A coffee morning will be held in Gullane Village Hall this Saturday (13th March) from 10.00 to 1300. The coffee morning is to raise funds for the Gullane Skatepark project.

In addition to coffee and tea there will be a cake and candy stall, a bottle stall, a raffle and facepainting as well as skating demos.

The event has been organised largely by the young people of Gullane themselves. So please come along and see what young people are doing to support their own projects.

The next meeting of the community council will be held on Thursday March 25th, in Gullane Village Side Hall, starting at 7pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

The minutes of the January and February meetings can be downloaded from the Local Diary page of Gaddabout, under Meeting Minutes.

As a Community Council, East Lothian Council gives us a sum of money each financial year to allocate to local priorities.

How do I access this money?
To make sure we are fair, open and accountable we have an application form which each group needs to complete and submit to the CC.

Where can I get the Form?
You can get the form from any Councillor, from this website (from Local Diary page under Meeting Minutes) or through emailing info@gaddabout.org.uk

What happens after I submit the form?
The application is considered by a commitee of the CC which then makes a recommendation to the full CC at our monthly meeting. So that we do the job thoroughly we have a set of agreed prodecures which can be accessed from the Local Diary page under Meeting Minutes.

What example of grants are there?
This year we have given grants to Dirleton Church Hall, Aberlady Community Woodland Association, Aberlady After School Club, Gullane Football Club, Gullane Bowling Club, Gullane and Dirleton History Society and Gullane Youth Arts project. East Lothian Council does not encourage us to carry over any unspent funds and currently we have £1,820 left to allocate before the end of March.

The Community Council does not meet in December. The first meeting in 2010 will be on Thursday January 28th. The meeting will be held in Aberlady Kirk Stables, starting at 7.00 pm. As always the meeting will be held in public.

The draft minutes of the November meeting can be downloaded from the Diary page, under Meeting Minutes.

DATES OF FORTHCOMING MEETINGS

Aberlady Kirk Stables 28 January 2010

Dirleton Church Hall 25 February 2010

Gullane Village Hall 25 March 2010

Aberlady Kirk Stables 29 April 2010

Dirleton Church Hall 27 May 2010

Gullane Village Hall 24 June 2010

Aberlady Kirk Stables 29 July 2010

Dirleton Church Hall 26 August 2010

Gullane Village Hall 30 September 2010

Aberlady Kirk Stables 28 October 2010

Dirleton Church Hall 25 November 2010

Gullane Village Hall 27 January 2011

All the Community Council Meetings take place on the last Thursday of the month and begin at 7pm.

The last Community Council meeting of 2009 will be held on 26th November in Dirleton Church Hall, starting at 7.00pm. The meeting will be open to the public.

The draft Minutes of the October meeting can be downloaded from the Local Diary page under Meeting Minutes side heading.

The loss of our email contact function has now been overcome and contact can be made with the CC on info@gaddabout.org.uk

Following the departure of PC Tracy Parker PC Colin Banks will be the Community Police Officer for the Community Council Area. At the last meeting the Chairman welcomed PC Colin Banks. PC Banks advised that he had been in the Police for 10 years and had been stationed in Tranent. He had lived locally and had a good knowledge of the area. He has been at North Berwick for 3 weeks and will be trying to get to know people in the local villages and hoped to attend local group meetings to gain a better understanding of the needs of the area. PC Banks stressed that he believed in proactive policing rather than reactive policing.

It was stressed that any information on any of the above incidents or any crimes can be passed to PC Banks by telephone: 01620 893538 , email: colin.banks@lbp.pnn.police.uk or or alternatively by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

The next CC meeting will be held on October 29th, starting at 7.00pm. The venue has been changed to Gullane Village Hall. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

The draft Minutes of the September 2009 meeting can be downloaded from the Local Diary page of this site, under Meeting Minutes.

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The next meeting of the Community Council will be held on Thursday September 24th, 2009. The meeting will be in Aberlady Kirk Stables, starting at 7.00pm.

The draft minutes of the August meeting can be downloaded from the Local Diary page under Meeting Minutes.

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