2023
24 January, First meeting of the Calton Hill Action Group
1 February, Second meeting of the Calton Hill Action Group
9 February, Third meeting of the Calton Hill Action Group, adoption of constitution inaugurating the Friends of Calton Hill
14 February, Friends of Calton Hill apply for City of Edinburgh Council registration
21 February, City of Edinburgh Council registration approved
8 March, Calton Hill night-time walkabout
29 March, Public launch of the Friends of Calton Hill at the Collective City Observatory
15 April, First Friends Litter Pickup
18 April to 7 May, Membership Survey
12 June, First grant application to the Community Grants Funds for re-grassing eroded areas
24 June, First Members Meeting (AGM), Greenside Church
1 July, Second Friends Litter Pickup
10 September, ‘Walks on the Wild Side’ of Calton Hill (birds, plants & trees, invertebrates)
14 September, Community Grants Fund award for re-grassing eroded areas (funds received on 12 October)
16 September, Third Friends Litter Pickup
16 September, Launch of Friends Membership Drive
4 November, Geology of Calton Hill Walk
11 November, Fourth Friends Litter Pickup
20 December, Graffiti on Playfair Monument immediately removed by Graffiti Team
2024
10 January, Nelson Monument visit by Friends of Calton Hill Committee
13 January, Fifth Friends Litter Pickup
19 January to 2 February, Re-grassing four areas of severe erosion on the hill with 160m2 of new turf
2 March, ‘Our Classical Hill’: history walk led by Iain Gordon Brown (author of Old Greekie: Edinburgh as the Athens of the North)
13 April, Sixth Friends Litter Pickup
6 May, Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust/Friends of Calton Hill Volunteers Day
Upcoming
11 May (Saturday, 10.00), plants & trees walk led by Ben Averis
18 May (Saturday, 09.00), bird walk led by Stephen Welch
18 May (Saturday, 18.00), Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Friends of Calton Hill, Scottish Chamber Orchestra Salon, 4 Royal Terrace EH7 5AB
25 May (Saturday, 10.00), invertebrates (insects) walk led by Craig Macadam
31 May (Monday) Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust/Friends of Calton Hill Volunteers Day
18 June (Sunday, 07.30—15.00) 7 Hills Race