Charity secures planning for Leith community wellbeing centre

A charity aiming to tackle poor mental health in Edinburgh has secured planning permission to open a new health and wellbeing centre on Halmyre Street in Leith next year.Projekt 42 said the community gym and wellness centre will offer a space for locals to come together and enhance their fitness, while also improving their mental wellbeing.Building on the success of the pilot programme in the New Kirkgate, the charity will run fitness classes, nutrition and food planning workshops, counselling, mindfulness sessions and a fitness academy, which will provide affordable qualifications to young adults in the capital.Since joining forces with the charity earlier this year, Edinburgh-based Buccleuch Property has already brought together a task force of local property professionals to provide assistance on the project free of charge.With construction work set to start in Spring 2018, the team is hoping to build on this further and engage with the wider property industry for help in delivering the completion of the community space.