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“But this is the first time that there’s been a three-year arts partnership with a specific school, which will be a lot more high-profile and will be at the very centre of the festival itself. Myself and Fergus were really keen to see if we could work in more depth with a school and what effect we could have on a school over a longer period of time. Not many of these kids have heard of the Edinburgh Festival – lots of them don’t even go into the city centre.”
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I'm sure most people don't give this a second thought - going to town (or other parts of Edinburgh). For some children it's lack of money - for bus fares or spending, or fear of being out of 'their territory'.
For some it's definitely the lack of understanding/belief that they could actually get somewhere by bike or feet. I've done things with quite a few schools (including 4 in the Craigmillar area - 3 since shut!)
For some kids cycling a couple of miles is a real achievement. Cycling to "Edinburgh" a real adventure. The Innocent was a fabulous 'facility'. Off-road (effectively) all the way to Holyrood Road. A visit to the People's Story museum was a first for most of them.
Biggest concern was having their bikes stolen. Few had locks, but we had long cables to secure them all at Moray House.
This was in school time, with the Head Teacher. The 'education' wasn't just visiting the museum.
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