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Bridgend Farmhouse from the Road
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The Bridgend Farmhouse Community Project in Edinburgh, Scotland is a community-owned and community-run charitable organisation. The project restored an 18th-century farmhouse to provide a community meeting place, café, garden and workshops. The project runs classes, workshops and training courses in a variety of crafts and skills aimed at all age groups. It also provides facilities for performances, gatherings, talks, entertainment and small conferences. Given charitable status under the title Bridgend Inspiring Growth (BIG), the project was one of the first in Scotland to achieve community ownership in an urban setting. In 2018 it became the first organisation in Scotland to transfer from a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) to a Community Benefit Society with charitable status.

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Bridgend Farmhouse Community Project
Old Dalkeith Road, City of Edinburgh Gilmerton/Inch

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Bridgend Farmhouse

Old Dalkeith Road
EH16 4TE City of Edinburgh, Gilmerton/Inch
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