Community Clean-up
Consultation on Parks and Greenspaces
Dementia Awareness Week
Time for Tea
Code the City
There will be a Community Clean up this Sunday at West Pilton Green. StrongerNorth say : “Residents and local landlords of this area have approached us requesting assistance with removal of rubbish and burnt out items.”
If you wish to muck in this weekend, help and meet local residents, and work together as a community then please go along on Sunday morning.
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The City of Edinburgh Council is set to carry out a consultation into the management of events in the city centre’s public spaces.
Feedback will help the Council create a Public Spaces Manifesto, which will provide a policy framework for events in spaces open to the public.
Proposals are to be discussed by councillors at this week’s Transport and Environment Committee.
The aim of the manifesto will be to offer greater clarity for prospective event-holders, neighbouring residents and businesses on appropriate event types and frequency and the preferred use of different spaces in the city centre.
It will build on discussions with a range of stakeholders, including Business Improvement Districts, community councils and festival organisers, who agreed that there was a need to deal with event management in civic spaces.
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Dementia Awareness Week starts tomorrow but today at the St James Centre between 10am and 2pm there will be an information Stall with a dementia advisor on hand to answer questions. Other activities to mark this week include the following:
Drumbrae Hub : Mon 1st to Friday 5th June. Information stall.
Royal Infirmary Hospital Main Concourse, Little France : Monday 1st to Friday 5th June. Tea, coffee and cakes stall with clinical staff on hand to talk about dementia.
Queensferry Library : Monday to Saturday, 1st to 6th June. Information Stall.
Morning side Library : Tuesday 2nd June 12 noon to 4.30 pm and Wednesday 3rd June 10am to 12 noon. Information Stall with occupational therapists on hand to answer questions.
Café at Cramond Kirk Hall : Monday 1st June 1 to 3pm. Café and meeting place with information and advice for people with dementia and their carers from dementia advisors.
Barnton & Cramond Dementia Friendly community forum meeting : Tuesday 2nd June 2pm. Come along and find out more about our dementia friendly community.
Barnton Pharmacy : All week. Information stall and signposting to resources.
Liberton Hospital Main Foyer : Wed 3rd, Thurs 4th and Friday 5th of June from 1.45 to 3pm. Information stall. manned by dementia champions.
Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre : Ground floor concourse and Living Memories shop unit on ground floor near Debenhams. Thursday 4th June 10am to 4pm. Information Stall with dementia advisor on hand. Come and have tea and cakes at the Living Memories Association Shop Unit at the centre.
Cameron Toll Shopping Centre : Friday 5th June 10am to 4pm. Information Stall with dementia advisor on hand to answer questions.
Currie Library Community Room : Thursday 4th June,10am to 5pm. Information Stall, tea and a blether.
The Mill @St Joseph’s, Balerno : Friday 5th June, 10am to 1pm. Information Stall, tea and a blether.
Portobello Farmers Market : Saturday 6th June, 10am to 2pm. Information Stall with dementia advisor on hand to answer questions.
South Queensferry Rotary Forth Rail Abseil Event at the promenade, near Hawes Inn on Sunday 7th June. Information Stall with dementia advisor on hand to answer questions.
City of Edinburgh Council Carers’ Champion Councillor Norman Work will be taking part in the abseil. You can support his fundraising efforts on JustGiving here.
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