New Childcare Academy taster courses announced

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We now have new dates available for our Mini Childcare Taster course: 

Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th April: 9.30am – 12.30pm

Child Development

Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th June: 9.30am – 12.30pm

Communication

We have a few free places for young people still at school who are ineligible for ILA funding. Please see attached posters with further information. If you would like to book a place, please complete the attached booking form.

Audrey O’Neill

Training Administrator

North Edinburgh Childcare, 18b Ferry Road Avenue

SHORT COURSE BOOKING FORM – New

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It’s no yolk – Spartans aim to top 300!

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Spartans Community Football Academy have launched their annual Easter Egg Collection – and the Ainslie Park-based team are once again aiming to ensure that no local child goes without an Easter Egg this year.

The Academy donated over 400 chocolate Easter Eggs to local food banks last Spring – an eggstraordinary total! – and they have set a target of reaching at least 300 again this year.

Can they make it? You can do your bit to help by laying  donating an egg at the Academy at Ainslie Park by next Thursday (24 March)!

Trinity: it all kicks off in March!

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Seems like it all kicks off in March! 

Here’s your March Newsletter which includes news of quite a few local events – and there’s still time to catch Art in Granton at Madelvic House today.  (See poster, below).

Art in Granton exhibition at Madelvic House

So it’s Spring!  Get out there, get engaged and involved in all the good stuff!

Bill Rodger (Trinity Community Council)

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Trinity CC met on 14 March. Here’s a summary of the main points:

CRIME

While EH5 (Granton/Pilton/Trinity) remains one of the worst affected postcodes Police Scotland assure us that housebreakings are down more than a third compared to last year but it still hurts if you are the victim.

Aside from all the individual security measures we can help each other simply by keeping an eye open on what is happening in our street. So let’s look out for each other. And you may want to make it easier for your neighbour to look out for you. That hedge that screens your property is also a useful hiding place. Have you got the balance right between security and privacy?

And for those living in Craighall Gardens and Terrace, Police Scotland are providing a Neighbourhood Watch security briefing at 7.30 on 21 March at Trinity Academy. Rumour has it that it’s a big room so even if you don’t live in the Gardens or Terrace you may be able to slip in quietly to pick up a few tips!

DOG FOULING

This seems to be on the rise in Trinity. There are various theories about why this might be, but at the end of the day, if you own a dog or are in charge of taking dogs for a walk, you have a legal duty to clear up any mess because of the health hazard it represents. And if you are one of the 99% of well behaved dog walkers and witness someone failing to clear up, you may wish to challenge them.

TRINITY’s PARKS

Friends of Victoria Park was formally inaugurated on 17 March when some really interesting ideas for the future of the park were discussed. To take these forward, the following were elected:

Chair – Antonia Boyce
Vice Chair – Tim Parker
Secretary – Aileen Ward
Treasurer – Ian Forbes
Other Committee Members – Lynne Lineen and Kevin O’Donnell

FoVP would love to hear from anyone else who would like to become involved, or even join the Committee – especially if they are interested in communications and social media. A membership form is attached. Or get in touch by email on friendsofvp@gmail.com

Friends of Victoria Park Membership Form 2

And on a seasonal note Friends of Starbank Park are holding their annual Easter Egg Hunt for 3 – 8 year olds at 10.30 in Starbank Park on Good Friday 25th March. If the thought of your child working off their energies searching for calories simply to replace them works for you (and who wouldn’t it work for?) then get along there!

All money raised is going to the Hans Christian Andersen themed Children’s Nature Trail to be constructed amongst the trees.

MORE GREEN STUFF

Spring always raises the spirits. Buds pop, shoots shoot and bushes grow. But it has complications. Overhanging trees and hedges can obstruct pavements and are a particular problem for the visually impaired members of our community. They can also attract a fine from CEC. So break out the secateurs and keep on top of the shrubbery.

OCEAN TERMINAL HOTEL

You will doubtless know of Ocean Terminal’s ambitious plan for a bold hotel design to abut the north east corner of Ocean Terminal itself. We heard from the architects that the widely published visualisations were rather misleading as they simply show the maximum volume which the structure could occupy.

In fact, the design will likely be a narrow fin which will nonetheless reach 28 storeys and link to a boardwalk running around the west side of Ocean Terminal while connecting to a future dockside walkway beside the Albert Dock.

We had a productive dialogue with suggestions for direct access to the Terminal and rooftop landscaping for the existing building to add to the conceptual design for conference facilities and 28th floor viewing platform.

Trinity CC is supportive in principle of a landmark development which will reinforce the critical mass which a retail centre of the scale of Ocean Terminal’s needs. However, we cannot give unqualified endorsement and reserve our position until a more detailed design is available and, in particular, a full visual impact assessment has been undertaken. We expect to hear more on that by the end of April.

SAINSBURY CRAIGHALL ROAD

Work has started on the site and should complete in the summer. The store is expected to open in November

ANNUAL WALKABOUT

Final planning for the 2016 Trinity CC Walkabout now in hand. Expect this to happen on the morning of 23 April and, to celebrate the establishment of its Friends Group, we plan to tour Victoria Park and its immediate environs. Any thoughts? Get in touch!

More on Facebook or TCC website or at our next meeting on Monday 11 April at 7 pm in Wardie Parish Church, Primrose Bank Road. Open to all. Come and give us your opinions. Or contact a Community Councillor. We need to know your views so that we can represent them!

Did you find this bulletin useful or informative? If so, why not show it to a neighbour? Anyone in Trinity can subscribe to the bulletin simply by emailing tcc-comms@outlook.com or drop us a line and tell us what you think could be better.

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Changing minds: government supports new physical activity programme

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People with mental health problems will be encouraged to become more physically active following a near £1 million investment from the Scottish Government. The programme, a collaboration between the Scottish Government and mental health charity SAMH, will build on the well-established links between physical activity and improved mental wellbeing. Continue reading Changing minds: government supports new physical activity programme

Gimme shelter: Inverleith’s young people decide!

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The Inverleith YOU(th) Decide votes have been cast and counted, and the top three projects suggested by local young people are:

Bouncy castle and a sheltered area in Drylaw Park, plus educational, social and recreational trips for children and young people.

Keep an eye on Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership’s website for updates

Re-style?You’re welcome!

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Dear colleagues and community members,

On behalf of the Welcoming a Greener Future project team, I am delighted to invite you to an exciting event – RE-STYLE FASHION SHOW – on Saturday, 26th March 2016 between 7pm and 12am at Tollcross Community Centre.

This free community event is the climax of our Welcoming a Greener Future project. It aims to celebrate the achievements, experiences and great memories accomplished by the Welcoming a Greener Future Project in 2015-2016.

The event will include delicious multicultural food, drinks and live music featuring The Badwills plus Rise Kagona and The Jit Jive Band. The culmination of the night is going to be our unique fashion show, which is the result of an exciting 3-month textile upcycling project that represents the skills, diversity and multicultural background of our project users, as well as celebrating up-cycling as an eco-friendly concept.

We would be delighted if you could join us at this important evening of celebration.

It would be helpful for us if you could register your attendance at Eventbrite: www.re-style-fashion-show.eventbrite.co.uk

Please circulate this invitation to your friends and contacts as well as on social media. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Adil Ibrahim
Community Development Practitioner, The Welcoming Association
0131 346 8577

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