Robin Harper, interim chair of the Astley Ainslie Community Trust which wants to take over the hospital site for the community when it goes up for sal
Robin Harper, interim chair of the Astley Ainslie Community Trust which wants to take over the hospital site for the community when it goes up for sale. Astley Ainslie Community Trust receives funding from SG Making Places Community Group receives funding for first step in potential NHS asset transfer of iconic Astley Ainslie Hospital ground in South Edinburgh The Astley Ainslie Community Trust (AACT), a local community group in South Edinburgh, received a boost for their campaign to negotiate community ownership of the iconic Astley Ainslie Hospital ground in Morningside. On Wednesday 21st November it was announced that they were awarded a grant of nearly £12,000 from the Scottish Government’s ‘Making Places Initiative’ for community-led design. Robin Harper OBE, Convener of AACT said “These funds will help us give local people in South Edinburgh the opportunity to create a community vision for the Astley Ainslie site and how it should be developed. Astley Ainslie is an oasis of green in South Edinburgh, owned by the people of Scotland since the NHS took possession of the site in 1940s, and we want it to continue as a space that provides health and wellbeing benefits for the people of Edinburgh”.
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