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Light Up Balerno - Cancelled

12/4/2019

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Christmas Lights Switch On cancelled.

The Community Council has with regret decided, in light of the weather forecast for high winds and rain, to cancel the switch on ceremony for the Balerno Christmas Lights scheduled for Thursday 5 December. 

We realise that this will be a disappointment, particularly for the Dean Park Primary School Choir and the senior pupils who had kindly agreed to take part in the event, and we have not taken this decision lightly. However the Council feels that the safety of everyone who might attend should be the principal concern.

Despite cancellation of the event we will ensure that the lights are switched on on Thursday 5th. At this stage we can connect the lights in the Square, including the Christmas Tree, but we cannot yet connect the tree at the south end of Main Street where the power supply comes from a new much higher lamp standard on which the socket is set about 20’ up. We are in touch with Edinburgh Council about this but they have not yet been able to divert a lighting truck to assist. 

We apologise for the cancellation of Thursday’s event but we hope that the Christmas Lights can nonetheless be enjoyed by everybody over the Christmas Season.
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Light Up Balerno - Christmas Lights Switch-on 2019

11/27/2019

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​Balerno Christmas Lights Switch-on - from 6:30pm Thursday 5th December

Following the continued success of Balerno's now regular Christmas lights switch-on, the Christmas lights switch-on will be returning for 2019 and we hope you can make it!

Lights will be switched on at 6.45pm on Thursday 5th December by pupils from Dean Park Primary School. DPPS Choir will be singing immediately after.

The festivities will begin at 6.30pm, followed by the lights switch-on, where there will be carol singing and more.

We hope to see you there!
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Our Village, Our Community - Balerno Community Plan

4/28/2019

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At long last Balerno Community Council has published a completed Community Plan for Balerno. It aims both to describe our community and to offer suggestions for how we might all wish it to be in the future, and it sets out some priorities for the future.

In preparing this plan the Community Council aims to encourage improvement in the quality of life of the community. We would like to encourage the community at large to continue involvement in identifying what needs to be done and in helping to achieve the changes sought.

READ MORE HERE.

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South West School Catchment Change Proposal

2/22/2019

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The recent statutory consultation proposing the realignment of primary and secondary school catchment boundaries in the Currie and Balerno areas has been published (21/02/19).  
 
The report recommends that City of Edinburgh Council approves the proposals outlined in the statutory consultation paper.  However, it also recommends that a guarantee be offered to the siblings of pupils living in the affected areas so that they may attend the same school as their elder sibling if they wish to do so.

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South West School Catchment Review: Update

11/29/2018

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Time is quickly running out to respond to City of Edinburgh Council's current review of school catchment areas in the South West of the city, namely the realignment of the catchment for Currie Primary School, Nether Currie Primary School, Dean Park Primary School, Currie High School and Balerno High School.

Balerno Community Council has recently responded to the consultation - the catchment area review is a high priority, and features prominently in the community council's draft community plan.

You can read BCC's response in full here.

BCC strongly recommends reading the material associated with the review and submitting a response to CEC.

During the consultation period, any views on the catchment review's proposal should be sent in writing to CEC (Alistair Gaw, Executive Director of Communities and Families City of Edinburgh Council, Council Headquarters, Waverley Court. Level 1:2, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG) or by e-mail to swcatchmentreview@edinburgh.gov.uk.  All views whether by letter, e-mail or using the online questionnaire should arrive by 5pm on Monday 3 December 2018.

Further information and the full statutory consultation paper and an online questionnaire are available at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/swcatchmentreview.  Copies of the full statutory consultation paper are also available for inspection at Currie and Balerno libraries and at the schools affected by the proposals.
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