Police are appealing for information following an assault and robbery in Silverknowes Road East. Continue reading Silverknowes assault and robbery: can you help?
Category: Silverknowes
A local light for Aleppo
At dusk this Sunday, the people of North Edinburgh will light a beacon at The Boardwalk Beachclub, Silverknowes to bring hope to the besieged people of Aleppo.
Communities around Scotland are gathering to light beacons of hope that will travel around the world by social media using the hashtag #alightforaleppo
The idea has struck a chord. More than sixty events have been created in 20 countries, and messages of support have flooded in from across the world.
Revd Dr Harriet Harris, the Chaplain of the University of Edinburgh who started the appeal, said: “Every day, the people of Aleppo have less food, fewer medical supplies, and aid is not getting through. We want them to know they are they are not forgotten: the people of the world are watching.
“Our message is simple: stand beside our fellow human beings and answer the darkness by sending messages of light. Details of all the events are on our web site www.alightforaleppo.org
A Light For Aleppo: 4pm Sunday 20th November at The Boardwalk Beachclub, Silverknowes
Your community needs YOU! – be part of something great!
Community Council nominations open on Monday
Nominations for Edinburgh’s community councils open on Monday (5 September) and the city council is calling on people passionate about their area to play an active role and be part of something great! Continue reading Your community needs YOU! – be part of something great!
Rise in racist incidents sparks community action
The North Edinburgh community will discuss a worrying rise in the number of racist incidents at this afternoon’s Living in Harmony forum at Spartans Community Football Academy. Continue reading Rise in racist incidents sparks community action
PEP needs volunteer drivers
Volunteer for
PILTON EQUALITIES PROJECT
Make a difference in your local community
VOLUNTEER MINIBUS DRIVERS REQUIRED
D1 required on licence, for more information contact:
Elaine Anderson at Pilton Equalities Project on 315 4466
elainepepequalities@hotmail.co.uk
Power of Food Festival this weekend
Saturday & Sunday 18 – 19 June
LOTS OF GREAT FREE LOCAL EVENTS
SEE PROGRAMME (below) FOR DETAILS
Silverknowes fatality: Police seek limousine driver
Police are appealing for the driver of a white limousine to come forward following last week’s fatal accident in Silverknowes. Continue reading Silverknowes fatality: Police seek limousine driver
Boy dies following motorcycle accident in Silverknowes
A 14-year-old boy has died after a collision between a car and a motorbike in Silverknowes. The boy, who has been named locally as Brad Williamson, was taken to the Sick Kids hospital on Friday evening but died this morning.
The motorcycle, a white Vertigo driven by the youth, was involved in a collision with a black Toyota Aygo on Silverknowes Road near to the junction with Silverknowes Court, at around 4pm on Friday. The boy and his passenger, also 14, were both taken to the Sick Kids hospital with serious injuries.
Police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen the collision and are particularly keen to speak to the driver of a white limousine.
Sergeant Brian Smith, of Edinburgh’s Road Policing Unit, added: “This collision has resulted in death of a teenage boy and our condolences are with his family at this sad time.
“Our enquiries continue in order to establish the full circumstance surrounding this, and anyone who may have witnessed the collision is urged to get in touch.
“We’re particularly eager to trace the driver of a white Mercedes limousine-style car which was travelling north on Silverknowes Road at the time, as we believe they may be able to assist with our investigation.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101
Reminder: Asset Mapping Research launch tomorrow
TUESDAY 31 MAY
3:30 – 5:30pm
The Prentice Centre
Please find attached an invitation to the gathering to hear and discuss the end report from the Granton Improvement Society Asset Mapping and Community Questionnaire.
Continue reading Reminder: Asset Mapping Research launch tomorrow
HELP! An appeal from Craigroyston
Craigroyston Community High School to lose adult education classes?
My name is Vanessa Cousins, Chairperson of Craigroyston Community Centre. I wish to draw your attention to the fact that we are LOSING our Community Centre and Day Time Adult Education Classes.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
- We have asked to be updated and informed by the Head Teacher, Steve Ross in a written request in February 2016 of any changes and received NO reply.
- We have contacted Councillors Cammie Day, Vicki Redpath, Steve Downie and Allan Jackson to invite them to a meeting and have received NO reply.
- We have emailed David Bruce (senior education official). No reply.
Steve Ross, has made it clear that we will not be able to run any daytime adult education classes in the Craigroyston Community High School from August 2016 as the school will be using all of the community rooms for pupil classes, during curriculum time.
He had a group from Council Asset Management inspect the school and they confirmed the community wing classrooms to be for pupil use only from August 2016. It is not clear if they were made aware of the regular community use.
We wish to meet with the Council Community Asset Management team. If the decisions are not made by Steve Ross then we need to know who does and be allowed to meet them to put our case forward.
We need to be advertising courses very shortly so we need clear information and confirmation that our community centre rooms will be available from August.
Info Points
- The head teacher suggested that the increased school roll, possibly going up to around 480 pupils (although the school was designed for a school roll of 600 pupils), necessitated use of the community rooms to offer two Social Science classes and the third classroom to be used by a new development teacher for the school.
- There seems no recognition of the loss of this as being a vital community asset, especially as the three rooms are all that remains of the original Craigroyston Community Centre, guaranteed by the council at the time (2009), to provide community centre equivalent in the school building.
- Craigroyston Community Centre was established in the 1970s to serve the community in North Edinburgh and was demolished when the centre was amalgamated with the new Community High School
- The three community rooms, specially built to provide access for local people, are usually constantly busy with daytime adult education classes and community groups – with a newly formed community centre management group, made up of adult learners, developing more ideas and classes in response to community needs.
- At the moment the rooms are taken up with providing classroom space for the additional 250 Craigroyston Primary School pupils who have been accommodated in the high school, along with teaching and admin staff, and admin staff from Pirniehall Primary school which is supported by the Committee.
‘Empowering communities is key to creating a more prosperous and fairer Scotland. It is the role of central and local government to work in partnership with communities and support them to lead change for themselves, to create thriving and sustainable places to live.’
(First sentence of the Community Empowerment Act (Scotland ) 2015 Asset Transfer section)
Vanessa Cousins