Tag: Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

Community council to launch fortnightly litter picks

DRYLAW/Telford Community Council is to introduced fortnightly litter picks across the area following the success of a recent cleanup on the cycle path near the Red Bridge.

The first one takes place this Sunday – location and meeting time will be confirmed when the community council meets at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre tonight.

To get involved, to suggest clean-up hot spots or for further information check out Drylaw Telford Community Council on Facebook or email CC secretary Pam Higgins at pamhigginsdtcc@gmail.com

SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE DRYLAW NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

Emergency! Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre faces summer closure

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre faces closure this summer unless £70,000 can to found to meet essential running costs.

Drylaw Community Association chair Alex Dale told a meeting of Drylaw Telford Community Council that please for council support have fallen on deaf ears and that the Centre is gearing up for another ‘Save DNC’ campaign – the second in four years.

With restricted opening and restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic, membership has fallen and efforts to re-engage with the local community were thwarted by lockdown.

The Centre continues to operate a number of groups and activities but these will be put in jeopardy if core funding for running costs cannot be found. The deadline is seriously tight – Alex said Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre will close in June or July if no financial support is forthcoming.

Drylaw Telford Community Council, who recently resumed their monthly meetings in the Neighbourhood Centre, agreed to submit a letter of support at last night’s meeting.

Zoom no more as Drylaw Telford Community Council meets face-to-face

Two years to the day Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the UK’s first lockdown, Drylaw Telford Community Council meets in person again tonight.

February’s community council trialled face-to-face meetings and, with restrictions being lifted, it was agreed that Drylaw Telford will continue to meet in public.

Tonight’s meeting, at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, starts at 7pm.

While much has changed in the last two years – whoever heard of Zoom pre-Covid? – some issues remain the same:

Inverleith Neighbourhood Network to meet next week

There’s a distictly Drylaw flavour to next week’s Inverleith Neighbourhood Network meeting.

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre will be giving a presentation to the meeting in a ‘Getting To Know You’ session and Easter Drylaw Park has also been tabled as an agenda item.

The meeting, which will take place online using TEAMS, will be held on Monday 6th December from 6 – 7.30pm.

AGENDA

  1. Welcome and introductions
  2. Minute of meeting of 12th October 2021
  3. Getting to know you – Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre
  4. Local Community Planning Partnership (LCPP)- Verbal update from Joan Beattie, Rep on LCPP from this group
  5. Progressing Inverleith NN priority – Greenspace and community growing subgroup – verbal update
  6. Community Grants Fund – discussion
  7. Easter Drylaw Park issues – discussion
  8. AOCB
  9. Date and format of next gathering

For further information contact North West Lifelong Learning Development Officer, Elaine Lennon: email Elaine.Lennon@edinburgh.gov.uk

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre’s Junior Youth Clubs back next week

Junior Youth Clubs back from 7th September – running at reduced numbers.

P1-P2 Tuesday 3.15pm – 4.45pm

P3-P5 Wednesday 3.15pm – 5.15pm

P6-P7 Thursday 3.15pm – 5.15pm

Places must be pre booked and registration forms completed by phone only. Ring Lynda on 315 4989.

Youth clubs safely back at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre’s Junior Youth Clubs are allowed indoors once more although weather permitting we are still encouraging outdoor play.

Due to current guidance all our Junior Youth Clubs are running at reduced numbers.

P1 – P2 Tuesday 15.15-16.45

P3 – P5 Wednesday 15.15-17.15

P6 – P7 Thursday 15.15-17.15

Wednesday is currently full but there is a reserve list.

Due to restricted numbers we are only allowing two weeks no show before spaces are given to a young person on the reserve list.

Places must be pre booked and registration is currently only by phone – speak to Lynda on 315 4989.