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Tuesday, 19 November 2024

MSCC - Draft Agenda for 27th November 2024

 

M archmont & Sciennes

Community Council



Meeting on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 7.30pm

To be held at St Catherine’s Argyle Church Hall






A G E N D A (draft)



1 Sederunt and apologies

2 Draft Minutes of last meeting 23rd October 2024

Matters arising not included in this agenda

a) defibrillator Earl of Marchmont

3 Police Report including antisocial behaviour in Marchmont

4 Meadows & Bruntsfield Links

5 City Councillor report on topical local issues



Items for discussion

6 Publicity

7 Upcoming CC elections

8 Update on Bin Hubs

9 Planning (Applications & consultation)) (report attached)

10 Update on Sewer Flooding project (if available)



Items for information

11 Treasurer's report (circulated)

12 Meetings attended

13 Xmas tree event



16 AOB

Date of next meeting: Wednesday 22nd h January 2025



All who live or work locally are welcome to attend

MSCC Minutes for September 2024

 

Marchmont and Sciennes Community Council

Minutes of Meeting held on September 24th, 2024 at St. Catherine’s Argyle Church Hall


Present: Brian Gilmore - Chair, Anne Laing - MSCC Secretary, Alison Service - MSCC Treasurer, Douglas Rogers - MSCC, Susie Agnew - MSCC, Cllr. Pauline Flannery, Anthony Holmes - Thirlestane Lane Association, Alexa Hale - local resident, Kate McNairney - SMAG, (South Meadows Action Group)Evelyn Dickie - SMAG, Margaret Coughtrie - local resident


Apologies: Lianne Phillips - MSCC Publicity, Kayleigh Gordon - MSCC Publicity


Attending: Nora Flynn-McIver - Minutes Secretary


Meeting began at 7:36pm


Draft Minutes of 26/06/24

Alison moves to pass, Anne seconds. No corrections, passes unanimously.


Matters Arising

Earl of Marchmont defibrillator: Anne spoke to Liane, who has spoken to the new pub owner. There is a defibrillator inside, but they don’t seem to be looking to have it be outside. Alison volunteers to go and see them about moving one outside.


Police Report

None.


Meadows & Bruntsfield Links/FOMBL Report

Report has been circulated. Susie Agnew asked about whether there will be any action about the plaques on the trees and whether this can be pushed more, Alison will check at the next meeting.


City Councillor report on local issues

Full Council is tomorrow, there are many motions being brought. Discussion on whether or not there should be a rent control is coming up. The majority seem to be in favor of rent control, but there are concerns about the wording and dealing with short-term let legislation. Short-term lets are a different thing, they deal with different legislation. Douglas Rogers asked about whether rent control would apply to student accommodation blocks - this is different legislation and won’t be covered by this exact legislation. Cllr. Flannery is working on a report on this separately from the aforementioned legislation. Susie Agnew asked where the students are meant to go, people flag that many flats do house students, but lots of students can’t afford flats now. It is flagged that most student accommodation is not owned by the university. Susie raised a question about how many short-term lets are generally refused, it seems as though some are refused but not a lot. In the Grange area, many SLT applications seem to be refused.


People can watch or follow the meeting tomorrow. All 63 Councillors will be there, and you can watch via the Council website, go to Councils and Committees, and then there is a list of committees. People can follow in real time on the website or go back and watch later. All papers are published a week before the committee. (https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/council-democracy)


The Meadows toilets will be done in the .latter quarter of this year, there will not be a cleaning kiosk attached. The toilets will be accessible to disabled people.


Sciennes school update: there was a site visit in July with relevant parties, it was supposed to be done during school holidays but this did not happen. Some changes have been made, but there is a lot of uncertainty on what the design of the roadblock will look like. Anne Laing asked about when the notices and concrete blocks will be removed, as they are now irrelevant - some of these seem to be related to the Sick Kids site. Cllr. Flannery will go back and make sure that developers are aware of things. Margaret Coughtrie asked about whether or not the street is blocked - the answer is that this is a permanent limit on cars, but bikes can still go through.


There is a group led by Stuart Tooley that is meant to be a link between the universities in Edinburgh and the community, so people who have projects that they want to do can reach out and try to get students involved in the community and the projects. Cllr. Flannery is happy to help out with this.


Publicity

Anne spoke to Lianne and Kayleigh about the notice boards today - the notice board next to Margiotta’s is being graffitied and needs to be relocated. Anne has been keeping the notice boards updated, but the wind has made this difficult.


Use of Community Space in IQ Student Block (Douglas Rogers)

Alexa Hare would like to use this space to teach art. Douglas has had a lot of difficulty getting in contact with IQ Students, but managed to speak to the principal people in London. The main person involved is leaving the company in two months, so there are efforts to get things done quickly. They are working on licensing. Douglas has booked a meeting with the conservator for the Mortuary Chapel, as IQ Students seems to not be interested in it - the conservator has some concerns about the structure of the building, Douglas will find out more about this next week and will give information back to IQ Students. Douglas also brought up improvements to Sylvan Place, which will be addressed. Alexa, Margaret, and Janet are all discussing with Douglas about setting up a charity or a community interest company to handle the space. Douglas has been working on how to write a letter of intent for this. Douglas proposed that the space be used as a community space, specifically arts support, and IQ Students wants a lease for this, as well as for the group to pay for maintenance and liability insurance. Douglas has proposed the name Sciennes ArtsHub CIC. Douglas also suggest that future MSCC meetings can be held there. The current interest statement states support from the MSCC, Douglas is asking for feedback and information.


Alexa Hare: it is unclear as of now as to what Alexa’s role is, but she is looking for a place to teach art and give access to arts to more people. She would like to teach these as afterschool lessons - she would charge those who can afford for a 90 minute art lesson in order to pay for the lease and to fund projects to give people more access to art classes who come from disadvantaged backgrounds if there is money left over. The hope is that they could get multiple different groups renting the space in the future. She also would like to establish a bursary program to help people who cannot afford lessons. Anne asked about how the children will be supervised, Alexa flags that people who are paying for lessons are unlikely to engage in negative behavior. Margaret Coughtrie is not in support of the CIC model and doesn’t want to be involved in something with all of the requirements that a CIC has. Margaret thinks that the charity structure would be theoretically better, but that there is not enough time to make this happen. She also suggests the possibility of a Company Limited by Guarantee, but there are also some things that are unclear on whether this is feasible either. More discussion ultimately needs to happen about multiple aspects of this project. The MSCC agrees to be associated with the project and encourages Douglas to keep pushing forward with the rest of the focus group. Cllr. Flannery suggested chatting with other community center trusts about the issues raised, and also to focus on a unique selling point. She also flags to make sure to focus on basic provisions that people will be concerned about regarding children.


Funding application for Community Consultation re net zero housing

Greenlight Grant application from ECCAN: the grant application for £20,000 for a community consultation to work with the Marchmont area to make the are net zero has failed. ECCAN were more interested in funding other things. Douglas will now be creating a focus group of people in the area who are interested in looking into this issue.


Planning applications

Report has been circulated. Nothing of particular note was referenced.


Update on Sewer Flooding Project

No updates.


Treasurer’s Report

£1080 in the bank. We will likely end up with a small deficit in 2024/25.


Meetings attended

Bin hubs workshop: report has been circulated. There were representatives there from all of the community councils in Edinburgh. The main takeaway is that all of the councils were asking for better flexibility and that focus on amenity would be top priority. They were told that nothing would be changed until the New Town section has been done, which should be by next Spring. All comments are being fed back to the Transport and Environment committee. There will be another workshop online and the hope is that local resident groups can be present for this. Kate McNairney asked about what was talked about in the initial presentation at the meeting - they outlined the problems and seem to be focusing somewhat heavily on the noise of the glass bins. It is also unclear as to why the glass bins are all sideways and therefore difficult to gain access to, someone has sent an email about it but there has been no response yet. Evelyn Dickie said that it is possible that the reason for this is that if the bin is facing the pavement, it might fall over. Cllr. Flannery clarified that there can be a deputation at the November council meeting on this, they just need to be told two days in advance. She would recommend people coming in person if they want their issue properly debated. If they require that a community council send the deputation, MSCC is happy to have Kate represent us. SMAG also thanks Anne for her work on the issue. This issue will be on the agenda next month. There is a local resident who is interested in bringing the community together to discuss revitalizing Livingston Place, Cllr. Flannery asked that anyone who is interested in this reach out through her.


Astley Ainsley: almost every Councillor of the two areas involved were there, approximately 20 people were there. There was a letter from the NHS stating that the development will eventually happen, but definitely not quickly. There is a new warden for the area who can be contacted and there are initiatives to open up the grounds to make more use of them. The statement from the NHS said that they will not be doing this in the same way that they dealt with the Sick Kids site, they also have to get the best possible value from properties that they sell. There are positive ideas coming up, there is still hope that it could be a community space of some sort in the future, but no actual progress has been made. There has to be a master plan for the use of the entire place, buildings can’t be used independently before this. It would be helpful to look into ways to fundraise and also fluid ways to use the Astley Ainsley. Margaret flags that this issue has been present since 2016/17, and that it seems as though the site is still being used for hospital services of some sort. People have also been parking on the site without permits.


Progress in provision of public toilets in the Meadows

Report has been circulated. Alison had a meeting on the Meadows with FOMBL, the council is on board with putting toilets there. It is unclear, however, how long this will take, as the cost could be close to £1 million. There is also interest in putting in changing room for adults as well as children. They are looking at putting it on the bottom right hand side of Middle Meadow Walk, though this is not the preferred place for FOMBL. There is a separate part of the issue where they also want to refurbish and fix the existing toilets on the east side of the Meadows.


Progress on Sylvan Place development

Update from Calum Bell: they are currently on track and looking to be finished by June 2025. In October, they will begin internal works. They are hoping to have scaffolding works down by Christmas, dependent on the weather.


Christmas Tree event

The event is going ahead, Alison has written to all of the relevant bands and schools. MSCC needs to choose which charity to donate to, Susie suggests The Bothy. The event will be on Saturday, 7th December.


AOCB

Lianne passed on the message that there has been a lot of shoplifting in the area and is wondering about revisiting the possibility of having CCTV installed by the council. It has also been made difficult to counter shoplifting. Anne will contact Cllr. Flannery about this issue.


Susie flags that some progress has been made on the electronic bus timetables, but they are inaccurate.


Date of next meeting

Wednesday, October 23rd 2024




Monday, 21 October 2024

MSCC - Agenda for October 2024

 

M archmont & Sciennes

Community Council



Meeting on Wednesday 23rd October 2024 at 7.30pm

To be held at St Catherine’s Argyle Church Hall






A G E N D A (draft)



1 Sederunt and apologies

2 Draft Minutes of last meeting 25th September 2024

Matters arising not included in this agenda

a) Earl of Marchmont defibrillator

3 Police Report

4 Meadows & Bruntsfield Links

5 City Councillor report on topical local issues



Items for discussion

6 Publicity

7 Update on Community Space in IQ student accommodation block (The Mont) (Douglas Rogers)

8 Bin hub Issue

9 Planning (Applications & consultation)) (report attached)

10 Update on Sewer Flooding project (if available)

Items for information

11 Treasurer's report (circulated)

12 Meetings attended

13 Progress in provision of Public Toilets on the Meadows

14 Xmas tree event

15 AOB

a) Sunday parking on Melville Drive (Susie Agnew)

Date of next meeting: Wednesday 20th November 2024



All who live or work locally are welcome to attend

MSCC - Minutes for June 2024

 

Marchmont and Sciennes Community Council

Minutes of Meeting held on June 26th, 2024 at St. Catherine’s Argyle Church Hall


Present: Brian Gilmore - Chair, Anne Laing - MSCC Secretary, Alison Service - MSCC Treasurer, Douglas Rogers - MSCC, Lianne Phillips - MSCC Publicity, Kayleigh Gordon - MSCC Publicity, Cllr. Tim Pogson, Richard Robinson - local resident, Cathy McDonald - local resident, Kate McNairney - local resident (SMAG)


Apologies: Susie Agnew - MSCC, Anthony Holmes - Thirlestane Lane Association, Cllr Ben Parker (recieved after meeting)


Attending: Nora Flynn-McIver - Minutes Secretary


Meeting began at 7:33pm


Draft Minutes of 22/05/24

Alison moves to pass, Anne seconds. The minutes are approved.


Matters Arising

Cllr. Tim Pogson got an answer about whether or not planning permission is necessary for bin hubs. The answer is no - a TRO is necessary instead.


Anne attended the Meadows Festival, there were two names added to the Google Group list. The people from Southside and Anne agreed that this might have been a waste of time, as they got very little attention at the event.


Police Report

None.


FOMBL Report

The FOMBL project update has been circulated. There is a proposed siting of the new Meadows toilet block, which has been circulated as well. Some members of FOMBL are concerned about the proposed placement of the toilets being at the bottom of Middle Meadow Walk, more people want it either where the temporary toilets are, across from the pavilion, or on the North end. The Council cited trees and roots as issues with that area. Alison also brought up that bollards of sorts should be put up to stop cars from parking in the bike lane if the toilets are placed in the Council’s proposed area. The MSCC members are of a consensus that there is a concern and that they will express this concern. A local resident notes that the men’s toilets on the east side of the Meadows are closed and asks whether the toilets are going to remain open. Cllr. Pogson will inquire about why the toilets are closed.


City Councillor report on local issues

Tomorrow is the last Council meeting before the summer recess. Consultations currently live: Council budget-setting process (closes on the 28th of July), 2040 city planning as to how the Council should engage with citizens and the city (open until the end of August). The process on solving the bin hub issue is ongoing, there was a meeting last Monday. A local resident notes that nearly 50 people showed up to that meeting with complaints about the lack of community/resident consultation. Alison volunteered to write to Cllr. Watt and get updates on the bin hub situation. The proposal for amenity on the bin hub requirements was not passed, but there will be a workshop. Cllr. Pogson will look into what the recommendations are. The application to put a student accommodation on Causewayside was refused, the developers can apply to Scottish government to appeal. A conversation was brought up about the proportion of students who live in Edinburgh and the amount of student accommodation that is necessary because student accommodation is the majority of what comes through the planning process. Cllr. Pogson notes that the Council is attempting to introduce regulations that would disrupt the control that student accommodation has over the market. The road closure outside of Sciennes school is progressing as the closure has been made permanent, and the process has moved forward to what exactly this will look like in the long term. The school hopes to have the new arrangements in place by the next term, which is possibly ambitious. A local resident asked how much money would be freed up if the tram project was abandoned - Cllr. Pogson clarified that all of this project is aspirational, there is no money currently stored away for it. Douglas Rogers notes that he and the MSCC at large would like to be a part of the conversations about the school road closure.


Publicity

Anne noted that she has been doing the notice boards and that the smaller boards are a very difficult surface to use for a notice board, and wants to know whether these surfaces can be replaced with cork. Lianne will give Alison a quote to replace them, and will also take some time to remove the graffiti from the notice boards.


Update on progress of buildings replacing old Sick Kids site

IQ Students owns the entirety of the Sick Kids site but they seem to be impossible to contact, Douglas has attempted to contact them in multiple ways to no avail. Douglas requested that Cllr. Pogson attempt to contact them directly. Someone has approached Douglas about using the community space in this area for art therapy. There are no updates at all on the Mortuary Chapel.


JR Builders has contacted anyone affected by their building site and answered any questions. They had an accident last week that is now being investigated.


AGM


Approve Note of last year’s AGM

The date was incorrect. Alison moves to pass, Anne seconds. The minutes pass.


Matters arising from the AGM minutes

None.


Annual Report - Chair (Brian Gilmore)

Many issues have come up. Sick Kids site shows complexity. The bin hub situation is progressing but has been an issue for a year at this point. Climate change and the effect on housing has been addressed multiple times. The number 41/9 bus got successfully rerouted. St Catherine’s Argyle church is being sold. There have been many reports from FOMBL. Thanks to Anne, Alison, Nora, Douglas, Nigel Ayton and all members of the MSCC and local residents. The Christmas tree event was of particular note.



Annual Report - Secretary (Anne Laing)

Communications have continued with the developers of the Sick Kids site - Downing completed the work

on the Student accommodation which became available at the end of the year. Square and Crescent are developing the original hospital building and the Victorian villa properties and hoping to have properties for sale on Millerfield place this year. JR builders are developing the site on Sylvan Place for affordable/social housing, hopefully will be done by Spring 2025. There has been extensive work on the sewer system. There has been much dissatisfaction about the bin hub situation. Anne has been working on the notice boards and gives thanks to the publicity team for helping with this.


Annual Report and presentation of audited accounts - Treasurer (Alison Service)

The financial situation is stable, main expenses are the minutes secretary, certain memberships, and the rental of the room. The Christmas tree event was a great success, thanks to the German-speaking church for providing their hall free for this event, and for all of the shops that provide prizes. Thanks to the independent reviewer, Jim Orr, for looking through accounts. There is a deficit of £3.11 this year, there is £1144 in the bank at the moment. Most of the MSCC money comes from a city council grant.


Election of Officers

Douglas Rogers nominates Brian Gilmore for Chair, Anne seconds. Brian is elected.

Brian Gilmore nominates Anne Laing for Secretary, Alison seconds. Anne is elected.

Douglas Rogers nominates Alison Service for Treasurer, Anne seconds. Alison is elected.


Date of next AGM

Cllr. Pogson will check on dates of election for Community Councillors. The provisional date will be the 25th of June, 2025.


Ordinary meeting dates for 2024-25

Alison proposes the 4th Wednesday of every month, excluding December, July, and August.


AGM AOCB

None.


Planning applications

Planning applications have been circulated. The Rajas building is currently up for sale.


Treasurer’s Report

£1240 in the bank.


Meetings attended

Alison attended the FOMBL trustee meeting and their AGM is this week. JR Builders has given £700 for a table tennis table and FOMBL is applying for a grant for the remainder of the money.


AOCB

Anne asked about the defibrillator at the Earl of Marchmont pub, Lianne will check with the current manager about this.


The St. Catherine’s Argyle and Marchmont St Giles union is still in doubt so no decision about the future as yet.


There is an LHES consultation to put heating pipes in the streets to provide heat to people’s homes. There is also a Clean Heat Edinburgh movement for a heat network from furnaces. There will be a presentation from the Clean Heat Edinburgh Forum to the forum of Edinburgh Community Councils tomorrow night, Douglas will circulate details.


Douglas has been looking into doing a study on making a block within Marchmont net zero and this idea is getting some traction. This is in early stages - there will be a community consultation on this.


Anne has been looking after the planters on Marchmont Crescent with Nora, Douglas’ wife. These look nice, and Anne thanks the Council for providing the plants.


There is a blocked drain, Cllr. Pogson suggests getting in touch with local Councillors.


Date of next meeting

Wednesday, 25th September 2024




Sunday, 15 September 2024

MSCC - Draft Agenda for 25th September 2024

 

Marchmont & Sciennes

Community Council



Meeting on Wednesday 25th September 2024 at 7.30pm

To be held at St Catherine’s Argyle Church Hall


A G E N D A


1` Sederunt and apologies

2 Draft Minutes of last meeting 25th June 2024

Matters arising not included in this agenda

a )Earl of Marchmont defibrillator

3 Police Report

4 Meadows & Bruntsfield Links

5 City Councillor report on topical local issues



Items for discussion

6 Publicity

7 Use of Community Space in IQ student accommodation block (The Mont)

8 Funding application for a Community Consultation re achieving net zero in heating/insulation of

flats

9 Planning (Applications & consultation)) (report attached)

10 Update on Sewer Flooding project (if available)

Items for information

11 Treasurer's report (circulated)

12 Meetings attended : Bin hubs workshop (Anne Laing)

13 Progress in provision of Public Toilets on the Meadows (circulated)

14 progress on Sylvan PL development

15 Xmas tree event



16 AOB

Date of next meeting: Wednesday 23rd October 2024



All who live or work locally are welcome to attend

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

MSCC Minutes of the May 2024 Meeting

 

Marchmont and Sciennes Community Council

Minutes of Meeting held on May 24th, 2024 at St. Catherine’s Argyle Church Hall

 

Present: Brian Gilmore - Chair, Anne Laing - MSCC Secretary, Alison Service - MSCC Treasurer, Douglas Rogers - MSCC, Cllr. Pauline Flannery, Stephen Antram - local resident

 

Apologies: Susie Agnew - MSCC, Lianne Phillips - MSCC Publicity, Kayleigh Gordon - MSCC Publicity

 

Attending: Nora Flynn-McIver - Minutes Secretary

 

Meeting began at 7:32pm

 

Draft Minutes of 24/04/24

Alison notes that 27-31 Ratcliffe Terrace should be listed as a property, not a house, and also requested that it be clarified that Calum Bell will be donating the table tennis and benches to FOMBL, but they do not yet have these.

Anne moves to pass, Alison seconds, the minutes pass.

 

Matters Arising

None.

 

Police Report

None.

 

City Councillor report on local issues

On the bin hub issue: Cllr. Flannery gave statistics on bin hubs - there have been 135 changes to bin hubs, approximately 9% of bin hubs in total. There will be a list of changes published and there are some changes to come as well. The main difficulty is the rigidity of the application of the criteria for bin hub placement. In some places, there were particularly good reasons for moving bin hubs that have not made the bins be moved. Controlled Parking Zones is another reason why moving bin hubs is difficult. There are some bin hubs where CPZs are different, so 2/9 properties on a street are in one area and 52 are in another. The ward councillors are meeting in the next few weeks to try and figure out the issue. The noise of the glass bins is also being addressed because the lining of the bins is not sufficient. Douglas asked about whether there might be a mandate to recycle glass through shops, but this seems unlikely.

Brian notes the circulated email from Cllr. Ross about Cllr. Osler bringing a motion to the committee tomorrow, Cllr. Flannery believes that this motion is a possibility for to go through. The bins that have not been changed already will be monitored and will hopefully be able to be changed if necessary.

It may be possible for the bins to be changed without a TRO if moving them takes less than 45 minutes, Cllr. Flannery is going to check on this.

There is a meeting of the Transport and Environment Committee covering bin hubs on the 23rd.

 

There is a local housing strategy online and people can sign up and give their views - this may be specifically relevant in Marchmont/Sciennes due to its diverse population.

The student housing application on Causewayside was withdrawn, but there is a possibility that the sale of Summerhall could result in more student housing. Summerhall is being sold with protections for the groups that use it, meaning that it is likely to still be an arts community centre of some sort. The property has also acquired an alcohol license for the entire property. It is possible that one part of the property will be sold but not the others. Cllr. Flannery will be looking into what parts of the property are listed. There is a petition on Change.org about the sale of Summerhall and there have been meetings and requests for councillors to try and give support. If people want to try to preserve Summerhall, this likely needs to be a community effort.

 

The feasibility for the tram extension from the North to the South will be looked at tomorrow, but the money necessary is not available at the moment - it would be difficult to justify this cost to council. If this does go through, there will be a consultation.

 

Douglas asked about what is happening to St Catherine’s Argyle church, Anne says that it is being sold at the end of the year and the congregation is merging with Marchmont St Giles - a new name for the union is being chosen but has not been decided on yet.

 

Publicity

None.

 

Planning applications

Grange Association report has been circulated.

 

FOMBL Report & Meadows Festival

There will be an AGM in June along with a public meeting, this is on their website and has been circulated to the MSCC mailing list.

 

There should be updates upcoming about the installation of the toilets, the only current information is that they are on their way.

 

MSCC will be contributing to the Southside Community Council’s tent at the Meadows Festival.

 

Update on Sewer Flooding project

Two updates have been circulated, including a diagram of the plans for the works.

 

Treasurer’s Report

£1280 in the bank, the audit is done and ready for the AGM.

 

Meetings attended

None.

 

Bin Hub Situation

Anne reached out on behalf of the MSCC to Michael Richardson, but the only response was an attachment to the next two phases. Alison wrote to Cllr. Pogson about the planning and whether there is any flexibility. Cllr. Flannery notes that it is worth reaching out again and copying in Paul Lawrence, who is high on the chain of command. Stephen Antram has reached out to Paul Lawrence, who delegated to a clerk, and he got a response eventually. His bin hub is now being used as a smoking area and people have been dumping garbage disproportionately in his bin. Cllr. Flannery notes that it is good to continue exerting pressure, specifically referencing bad communication and lack of consultation. The motion going in tomorrow is specifically on the impact on the local community. Brian spoke with Cllr. Arthur about the bin hubs and got nowhere.

 

AOCB

Douglas is going to try to figure out who now owns Mortuary Chapel, as it has been sold by Downing, possibly to a student accommodation company.

 

Stephen Antram also notes that the storm drains need to be cleaned - he has reported this to council, but nothing has happened. Cllr. Flannery will chase this up. There are also several overflowing bin hubs near the previous Downing site, Douglas is going to chase this up.

 

Dates of events taking place in the Meadows:

27-28 May, James Gillespie’s High School Sports Day

29 May, Sciennes School Sports Day

14 June, Archers event

6 July, World Naked Bike Ride

15 July, World Orienteering Championships

28 July, Mindful Peace Walk

 

Date of next meeting

Wednesday, June 26th, 2024 - the AGM will also be at this meeting