Welcome
The Society was founded in 1920 with the object of providing opportunities for Welsh people in Edinburgh to meet socially and to continue their interest in the language and culture of Wales.
Membership is not restricted to those of Welsh origin. Anyone with an interest in Welsh culture is welcome to become a member and attend meetings.
Our president and speakers Idwal and Bethan Williams
Our 2024–25 season reached its climax with the traditional celebrations of our patron saint in both feast and song – you can read reports on the Cinio Gwyl Dewi and the Gymanfa ganu by clicking the links – and we held our AGM by Zoom back in April. The discussion there generated an encouraging number of ideas for forthcoming events, and some of them have been incorporated in our programme for 2025–26, which you can find on our Programme page.
The next event in that programme is our Harvest Thanksgiving Service on Sunday 26 October, in the Reid Memorial Church large hall, at 3.00pm, when we come together to give thanks for all our many blessings through our hymns, prayers and readings. A table will be set aside for donations to the local food bank, and offerings of store cupboard food or toiletries will be very gratefully received.
If you haven’t been before, The Reid is at 182 West Savile Terrace, Edinburgh, EH9 3HY. The church sits to the south-east of the traffic lights at the junction of Blackford Avenue and West Savile Terrace, with the halls behind it: park in West Savile Terrace and head through the cloisters to the large hall, which is in the far left-hand corner. If you are a what3words user, the path to the cloisters starts at descended.frost.dunes.
And don’t forget that the clocks will have moved back an hour earlier that day, so the service is at 3:00pm Greenwich Mean Time!
Cysylltwch â ni / Contact us:
E-bost / E-mail: secretary@edinburghwelshsociety.org
Llywydd / President: David Hughes 0131 447 6175
Trysorydd / Treasurer: David Hughes 0131 447 6175
Event bookings: Lilian John 0131 667 7525 or lilian.john@blueyonder.co.uk
Ysgrifenyddes / Secretary: Jennifer Welsher 0131 335 3161