#Dundee Drop in services over the festive season

DUNDEE DROP IN SERVICES

     Christmas/New Year Opening 2018

All drop ins open as normal until Wednesday 19^th December

Thursday 20^th December 2018

v 11.30am – 1.30pm: Main Street Community Cafe, Coldside Parish Church, Main Street – Hot Food, Soup, Sandwiches, Tea, Coffee

v 2pm: Steeple Parish Nursing & Eagles Wings, The Steeple Church, Nethergate –

Christmas Meal

Friday 21^st December 2018

v 11am – 2pm: Lifegate Community Cafe, Whitfield Church, Haddington Crescent – Christmas Lunch, Food Bags, Free clothing

v 11am-1pm: Gilfillan Church Drop-In, Whitehall Crescent – Soup & Roll

v 11am – 3pm (food served 1pm-3pm): Making Dundee Home, Dundee West Church, Perth Road – 3 course meal

v 7pm – 8.30pm: The Salvation Army - Thurso Crescent, Menzieshill –

Christmas Meal

Saturday 22^nd December 2018

v 12noon-2pm: St Pius Community Café, St Pius Church, Balerno Street, Douglas- Hot Food, Soup, Pudding

v 1pm-3pm: St Mary’s Café, St Mary’s Church, Grays Lane, Lochee –

Christmas Lunch

v 7.30pm – 9pm: Graham’s Soup Kitchen, West Marketgait - Hot Meal

Sunday 23^rd December 2018

v 10.30am – 12pm: Café Church, St Luke’s Church, St Luke’s Road, Downfield –

Tea, Coffee, Juice, Breakfast, Pancakes, Croissants, Donuts

v 1.15pm – 2.15pm: Food Cupboard, St Salvador’s Church, Carnegie Street –

Food Parcel and Snack

v 2pm – 4pm: The Drop-Inn, Lochee Parish Church Hall, High Street Lochee –

Soup, Toasties, Fruit, Tea, Coffee

Monday 24^th December 2018

v 10am – 2pm: Cairn Centre Hub, Rattray Street –

Tea, Coffee, Toast

v 10.30am – 12.30pm: The Bridge Community Café, The Friary, Tullideph Road –

Tea, Coffee, Bacon rolls, Mince pies

v 2pm-4pm: Steeple Parish Nursing, The Steeple Church, Nethergate – Healthcare and Hot Food

v Tuesday 25^th December 2018 – Christmas Day

             Gilfillan Church Drop-In, Whitehall Crescent

      Christmas Day service – 10.30am

      Soup & mince pies after service

                              Eagles Wings Soup Kitchen, Bell Street

                                         Hot Meal - 7pm – 8.30pm

  

Wednesday 26^th December 2018

v 7pm – 8.30pm: Eagles Wings Soup Kitchen, Bell Street – Hot Meal

Thursday 27^th December 2018

v 2pm – 3.30pm: Steeple Parish Nursing, The Steeple Chuech, Nethergate – Healthcare & Hot Food

v 7pm – 8.30pm: Eagles Wings Soup Kitchen, Bell Street – Hot Meal

Friday 28^th December 2018

v 11am – 2pm: Lifegate Community Cafe, Whitfield Church, Haddington Crescent – Soup, Toasties, Hot Food, Fruit, Food Bags, Free Clothing

v 11am-1pm: Gilfillan Church Drop-In, Whitehall Crescent – Soup & Roll

v 11am – 3pm (food served 1pm-3pm): Making Dundee Home, Dundee West Church, Perth Road – 3 course meal

Saturday 29^th December 2018

v 12noon-2pm: St Pius Community Café, St Pius Church, Balerno Street, Douglas -

Hot meal

v 1pm-3pm: St Mary’s Café, St Mary’s Church, Grays Lane, Lochee –

Soup and Toasties

v 7.30pm - 9pm: Graham’s Soup Kitchen, West Marketgait - Hot Meal

Sunday 30^th December 2018

v 10.30am – 12pm: Café Church, St Luke’s Church, St Luke’s Church, Downfield –

Tea, Coffee, Juice, Breakfast, Pancakes, Croissants, Donuts

v 1.15pm – 2.15pm: Food Cupboard, St Salvador’s Church, Carnegie Street –

Food Parcel and Snack

v 2pm – 4pm: The Drop-Inn, Lochee Parish Church Hall, High Street, Lochee–

Soup, Toasties, Fruit, Tea, Coffee

Monday 31^st December 2018 – New Year’s Eve

v 10am – 2pm: Cairn Centre Hub, Rattray Street –

Tea, Coffee, Toast

v 10.30am – 12.30pm: The Bridge Community Café, The Friary, Tullideph Road –

Tea, Coffee, Steak Pie and Beans  

v 2pm – 3.30pm: Steeple Parish Nursing, The Steeple Church, Nethergate – Healthcare & Hot Food

v 7pm – 8.30pm: Eagles Wings Soup Kitchen, Bell Street – Hot Meal

Tuesday 1^st January 2019

v 11am – 1pm: The Drop-Inn, Lochee Parish Church Hall, High Street, Lochee – Soup, Toasties and Fruit

v 12pm – 1.45pm – Making Dundee Home, Dundee West Church, Perth Road –

Soup, Filled rolls, Tea, Coffee, Cake  

v 7pm – 8.30pm: Eagles Wings Soup Kitchen, Bell Street – Hot Meal

Wednesday 2^nd January 2019

v 11.30am – 1.30pm: Main Street Community Cafe, Coldside Parish Church –Hot Food, Soup, Toasties, Tea, Coffee

v 7pm – 8.30pm: Eagles Wings Soup Kitchen, Bell Street – Hot Meal

Thursday 3^rd January 2019

v 11.30am – 1.30pm: Main Street Community Cafe, Coldside Parish Church –Soup, Sandwiches, Tea, Coffee

v 7pm – 8.30pm: Eagles Wings Soup Kitchen, Bell Street – Hot Meal

Friday 4^th January 2019

v 11am – 2pm: Lifegate Community Cafe, Whitfield Church, Haddington Crescent – Soup, Toasties, Hot Food, Fruit, Food Bags, IT access & support, Free clothing

v 11am-1pm: Gilfillan Church Drop-In, Whitehall Crescent – Soup & roll

v 11am – 3pm (food served 1pm-3pm): Making Dundee Home, Dundee West Church – 3 course meal

v 7pm – 8.30pm: The Salvation Army - Thurso Crescent, Menzieshill –

Hot Meal

Saturday 5^th January 2019

v 12noon-2pm: St Pius Community Café, St Pius Church, Balerno Street, Douglas -

Hot Food, Soup, Pudding 

v 1pm-3pm: St Mary’s Café, St Mary’s Church, Grays Lane, Lochee –

Soup and Toasties

v 7.30pm - 9pm: Graham’s Soup Kitchen, West Marketgait - Hot Meal

Sunday 6^th January 2019

v 10.30am – 12pm: Café Church, St Luke’s Church, St Luke’s Road, Downfield –

Tea, Coffee, Juice, Breakfast, Pancakes, Croissants, Donuts

v 1.15pm – 2.15pm: Food Cupboard, St Salvador’s Church, Carnegie Street –

Food Parcel and Snack

v 2pm – 4pm: The Drop-Inn, Lochee Parish Church Hall, High Street, Lochee –

Soup, Toasties, Fruit, Tea, Coffee

All drop ins open as normal from Monday 7^th January 2019.

Festive Friends Christmas Day Meal Support @dundeeunitedct

A superb initiative by the Dundee United Community Trust, working in partnership with the Ambassador, to extend the festivities from 11am to 4pm on Christmas Day.   

This includes transport for guests to get to both venues and back home again :

Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 17 DECEMBER 2018

Perth Road (at Riverside Place) – off-peak temporary traffic lights until Monday 17 December for drainage works.

(I have sought assurances that these works will complete tomorrow)

Gateway to College

From Dundee and Angus College :

This course offers an opportunity to gain qualifications and skills that will help you move onto the right programme/onto the right career pathway.

Available in a variety of formats (from flexible attendance to fully funded January-May courses to suit individual needs) Gateway to College Short Full Time is designed to develop the essential and soft skills you need to succeed in any career and at the same time lets you investigate different careers and discuss vocational interests so helping you be more informed about options open to you.

Successful candidates will have the option of applying for the vocational course of their choice in Session 19/20 or continue to develop confidence, social and soft skills and try out the vocational area they are interested in through a relevant Gateway course.

Want to know more? Then contact:

KINGSWAY CAMPUS – Vicky Hirst

Course Leader, Access

01382 834911 ext 7724 / 07793 267967/ v.hirst@dundeeandangus.ac.uk 

GARDYNE CAMPUS – Lisa Hill

Course Leader, Access

01382 834911 ext 7217 / 07515 053567 / l.hill@dundeeandangus.ac.uk 

Please note that whilst every endeavour will be made to deliver this course in Gardyne, this is subject to many conditions and may result in all of the Dundee provision being based in Kingsway.

Perth Road bus services #dundeewestend

As residents will be aware, Xplore Dundee has unfortunately now confirmed it will press ahead from Sunday 13th January re-routing Service 5 up Glamis Road and Dickson Avenue and away from Perth Road west of Glamis Road.

I will continue to press Xplore to think again over this change as it disadvantages a large community in the western end of Perth Road.

However, in better news, the Stagecoach Service X54 is now stopping on Perth Road at Millbay Terrace and Clayhills Grove, meaning that - at last - there is a stopping bus service on Perth Road west of Ninewells Avenue.

Distracted by Christmas

Tomorrow - Friday 14th December - and on Saturday :

Distracted by Christmas - at Platform Arts, Riverside Drive.

An original comedy with the highs and lows of Christmas – the lists, the shopping, the baking, the cooking, the decorating, the expectations … the distractions that can overwhelm and overtake the real meaning of Christmas.  

Come prepared to laugh!

It starts at 8pm and is free of charge but reservations recommended by emailing info@newscottish.org

Carol Concert at Dundee West Church!

West End Community Council meeting tonight #dundeewestend

Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 10 DECEMBER 2018

Perth Road (at Riverside Place) – off-peak temporary traffic lights for up to one week for drainage works.

Getting things done - Blackness Library #dundeewestend

I recently contacted Leisure and Culture Dundee about the state of the railings at Blackness Library, following residents saying that these badly need repainted.

I suggested that Community Payback could be approached to undertake this and am pleased to have now been advised that this has been agreed.

The railings will be programmed in to be completed in the spring.

Dundee Botanic Garden event #dundeewestend

The Friends of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden have organised a talk on Historic gardens of Scotland - by Sue Hewer, Scotland’s Garden and Landscape Heritage.  

Taking place in the Education Centre (pictured) in the Garden tomorrow - Sunday 9th December - at 2pm.

The talk will discuss why and how the design of gardens and landscapes changes over time and what an understanding of those changes can contribute to our knowledge of social, cultural, economic, scientific and technological history.

All welcome!

Carols tonight! #dundeewestend

Tonight - Friday 7th December - at 7.30pm at Platform, Riverside Drive :

The Wighton Singers will present carols from Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales - some familiar, some not, but all worth hearing!  

Admission is free (donations welcome) and places can be reserved by emailing info@newscottish.org

Police Community Surgeries in the West End #dundeewestend

The next West End community police surgery takes place tonight at the Harris Academy community facility - details below and all residents welcome :

Festive feast from societay!

University of Dundee Campus Clean-Up tomorrow!

Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 3 DECEMBER 2018

Perth Road (at Riverside Place) – off-peak temporary traffic lights for one week for drainage works.

Botanic Garden 2019 calendar

The Friends of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden have a 2019 calendar now available.

You can purchase this (£10) from the garden's reception or by clicking here :

West End out of school club - Bingo night!

Another great West End Christmas event tonight! #dundeewestend

The Christmas Lights Switch On in West Port is later today!    Don’t miss it!

Events take place in West Port in front of the Globe :

4.20 – 4 30      Fiddlers

4.30 – 4.40     Trombone Trio

4.40 – 4.55     Children’s Christmas Choir

4.55 – 5.00     Piper

5.00               West Port Christmas Tree Lights Switch On

5.00 – 5.10     Piper

There will be hot spiced apple juice being served to adults and hot chocolate being served to the children.

Dundee's Santa Dash 2018!

Don't miss tonight's West End Christmas events! #dundeewestend

A highlight of West End Christmas Fortnight will tonight!

This year’s West End Christmas Concert takes place that evening at Dundee West Church at 6.15pm.     There will be musical contributions from all local 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 – 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, Better Taygether singers will perform 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.   Don't miss it!

Art and craft events at the Friary #dundeewestend

Police Community Surgeries in the West End #dundeewestend

The next West End Police Surgeries take place at Blackness Library and the Mitchell Street Centre today - details below :

Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2018

Bellfield Street (southbound from Blackness Road to Hawkhill) – closed from Monday 26 November for 2 weeks for water connection works.

West End Christmas Fortnight starts today! #dundeewestend

Today sees the start of the West End Christmas Fortnight, which will be launched with a children’s crafts event followed by fortnight of many activities across the West End.

You can read more about the many super events taking place over the next two weeks - full details are in the West End Christmas Fortnight brochure - you can download it here.