Congratulations to Eileen Brash, who was chosen to be the recipient of the annual Thomas Tierney Award for Good Citizenship at last night’s Drylaw Telford Community Council meeting.
Eileen is a founding member and office-bearer of Easter Drylaw Residents Association (EDRA), the group which has campaigned to raise awareness on local issues including 20mph zones and dog-fouling.
Eileen will receive her award at the community council’s next meeting on 30 March.
Thomas Tierney Award 2015
Drylaw Telford Community Council is seeking nominees for the annual Thomas Tierney Award for Good Citizenship. Continue reading Drylaw Telford seeks nominations for community award
The planned official opening of Drylaw Skate Park, due to take place this Saturday, has been cancelled because of the continuing bad weather. Continue reading Drylaw skatepark opening postponed
Scheme to be introduced in Easter Drylaw Gardens
Drylaw Telford Community Council and Easter Drylaw Residents Association (EDRA) are to make Easter Drylaw Gardens a No Cold Calling Zone. Continue reading Cutting out cold calling in Drylaw
‘This skatepark is an excellent asset for the local community and I hope that it will encourage the people of Drylaw, and further afield, to become more active’ – Sarah Robertson, sportscotland
This week sees construction commence on a new £200,000 skatepark in Easter Drylaw Park.
The new skatepark is the result of a collaborative project between the Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust and local community organisations to develop, fund and deliver a new skatepark in Easter Drylaw Park.
The project was initiated by young people from the local community and was then taken forward via consultation and first stage funding for the development of a feasibility study, by the Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, closely supported by the local community council, Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership and sportscotland
The inspiration for the project came from the citywide skate park created in Saughton Park which has shown how successful a skatepark can be, and which has led to calls for a more local and convenient facility in the north of the city.
The new facility has received funding from Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership and the City of Edinburgh Council and secured £100,000 match funding from the Scottish Government’s Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund.
The Greenspace Trust (ELGT) has overseen the project management of the skatepark since planning permission was granted in early 2013, and has taken the lead in developing and securing funding to ensure the delivery of the project for the community. The final elements of funding were secured by ELGT earlier this year and the construction put out to tender in the summer. With the final design elements agreed, and necessary planning conditions met, such as drainage, work can now start.
50% of the costs of the skatepark are being met by an award from the Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund. The £10 million Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund has enable communities across Scotland to benefit from the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, by providing more and better opportunities to be active.
Sarah Robertson, Project Manager from sportscotland, said: “The new Drylaw skatepark is a fantastic example of what can be achieved by various organisations investing resources and working together and we are delighted to have invested £100,000 from the Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund.
“Together with our partners, sportscotland are committed to building and supporting the development of a world-class sporting system at all levels, and this project will provide a great facility which will be available for the whole of the community to use.
“This skatepark is an excellent asset for the local community and I hope that it will encourage the people of Drylaw, and further afield, to become more active”.
The match funding is from Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership and City of Edinburgh Council -Culture and Sport. The new skatepark helps deliver the Neighbourhood Partnership’s key priorities of engaging young people, increased opportunities for physical activity and encouraging better use of green spaces.
Local Inverleith councillor Lesley Hinds, who chairs the skatepark working group, said: “I am pleased the Drylaw Skatepark work has started. It has been a long road to get to this point and credit is due to the young people and local organisations who have worked tirelessly to make sure this project happened.”
Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust (ELGT) works across Edinburgh and the Lothians to create, improve and promote parks and greenspaces, and to provide opportunities for communities to be more active for leisure and travel.
Ross Woodside, ELGT’s Projects Manager, said: “We are pleased that the much-anticipated skatepark has reached the construction stage. We are confident that it will be a well-used local asset and make real contribution to more sporting opportunities in the area.”
The park is being designed and built by Freestyle Skateparks, the UK’s oldest and largest skatepark design-and-build company. Construction is scheduled to last around ten weeks.
Have your say on Drylaw Skatepark
Wednesday 9 September, 5 – 6.30pm
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre
Drylaw Telford Community Council meets on Wednesday 26 August from 7 – 9pm in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre (off Groathill Road North). All welcome.
And don’t forget Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre’s Fun Day tomorrow – the fun kicks off at 11am!
Community Council to set up Friends of Easter Drylaw Park group
Does Easter Drylaw Park need Friends? Drylaw Telford Community Council certainly thinks so, and is looking for local residents to get involved in setting up a new group to support the area’s green space.
Community councillor Mhairi Curran confirmed: “We are looking to hopefully set up a Friends of Easter Drylaw Park and we are currently seeking people who might be interested in finding out more or becoming part of the group.
“We have invited a guest speaker from The Friends of Parks Group to give a short presentation at our next community council meeting, where we will discuss the benefits of setting up a Friends group here to support our local park. It will be the ideal opportunity to find out more about how Friends groups operate and what’s involved. It would be great to see more local residents coming along – we would like to hear their views on the park.”
The meeting will be held on Wednesday 26 August at 7pm in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre. All welcome.
Drylaw Telford Community Council’s annual general meeting will take place in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre on Wednesday 27 May at 6.30pm. All welcome.
See below for meeting papers:
Agenda DTCC AGM + Monthly mtg 27th May 2015
DTCC A5 FLYER for New members & AGM
Community Council looks to recruit new members
Drylaw Telford Community Council is urging local residents to support their neighbourhood by joining the community council. Community councillors are currently leafletting the area to encourage new people to get involved.
The leaflet drop also advertises the community council’s Annual General Meeting, which takes place next Wednesday (27 May) at 6.30pm in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre.
Established in 1981, Drylaw Telford CC was one of Edinburgh’s original community councils. Local community councillors led the successful campaign for a purpose-built community centre for the area in the 1990s and the community council has met at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre on the last Wednesday of the month ever since.
Why not go along next Wednesday, meet current members and find out about how you can help make Drylaw Telford a better place to be?
For further information email DTCC secretary Andrew Barnett at andrew@abarnett.net
