Maureen Child: Report & Updates December 2011

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Dear All

There's a Christmas fair tomorrow at Wellspring in Newcraighall. "Newcraighall Christmas Fair – 2pm – 4pm Sunday 11th Dec http://www.wellsprings.uk.net Tel: 0131 657 1169 Buy your last minute gifts and get them gift wrapped with our present wrapping service! Many great ideas – hand crafted jewellery, local and African crafts, cafe with delicious home baking. Christmas Party - 4pm Sunday 18th December (preceded by carol singing around the village, meet at Wellsprings 2.45pm)."

Portobello Transition Town - PEDAL and Greener Leith would like to thank everyone who supported their bid for Energyshare funding. They won against almost 1000 other UK medium -sized projects. Tom Black from PEDAL says: "A huge thank you to everyone on your mailing list who voted for the project in the Energyshare competition." The project, a collaboration between neighbouring community groups Pedal - Portobello Transition Town and Greener Leith, aims to build a community-owned wind turbine on the Seafield Waste Water Treatment Site in Edinburgh. The prize is funding to complete feasibility work on the wind turbine, which is expected to go to planning permission during 2012. The Energyshare.com contest is a collaboration between River Cottage and British Gas which awards a total of £500,000 to community renewables projects on the basis of online votes.

Les Solley from the Kings Manor Hotel tells me their Charity Night raised £1700, which was split among the charities Help for Heroes, Mutu Nepal, Water Aid and the post natal depression unit across the road at at Queen's Bay. Thanks to all who supported this one!

There is a public consultation event on traffic and parking on Marlborough Street, Belfield Street, Regent Street, Straiton Place and Bath Street on 14 December (next Wednesday) evening . Drop in between 5pm and 7pm at Portobello Town Hall, 147-149 Portobello High Street. This is the follow-up to the consultation event in May this year. The roads team will be on hand to explain and discuss options to improve safety in these streets, in response to residents' concerns.

Have a good weekend!

Maureen
Councillor Maureen Child | Labour Elected Member | Portobello/Craigmillar (Ward 17) | City of Edinburgh Council | City Chambers | High Street | Edinburgh | EH1 1YJ | Tel 0131 529 3268 |

http://www.porty.org.uk
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p.s. My face-to-face Councillor Advice Sessions, or 'Surgeries', are usually every Monday at 5.30 pm in Castleview Community Centre, 76 Craigmillar Castle Avenue (Phone 661 4064) and then at 7 pm in Portobello Library, 14 Rosefield Avenue (Phone 529 5558) . Please phone me on 529 3268, or email, to check availability or to make an appointment for another time and place.

[administrator]

Dear All

Two consultations are ongoing in Portobello and your views will be welcomed.

One is about facilities in Rosefield Park and that is in the letter and feedback form attached.

The other is on the parking and traffic management of the area between Bath Street and Bellfield Street to the north of Portobello High Street. This is the link to the webpage which gives all the documents relating to the traffic consultation in Portobello.

http://www.edinburghnp.org.uk/neighbour ... sultation/

Details of who to send your responses to are part of that information.

If you would like to give a Christmas present to a child who is under the care and protection of the local authority because of their own family circumstances - 'looked after' children. At the time of writing, there are 82 more children hoping to go to a live performance at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre or King's Theatre over the Festive period. It costs £17 for each child and their carer. If you can and do want to contribute that would be great. You can donate by credit or debit card at any time during office hours today or tomorrow on 0131 200 2315.

There are changes to waste collection over the festive period. For details, click on collections over the festive period

Finally, I am taking a bit of a break over the Christmas and New Year period and hope you can too! Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Kind regards

Maureen

Councillor Maureen Child | Labour Elected Member | Portobello/Craigmillar (Ward 17) | City of Edinburgh Council | City Chambers | High Street | Edinburgh | EH1 1YJ | Tel 0131 529 3268 |

http://www.porty.org.uk
http://www.craigmillarcc.btck.co.uk
http://www.portobellocc.org
p.s. My face-to-face Councillor Advice Sessions, or 'Surgeries', are usually every Monday at 5.30 pm in Castleview Community Centre, 76 Craigmillar Castle Avenue (Phone 661 4064) and then at 7 pm in Portobello Library, 14 Rosefield Avenue (Phone 529 5558) . Please phone me on 529 3268, or email, to check availability or to make an appointment for another time and place.