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Were you affected by the withdrawal of bus services to Livingston and the Gyle last year? Would you like to help find a solution? Join the discussion this Thursday 6th at Gibson Craig Halls, Currie. 
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At a recent community council meeting we met with Louise Muir, from the South West Villages Project, who is looking to tackle loneliness amongst older people in the local area. Do you think you could offer suggestions or an opinion? Read on...
Join Marie Curie in support of people with a terminal illness by hosting a Blooming Great Tea Party to raise money between 23-25th June 2017. To get involved and receive your FREE fundraising pack, please visit mariecurie.org.uk/teaparty or call 0800 716 146.   Balerno Community Council are hosting a parliamentary hustings on Monday 29th May at Balerno Parish Church.
This will enable electors in the Pentlands Ward in the South West Edinburgh Constituency to hear what the candidates have to say under questioning from the audience. All candidates are being invited to attend, and we hope that they will all do so. The event will run from 7.00pm to 9.00pm and will be chaired by Balerno Community Council. It will follow a format adopted for previous events in the Valley; each candidate will be given 2 minutes to introduce themselves and to set out why you should vote for them. This will be followed by questions drawn from a pre-submitted list. There will also be scope for contributions from the floor. Finally each candidate will be allowed 90 sec to sum up their position. Following the announcement by RBS of their decision to close the Juniper Green branch in June 2017, the community councils for Juniper Green, Currie and Balerno have been discussing with elected councillors snd parliamentarians what options may be open to ensure continuation of face to face banking services in the Water of Leith Valley. The group met for the third time on Friday 3rd February and issued the following statement:-
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