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Site Updated Monday 9th January 2012 13:17

News

All up to the minute information can be viewed on our Pilmeny Blog at http://pilmenyyouth.blogspot.com

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CLUBS RESTART

Happy New Year from everyone at the Pilmeny Youth Centre. The following clubs are due to resume following the Christmas holiday: PYC Mini Club and Mini Sports Club will resume Tuesday 10th January and Wednesday 11th January respectively. Pilmeny Playgroup will also resume Tuesday 10th January. In addition, Redpath Albuon/Pilmeny Soccer 7s will resume Friday 13th January.

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PYC playgroup is generally very busy on both days and we advise that parents who may want to join should first contact the centre office or email to enquire about available space.

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Community Projects

Pilmeny Mini Sports and OOSC 2010/2011 Evaluation

Please click HERE to view the evaluation of our successful Mini Sports and OOSC 20/2011 Project.

Also, please take a moment to view our videos of the sessions in action and parent feedback.

Previous Projects

Leith Youth Clubs Easter Indoor Football Tournament 2009	Click For Details
Show Racism The Red Card - Fornight of Action 2008	Click For Details
Show Racism The Red Card - Fornight of Action 2007	Click For Details
Show Racism The Red Card - Fornight of Action 2006	Click For Details
Show Racism The Red Card - Fornight of Action 2005	Click For Details

Friends of Dalmeny Park

Friends of Dalmeny Street Park organised a festival of fun for the local community held on Saturday 31 May 11am - 4pm

Local Partner Agencies included Leith Festival, Out of the Blue, Pilmeny Youth Centre, Redpath Albion /Pilmeny Sports Club. Lothian and Borders Police Neighbourhood Action Unit and Lorne Primary School. Event sponsors include, Scottish Natural Heritage. Child Poverty 'Dare to Care' Campaign, Leith Central Community Council, Braid Vets and the Vittoria Restaurant

City of Edinburgh Council this quarter rubberstamped a £120,000 revamp of Dalmeny Street Park after more than 500 people flocked to a community festival organised by Friends of Dalmeny Street Park (FDSP). Visitors to Parklife’s third annual gala weekend on May 31st and June 1st at the park – a centrepiece of this year’s Leith Festival – gave an overwhelmingly positive response when canvassed about the proposed improvements. “It was like old times at Dalmeny Park with large numbers of the community having their memories rekindled of how it used to be. The FDSP vision is now becoming clearer after the success of the festival. The potential to grow the FDSP Festival is huge and could easily become a vital annual community gathering looked forward to by many,” confirms Pilmeny Youth Centre Manager and FDSP committee member Bryan Maughan. Now city planners are sitting up and taking notice of plans to overhaul the ageing sports and play facilities. In the wake of the successful gala weekend, a June 20th council meeting gave the greenlight to a £50,000 upgrade to sports facilities in the park. That’s on top of £70,000 already earmarked for a new children’s play area. Last year, the Parklife project won £30,000 worth of council improvements to the park.

The event featured gardening, a basketball tournament, five-a-side football competition, poets’ corner, live music, sculpture and a dog show in a bid to raise the profile of the project which aims to regenerate this previously neglected public greenspace. Membership of FDSP rocketed to over 100 after the festival. FDSP Treasurer Lise Bratton comments, “Having done the last two annual events, I’m blown away by the increased numbers participating and developing new initiatives.”