Police Scotland’s North West Community Team are holding two free bike marking events this weekend.
Saturday 5 June: Victoria Park, Trinity from 11am – 2pm.
Sunday 6 June: St. Margaret’s Park, Corstorphine from 11am – 3pm.
Come along and have your bike security marked this Saturday 5th June from 11am at Victoria Park in Trinity
Police are appealing for witnesses after an attempted murder in the north of the city. The incident happened on a cycle path near Connaught Place off Ferry Road at around 7.50pm last night (Monday 8 October). Continue reading Police appeal following attempted murder on local cycle path
Edinburgh’s newest allotments have been officially opened on the site of a former bowling green in Victoria Park. Continue reading Victoria Park mini-allotments officially opened
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
Twenty folk attended TCC on 9 November. Here’s an update … Continue reading Trinity Community Council: November update
WINTER FIRE FESTIVAL
Friday 13 November, 6:15pm at Victoria Park
Victoria Park’s first ever Winter Fire Festival will take place tonight (Friday 13 November) from 6.15pm. Organised by Trinity Primary PSA but open and free to all the local community, the festival will feature the first ever Trinity torchlight procession around Victoria Park. Continue reading Trinity’s first ever Fire Festival tonight
Partnership serves up new free sports facilities
Councillor Lesley Hinds opened new tennis courts and a basketball court in Victoria Park yesterday. The Environment Convener was joined by Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, Jamie Hepburn and Culture & Sport Convener Councillor Richard Lewis to open the new sports facilities, which came about following a consultation organised by Trinity Community Council.
Cllr Lesley Hinds said: “We have many wonderful parks and green spaces throughout the city and Victoria Park is a fantastic example of an excellent outdoor space that is enjoyed by the whole community.
“The consultation showed us that there is demand for free local sports facilities so the opening of these new tennis and basketball courts is great news. I hope it will encourage even more people to make the most of this beautiful park.”
The new courts are thanks to a £95,000 investment jointly funded by the City of Edinburgh Council and Sportscotland via the Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund.
A community consultation found that some local residents were discouraged from using local sports facilities due to financial barriers and that there was a lack of quality free sports provision in the area. The results of the consultation led to the development of the courts, which will also benefit the three schools located nearby, Trinity Academy, Trinity Primary and Holy Cross Primary.
Culture and Sport Convener, Cllr Richard Lewis, said: “I am delighted that these new facilities are now open and the fact that they are free and accessible to everyone makes them an excellent resource for the community.
“A key priority for the Council is to provide more opportunities for people to get active and encourage greater participation in sports as part of healthy lifestyle. The new courts will help us to achieve this and will be a real asset for local people of all ages.”
Victoria Park was first awarded a Green Flag in 2011 and forms part of the North Edinburgh Cycle Network, National Cycle Network and North Sea Route.
You wait for ages on a consultation then two come along at once! Trinity Community Councillor Bill Rodger has sent a timely reminder of two community consultations taking place this week:
Victoria Park allotments
There is to be a Drop in Session tomorrow Thursday 4 December between 4pm and 7pm in the Victoria Park Bowlhouse adjacent to Newhaven Road where Council Officials will be present to explain the proposals for using the third bowling green for small allotments and to answer any questions which you might have.
There are notices in the Park and on the Council’s website but if you think that any of your neighbours might be interested in this please do pass the message on.
Granton Harbour Regeneration
Also on the subject of drop-in sessions, and for anyone who missed the North Edinburgh News ad, there is one planned for TODAY Wednesday 3 December in Granton Youth Centre, 3-11 West Granton Road, between 3pm and 7pm on proposals for the Granton Harbour area.
These include new homes, retail and leisure. Representatives of Granton Central Developments will be present at that one to talk through their plans for the area and listen to any view that the community have before submitting their plans to the Council for planning approval.
Bill Rodger, Trinity Community Council
Edinburgh and Lothian Greenspace Trust (ELGT) and the City of Edinburgh Council propose to turn the bowling green furthest away from the club house in Victoria Park into allotments.
A community consultation drop-in event will take place on Thursday (4 December) from 4 – 7pm in the Bowling Green Clubhouse. Go along to see what’s being proposed and air your views.
See below for details:
