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Now is a good time to connect! The Newtongrange Community Council is an active one but certainly this past pandemic year has tested our capacity. We currently have a number of live priorities around the...
by Jeremy Adderley · Published May 9, 2021 · Last modified May 10, 2021
Now is a good time to connect! The Newtongrange Community Council is an active one but certainly this past pandemic year has tested our capacity. We currently have a number of live priorities around the...
…many people have, quite naturally, worried that we are going back to the experience we lived through from March 23rd this year. With the announcement on Saturday from the First Minister that the Christmas easing...
There was no Remembrance Sunday Service held in the village this year, but a few community groups met at the War Memorial on Sunday 8th November and held a two minute silence before laying their...
by Ross Anderson · Published November 27, 2020 · Last modified January 27, 2021
The last digital NCC meeting of the year capturing community highlights and on-going issues. NCC membership recruitment for the new year needed: growing relationships with Midlothian Council, Federation of Community Councils and MTRaP. Plus next steps for Community Development Trust, rollout of the Newtongrange Flyer and the last ‘The Pool’ event of the year and other village issues.
Community Action / Consultations
by Jeremy Adderley · Published November 26, 2020 · Last modified November 27, 2020
Is it time for a Development Trust for Newtongrange? Click to support a trust creation now Since first proposed in 2012 by then Cllr Owen Thompson (now MP) when closures were a threat, a Development Trust...
Community Action / Current Objectives
by Jeremy Adderley · Published November 25, 2020 · Last modified November 27, 2020
Last month saw launch of The Newtongrange Flyer. The NCC has supported, coordinated and funded a number of resilience activities during the CoViD-19 pandemic and the first issue of the new newsletter, although originally designed...
In 2017 my work colleague showed me a box full of photographs, postcards, annotated books & documents relating to a Newtongrange family. David had purchased the box in a local auction & knew I would...
Many people in the news, papers and television have made comparisons between COVID19 and the sense of community resilience displayed in village life during WW2. We are keen to hear recollections of VE Day and how you might choose to remember on the day.
Next Friday 8th of May 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) day. In different circumstances there would have been some form of gathering for celebration and personal reflection in the Welfare...
Community Action / Current Objectives
by Jeremy Adderley · Published March 29, 2020 · Last modified April 2, 2020
Any situation where we are told that if we can keep UK deaths under 20,000 we will have done well, is clearly not a good one. This is a tough time. Something about the scale of that number means that many families will be touched directly by loss, and if deaths can prevented we should be doing everything we can.
Please share this new telephone number. Thanks for bringing to our attention Polly.
"116123 is a new phone number that recently went live to help people get help in a mental health crisis. Similar to 999, this line is dedicated for anyone in need of mental health assistance of any kind"
#SuicideAwareness call 116123 ... See MoreSee Less
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If visiting Newtongrange Library this week for the post office service on Monday 13:30-15:30 or topping up on books for the Christmas period. Please check out and comment on the Newtongrange Church plans it will really help! ... See MoreSee Less
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A reminder that you can drop off good condition items (see photo) to the COOP Newtongrange collection bin until January. ... See MoreSee Less
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This sounds like a very interesting project: www.pistonpenandpress.org/
Want to find out more ‘Collier Songs and Poems from the Nineteenth Century’ @ the Mining Museum on Thursday 10th November at 2pm. ... See MoreSee Less
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