Our AGM will be held online on Wednesday, 25^th October at 7:30pm on Zoom.

The meeting should last about an hour.

If you would like to attend, please email  friendsofroseburnmembership@gmail.com and you will be sent the link for the meeting.

FoRP members have been emailed with an invitation. If you are not a member, please join for free at Join for Free! | Friends of Roseburn Park (SCIO)

You can see the papers for the meeting at http://www.friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/files/2023/10/FORP_2023_AGM_Papers.pdf 

(This comprises the agenda, last year’s AGM minutes, the chairperson’s report and the annual accounts.)

**OFFICIAL** – OPENING DATE FOR NEW ROSEBEAN CAFE – THURSDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER – the operators tells us it will be open 8am to 4pm every day, but not Mon and Tues.

Note the toilet is there for public use. Card payments only.

If you want to stay up to date, please “like” the Rosebean Cafe page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550738500601&notif_id=1693831206620238&notif_t=follow_profile&ref=notif

Thanks to builder James Purves and co at All Aspects Building & Construction for a beautiful job

We held our launch event on Sunday 2nd July- and we’re also hoping to find out what park users would like us to focus on next in our survey.

The video showing all the work carried out lasts 10 minutes can be viewed below:

The full story behind the conversion project can be found at All Cisterns Go!! | Friends of Roseburn Park (SCIO)

The 2023 Survey results can be downloaded here http://www.friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/files/2023/10/2023_Roseburn_Park_Survey_Results.pdf

Here are the photos from the launch:

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RAFFLE PRIZES

The event was covered in the Evening News at https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburgh-roseburn-park-years-of-work-by-volunteers-transfom-derelict-toilet-block-into-community-cafe-4203889 and in the Edinburgh Reporter at https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2023/07/grand-opening-of-rosebean-cafe/

SURVEY

Friends of Roseburn Park (FoRP) asked residents in 2016 what they’d like to see in the park. Since then we’ve helped deliver some of the things residents wanted– the toilet block conversion to a café, the log bench, a better new play park, a new mural, new trees, BBQ slabs and benches and so on. We now want to refresh that vision. For that we need your help! 

We are distributing 2,500 paper survey forms to the homes around Roseburn Park. We are also collecting views on the same questions online at  tinyurl.com/roseburnparksurvey .

Can you let us know what you think of the ideas we’ve put forward– and add any you think we need to consider? We’ll use your feedback as the basis for grant applications.

We look forward to answering your questions at the launch, to which we’d like you to bring your completed forms to. If you can’t make it, please drop your forms through the Armoury door letterbox opposite, at 13c Riversdale Crescent before 13th August, please.

We’ll email out the survey results to FoRP members– it’s free to join us; do so on our website at www.friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/join-for-free

You can also comment or “like” FoRP’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/roseburnpark . Please email any questions you have to FriendsOfRoseburnMembership@gmail.com or quiz us at the Murrayfield Community Council meetings.

PARK FLOODS- AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO! We think the snowmelt from the Pentlands has contributed to this. It’s good to know the flood defences in Roseburn Park are doing their bit. This is the highest it has been since the flood of April 2000. It would need to get 2 or 3 feet higher to reach the new cafe, thank goodness!

Friends of Roseburn Park are promoting two events this Christmas:

We hope you will join us!

AGM

Our AGM took place on Zoom on Wednesday 12^th October at 7:30pm. The meeting was over by 9pm. Here are the papers that were discussed – our Annual Report, etc. Please click on this link http://www.friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/files/2022/10/AGM-2022-ALL-PAPERS.pdf

At the AGM, the Board of Trustees was re-elected, hearing from the Chairperson with an annual report of the past year’s activities and reviewing the annual accounts.

We were able to answer members questions about our activities and review progress on the café conversion (see the photos documenting progress at http://www.friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/2022/03/22/all-cisterns-go/ )

We showed this 7-minute video showing progress on the block to date

https://youtu.be/a0H3c9T829E 

If you missed the AGM, but want to discuss matters, please email FriendsOfRoseburnMembership@gmail.com. 

There is always room for more volunteers to help on the Board; if you’d like to put your name forward, please let us know by emailing FriendsOfRoseburnMembership@gmail.com. We have Board meetings on Zoom every six weeks, on a Wednesday night.

Xmas Disco

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY! We are planning a Xmas disco- the Platinum Jubilee one was such a success that we want to do a re-run. The date will be Thursday 15^th December, cost £5, with kids half-price. It is likely to be held at the Masonic lodge, Roseburn Gardens. Tickets from Art et Facts in Roseburn Terrace or come on the night at 7pm.  There is a bar – and playing the platters that matter will be our DJ Jeremy Thoms. Dancing for all ages – until 11pm.

Adopt a Tree; Plant some Bulbs

New baby trees will be planted in Roseburn Park and along the Water of Leith to replace the ones which were planted by the flood prevention works, but have since died (they were not staked or planted properly). Would you like to adopt one of these trees to help ensure its survival, just by watering it when it’s dry? See our poster at: http://www.friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/files/2022/09/tree-watering-poster.pdf

If you’d like to help, please email the FoRP Secretary at barbara.knowles1@outlook.com

We also need volunteers for our Roseburn Park Task Force, which would mean a couple of hours on the odd weekend; our next task is in planting bulbs in the grass to make it look pretty in the spring. Again, if you are interested in helping, please contact the secretary.