Edinburgh Living Landscapes to include wildflower meadow on Bruntsfield Links

The Edinburgh Living Landscapes project will include a wildflower meadow between Leamington Walk and Warrender Park Terrace on Bruntsfield Links. 

The Edinburgh Living Landscape is a partnership project that will create, restore and connect green areas of the city to make attractive and biodiverse landscapes, enjoyed by residents and visitors.  

Partners include:

• City of Edinburgh Council

• Scottish Wildlife Trust

• Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust

• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 

• GreenSurge

Grange Association Fair at Newington Library, Fountainhall Road 1.00pm to 4.30pm on Saturday 9 May

Everyone is welcome to come along to an afternoon of fun and entertainment. Stalls, bouncy castle, music, dancing displays, cycling fun – under 12s bring your bike – and more. Any profit will go to Newington Library for children’s craft materials and the Eric Liddell Centre. To make the event a success help is required: Could you volunteer to be a steward on the day? Do you have anything you could donate for these stalls?    Collectables    Books and DVDs    Tombola Please put any items you can donate in the box in the library vestibule when it reopens at Easter, or if you would like them collected that’s no problem. There will also be a plant stall and donations will be welcomed nearer the time. Could you start potting up spare plants now? Contact Lucy Richardson, 0131 662 4992, with offers of help, or a request to collect donated items. No jumble or clothing please. For more information go to:- http://gaedin.co.uk/wp Supported by the South Central Neighbourhood Partnership, City of Edinburgh Council.

Volunteering opportunities: event at the Meadows on Sa 28 Mar

eVOLve, a Volunteering Group, is holding an event this Saturday 28th March 11am-3pm in The Meadows in collaboration with Friends of the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links to encourage volunteering and sustainability.  

All ages are welcome!  There will be conservation projects, crafts and activities, falconry and refreshments.  

Come along, Get Involved and show your support! 

For more information visit their Facebook page.

This Wed at 7:30pm: meeting of MSCC

The next meeting of the Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council is this coming Wed at 7:30pm

Register by 20 April to ensure you can vote in the General Election

General Election – 7 May 2015 The number of people registering and voting in the Scottish Independence Referendum was at a record level. Many people, including those in their 60s and older, voted for the first time. We want to make sure that people don’t just vote once in their lifetime but they vote every time to have their say on important matters. Have you moved home since August? Or changed your name? Update your voter registration details If you were registered to vote in the Referendum and your details have not changed, you do not need to register again. If your details have changed, it’s really important that you tell us so that you can vote. You can now register or update your details online using the Government website. You will need to do this by20 April. If you are not sure if you are registered, contact the Electoral Registration Office on 0131 344 2500. For more information about where, when and how to vote visit the City of Edinburgh Council website.

Spokes Spring Public Meeting: the Bicycle in the City Centre on Th 26 Mar at 7:30pm

A Spokes Spring public meeting will be held on Th 26 Mar at 7:30pm in Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge.

The meeting will discuss the future of Edinburgh city centre – particularly Princes Street / George Street – and the role of the bicycle there.  

The headline speaker is Cllr Lesley Hinds, Convener of Edinburgh City’s Transport Committee and other speakers include:

• The business view – Richard Darke, Projects Manager for Essential Edinburgh
• ‘My view’ – Professor Tom Rye, Director of Napier Transport Research Institute

Audience members will then be able to ask questions and there will be a panel discussion

Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 25 Mar 2015 at 7:30pm

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its March meeting on We 25 Mar 2015, at 7:30pm.  

The meeting will take place in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church halls on Beaufort Road/ Grange Road. 

This will be our sixth meeting of 14/15.  We will continue our regular practice of meeting on the fourth Wednesday of the month until Jun 2015, and then take a break till Sep 2015.

All who live or work in the area are most welcome to attend 

A G E N D A

 1            Sederunt and apologies

 2            Draft Minutes of last meeting, 25 Feb 2015 and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)

                ·      Food recycling bins

                ·       Objection to the planning application - timber siding at 31 Hatton Place

                ·      Events/ Marches/ Rentals

                ·      Plans for Royal Hospital for Sick Children site

 3             Police Report

 4            Update on Meadows from Mike Shields 

Items for discussion

 5            New planning applications

 6            Edinburgh Association of Community Councils  

 7            Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and SUSCOMS

 8            Astley Ainslie redevelopment

 9            Gravestones in Grange Cemetery

Items mainly for information

10             Treasurer’s report

11            Road safety outside JGPS (letter)

12            Reports of meetings

                 ·      James Gillespie’s Parent Council

                 ·      Neighbourhood Partnership

                 ·      Grange Association

13            Light-controlled crossing on Marchmont Road

14            AOCB

15            Date of next meeting: 22 April 2015

Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 25 Feb 2015 at 7:30pm

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its February meeting on We 25 Feb 2015, at 7:30pm.  

The meeting will take place in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church halls on Beaufort Road/ Grange Road. 

This will be our fifth meeting of 14/15.  We will continue our regular practice of meeting on the fourth Wednesday of the month until Jun 2015, and then take a break till Sep 2015.

All who live or work in the area are most welcome to attend 

A G E N D A

 1            Sederunt and apologies

 2            Draft Minutes of last meeting, 28 Jan 2015 and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)

          ·      Food recycling bins

          ·      Events/ Marches/ Rentals

          ·      Plans for Royal Hospital for Sick Children site

          ·      Pedestrian footbridge to the Royal Edinburgh hospital site

 3             Police Report

 4            Update on Meadows from Mike Shields 

Items for discussion

 5            New planning applications

 6            Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (workshop)

 7            Digital Engagement Workshop

Items mainly for information

 8            Treasurer’s report

 9            Road safety outside JGPS (letter)

10           Reports of meetings

11           Update on Noticeboard for centre of Marchmont Crescent

12            AOCB

13            Date of next meeting: 25 March 2015

Edinburgh University Wind Band Free Community Concert on Su 8 Feb at 3pm

Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 28 Jan 2015 at 7:30pm

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its January meeting on We 28 Jan 2015, at 7:30pm.  

The meeting will take place in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church halls on Beaufort Road/ Grange Road. 

This will be our fourth meeting of 14/15.  We will continue our regular practice of meeting on the fourth Wednesday of the month until Jun 2015, and then take a break till Sep 2015.

All who live or work in the area are most welcome to attend 

A G E N D A

 1            Sederunt and apologies

 2               Draft Minutes of last meeting, 26 Nov 2014 and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)

·      food recycling bins

 3             Police Report

·      Behaviour outside James Gillespie’s Primary School at school start

 4            Update on Meadows from Mike Shields 

Items for discussion

 5            New planning applications (?)

 6            Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (what role do we wish to play)

 7            CCTV on Meadows (no consensus)

 8            Christmas Tree/ refuse collection

 9            Sick Kids re their plans

Items mainly for information

10            Christmas tree lighting ceremony: thanks to organisers

11            Treasurer’s report (in absentia)

12            Reports of meetings

                        Neighbourhood Partnership

                        HMO group

13            Sciennes in pilot of school streets scheme

14            MSCC leaflet

15            Update on Noticeboard for centre of Marchmont Crescent

16            Parking review

17            AOCB

18            Date of next meeting: 25 February 2015

updated: Consultation on street closure outside Sciennes (among other places) and drop-in session

School Streets Project- Proposed Experimental Traffic Regulation Order - Prohibition of Vehicular Traffic (During School Travel Periods)

City of Edinburgh Council is seeking the views of stakeholders and the public on its school streets proposal. This will introduce school streets at 11 primary schools across Edinburgh for a period of 18 months.  These locations have been experiencing on going road safety issues caused by drivers bringing their vehicles too close to the school gates.

More details of the proposals are available at the CEC consultation website.

Plans and information about how the scheme will operate will be shown at a drop-in session at Sciennes Primary School on Thursday 15 January, 2015 at 3:30 PM - 7:00 PM.  Staff from the council’s Road Safety team will be on hand to answer questions and record your comments.

Update: if you couldn't make it along to the drop-in session take a look at the plans for Sciennes (PDF) and comment using this online form.

CANCELLED: James Gillespie’s Primary School Choir are singing carols outside Margiotta on Warrender Park Road

unfortunately the Carol singing by JGPS at 5pm today outside Margiottas has been cancelled due to slippy pavements

Changes to bin days over the festive season

Festive rubbish and recycling collections

As a public service I am reproducing content from the Edinburgh Council website:

Festive rubbish and recycling collections

Christmas and New Year bin collections

Rubbish and recycling collections due on Thursday 25 December will be collected on Saturday the 27 December.

Rubbish and recycling collections due on Thursday 1 January will be collected on Saturday 3 January.

If your bin or boxes are not collected, please leave it out until we collect it. There are no changes to pickups on Friday 26 December and Friday 2 January. Please make sure bins and boxes are out by 6am.

Remember you can recycle a wide range of items over the Christmas season includingwrapping paper, Christmas trees, bottles and food waste.  Check the what goes in what bin page to find out more.

Christmas Tree Recycling

You can recycle real Christmas trees through the garden waste service. Place your tree at the kerbside, next to your brown bin by 6am on your garden waste pick up day. Bases should be removed and trees over 6ft tall should be cut it in half.

You can also take Christmas trees to any of the Community Recycling Centres. The sites will be closed 25, 26 December and 1, 2 January.

If you live in a communal bin area, just leave your tree beside the nearest shared bin on one of the dates below. They will be turned into compost and used in parks and gardens.

South- Thursday 8, 15, 22 January

If you need to check which neighbourhood you live in, please enter your postcode on our online map.

2015 Calendars

There are no changes to the 2015 pickups. Your new bin calendars will be on our bin collection day page at the end of December or you can order a copy by contacting us from the 15 December 2014.

Today: Marchmont & Sciennes CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING EVENT 4pm

Today at 4pm by the tree at corner of Marchmont Crescent and Warrender Park Road. 

Carols and mince pies available!

CANCELLED: Carols from JGPS choir outside Margiotta W Pk Rd 11 Dec at 5pm

unfortunately the Carol singing by JGPS at 5pm today outside Margiottas has been cancelled due to slippy pavements

Join us for our CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING EVENT: Saturday 6th December 4pm

 

Why not join us on Wed 26 Nov at 19:30 to discuss matters of local importance?

Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 26 Nov 2014 at 7:30pm

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its November meeting on 26 October 2014, at 7:30pm.  

The meeting will take place in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church halls on Beaufort Road/ Grange Road. 

This will be our third meeting of 14/15.  There will be no meeting in December.  We will resume our regular practice of meeting on the fourth Wednesday of the month on 28 Jan 2015 (until Jun 2015).

All who live or work in the area are most welcome to attend 

A G E N D A

 1            Sederunt and apologies

 2             Draft Minutes of last meeting, 22 Oct 2014 and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)

·      food recycling

·      MSCC leaflet

·      Cycle route consultation submission

·      Cemetery cheque

 3             Police Report

 4            Update on Meadows from Mike Shields 

Items for discussion

 5            New planning applications (?)

 6            Council Budget challenge

 7            Tarmac over setts

 8            Youth and criminal justice consultation

 9            HMO review

10           Christmas tree event preparations

11           Installation of new noticeboard

Items mainly for information

12            Update on Christmas tree lighting ceremony

13            Treasurer’s report

14            Reports of meetings

                        students in the community funding for projects

                        cycle routes/ CC liaison

15            Sciennes in pilot of school streets scheme

16            AOCB

17            Date of next meeting: 28 January 2015