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Community Services and Contact Details - quite lengthy but hopefully a useful reference point Community Political Representation The Community Council is a non-party political body but as mentioned on the committee page and the Neighbourhood page we have several elected City of Edinburgh Councillors and then we have a local MSP Mike Pringle and are also represented at Westminster by MP Nigel Griffiths and then at Strasburg by several MEPs Scottish Parliament - Link to Scottish Parliament homepage Local MSP
UK Parliament
European Parliament MEPs do not represent particular constituencies within the UK. Seven members represent the whole of Scotland. See the European Parliament website. Councillors Surgeries Local Surgeries - no appointment necessary, simply turn up:
Fountainbridge Library 137 Dundee Street, Edinburgh EH11 1BG
Tel: 0131 529 5616
Fax: 0131 529 5621
E-mail: fountainbridge.library
Opening hoursMonday 1pm – 8pm Post Offices We have two post offices in our area. Bruntsfield Sub Post Office, 1 Merchiston Place EH10 4NP
Health and Safety In emergencies and only emergencies Fire,
Police, Ambulance - dial 999 Gas Emergency 0800 0400 007 Electricity 0845 2727 999 Scottish Water 0845 6008 855 Free
Fire Safety Checks Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service offer FREE home safety
checks. To arrange a home visit call 0800 169 0320 Free Crime Prevention Survey Lothian
and Borders Police are happy to give your house the once over and advise on
security issues free of charge. To
arrange a survey call 0131 654 5512. If you have any questions regarding the system please call 0131 561 6136 or e-mail police.uk@lbp.pnn.police.uk HealthWe have GP and Optician practices but unfortunately NHS Dentists are so thin on the ground we cannot identify any in the ward
Opticians R C Cunning Optician 114 Bruntsfield Place Edinburgh EH10 4EQ Pharmacies
NHS 24 For all out of hours health queries 08454 24 24 24 Ambulance Transport for hospital appointments New arrangements in Lothian for booking ambulance transport. This is only provided to patients who have a medical or
mobility need. It is important that patients only use this service if
they have no other means of getting to hospital, or if their medical
condition determines it.
If you need non-emergency patient transport for a hospital appointment please contact : Ambulance Booking Line on 0131 447 0434
Monday to Friday. 9.00am to 4.30pm
Royal Hospital for Sick Children - outwith our area but of interest to all parents Click HERE to see the plans for re-provisioning of the Sick Kids. NHS Lothian - Click HERE for a great deal of information about current happenings, consultations, reports, etc within the NHS. ------------------------- Reduce Reuse Recycle Recycling
The City Council Waste Aware Scheme can be contacted at 0131 529 3030 or wasteaware@edinburgh.gov.uk. If you require new blue bags for paper they can be had from the library. What goes in which box?
Brown Bins These bins are for garden waste and cut flowers. (Please not Rabbit bedding or other rubbish that blows into your garden)
Mobile Phones ReuseYes if you do not want to resell your 'last season' model which would be our first recommendation, even these should be recycled and envelopes are available from OXFAM or the Co-op who are working together to recycle those mobiles which no longer satisfy your needs. The Consumer ' magazine' Which has produced a report on recycling which may be of interest - click here. Even better than Recycle is Reuse. We all have items we no longer require but have plenty of life still in them. Charity shops will be happy to take things they can relatively easily sell but that doesn't cover it all. There is a group who offers an alternative: Freecycle The Freecycle Network™ is made up of over 4,000 groups with more than 5,000,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer. Membership is free. To sign up to the Edinburgh branch you need to join their Yahoo Group http://www.freecycle.org/group/UK/Scotland/Edinburgh You will be am,azed at what is on offer and what is wanted. Possibly used primarily by students it is actually used by anyone wishing to keep stuff out of landfill. Give it a try. Litter A local resident having got thoroughly fed up with seeing litter
spoil our lovely Edinburgh (and other places) resolved to do something about
it. To this end (in July 2003) she started an initiative called PAL - People Against
Litter. In a nutshell, a PAL commits to picking up just one piece of
litter per week (more if they wish but that is up to the individual to
decide) and asks someone else to do the same who in turn recruits another
and so on. As the number of 'PAL's increase, the less litter we all have to
live with.
PAL website Edinburgh City Council also have a litter response team which
can be called via environment dept on 0131 529 3030
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