It has been a tough time for community cohesion recently, with widespread unrest and disturbances seen across England and Northern Ireland. While we have escaped the worst of this in Scotland, there’s no sense that we are above reproach when it comes to issues around race. So it was a happy coincidence that this weekend saw the annual multicultural event take place at Crossroads.

Dani, the centre manager, had been concerned that there had been a drop-off in attendance from ethnic minority communities over recent days. This was understandable, but still concerning, so it was great to see such an enthusiastic turnout for Saturday’s event.

Alongside traditional Indian dancing and face painting, we had a Creative Climate Futures activity making screen prints of potential designs for a Crossroads CCF logo. Elena, our artist in residence, took charge of this and had a great response.

The highlight of the day - for the kids anyway! - was the water fight and colour run, resulting in a somewhat multicoloured vibe by the end of the day. It was great to see children from all communities playing and chatting together, and it felt really important that we were there.

This event was part of Creative Climate Futures - you can read more about it here.