On behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust (ELGT) have put together an Improvement Plan for Clermiston Park, making suggestions for the next two years.
ELGT are asking stakeholders and the local community to provide any feedback they may have on the plans, which will be considered and incorporated where appropriate.
A summary of the feedback received and an explanation of any subsequent changes made will be provided along with the finalised plan.
Dear Editor,
Mary’s Meals has launched an urgent appeal to feed chronically hungry children in Turkana, one of the driest and most impoverished parts of Kenya.
We already serve nutritious meals to more than 23,000 children in nurseries in Turkana, but primary-aged pupils have not received meals since a programme run by another organisation stopped around a year ago.
Desperate pupils can often be found watching children at neighbouring nurseries being fed, and we have heard heartbreaking reports of children as young as three saving their food to take home for hungry siblings.
Mary’s Meals already feeds more than 1.5 million children in 18 of the world’s poorest countries every school day. We are determined to continue feeding these children while expanding, as funds allow, to reach primary school children in Turkana.
Your readers can support our appeal by visiting marysmeals.org.uk/turkana or phoning 0800 698 1212.
Best wishes,
Daniel Adams
UK Executive Director of Mary’s Meals
Irene Garden’s funeral will take place at Seafield Crematorium on Thursday 28th November at 3pm.
Hundreds of local primary school children will be taking part in a major sports event being organised by Spartans Community Football Academy Event at Ainslie Park in May.
SCFA Youth and Community Worker Jamie Tomkinson said: “The Spartans Community Football Academy Sports Day will be held on the 20th of May. Eight local primary schools are involved – we reckon that will be around 350 P7s over the course of the day!”
Twelve different sporting activities will be delivered by local agencies on the day: Kabo boxing, Edinburgh Judo, Edinburgh Leisure, Fet-Lor, Granton Youth Centre and MY Adventure will all be supporting the programme – and Keith Cook, who is a five-time Commonwealth Games medallist, will share his fencing skills. NEN, North Edinburgh’s community newspaper, has been invited to cover the event.
“Lorna Cruikshank, one of our young volunteers, will deliver a hockey station and we have a local samba band coming along to create an atmosphere and do a show for the opening ceremony!” Jamie added. “Many organisations have come on board to support the day – Ainslie Park Leisure Centre are letting us use one lane of their pool for the triathlon and Nike, who were a major part of last year’s success, will be volunteering throughout the event.
“There’s a lot of organising to be done and we are putting the finishing touches to the programme but the Sports Day is going to be a lot of fun – we’re all really looking forward to it and I’m sure the P7s are too!”
The February NEN is with our distributor now and will be delivered over the coming week.
If you just can’t wait to see a copy of your community newspaper, click on the link below for the electronic edition … hope you enjoy it!
A gentle reminder that February is fast approaching and it’s nearly time for another NEN newspaper. The deadline is THIS FRIDAY (23 January)!
So if you have any articles for the next edition – or you would like to advertise with us (see ad rate card below) – please get in touch: email
northedinnews@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you!
Your December NEN is out now!
North Edinburgh News, your community newspaper, is being now being distributed but you can enjoy a sneak preview – to view the latest edition online click on the link below:
News from your community newspaper:
North Edinburgh News – Annual General Meeting
NEN’s AGM will be held in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre next Tuesday (18 November) at 7pm. All welcome – come along and find out what’s happening at your community newspaper.
North Edinburgh News – December edition
The next NEN print edition is fast approaching – we’ll be printing again in December (look on it as an early Christmas gift!) If you have news you’d like to share with the wider community, email your article and pictures to northedinnews@gmail.com
Or what about taking out an advert? Rates are very reasonable (see below) and your’e supporting your community too!
And for this edition only (true, there’s no much point in running Festive ads in June!) you can say ‘Merry Christmas’ to friends, colleagues, members, family, users and clients in a business card-sized ad for only £25! Just send your words and logo and we’ll add a seasonal graphic. Ho, ho, ho indeed!
DEADLINE for all copy – articles and advertising – is
FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER so don’t put it off for too long!
The latest edition of North Edinburgh News is out now!
Your Autumn paper is now being distributed and copies will soon be available in libraries and community centres across Forth and Inverleith.
If you just can’t wait to see a print copy, click on the link below:
Have you missed your NEN newspaper? Do you like the latest edition? What would you like to see in the NEN? Let us know: post a comment or email northedinnews@gmail.com
Happy reading!
North Edinburgh’s own community newspaper will be printed again next month. The North Edinburgh News (NEN) will be delivered to thousands of homes across Forth and Inverleith, with copies of the newspaper available in community venues across the area too.
NEN is leading the Contact in the Capital – North pilot project and we plan to print three editions before the first year of the initiative ends next March. The first of these will be published in October.
Deadline for all copy is Friday 26 September
Like to contribute? A community newspaper is by, for and about the community it serves – so be involved!
Stories and Articles
Doing something you’d like to share with the North Edinburgh community? Won something? Achieved something great? Starting something new? Let us know – we welcome contributions from individuals and organisations.
Advertising
Want to advertise your service or a forthcoming event? Use the NEN – a copy of our advertising rates can be found below.
Community Directory
NEN’s Community Directory has always been an important section of the paper, listing schools, groups and organisations’ names, addresses and telephone numbers. It’s probably about time we revised this to include website addresses, Facebook details and Twitter info too – it seems this social media thing is catching on …!
Send us your contact info and we’ll include your details it in our bright new Community Directory – and there’s NO CHARGE for this service!
How to get in touch:
If you have articles for inclusion, would like to place an ad or just want more information, email us at northedinnews@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you, but remember that copy deadline:
Friday 26 September!
