free activities for 15-24 year olds

Posted on 1 February 2013 by Kelvindale Community Council

A programme of FREE community activities for 15 – 24 year olds is running in Woodlands till the end of March as part of the GCVS Community Outreach Programme.

Living the Life

Street Dance Workshops – delivered by A&M Training
Creative Workshops – delivered by Community Artist Barry Neeson
Cookery Classes – delivered by the Albany Centre Chefs
Creative Communication Workshops – delivered by The Village Storytelling Centre
First Aid – delivered by British Red Cross
Stress Management & Goal Setting – delivered by COPE
Financial Management – delivered by Maryhill Citizens Advice Bureau
Drugs & Alcohol Awareness – delivered by Glasgow Council on Alcohol

£FREE
Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6pm – 8pm
(until 28th March 2013)

The Albany Learning and Conference Centre
44 Ashley Street, Glasgow G3 6DS

Visit our website for more information or see the attached PDF document.

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Ripon Drive planning application

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Kelvindale Community Council

An application has been made to the City Council for renewal of the planning permission to build 15 flats, scout hall, 10 lock-up garages, associated access road, parking and landscaping in Ripon Drive.

The application is on the council website here, and the last date for representations to the council is 6 February.

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dog fouling

Posted on 4 January 2013 by Kelvindale Community Council

Ward 15 Maryhill/Kelvin, including Kelvindale, is an ‘enhanced enforcement’ area of the Clean Glasgow Dog Fouling Campaign until 31 January. We are encouraged to report instances of dog fouling with as much detail as possible, as irresponsible dog owners will alter their behaviour if they believe that there is a chance of them being caught! The number to call is the Glasgow City Council Customer Care Centre 0800 0277027.

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police & community meeting

Posted on 16 December 2012 by Kelvindale Community Council

This Tuesday, 18th December, there will a police and community meeting in Cleveden Secondary School between 7 and 8pm. It will be a short open meeting where anyone can come and highlight local areas of concern for police attention. These are planned to take place every three months.

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grit bins etc.

Posted on 13 December 2012 by Kelvindale Community Council

Kelvindale seems to suffer from a rather arbitrary council rule that you can’t have grit bins closer than 200m to one another. Given the number of steep hills and tight corners in Kelvindale this makes for some pretty dangerous conditions (Weymouth Drive, Winton Drive, Balcarres Avenue). The ‘Find your nearest Grit Bin’ service on the council website isn’t working either, so if the roads and/or pavements are treacherous around you, please report it to the council on 0800 37 36 35. Here’s the winter maintenance page of the City Council website.

Pestering them might be the only way.

 

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cold weather payments for over 80s

Posted on 12 December 2012 by Kelvindale Community Council

Glasgow City Council are offering a payment of £100 to everyone over 80 years of age to help with the cost of winter heating. Full details on this page, and the form to fill in is here.

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flooding on Great Western Road

Posted on 21 November 2012 by Kelvindale Community Council

UPDATE 2 December from David Russell, Roads Manager at LES via John Letford:

Following the last flooding event at this location, an extensive investigation was undertaken to ascertain the cause of the flooding.  Previously, the cause was thought to be fallen leaves covering the gully grates forcing water to accumulate at the location.  However, the investigation indicated that there was a partially collapsed carrier pipe which channeled water from the roadside gullies to a manhole in the central reservation and, from there, into the surface water sewer.

Consequently, works were undertaken to repair this pipe and these are now complete and no recurrences of further flooding has been noted. Notwithstanding this fact, my engineer will continue to closely monitor this location in order to ensure that this situation remains.

this from Councillor John Letford:

Work is currently underway at Great Western Rd at the Pond. Land and Environmental Services (LES) have dug 2m down and found a blocked pipe, which has now been fixed. Hopefully, when the work ceases, the continual flooding also ceases.

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snow wardens

Posted on 13 November 2012 by Kelvindale Community Council

this from Councillor Martin Rhodes:

Last winter, for the first time, Land and Environmental Services (LES) and Glasgow Community Safety Services (GCSS) undertook a snow warden pilot. GCSS recruited volunteer snow wardens from their established Neighbourhood Improvement Volunteer network and LES provided them with training, grit and snow kits. The 2011 pilot was a success, and this winter it is hoped to increase the number of snow wardens to provide one in each of the fifty six neighbourhoods in the city. Once again wardens have been recruited from the established NIV network and already LES/GCSS have four confirmed Wardens for the Kelvindale/Kelvinside Neighbourhood.

Recruitment is an ongoing process for Neighbourhood Improvement Volunteers, if anyone is interested they should call Carol Lang, tel. 276 7428 for more information.

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old maps of Kelvindale

Posted on 2 November 2012 by Kelvindale Community Council

We’ve heard from the secretary of Jordanhill Community Council, who has several maps of the Kelvindale area going back to the late 1890s, and was wondering if anyone in Kelvindale would be interested in them, or in writing a history of Kelvindale.

If you’re interested let us know at kelvindalecc@hotmail.co.uk and we’ll pass on the details.

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Botanic Gardens Tree Collection

Posted on 2 November 2012 by Kelvindale Community Council

this from the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens:

Good morning all

You may be aware of a project being developed by the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens, namely the National Tree Collections of Scotland.

This is to tell the story of the unique tree collections throughout Scotland, including the Botanic Gardens, as well as the fascinating story of the tree collectors/explorers of the past, such as David Douglas and their links with the Gardens of Scotland.

This early stage of the work is being funded by the Central Scotland Green Network to determine:
– the full scope of the project
– project costs
– ideas for the best way of interpreting the information in the Gardens

A key part of the work is to involve local community groups, and indeed all users of the Botanic Gardens.

With this in mind a drop-in workshop is being held in the Kibble Palace on Thursday 8th November 10.30 am – 4.00 pm. and on display will be our current thoughts and ideas.

We look forward to seeing as many visitors as possible – no pre-arrangements are necessary – just drop in and discuss ideas for the project.

Please pass this invitation to any who may be interested
We look forward to seeing you
Regards

Brian Atkinson
Chairman, Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens

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