April 2013 – Page 4 – The NEN – North Edinburgh News

Sainsbury’s Blackhall raises over £7000 for Comic Relief

The money has been collected and counted – and Sainsbury’s Blackhall have today announced that their fundraising for Red Nose Day 2013 raised a magnificent £ 7,116.00!

Local residents across North Edinburgh got in the spirit by raising funds, including Sainsbury’s customers, who made a huge contribution by donating money to fundraising events at the Blackhall store as well purchasing this year’s range of merchandise including the Nose with Toes, sold in-store.

Among the fundraising highlights at the Blackhall store this year were our colleague and local resident, Susie Booth’s Sponsored Silence, at her checkout – £ 464, a Ladies Night at Silverknowes Golf Club – £ 1,042 and the Cheeky Chopstick Challenge at Blackhall and Davidson’s Mains Primary Schools – £ 606. . Other activities which saw colleagues ‘Do Something Funny for Money’ included an in-store Zumba class.

Sainsbury’s Blackhall Store Manager David Bainbridge said: “Many of our colleagues were ‘reddy’ to go one step further this year to mark the 25^th anniversary of Red Nose Day. It’s been a great experience over the last few weeks and we wouldn’t have raised this much if it wasn’t for the generous donations from our North Edinburgh customers”.

Sainsbury’s supermarkets, including North Edinburgh customers were able to do their bit for the environment too by recycling their Red Noses in-store until the end of March. Sainsbury’s and Comic Relief have partnered for a second year with leading UK carpet underlay manufacturer, Ball & Young, to recycle the PU Foam Red Noses. The collected Noses will start a new life as part of Ball & Young’s award-winning Cloud 9 range of underlays, used mainly in British homes.

Katherine How, Sainsbury’s Comic Relief Partnership Manager, added: “It’s good news for the environment and it’s helping Comic Relief supporters make an even bigger lasting impact, so thank-you to everyone who wore their Red Noses with pride and have now given them a new home”.

And good news comes in three’s – the Name the 3^rd Guide Dog Puppy also raised £ 100 for Red Nose Day and £ 100 for Guide Dogs – the winner will be announced shortly!

Congratulations Craigie – now Blackhall flies the flag for Edinburgh

Congratulations to these Craigroyston P6 pupils who took part in the Scottish European Education Trust’s Edinburgh Schools Euro Quiz in the City Chambers last month. It was the first time Craigroyston has taken part in the competition and the boys did the school proud.

Twenty city schools took part in the 6 March competition, with questions on the European Union, countries and capitals, languages, landmarks, culture, sports and the arts.

In an exciting finish Blackhall finally went on to take the trophy and will now represent Edinburgh at the forthcoming national final at the Scottish Parliament. Well done, Blackhall – we’re all behind you!

Cumberland Street victim identified

A man who died after being found unconscious in a lane off Cumberland Street has been identified. Lee Hayburn, who was 28 and of no fixed abode, was discovered at around 5am last Friday. He was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary but died a short time later.

Police Scotland are treating Mr Hayburn’s death as unexplained and are investigations are ongoing. Members of the public with any information should contact Police Scotland on 101 or call Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555 111.

Mr Hayburn was discovered close to The Cumberland Bar

Help make Forth a better place to live

Help us make Forth Neighbourhood Partnership area a better place to live

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership would like to hear your views on what you think could improve the Forth area.

Neighbourhood Partnerships (NPs) are the City of Edinburgh Council ’s approach to delivering local community planning and they work to improve the quality of life in the area. The four councillors for the Forth Ward are all members of Forth NP along with City of Edinburgh Council , Lothian & Borders Police, Lothian NHS and local Community Councils.

The Partnership has recently been reviewing its work and we hope you can help shape our priorities by telling us what improvements you would like to see in the Forth area. This can include planning issues, community safety, parks & green spaces, traffic issues or anything else you are concerned about.

We also want your suggestions for small to medium scale environmental improvement projects for funding through our Neighbourhood Environment Programme (NEP). For more information see – www.edinburghnp.org.uk/neighbourhood-partnerships/forth/about/neighbourhood-environment-fund

Tell us what you think would improve the Forth area by:

1. Completing a form online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GPT7383

2. Send an email with your priorities to jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk

How do Neighbourhood Partnerships Work?

They can:

• Bring decision making closer to the community

• Provide opportunities for communities to express their views

• Set out the priorities to improve quality of life in the communities

• Make recommendations to the Council and other partner organisations about the way services may be delivered in the local area

• Comment on strategic decisions that affect the local area

• Award small grants to community groups for projects that can make a difference in the local area.

Jim Pattison

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership Development Officer

North Edinburgh Local Office,

8 West Pilton Gardens, EH4 4DP.

direct dial- 0131 529 5082

jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk

News from West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

More free mone advice at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre this Friday (12 April) from 10am – 2pm, courtesy of Money Advice Scotland and CAB. Sessions are free, but by appointment only – to make yours call 551 3194.

LOOKING FOR LOCAL OFFICE/MEETING SPACE?

Are you a small business or community organisation looking to rent affordable office/meeting space?

Pilton Central Association has space available in the West Pilton area and would be open to discuss possible full or shared use of the space on a temporary basis.

Conditions of Let and rent are negotiable.

If you are interested or would like further information plese contact Willie Black on 0751 568 6421.

Street League at Spartans

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Please see our Street Football flyer which is now held at the Spartans Academy just off Ferry road. Our Street Football event is every Thursday from 1:30 – 3:30pm outside on the 5G Astroturf.

During these sessions we will try to look at different factors from different types of training such as circuit and weight training to the bleep test and fartlek training, we will also do many different fun activities from fun games to game like situation and most of all a good game of football.

There will be employability support available at the Street Football but this is only there if the individual wants it.

Sam Faichney

Youth & Community Coach

For further information email: sam.faichney@streetleague.co.ukl

Local Voluntary Sector Forum to meet on Tuesday

Forth and Inverleith Voluntary Sector Forum will meet on Tuesday (9 April) at 10am in North Edinburgh Arts.

Edinburgh Community Health Partnership’s Steven Whitton will deliver a presentation on the proposed North West Edinburgh Partnership Hub and Jen Richards from Pilton Community Health Project will give information about hosting Trussel Trust’s North Edinburgh Food Bank.

A reminder also that places are still available for the EVOC Thinkspace event ‘A Right State?’ on Thursday 18 April. ‘A Right State?’ is an opportunity for the voluntary sector to discuss welfare reform.

The event, which is being held at the Calton Centre on Montgomery Street from 9:30am to 1.00pm, will be built around small group discussions, with contributions from a range of ‘informed voices’ including Adrian Sinfield (Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, University of Edinburgh), SCVO’s Lynn Williams, Alan Sinclair of the City of Edinburgh Council, Linda Savage (Job Centre Plus) and Inclusion Scotland’s Bill Scott.

To register for this important event email dianne.morrison@evoc.org.uk by Friday 12 April.

Centipede Big Bash is next Friday

Following much deliberation, the Muirhouse Centipede Project’s Big Bash has been rescheduled and will now take place on Friday 12 April from 2-3.30pm.

The original Easter event was postponed due to awful weather forecasts, so Friday’s Big Bash offers the Muirhouse community an opportunity to see the fruits of their labour at last – just how have those bulbs that were planted last winter turned out?

So come along, everyone’s welcome – as well as a super Spring display, enjoy marvellous planting, free BBQ, hot drinks, Easter Egg Rolling (better late than never!) and more children’s activities – and it’s all free!

For more information see Muirhouse Centipede Project’s Facebook page

Police probe vicious assault

Police are investigating after a man in his 30s was the victim of an assault by a group in Wardieburn Place West at around 20:20 tonight

Its understood the male suffered face and head injures and was taken by ambulance to ERI.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said “Police were called to Wardieburn at around 20:20 after reports of a male being assaulted. He was taken by ambulance to ERI and we would ask anyone with information to get in touch with us on the non emergency number 101”

Botanic Cottage project wins Heritage Lottery Funding

A major project to rebuild the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s (RBGE) 18th century centre of research and education has been awarded £708,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The Botanic Cottage is one of five significant natural heritage projects to benefit from £2.78million HLF funding, bringing HLF’s total support for Scotland’s natural environment to over £50million.

From 1764 to 1821, the Botanic Cottage was the “gateway” to the previous RBGE site on Leith Walk (site pictured above). Here, Professor John Hope, a botanist of international renown and a leading character in the Scottish Enlightenment, taught students about the emerging science of botany. The vision of RBGE is for the building, designed by John Adam, to be rebuilt and used once more as an educational facility.

The cottage had been threatened with demolition but as a result of a tireless community campaign, led by the Botanic Cottage Trust, it was painstakingly dismantled stone by stone in 2008.

RBGE’s Regius Keeper, Professor Stephen Blackmore welcomed news of the funding and commented: “The support of the HLF, with that of many generous individuals and a number of other foundations, will breathe new life into a building with a remarkable and important history. When the Botanic Cottage follows us to Inverleith, almost two centuries after we moved from Leith Walk, it will become the centrepiece of our rapidly expanding programme of voluntary and education activities helping to transform out public engagement. The award is wonderful news for the Botanics.’’

The HLF award allows RBGE to move forward with the final stage of planning and fundraising to close the final funding gap, before the official project start date in July. Construction work for the rebuild is anticipated to start in spring next year.

Since its inception, the Heritage Lottery Fund has invested £52.12million in over 310 projects which conserve Scotland’s landscape and biodiversity, from the Flows of Caithness to the valleys of the Tweed.

Commenting on the latest awards, Colin McLean, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland, said: “This year, the Year of Natural Scotland, brings into focus the natural beauty and biodiversity that surrounds us. It is one of our greatest national assets, attracting visitors from home and abroad and making a valuable contribution to our tourist economy.

“However it’s not just visitors that benefit. With a bit of innovative thinking, we can protect our natural heritage in a way that helps people and communities. We want people to have the opportunity to get involved, to have a say in how the environment is managed, to learn new skills and apply new technologies. We want to help ignite passion for our natural world and its long-term conservation.’’

For further information on the Botanic Cottage Appeal or to donate, visit www.rbge.org.uk/supportus/donate/appeals-projects/botaniccottage