Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2019

Westfield Lane – closed for up to 3 weeks for building repair works.

Milnbank Road – off-peak temporary traffic lights on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 November for BT work.

Perth Road (at Westfield Avenue) – off-peak temporary traffic lights on Friday 22 November for Scottish Water work.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Glamis Terrace – closed from Monday 2 December for one week for sewer connection to new house.

The Truacanta Project – workshop at Roseangle Kitchen Cafe #dundeewestend

The Truacanta Project is about helping communities unleash their compassion and find ways to help each other with death, dying, loss and care. It is part of the Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief initiative, which promotes more open and supportive attitudes and behaviours relating to death, dying and bereavement in Scotland.

The Truacanta Project is a new initiative being run by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support. The project will support local communities across Scotland who are interested in taking community action to improve people’s experiences of death, dying, loss and care. More information about the Truacanta project is available here.

A Knowledge Sharing Workshop with interested parties to establish what is missing and needed in Dundee is taking place next Wednesday – 20th November – between 1pm and 3.30pm in the Roseangle Kitchen Cafe, 132 Perth Road and lunch will be provided.

This is a community event, connecting people in Dundee who have a mutual interest in improving people’s experiences of death, dying, loss and care. All are welcome to get your views on :

• What are your priorities and experiences?

• What do you think is missing?

• How can we make talking about death and dying easier?

• Where should we start?

• Who else should be involved?

Please come along and share your ideas about how members of the community, third sector organisations, health and social care teams, and universities can work better together in this area.

Please book a place here.

A fabulous West End Christmas Fortnight launches soon! #dundeewestend

Saturday 23rd November sees the start of the West End Christmas Fortnight, a fortnight of many activities across the West End of Dundee. The full brochure is launched today!

A highlight of the fortnight will be the Christmas Lights Switch On for the West End and a spectacular fireworks extravaganza, taking place on Wednesday 27th November. This year’s West End Christmas Concert takes place that evening at Dundee West Church at 6.15pm. There will be musical contributions from local nursery, primary and secondary schools. The concert will be hosted by Gordon Sharp.

We are delighted that “The Notables” will perform as well as local school pupils from 2 secondary schools, four primary schools and Cherry Blossom Nursery School – it will be a great concert and everyone is very welcome to attend. Mains of Fintry Pipe Band will pipe everyone from the church to Seabraes for the Christmas Lights Switch-On.

At 7pm, there will be singing by the tree and thereafter at 7.20pm the West End Christmas Lights will be switched on at Seabraes by Santa.

There will again be a spectacular fireworks display after the lights switch-on.

West End Christmas Fortnight is packed with events and we hope that, as in the past 19 years, the local community will take part. We are extremely grateful to all the local businesses for their support of the Christmas Fortnight, without which the events would not be possible.

Other main West End Christmas Fortnight events include :

• Saturday 23rd November P6 football Christmas Fortnight competition at Harris Academy. P6 teams participating from our local primary schools. All parents and family members welcome to spectate.

• Monday 25th November Blackness Library – Christmas Craft activities after school (and the following Monday)

• Friday 29th November Friends of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden’s children’s activities and a “Walk in the Dark” for children aged 4-9

• Saturday 30th November Christmas Clothes Swap and Repair Café – The Gate

Children’s Craft Event – West End Christmas Fortnight’s lovely children’s craft event led by the wonderful Lisa Earl of Create … Kids Create Craft Workshops. Taking place at Logie St John’s (Cross) Church Hall.

West End Christmas Fortnight West Port Arts and Crafts Event (and again the following Saturday)

• Friday 6th December Christmas Lights Switch on in West Port at 5pm – music and fun!

• Saturday 7th December Christmas Tea and Carols – The Gate – Afternoon tea and a sing-along of old favourite Christmas Carols.

• Over Christmas Fortnight Window Spotting Competition for local children.

Download the full brochure here!

Festive Friends Christmas Day invitation

Do you know someone or a group of people that would benefit from more support on Christmas Day?

Dundee United Community Trust will be hosting a free Christmas meal for local people at Tannadice Park from 10am to 3pm in the Hegarty Suite.

This is a lovely gesture, particularly for those on their own at Christmas. More details are available here.

Living Wage Week 2019

This week is Living Wage Week 2019.

The real Living Wage is currently £9.00 per hour, and is based on cost of living.

Living Wage Scotland awards the Living Wage employer mark to Scottish employers – a symbol of responsible business practice.

Why the real Living Wage is needed :

+ 470,000 people in Scotland don’t earn the real Living Wage.

+ 182,000 children in Scotland live in poverty despite having one person in their household in work.

In-work poverty remains a real problem.

You can read more about progress with the Living Wage in Dundee here.