Swietlica

"They make me feel safe & I can trust them."

Swietlica started in May 2006 in the Fort Community Wing. From the modest aim of setting up a chess club it has become Edinburgh's largest and most successful centre supporting the new Polish Community.

Run by committed volunteers with some support from MCFB, it provides welfare advice, information, counselling, education as well as social and recreational activities. 80 to 100 people, from all over Edinburgh and the Lothians, but the majority from Leith, attend regularly on a Monday between 4.00 and 9.00 p.m. Although the centre caters mainly for the Polish Community, everyone is welcome to attend and many non-Poles do come along.

Swietlica Links

--> Swietlica on Leith Open Space
Swietlica on Flickr