climbing and a full day's mackerel fishing in the sea off Tobermory followed by a barbecue with lots of freshly caught fish! You can view a short film of the trip here.

Funds were raised partly to stage these events by our members who packed bags for the public in Morrison's Supermarket in Piershill.

The remainder of the funds raised was sent to schoolchildren in Malawi in the form of some 50 backpacks filled with useful school equipment such as pencils, rulers, school dresses, shorts and T-shirts.

You can view a short film on YouTube giving the background story here.

CYP is greatly indebted to Kris Knowles of
Non-Stop Stuff for the 30th birthday graphics shown here