"The arts in all their glorious manifestations are essential prescriptions for those who are in pain, indespair or in recovery. Creativity and imagination stimulate the spirit and, in so doing, speed the healing process. They are powerful medicine indeed"

Lord Richard Attenborough

 

 

" The 21st Century belongs to a dynamic collaboration between the techies and the creatives, something never envisaged before, a true welding of science and art, local communities are the third side of the triangle."

Keynote speaker

Apple Conference 1992

 

 

Universal declaration of human rights

Article 26

'Everyone has the right to education'

Article 25

'Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being'

Article 27

'Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community'.

 

 

 

When people play their part

 

Verse one

We thought the day had come

When we'd win through at last

When men would walk with dignity

In their own cities, proud and free

 

Chorus

The powerful in the land

Can't bring a change of heart

But history will be made

When the people play their part

 

Verse two

You ask me why I'm sad

Have you been on a trip

The headlines stare you in the face

And kidnap, killings, riot, race

Hold us in thier grip

 

Chorus

 

Verse three

But some say that the've heard

A whisper in the wind

Communities are on the move

Their way of living to improve

and festivals you find

 

Chorus

From 'Castle, Cooncil & Curse, 1974, Craigmillar Community musical