Category: Pennywell

Public meeting to discuss St Paul’s housing

TRIM has organised a public meeting to discuss the proposed housing development on St Paul’s site on Muirhouse Avenue

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As many will be aware TRIM is against the proposed development of Student accommodation at the old St Paul’s Church. TRIM Board has agreed to meet with the developer and architect.

This meeting will be

On Tuesday the 9th February
At 7pm
Within Muirhouse Millennium Centre

Please share this with anyone you feel may wish to attend and we look forward to see you on Tuesday

  • No need to submit apologies if you can’t attend, this is for your information and not an invite as such as this is an open meeting

Please note this meeting is instead of our normal TRIM meeting

Student flat planned development at St Paul

 

Website – http://muirhouseresidents.co.uk
Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/trimgroup
New “TRIM Freebies Group” – https://www.facebook.com/groups/TRIMFREEBIE/
Also on Twitter – http://twitter.com/MuirhouseTRIM

Want to be a Rainbow in Muirhouse?

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We are 174th City of Edinburgh Rainbows we meet on Wednesdays at 6.15pm in St Andrews Muirhouse Parish Church and we’d really like to welcome some new faces!

For more information click the link to take parents/carers to relevant part of Girlguiding website:

http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/parents__care.aspx

or email me at smckenzie765@gmail.com

Stacy Mckenzie

What next for our community?

COMMUNITY CONFERENCE

Saturday 13 February 

Craigroyston Community High Schoolcomm conferenceNorth Edinburgh is facing tough times. Services are being cut, good jobs are hard to come by and some of our projects are struggling to survive.

But maybe it’s not all doom and gloom. Our community has some great resources, and chief among these is our people: the activists and the volunteers, young and old.

This important conference will discuss what our community needs – and work out how, together, we can get where we want to be.

We believe the people who know best are the people who live here. North Edinburgh needs YOUR ideas – come along and help us to map out a positive future for our community.

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Lunch provided.

Free creche available but MUST be booked in advance.

For further information call Andy or Dave at CAN on 315 6405 or email communityactionnorth@gmail.com

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership meets today

Forth NP logoForth Neighbourhood Partnership Public Meeting

Wednesday 3 February at 2pm

West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

Come along and hear about:

West Pilton Park improvement plans

The Neighbourhood Environment Programme Fund (NEPs)

Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden group

All welcome

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For further information contact Jim Pattison:
telephone 529 5082 or email jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk

Community ‘the key’ to tackling crime

Chief Constable praises local residents who ‘make a difference’

Police at shops Drylaw

Recently-appointed Chief Constable Phil Gormley said community is they key to tackling crime during a visit to Leith with Justice Secretary Michael Mathieson last week. The visit coincided with news that reported crime in the North Edinburgh area has dropped by almost a quarter, with over 1700 fewer crimes reported in the last nine months. Continue reading Community ‘the key’ to tackling crime

When Rabbie met Elvis

Music and stories at Makin’ a Brew

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My luv is like a … blue suede shoe! 

It’s that time of year when the story of Robert Burns is told again and again at events and gathering all over the world; his poems recited and his songs sung. Wonderful as Burns’ story is, it’s so well known that you seldom learn anything new about Scotland’s national Bard.

So imagine the delight, then, when twa wandering minstrels shared their groundbreaking new research: that our very own Robert Burns was also the inventor of rock’n’roll!

The ‘truth’ was revealed at ‘Makin’ A Brew’, an entertaining family and children session at Craigroyston Early Years Centre last week.

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Makin a Brew is a Youth Music Initiative-funded project for parents, their
children and the staff at Granton and Craigroyston Early Years Centres.
Led by musician Gica Loening and storyteller Clare McNicol, music and
storytelling sessions are held each week at the centres, encouraging
parents to take part, share and enjoy ryhmes, games, stories with their
children.

Makin’ a Brew has made a wee CD and accompanying booklet of their
songs so families can carry on enjoying them at home too. They also run
occasional events like last week’s Burns event featuring the Twa Rabbies, as well as ceilidhs, and the chance for parents to have some one to one
tutoring in music , song, story -whatever is their passion!

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You can find out more about Makin’ a Brew sessions by contacting Craigroyston (332 3855) or Granton (552 4808) Early Years Centres.

More pictures and some video footage on

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Facebook page

 

Sign up for North Edinburgh community conference

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 13 February 9.30 – 3pm 

NORTH EDINBURGH COMMUNITY CONFERENCE

Organised by Community Action North and Granton Improvement Society

Community Conference

 WHAT NEXT FOR OUR COMMUNITY?

Challenges and opportunities facing North Edinburgh

North Edinburgh is facing tough times. Services are being cut, jobs are hard to come by and some of our projects are struggling to survive. 

But maybe it’s not all doom and gloom. Our community has some great resources, and chief among these is our people: the activists and the volunteers, young and old. 

This important conference will discuss what our community needs  –  and work out how, together, we can  get where we want to be.

We believe the people who know best are the people who live here. North Edinburgh needs your ideas – come along and help us to map out a positive future for our community. 

Lunch provided

Free crèche available (MUST be booked in advance)

Contact: 0131 315 6405 or email communityactionnorth@gmail.com | grantonimprovementsociety.wordpress.com

SOS – Save Our Services!

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Members of the Power to the People group are calling on local groups and individuals from North Edinburgh to  join them at a lobby of the full council meeting on Thursday 21 January to protest against what Unison describe as the “worst cuts in living memory”.   Continue reading SOS – Save Our Services!

Houses of the Holy?

Student flats set for St Paul’s site

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A planning application has been lodged to build 36 student flats on the St Paul’s site off Pennywell Road in Muirhouse:

https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=NYU979EWLO000

http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/5864/Edinburgh_church_to_make_way_for_new_student_housing.html