{"id":428381,"date":"2025-09-16T08:09:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428381\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:09:15","slug":"edinburgh-leisures-play-try-week-for-under-5s-the-nen-north-edinburgh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428381\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Leisure\u2019s Play &#038; Try Week for Under 5s \u2013 The NEN \u2013 North Edinburgh News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Play-and-Try-Tasters_Chris-Watt-Photography-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Play-and-Try-Tasters_Chris-Watt-Photography-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213125\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Edinburgh Leisure is inviting little ones to take their first steps into sport with its\u00a0Play &amp; Try Week, running from\u00a0Monday 29th September to Sunday 5th October 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Designed for babies to preschoolers, this special week of\u00a0\u00a33 taster sessions\u00a0offers a fun and friendly introduction to a variety of coached activities across the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Whether it\u2019s bouncing into trampolining, splashing into swimming, or scoring their first goal in football, these sessions are all about building confidence, learning new skills, and having fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Play-and-Try_Chris-Watt-Photography-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Play-and-Try_Chris-Watt-Photography-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213127\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Participating venues include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Ainslie Park Leisure Centre<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Drumbrae Leisure Centre<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Gracemount Leisure Centre<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Kirkliston Leisure Centre<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Meadowbank Sports Centre<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Royal Commonwealth Pool<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Tumbles at Portobello<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Portobello Swim Centre<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Warrender Swim Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Sports on offer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Gymnastics<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Trampolining<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Dry Dive<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Football<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Basketball<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Swimming<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Multi-Sport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Play-and-Try-Tasters_2_Chris-Watt-Photography-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758010152_63_Play-and-Try-Tasters_2_Chris-Watt-Photography-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213126\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>And there\u2019s more good news for parents:\u00a0if you sign up for a coaching course at the venue on the same day as your taster session, your October coaching fee will be waived.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe know how important it is to get children active from an early age,\u201d said Angela McCowan, Sports Development Manager for Edinburgh Leisure. \u201cPlay &amp; Try Week is a brilliant opportunity for families to explore our coaching programme and find something their little ones love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Wherever you\u2019re at on the map or in life, Edinburgh Leisure is here to help the people of Edinburgh enjoy a healthier, happier, and more active life. And it\u2019s never too early to start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Book your spot from 15th September \u2013 just \u00a33 per session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edinburghleisure.co.uk\/play-try\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.edinburghleisure.co.uk\/play-try<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\tPublished by<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758010155_113_a6d9c98205a3da7d24f25d108fd1a8fe9a85d73dbd7906c4dae7c37f2c3f594a\"  class=\"avatar avatar-56 photo\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Leisure is inviting little ones to take their first steps into sport with its\u00a0Play &amp; Try Week,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-428381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115212961074397493","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}