We are here today (Sunday 2pm – 4pm). Come and have a warm drink, meet some new people and have some hot food and be in a warm building.
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre warm and welcoming space is open:
9am – 3pm Tuesdays & Wednesdays
2pm – 4pm Sundays
Come along…. we are here for you!
Drylaw Telford Community Council meets tonight (Wednesday 25th January) in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre at 7pm. All welcome.
AGENDA
Date of next meeting 22nd February 2023
Would you like to learn how to cook some new recipes and learn about food, nutrition and looking after your oral health? Sign up for our new cooking course at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre in partnership with LINKnet Mentoring.
We will be delivering a FREE 6 week course starting Thursday 2nd February from 1pm to 3pm. Come and join us for some fun activities, food and meet new people!
If you would like to know more or to sign up, please contact Emma at 
emma.hamill@edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk, 
0131 467 7326 or sign up online at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx…
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LOCAL MSP & COUNCILLOR TAKE SHOPS TO TASK OVER TROLLEY DUMPING
Edinburgh Central MSP, Angus Robertson, and Inverleith ward councillor, Vicky Nicolson, have demanded Craigleith shops take action to prevent trolley dumping in local green spaces.
Trolleys from a range of shops at Craigleith Retail Park are being lifted and dumped around the local area, chiefly Telford Park and its adjoining cycle paths.
The phenomenon of trolley dumping has increased in line with the retail park’s expansion. Local resident, Audrey Rollason, is so frustrated, she has taken to gathering trolleys in her own garden and liaising with her SNP councillor to have them picked up.
Another resident Andrea, and her 9-year-old son Dylan, have also spent significant amounts of time shifting trolleys from parks and gardens. Andrea branded the trolley dumping practice ‘a disgrace’.
Now, local MSP Angus Robertson and Councillor Vicky Nicolson have stepped in to demand retailers do their bit to end trolley dumping.
Angus Robertson MSP commented: “It is totally unacceptable that Telford residents face the dumping of trolleys in local green spaces and in parks. Not only is it a disrespect to the local area, it is costing local residents and the Council time and money having to collect them.
“While it is not retailers’ fault that trollies are being lifted in the first place, it is time that they step up to help solve this issue. We know there are tried and tested ways of reducing trolly dumping.
“Other retail parks have developed various solutions, such as wheel-locking systems to stop initial removal or, in some cases, retailers actively collect the lifted trolleys from the local area. Councillor Nicolson and I have asked retailers to consider all options to help stop the trolley dumping.”
Councillor Vicky Nicolson said: “Trolly dumping is something I am acutely aware of in my ward. Indeed, on the regular community litter picks I arrange along with Drylaw Telford Community Council in the summer, we often find trolleys strewn about the place.
“It is deeply frustrating for residents, who should not have to waste their time solving this problem themselves. Local MSP Angus Robertson and I have written to the Craigleith retail park to ask them to take action to help prevent and tidy up dumped trolleys. We will continue to liaise with and represent the views of locals to tackle this issue.”
Resident Audrey Rollason said: “Trolley dumping has got worse and worse in the Telford area. I constantly find trolleys around the place, and often new ones appear in a period of hours. It is absolutely demoralising and makes our local area look run down and unwelcoming.
“I want the shops to do their bit to help – it shouldn’t be up to me and other local residents to gather their trolleys for them. I’m grateful to Councillor Nicolson and Angus Roberson MSP for helping us and I hope we can end trolley dumping once and for all.”
TODAY from 11am – 1pm
Following feedback from the community on last weeks warm hub evenings we have decided to change the time.
Our main aim is being here for the community, we will do and change what we need to in order to achieve this.
We are a friendly bunch and the door is always open – come say hi!
On Wednesday, 30 November, officers from Musselburgh and Edinburgh carried out a pre-planned operation in the Drylaw area of Edinburgh, resulting in the arrest of a 16-year-old male youth.
He was charged with a number of offences, including a series of housebreakings, theft of motor vehicles and drug offences.
The offences took place across East Lothian, West Lothian, Edinburgh and Falkirk areas between September and November 2022.
He was due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday (Thursday, 1 December).
Detective Inspector Laura White, Lothian and Scottish Borders CID, said “You may be aware of appeals we have issued locally over the past few weeks about housebreakings and thefts of high-performance vehicles.
“We are grateful for the support we have had from members of the public that has assisted us in our investigations. Housebreaking is a particularly upsetting crime for the families involved, and the subsequent misuse of the stolen vehicles on our roads places us in danger.
“We are committed to working together to identify those responsible and bring them to justice as part of our ongoing commitment to tackling acquisitive crime.”
If anyone wishes to report any suspicious activity in the local community to Police, please contact us via 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
FERRYHILL School are looking for any children’s clothes you may have that you would happily donate to school. Particularly socks/tights or trousers/joggers.
We are encouraging all our pupils to be outside for breaks and lunches but are finding that if children are wet from the rain, we have run out of clothes for them to change in to.
Please hand any donations to the school office.
Coming up at Ferryhill:
Ferryhill Christmas fair is different this year:
Adult raffle tickets will now be sold every morning Between 8:30am to 9.00am look out for a parent council member in the playground (with the quality street tin) starts Monday the 21st November until Friday, 2nd of December.
Prizes Include: various bottles of alcohol, Family Day tickets, Child care vouchers, list goes on … watch Facebook page for more updates
MONDAY 21st NOVEMBER
online at 6pm via Microsoft Teams
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre are looking to appoint a Project Co-ordinator to devise and deliver a Warm Hub at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre on a freelance basis from December 2022 – March 2023 (4 months).
Role Description
Project Co-ordinator
To organise Community Hub events at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre: two evenings per week and a Sunday (open to the public 6 – 8pm evenings and 12 -2pm on Sunday)
– Prepare for the events and programme of activities
– Organise food and refreshments (likely number of attendees up to 20 families)
– Advertise the events using social media and local networks
– Recruit and organise Volunteers
– Work with other organisations in North Edinburgh, to put together a programme of activities at the events
– Organise tavel (for participants)
– Set up, attend, oversee, and take down at the events,
– Review the events after one month and report to the Board with any changes needed.
21 hours per week, Fee: £1,250 per month for four months
Proposed allocation of weekly hours:
– Setting up programme, advertising, working with other organisations, appointing volunteers and other necessary jobs to ensure attendance at the events: 7 hours
– Preparation for events: 3 hours
– Setting up events, attending events, take down and closing building: 10 hours
– Monitoring the activity and reporting to the Board, to include written reports for funders: 1 hour.
Please return your CV with a covering letter, to the email below, stating relevant skills and experience, by 21st November 2022.
Interviews will be held on the morning of Friday 25th November at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre with a quick start date thereafter.
If you wish any further information, please email recruitment@drylawnc.org.uk
