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Youth Plan Cuts Crime

Feedback from the community helps us to provide the services you want, when and where you want them

Green with success

Bonaly Primary pupil Aoife Forbes, 11, became the first ever winner of the Green Pencil Awards, a new creative writing competition for Edinburgh’s primary school children.

Every Day’s a Saturday

Excited pupils at Bonaly Primary School received some celebrity guests – girl group The Saturdays, who paid a visit in the lead up to Red Nose Day.

Your neighbourhood

SOUTH WEST

Mystery no more

A mystery shopping exercise was recently carried out at the South West Neighbourhood Office to find out how efficient the service is and what we can do to improve.

Ringing the Changes

Each year the Council asks residents for their views on their neighbourhood.

Success in making our streets cleaner

In your neighbourhood, 93 per cent of the streets are clean, as measured in the latest CIMS (Cleanliness Index Monitoring Survey) in December 2008.

Your local Environmental Warden

Ian, South West Neighbourhood

Your views

Gorgie Road, 10 February

Would you like to be a Friend of Muir Wood Park?

Friends of Parks are groups of volunteers who play a vital role in enhancing and protecting local parks, woodlands and green spaces across Edinburgh.

Piper sounds call for climate challenge

Schools in the South West neighbourhood have received funding for an exciting new initiative as part of the Scottish Governments Climate Challenge Fund.

Woodlands pupils’ prize for safe toy

Pupils at Woodlands School in Currie have won a £500 special recognition award from the British Toy & Hobby Association.

Cafe Smile!

Re-opened conservatory is a big hit

Cleaning up in the South West

THE South West’s first Week of Action was held at the Calders Estate between 23 February and 1 March.

Threipmuir car park resurfacing

The Council and Regional Park Services have recently resurfaced Threipmuir car park to smooth out the pot holes.

Standing up to hatred at Sighthill

Sighthill Library recently participated in commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day 2009 with a series of events aimed at children and young people.

 
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