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Please send all your Innerleithen News to local correspondent, Brian McCrow - brian@mccrow.co.uk or ring 01896 833188.


HISTORIC INNERLEITHEN

The Community Trust will present a slide show in the Church Hall, Leithen Road at 7.30pm on Saturday 28th November. The show entitled "Connections of Note: famous faces from Innerleithen's past." will wander through some of the history of Innerleithen with old photographs of local places of historic interest and will introduce some of the famous characters who have been part of Innerleithen History. The presentation will be given by members of the Trust. See posters for more details.

CRAFT & TABLE-TOP FAIR

Innerleithen and District Amateur Operatic Society will hold a craft and table-top sale will be held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday 14 November from 9.30am-12.30pm. There will be a variety of stalls including soft goods, gifts, toys, jewellery, preserves and lots more. There will also be a raffle and a cake & candy stall as well as teas and coffees on offer all morning.

EX-STANDARD BEARERS' ASSOCIATION

The annual general meeting of St. Ronan's Ex-Standard Bearers' Association will take place on Monday 16 November at 8.00pm in the usual venue. All members are invited to attend.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Tickets for St. Ronan’s Silver Band & Future Band Christmas Concert are now on sale from Adam’s Bakery, High Street, Innerleithen and Robb’s KeyStore, Eastgate, Peebles. The concert will take place on Saturday 12 December in the Memorial hall at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £6.00 each (£5.00 senior citizens and school children).

Future Innerleithen – residents make their choices

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On behalf of the Future Innerleithen team I would like to thank the 500+ residents who came to the Community Event on Saturday 13th June to state their priorities for the needs of Innerleithen. There was a lot of lively discussion and considered thinking before each resident marked their 6 top priority needs. We will now analyse these results and publish a Community Action plan soon with a copy going to every house in Innerleithen, Traquair and Glen. Having gone through this democratic process we are now well placed with solid facts to establish separate projects to deliver solutions for these top priority needs. The process we used was provided by Colin Roxburgh, STAR consultancy and funded by the Big Lottery and by Scottish Borders Council. Future Innerleithen carried out this study on behalf of the Innerleithen Community Trust.

We will provide on-going reports on the progress we are making with each project and there will be further public events where various design options and their locations will be displayed and again residents can vote for their preferred option. More information can be found at the Future Innerleithen web site – www.futureinnerleithen.org.uk or by contacting Brian McCrow on brian@mccrow.co.uk

We were also well entertained during the day by the St Ronan’s primary singers, the Beggar Girls, the Fortissimo Choir and local guitarists TurboShandy. There were face painters, a bouncy castle and a trio of skateboarders demonstrating their skills in the car park. Many local groups had stalls in the hall and we were well fed by volunteers from the Innerleithen Tennis club. There was a Prize draw with excellent prizes from local organisations such as Caddon View B&B, Traquair House, Smail’s Printing Works, Cider House, Coop, The Whistle Stop café and Carole Collin.

I would like to thank the Future Innerleithen Steering group for their dedication and hard work and the many volunteers who delivered to and collected the survey forms from every house. I’d also like to thank the many groups within Innerleithen who took time out to be interviewed by Future Innerleithen.

Thank you, Innerleithen, Traquair and Glen, we will have a Bright Future.

Yours Brian McCrow
Chair Future Innerleithen

What do you want for a “Future Innerleithen?”

Following a recent meeting attended by a number of local groups, the “Future Innerleithen” working party has been formed to establish the views of people in Innerleithen i.e. the EH44 postcode area. This group comes under the umbrella of the Innerleithen Community Trust.

It is felt locally that Innerleithen has missed out on investment in recent years with most investments going elsewhere in Tweeddale, we think that it now time for Innerleithen to have money spent on it for the good of its residents, shop keepers, businesses and visitors.

First of all we need to find out what you think about the local community facilities and what changes and new facilities you would like to see (if any). Lottery and other funding will be obtained to develop facilities within the town for the whole community, including organisations such as the Pipe Band, Silver Band, Operatic Society, plus the Youth, Elderly, Disabled and all Sports and for visitors, shop keepers and local businesses.

In the next couple of months we will be canvassing your views, please let us know what you want and need so we can provide the most appropriate facilities for you and the rest of the community.

If you think that you could help us in any way with this process, your contribution would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps you have some experience of such community appraisals, have relevant legal knowledge or are prepared to distribute questionnaires? Whatever you can offer we would like to hear from you. You can contact Brian McCrow, chairperson on 01896 833 188 e mail brian@mccrow.co.uk or Malcolm Cattermole, Secretary on 01896 831 825 e mail malcolm@mcattermole.co.uk


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Innerleithen Community Trust

The Innerleithen Community Trust was set up in October 2004 to obtain funding for and/or manage any project that will enhance the economy, environment and community facilities within the Innerleithen, Traquair and Glen area.
Membership is open to any resident from the Innerleithen, Traquair and Glen Area.

There is a Committee of Trustees that manages the Trust and apply the funds of the Trust including all donations, contributions and bequests to further the objects of the Trust.

Since it was set up the Trust has employed a community development worker, progressed charitable status, produced a ‘What’s On’ leaflet, granted money to St Ronans Primary School pupils to publish a town trail booklet, conducted historic town walks, produced a commissioned history of Innerleithen for use in visitor information boards and leaflets, and developed a photographic archive for the community. Current projects include providing funds and overseeing maintenance on the popular woodland walkways along Leithenside from Horsbrugh Terrace to Cuddy Brig and Pirn Hill.

Anyone interested in the work of the Trust, requires information on donating by bequest, or has a project that the Trust could undertake should make contact via the Trust secure email address on innerleithen@hotmail.com or contact the Secretary: Malcolm Cattermole, 5 Montgomery Square, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, EH44 6LE. 01896 831825.

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