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35-576: The main founder of the Edinburgh settlement was Sir Richard Lodge , a history professor. In proposing the foundation of the settlement Professor Lodge acknowledged that while Edinburgh was a fair city it had some 'foul spots' in it. The first location suggested for the settlement would be in the district that lay between the Cowgate and the Cannongate in Edinburgh's old town. He suggested that if

70-657: A B.A. in 1877, and becoming a Fellow of Brasenose College in 1878. He was Professor of History at the University of Glasgow from 1894 to 1899, and then Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh from 1899 to 1925. During his time at Edinburgh, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the university and was a founder of the Edinburgh University Settlement charity, which established houses for students and fellows to live amongst

105-656: A feature 'The Student Gift that Keeps on Giving' outlining some of the many initiatives undertaken in the course of the settlement's history. An EUS centenary exhibition was also put on display in the Drummond Room in the Edinburgh University Library , George Square, where the EUS archives are now held. By this time the settlement was funded not only by the university but also by City of Edinburgh Council . The Council's total funding for EUS in 2010–11

140-534: A range of disabilities called Microbeacon. Dr. (now Sir) John Harrison Burnett , Principal of the University commented, when launching the Microbeacon project: Microbeacon is a small light in a dark world of the unemployed. But for many, I hope simple training in computers will be the clear light before the dawn of new employment and a fuller, richer life. It is a joy and a privilege to be associated with

175-755: A second language (ESOL), Early Years Sure Start Project, Community Learning Centre Project, 'Personal Steps' formerly 'Microbeacon', the Roxy and the Forest Café. At the time that the EUS went bankrupt the Bristo Place church building was occupied by the Forest Cafe . The Forest launched a campaign to try to buy the building, but soon relocated to a new home in Lauriston Place. Richard Lodge Sir Richard Lodge (20 June 1855 – 2 June 1936)

210-402: A while amongst the poorer communities of their city they could ‘ do a little to remove the inequalities of life ’. They also believed that old problems could be solved together; the university was teaching 'the understanding of difficult things in all subjects' and that the settlement represented 'a great attempt to further the science of the city' and understand its problems a little better. There

245-512: Is also a hospital unit with accommodation for 18 prisoners, which includes eight cells specially designed for suicide supervision. A new administration and visiting block was completed in 1999. The in-cell bucket-as-toilet routine known as slopping out was still in practice there as late as 2003. Since 2001, refurbishment has taken place after critical reports by the Scottish Chief Inspector of Prisons . In October 2018, it

280-563: Is operated by the Scottish Prison Service and is located in the residential suburb of Riddrie , in the north east of Glasgow , Scotland. It is informally known locally as The Big Hoose , Bar and Bar-L . In 2018, plans for its closure were announced. Barlinnie was designed by Major General Thomas Bernard Collinson , architect and engineer to the Scottish Prison Department, and it was built in

315-693: The Royal Edinburgh Hospital were offered art therapy at an EUS-run centre at Wilkie House in the Cowgate. The EUS eventually engineered the first art therapy courses in Scotland with Glasgow Caledonian University and Queen Margaret University College . These courses led to the setting up of Stepping Stones, a centre off London Road. To mark the centenary of the Edinburgh Settlement in 2005, Edinburgh Evening News published

350-413: The 'Sure start Scotland' programme ‘Second Chance to Learn’ courses included childcare work supported by crèche facilities, speech and language therapy groups for parents, fathers’ groups, projects for parents with learning difficulties, an ethnic minority parenting project and a support for those experiencing post-natal depression. EUS also established in 1983 a computer training initiative for adults with

385-409: The D hall renovations of 1997, the prison gallows cell (built into D-hall) was finally demolished and the remains of all the executed prisoners were exhumed for reburial elsewhere. The first man to escape from Barlinnie was John Dobbie, three days after being sentenced to 15 years for a violent robbery in 1985. Dobbie escaped inside a laundry van, he was captured by armed police five days later and

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420-641: The communities. Following the formal dissolution of the Edinburgh University Settlement organisation the work of the thrift shop continues from the community run Edinburgh Settlement Shop at 34A Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AG. The organisation ‘Second Chance to Learn’ was set up in 1985 by EUS to reach the parts of society that formal education was failing to reach. 2nd Chance to Learn classes were informal and community based, they aimed to enable people to attain basic skills, raise self-esteem and provide routes to certification to take

455-664: The creation of the Craigmillar Festival Society in the 1960s. In 1985, when Band Aid (band) released 'Feed the World' to raise money for starving people in Ethiopia, the EUS released its own record, an album called Freedom, Come All Ye. In 2000 the EUS was sued by a Barlinnie prisoner for the loss of a Christ statue, a work that 'marked his transformation from murderer to artist'. The Warden of Cameron House, Grace Drysdale campaigned tirelessly for support for

490-401: The donations of philanthropists and wealthy donors. This activity was part of the University of Edinburgh's commitment to bridging the town and gown divide as part of its social responsibility, enlightenment and civic mission. The buildings however, were not always in a good state of repair and repeated calls were made to donors and current students for support for their upkeep. The settlement

525-522: The fellows and students of the University could do anything to 'brighten the lives and bring sympathy and gladness to some of the homes in those dark spots they would be going some way to repay the debt the College owed to the city. The basis of the settlement idea was that undergraduates, academics and researchers would be resident in 'Settlement Houses' which were situated in underprivileged communities. To 'bring graduate and undergraduate face to face with

560-473: The gallows at Duke Street Prison before the final abolition of capital punishment in the United Kingdom for murder in 1969: Each of the condemned men had been convicted of murder. All the executions took place at 8.00 am. As was the custom, the remains of all executed prisoners were the property of the state, and were therefore buried in unmarked graves within the walls of the prison. During

595-452: The initial phase of their sentence prior to transfer to long-term prisons such as HMP Glenochil, HMP Shotts, HMP Kilmarnock or HMP Grampian . Barlinnie prison still consists of five accommodation halls with each holding approximately 200 inmates and an additional National Top End Facility (Letham Hall) housing long term prisoners nearing the end of their incarceration. All five accommodation halls were refurbished between 1997 and 2004. There

630-485: The next steps into further learning and employment. In 2008 it was reported that 80 per cent of the Second Chance students had no previous qualifications, 85 per cent lived in areas of urban deprivation, 40 per cent were single parents, 25 per cent were unemployed men and 12 per cent had disabilities. It was suggested that 80 per cent of those who engaged with classes then progressed to further education. As part of

665-477: The poor of the city. He was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and, in due course, became its president (1929–1933). He was knighted in 1917. Lodge died on 2 June 1936 aged 80; he was buried at Holywell Cemetery , Oxford . Lodge’s many publications included a biography of Cardinal Richelieu in 1896. Barlinnie HM Prison Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland. It

700-503: The problems and understanding their cause and consequence, which would be of the utmost value to them in their subsequent professional and personal lives"'and a valuable part of students training was to leave the lecture-room and 'get in touch with the facts of everyday life.'' There was an emphasis on practical work and making things with one's hands 'the separation of hand and brain is an evil for both' Edinburgh University students established 'Settlement Day' and then 'Settlement Week' which

735-414: The project. Microbeacon worked in conjunction with Edinburgh Women's Training Course to provide women-only ICT courses for disadvantaged women wishing to enter the workforce or upskill. In 1994, Microbeacon moved to New Parliament House, on Regent Road. EUS was instrumental in establishing Scotland's first school of art therapy . In the late 80s and early 90s patients from the former Gogarburn Hospital and

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770-427: The stall-holders were not overwhelmed. Reports confirm that bargains: crystal, evening shawls and furniture were to be found and that one woman left delighted with 'a handsome suit once worn it was whispered, by a professor'. Women carrying bulky purchases were ushered out to make room for other shoppers. The work of the thrift stores was not to raise money for more buildings or 'extension' but to support those living in

805-588: The then rural area of Riddrie adjacent to the Monkland Canal (now the route of the M8 motorway ), first opening with the commissioning of A hall in July 1882. Barlinnie prison's five accommodation halls: A, B, C, D and E, were built in stages between 1882 and 1897, with each holding approximately 69 inmates. There was a major extension to the perimeter in 1967 to create an industrial compound. From 1973 till 1994,

840-564: The women and children of the surrounding Craigmillar area. The city center slum clearances had moved residents to outlying areas of the city. Some people had moved unwillingly and found their new life quite different from the community of the old Edinburgh 'stairs'. In 1936 she made a film about the everyday activities of the settlement community and proposed the creation of a 'Thrift shop' based on an American idea. The shop would receive items that people did not want, and would accept anything from 'luggage to cooking utensils'. A thrift shop committee

875-622: The working man to unite their energies for the common social good'. The first group of 12 students moved into High School Yards, living with a warden appointed by the academics. They lived in the settlement house free, or for cheaper rent, in return for doing community work. The aim was to live as part of the community and that there would be benefits as a result; for the community and also for those researchers and students in two way engagement. The EUS looked in 1905 to alumni to support this latest endeavour of their alma mater and donors for support. Settlement buildings were often bought or leased through

910-627: The world-famous "Special Unit" placed emphasis on rehabilitation , the best known success story being that of reformed Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle . Cultural output associated with the Special Unit included Boyle's autobiography, A Sense of Freedom (1977); The Hardman (1977), the play Boyle wrote with Tom McGrath ; a body of sculpture; and The Silent Scream (1979), a book of prose and poems by Larry Winters, who committed suicide in 1977. A total of 10 judicial executions by hanging took place at HMP Barlinnie between 1946 and 1960, replacing

945-531: Was a British historian . He was born at Penkhull , Staffordshire, the fourth of eight sons and a daughter of Oliver Lodge (1826–1884), later a china clay merchant at Wolstanton , Staffordshire, and his wife, Grace (née Heath) (1826–1879). His siblings included Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), physicist; Eleanor Constance Lodge (1869–1936), historian and principal of Westfield College , London; and Alfred Lodge (1854–1937), mathematician. Lodge matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford , in 1874, graduating with

980-597: Was announced that HMP Barlinnie is to be sold and replaced with a new superjail within Glasgow or its outskirts. In 2019, local MP Paul Sweeney proposed that the historic prison buildings be saved from demolition and converted into a prison museum after it is decommissioned. In January 2020, the Prison Service announced that the proposed site for the replacement prison was a 22-hectare (54-acre) site formerly occupied by Provan Gas Works . Cooperation between

1015-457: Was concern that university education had a tendency to produce a 'certain detachment' from the practical problems of real life. The founders believed that benefits would flow on both sides by exchange of knowledge and skills bringing into closer touch the learning and culture of the university with the 'numerical power and practical knowledge of the working people.' . Settlement work was considered to afford to students experience of "coming up against

1050-702: Was described by one benefactor in 1925 as 'one of the most admirable social instruments in the City of Edinburgh','since the war the students had come forwards and shown a quite remarkable degree of enthusiasm in helping to carry on the work which depended on a degree of voluntary effort'.' Garden parties, fetes and balls were regularly held to attract support and the letters page of the Scotsman newspaper included regular appeals from Grace Drysdale, EUS Warden for donations and gifts at Christmas time. The settlement movement believed that if men and women from universities lived for

1085-479: Was established in 1936, and the first shop 'Everybody's Thrift Shop' opened in April 1937 at 79a Nicholson Street, 10 years before Oxfam established their first charity shop in 1947. In 1938 the thrift shop was reported as being 'a more ambitious application of the jumble sale idea. When the shop first opened it was a great success. people queued for an hour beforehand in anticipation and policemen were on hand to ensure

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1120-488: Was granted by Edinburgh Sheriff Court at the end of October. PricewaterhouseCoopers were appointed as liquidators. The Council was owed £7389 in rent arrears and so was one of the EUS' creditors. The majority of the 40 employees were made redundant with immediate effect, a small team was retained to help with the maintenance and disposal of the buildings. Efforts were made to wind up or find new sponsors for Stepping Stones, City Literacy and Numeracy Project (CLAN) and English as

1155-525: Was later replaced by RAG week to raise money in support of the ongoing work. In 1993 EUS bid unsuccessfully to turn the disused Elsie Inglis Hospital into Scotland's first ‘Care Village’. As well as its buildings the EUS engaged in a range of education and outreach initiatives. The EUS founded Scotland's first school of art therapy , one of the first-ever 'thrift shops', an early computer skills training initiative, adult learning courses, women's education and training and community volunteering. It also led to

1190-575: Was sentenced to a further five years. Today Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland, holding just under 1,400 prisoners although it has a design capacity of 987. The prison currently receives prisoners from the courts in the West of Scotland as well as retaining male remand prisoners and prisoners serving less than 4-year sentences. It also allocates suitable prisoners from its convicted population to lower security prisons, including HMP Low Moss and HMP Greenock , as well as holding long-term prisoners in

1225-471: Was £230,034, from the children and families and health and social care budgets. University of Edinburgh Policy and Strategy Committee minutes of 22 March 2011 report that 'Edinburgh University Settlement, a voluntary organisation providing a range of social care, educational and arts services and venues, closed on 29 October 2010 as a result of severe financial difficulties.' The charity's outgoings had exceeded its income by more than £300,000. A bankruptcy order

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