The Kirknewton Firework Display blasts off BIGGER, BETTER & BRIGHTER for a third year at 7.30pm on Thursday 2nd November in Kirknewton Park.

Limited tickets for the event go on sale at Festival Stores from Monday 25th September.  Adults are £5 but children under 18 are free.  Get your tickets now to avoid disappointment.

21CC, who are running the Hopetoun House fireworks (among others) will be launching the Kirknewton Firework Display after last years hugely successful event.  This year we have put more funds into the firework show thanks to your kind donations last year.

THIS YEAR ENTRY IS BY TICKET FOR ADULTS – AVAILABLE FROM 25TH SEPTEMBER!

For your safety and security the fireworks will be a ticketed event this year. Tickets are available to purchase in advance from Festival Stores. Tickets are also available by post for an additional £2 per ticket before Fri 20th Oct – call 01506 883988 or e mail infokirknewton@gmail.com to book and arrange payment.

Entry to the park is by ticket only for adults, and security will be there on the night.  Children under 18 go free.  Children at primary school age must be accompanied by an adult.  Ticket entry will go back to community activities and next years show.

Please note official event organiser lightsabres for children will only be available in Festival Stores – available to purchase for only £3 in advance or on the night.  Unofficial vendors will be in the streets and we advise not to purchase from them.

Please prepare for the Kirknewton Fireworks display with our ten pieces of advice;
1 – Please wrap up warm and wear suitable footwear on the night.  If it rains the show will still go ahead.  We will only postpone in very heavy winds.
2 – Please bring a torch.
3 – Please walk and avoid travelling by car if you can.  Please park from train station car park up to park and avoid Main Street except for dropping off elderly and infirm.  You can reach Kirknewton on 28 bus or train from Edinburgh.
4 – Please enter by the bottom entrance of the park if possible (Whitemoss Road) – pop into the Festival Stores shop for food and drink
5 – Set up will begin around 2.30pm in the park. Entry to the back of the park and pitch will be limited from 5pm onwards as the fireworks are set up. At this time and on the night do not go beyond the cordon for your safety and to ensure the show continues.  Please do not bring pets.
6 – Entry to the park will not be possible when the show starts (approx 8pm) so please be in plenty of time.  Events begin at 7.30pm
7 – Note we are not selling anything other than supporting the sale of refreshments from the shop and light sabres for children. Avoid any other vendors who may set up and sell you items.  Black bags will be available for rubbish.
8 – This is a charity event.  If you save money on travel to another diSplay, enjoy from home or feel the event is worth more to you then please donate by mobile text message.  You can donate to the charity by Text message to 70070 with the message KCDT01 followed by £2, £5 or £10 – a donation by text does not give you entry to the park.  There will be no donation buckets this year.
9 – The local Kirknewton pub will be open for older visitors after the fireworks!
10 – Finally, have fun!!!

Kirknewton Gala launched their first ever pet show this year – see some of their pictures at https://www.facebook.com/events/1801661943177865/permalink/1814949188515807/

The event raised £65 for Gala funds.

Well done to all the winners

Cyrenians Farm is an Organic Market garden and social enterprise located in Kirknewton at Humbie holdings

http://cyrenians.scot/home-and-housing/residential-communities/

As well being a safe community for vulnerable young adults they grow and sell fruit and vegetables for sale to the public, all profits from the sales are committed to sustaining the Charity. They specialize in a ‘Veg Bag’ scheme where customers, for £10 per bag, get 8 items and up to 3.5kg of produce. The following link has a guide to how it works and an FAQ. Any specific questions and enquiries can be directed to  farm@cyrenians.scot.

http://cyrenians.scot/community-and-food/good-food/farm/

Kirknewton Community Development Trust are now looking to partner with Cyrenians to make this excellent offer available to people in the village. To begin with you will be able to pick up your bag from the Green Room on Thursdays between 10am and 2pm, or from the farm at any time on Thursday or Friday between 9am and 4pm. The farm may consider home delivery if those times are too awkward.

http://cyrenians.scot/community-and-food/good-food/farm/

Rob Davidson, Manager Farm Enterprise

During the next twelve months we hope to make the Green Room a true hub of community activity.

Built by the community for the community the Green Room, built in 2014, is now making our spare capacity available to community members, groups and people who work here or from home in Kirknewton.

The Green Room is opening it’s doors to studying students, people who work from home, outreach workers looking for a base, people working for volunteer groups or community members simply looking for a regular time and place to meet or work on a new idea.

You can have use of free wifi and by agreement use of mailing address, phone, internet, tea/coffee and equipment.

If interested you must register for this service at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GRregistration and we will be in touch to discuss your requirements.

CHANGES TO APPOINTMENT BOOKING PROCESS

We are reducing the timescale for booking ahead to see a doctor.  Nurse appointments will remain unchanged.

We are consistently losing around 30 appointments per week because patients book then fail to keep the appointment.  An audit of these lost appointments reveals that more than ¾ of them have been booked more than 2 weeks in advance.  By reducing the number of wasted slots we expect to be able to offer more routine appointments.

If a doctor asks you to return in 3-4 weeks you should contact us 2 weeks before you want to be seen.

Any patient who feels they have an urgent problem that cannot wait until the next routine appointment will be assessed by one of our highly trained and qualified Nurse Practitioners.