Dundee University Swing Dance Society #dundeewestend

The Dundee University Swing Dance Society recently contacted us, advising us :

“We teach and dance timeless vintage dances like lindy hop, charleston and solo jazz.

We are hoping to reach out to the people in the local community and last time we were dancing at the Magdalen Green jazz band concert, a few ladies have reached out to us for more information.”


We have assisted the society to get publicity about its classes onto local community noticeboards in the West End.

The society’s taster class is tomorrow – Thursday 29th September – at 7pm at DUSA on floor 5.

This event is open to everyone – both students and non-students. You don’t need a partner and you don’t need any special equipment.

Just bring yourself, clothes/shoes you can move in and some water as swing can get pretty warm.

All welcome and more details at www.facebook.com/events/1119493702013955


Zumba at Victoria Gardens #dundeewestend

Residents are very welcome to join Get Out Get Active Tayside at Victoria Gardens on Blackness Road for Zumba with Nazhat – every Wednesday at 12 noon.


This is a low impact Zumba class consisting of fun, choreographed dance routines designed to get you moving and make you smile!

No sign up required – just pop along and join in.


Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT


REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2022

Miller’s Wynd – closed until 26 December 2022 at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works.

City Road (Tullideph Place to Logie Street) – closed for up to 3 weeks for Scottish Water emergency works.

Polepark Road – closed from its junction with Lochee Road to its junction with Milnbank Road (in a southerly direction only) for footway resurfacing works commencing Tuesday 20 September for 2 weeks.

Blackness Road (at Jedburgh Road) – temporary traffic lights for one week for Scottish Water work.

Hillside Road (junction with Hillside Place) – closed from Monday 26 September or Tuesday 27 September for 3 days for carriageway resurfacing works. (We are seeking clarification on the start date).

Forthcoming Roadworks

Lower Pleasance – road closure from Friday 14 October for 5 days for CityFibre work.

Blackness Road (at junction with Balgay Road) – closed from Wednesday 19 October for 3 days to facilitate carriageway resurfacing works.


Tackling unwanted phone calls

We were interested to learn recently that more than 1 million nuisance or scam calls have been blocked in East Renfrewshire thanks to the installation of call blockers which stop over 95% of suspect calls.

A total of 1,033 trueCall units have been installed by East Renfrewshire Council since 2012, which aim to protect older and vulnerable residents from nuisance and scam phone calls.
The roll out of trueCall units is expected to have saved vulnerable households approximately £6m with an estimated 2,033 scams prevented.
We have therefore been in touch with Dundee City Council to see if this could be rolled out in Dundee.
As initially offering this service to sheltered housing and vulnerable tenants would be an obvious place to start, we raised this with the Director of Neighbourhood Services who leads the housing service and have been promised that the department will investigate our request to look into the viability of providing this service in Dundee.



Blether Tay-Gither – Storytelling in Dundee

Blether Tay-Gither is the Dundee Storytelling Group.


From Sheila Kinninmonth, Blether Tay-Gither’s secretary :


Once again we are meeting in person at Dudhope Castle this coming Tuesday – 27th September.

Time : 7pm to 9pm
Venue: Dudhope Castle
Dudhope Park

Our theme this month if you need one is “Games.”

Join us with a story or just come to listen. There are many types of games that feature in stories, depending on the definition of game; those that are played briefly for fun, celebratory and annual competitions and contests, tricks and pranks, and the games people play.

Join us with a story to tell or just come to listen.

It is not a cafe but we do have access to a kettle and we’ll bring some tea and coffee but if you’d prefer, you are welcome to bring your own.

Hope to see you there.