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Category: West Pilton
Forth Neighbourhood Partnership meets today
Forth 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
For further information contact Jim Pattison:
telephone 529 5082 or email jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk
Train with North Edinburgh Childcare
We still have places available for our Childcare Academy Information Sessions on:
Monday 8th February @ 10am
Wednesday 17th February @ 1.30pm
If you would like to book a place to come along and hear more about the Academy, ask any questions and take away an application pack, please do not hesitate to contact me on the number below or Barbara Webster on 0131 311 6926.
Audrey O’Neill
Training Administrator
North Edinburgh Childcare
18b Ferry Road Avenue
Edinburgh, EH4 4BL
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Childcare Academy information sessions
We still have places available for our Childcare Academy Information Sessions on:
Monday 8 February @ 10am
Wednesday 17 February @ 1.30pm
If you would like to book a place to come along and hear more about the Academy, ask any questions and take away an application pack, please do not hesitate to contact me on the number below or Barbara Webster on 311 6926.
Audrey O’Neill
Training Administrator, North Edinburgh Childcare
Tel: 311 6931
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Forth Neighbourhood Partnership to meet on 3 February
Forth Neighbourhood Partnership Public Meeting
Wednesday 3 February, 2pm
West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre
Come along and hear about:
Plans for the improvement of West Pilton Park
- Increasing the use of the park for physical activity
- Improving the park environment
- Improving people’s perception of the park
The Neighbourhood Environment Programme Fund (NEPs)
- A presentation on some of the projects carried out locally to improve our open spaces.
- How you can get involved in identifying future projects.
Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden Group
- A presentation on Granton’s ‘forgotten’ walled garden – dating from Jacobean times.
- Proposals from local people to safeguard and restore the garden.
There will also be a short period at the start of the meeting for Neighbourhood Partnership business. For further information contact Jim Pattison, 529 5082 – jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk
Care about local youth services?
Community meeting at Granton Youth Centre
Tuesday 2 February 5.30pm 
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FM announces £1 million for early learning and childcare trials
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