Astatutory consultation on a proposal to realign the catchment areas of Currie Primary School, Nether Currie Primary School, Dean Park Primary School, Currie High School and Balerno High School commences today, Tuesday 23 October 2018.  At this stage no decisions have been taken.  The public consultation will run until 5pm on Monday 3 December 2018. 
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Following a significant period of informal consultation, the Council’s Education, Children and Families Committee agreed on 9 October 2018 that a statutory consultation should proceed on the proposal to realign school catchment areas in the South West of the city.  The proposals are being put forward to address the increasing pressure on the accommodation at Currie Primary School.  The proposals do not require that any existing pupil move to a different school.

Every second Tuesday of the month, Currie Community Council are hosting a cafe for those living with dementia at the Gibson Craig Memorial Hall - a fantastic opportunity to get out and about, and have a great time. 

We’re heading towards the Autumn and the next round of community grant decisions from the Edinburgh Neighbourhood Partnership. Meetings for the South West and Pentlands Community Grant Funds will take place during the first week in October.

The Neighbourhood Partnership Community Grants Fund is a small grants scheme (provided by Edinburgh Council).
 
Community Grants are awards of up to £5000 for start-up, or new one-off community projects. Money is distributed in different Neighbourhood Partnership areas across Edinburgh for projects that benefit those communities.

​For more information, guidance notes, application forms, and conditions of funding please head to the Neighbourhood Partnership website.

We are pleased to say that the Pentlands Book Festival is back for 2018! The programme for this year has been finalised and can be found on the Festival website, along with more information about what the Festival is all about. 

All Pentlands Book Festival events are FREE to attend (tickets required), so come along and hear from some fantastic local authors over the full twenty four day programme.
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