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Victoria Park needs Friends!

FRIENDS OF VICTORIA PARK – PUBLIC MEETING

Tuesday 8 December at 7.30pm in Trinity Academy

Coffee And Mince Pies!

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Aim: to set up a Friends Group for Victoria Park

Victoria Park is a fine park – it could be great with an active Friends Group.

Friends Groups
• directly involve the community in park events and changes
• increase access to funding – crucial during Council cuts
• make parks better

There are almost 50 friends of park groups in Edinburgh. Each is dedicated to improving their Park and increasing community involvement.

Come along and help us get a Victoria Park Friends Group off the ground!

Trinity Community Council

‘The stakes could not be higher’: Minister joins thousands on climate march

“It is crucial that the message from this march reaches all the way to Paris” – Environment Minister Aileen McLeod

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Environment Minister Aileen McLeod joined thousands of people on a march through the streets of Edinburgh yesterday ahead of crucial United Nations climate negotiations in Paris next week. Continue reading ‘The stakes could not be higher’: Minister joins thousands on climate march

Working together to save Walled Garden

Update from our first events with Historic Environment Scotland (HES) this October:
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Friends Group members and supporters have begun working with support from the Scotland’s Urban Past team, to investigate and share the story of the ‘secret’ garden (writes Kirsty Sutherland).

Continue reading Working together to save Walled Garden