Have your say on West Pilton Park transformation
Have you seen the proposals to give West Pilton Park a new lease of life? See the report (below) – what do you think? Send your comments to Pilton Community Health Project at admin@pchp.org.uk
Tag: green spaces
Want to be a Friend of Drylaw Park?
Drylaw Telford Community Council, Easter Drylaw Residents Association and Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre have joined forces to support the formation of a new Friends of Drylaw Park Group – and they need YOU!
FRIENDS OF DRYLAW PARK
Would you be interested in helping to start up a Friends Group for Drylaw Park ?
What is a Friends of Parks Group?
Friends of Parks groups play a vital role in protecting and enhancing local parks, woodlands and green spaces owned by City of Edinburgh Council. Working in partnership with the Council, they give residents a greater say in what goes on in their local park.
What do they do?
The groups volunteer their time and energy to get involved with a huge range of different projects including;
• Fundraising for improvements and events in the park
• Enhancing biodiversity (e.g. creation of wildflower meadows, installing bird and bat boxes)
• Practical tasks like clean-ups, tree planting and improving access
• Contributing to the planning and management of the park
• Leading walks and talks
• Gardening
• Producing leaflets and other educational material
It is entirely up to the group what level of activity they undertake. Some may operate at a low level simply distributing information regarding the park, whilst others can be more active, raising funds and organising events.
If you are interested in becoming a member please contact Drylaw Telford Community Council’s Secretary at secretary@drylawtelfordcc.co.uk or pop into Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre and leave your details there.
If you’d like more information on Friends groups visit the City of Edinburgh Council website www.edinburgh.gov.uk and use search for Friends of Parks or contact them at parks@edinburgh.gov.uk
Friends of Victoria Park meeting next week
Victoria Park needs Friends!
FRIENDS OF VICTORIA PARK – PUBLIC MEETING
Tuesday 8 December at 7.30pm in Trinity Academy
Coffee And Mince Pies!
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
Growing greener
More cash available to encourage community initiatives
Projects in Central Scotland that support trees, woodlands and green infrastructure, encourage community growing or promote active travel can now apply for a share of up to £700,000. Continue reading Growing greener
You need Friends …
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.
You’re never too old for Tea in the Park!
West Pilton Park: Tuesday 4th August, 1 – 4pm
West Pilton Park Action Group is holding a ‘Tea in the Park’ event on Tuesday 4 August as part of the series of consultation events that we have been holding on West Pilton Park.
There will be line dancing, tai chi, a home baking competition, bingo and live entertainment. We have marquees in case it rains too!
This is all part of the West Pilton Park Action Group’s work towards making West Pilton Park a friendly welcoming space: see our Facebook page West Pilton Park Action Group too.
West Pilton Park Action Group
Getting physical – members attend ‘stormy’ meeting to talk green space!
Twelve hardy members braved winter’s first icy blasts to attend the North Edinburgh Physical Activity Forum meeting on 10 December.
It was worth doing battle with the elements – the meeting discussed the topic: ‘How can we improve access to open spaces in North Edinburgh?’ and it proved to be a popular subject.
“This theme turned out to be a great choice!, said NEPAF coordinator Lianne Pipskyj, Pilton Community Health Project’s physical activities development worker. “A lot of work has begun – and there’s more in the pipeline – right across the community that is relevant to this topic, so there was a real buzz at the meeting!
“I would especially like to thank Out of the Blue manager Rob Hoon who gave up his time to come along and tell the forum about the ‘Friends of Dalmeny Park’ project. This is an inspiring example of a piece of community engagement and partnership working that influenced a lasting change.
“We can learn lessons from their experience – I’m already looking forward to our next meeting in March 2015!”
The garden by candlelight at North Edinburgh Arts
A seasonal invite from North Edinburh Arts
TODAY at 3:45pm
Enjoy watching and joining in with the creation of our alternative Christmas tree sculpture with artist in residence, Natalie Taylor. We are using recycled pieces of kilt and a willow structure to create our eco-friendly tree this year.
As dusk draws in, prepare to see the NEA garden in a whole new (candle) light as we create a magical twilight with glowing glass jars galore.
Mince pies and (non-alcoholic) mulled wine will be served, just to make sure you leave with that festive feeling!
Please join us to celebrate the end of a wonderful term at NEA!
North Edinburgh Arts
Setting the agenda: North Edinburgh's Physical Activity Forum
How can we improve access to open spaces in North Edinburgh?
Looking forward to seeing you at next weeks’ NEPAF meeting where the theme will be ‘How can we improve access to open spaces in North Edinburgh?’ Response to this months’ forum meeting has been really positive; here is the agenda so far:
- Presentation, sharing good practice- ‘Friends of Dalmeny Park’- Tom Hoon/Out of the Blue
- West Pilton Park- Lianne Pipskyj/Clare Symonds PCHP
- Community Growing- Kate Wimpress/NEAC
- Informal/structured play on local green/brown sites- Kate Wimpress/NEAC
- Forth Neighbourhood Partnership Community plan (physical activity priority)- Jim Pattison/FNP
- Edinburgh Physical Activity and Sports Strategy- Active Lives- Sean Webster/ECC
The meeting takes place on Wednesday 10 December from 2 – 4pm
at Pilton Community Health Project, Boswall Parkway
It looks like it’s going to be a good one, can’t wait! It would be very helpful if we have an idea on numbers so if you could confirm attendance and add any agenda items by this Friday ( 5 December) that would be great!
Lianne Pipskyj (on behalf of NEPAF)
Development Worker- Physical Activity, Pilton Community Health Project
0131 551 1671