Spotlight Magazine - Issue #2 (summer) - 2023

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s Summer here already? The cold spring has made the summer sunshine seem so distant - hopefully this will be a great season to look forward to. The theme of the summer issue of Spotlight is surely one of celebration with many local organisations all having had a recent festivity or success. On our front cover, we have the Rights Rangers from Dalmeny Primary School, who have just been awarded silver status in UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools Scheme. This is a worthy cause, designed to create safe and inspiring places to learn, well done to everyone involved! See the article on pages 10 & 11. We’ve also got an article on pages 26-27 about the church-organised an event for the uniformed youth organisations to celebrate the Coronation - an outdoor event at Dundas Castle, with team activities. Our thanks to Sir Jack Stewart-Clark for the generous use of his home to not only hold the event but also take a stunning photograph! Elsewhere in this issue, on pages 32-33, you can read about the 1st and 2nd South Queensferry Brownies, who are celebrating their 100th birthday.

adverts from SRJ Windows on page 17, Cala on page 20, and local success story, Ferguson Carpets and Flooring on our centre spread.

Congratulations to Kevin and the team on the opening of your new flagship store in Broxburn.

I’m also delighted that we have been able to feature so many articles from local organisations in this issue. If you run an organisation or charity that would benefit from being featured in Spotlight, just drop us a line at spotlight@wordsandpicturesUK.com and I’ll do my best to accommodate you.

The Spotlight publication schedule is for 2023 is on track, with 2 further printed issues planned this year, for autumn (August) and winter (November). In both cases, each of those will be preceded by an online edition.

Deadlines for contributions are on the last day of July and October 2023. The continued growth of new advertisers and contributors is so gratifying and a powerful indication that we’re doing something right – thanks to everyone for reading and supporting Spotlight, whether it is in print, online or in person.

Details of our next networking event will be published online.

As always, thanks to all our regular contributors who continue to use Spotlight as a communications channel for their customers and communities. We’re delighted to be expanding our advertiser network still further and I’d encourage you to check out

Special thanks to all our contributors, contact details are listed with features where appropriate.

Cover picture: Rights Rangers, Dalmeny Primary School by Alistair Pryde.

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Have a great summer, Alistair Pryde Spotlight Editor Whilst every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this publication, Spotlight Magazine is not responsible for 3rd party content submitted in good faith from contributors. Readers should always check with advertisers directly before making bookings or purchases.

Spotlight Magazine is a Words & Pictures publication.

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It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish I

’m sure you’ve heard the saying: ‘It’s not how you start but how you finish.’

The premise is not hard to grasp. It’s another way of saying that your past doesn’t have to define your future.

People apply this sentiment to all sorts of situations. From a football coach encouraging her team at half-time that they can turn the match around in the second half, to a teacher reassuring a pupil that a good result is still possible in their final exam despite a disappointing prelim.

Even still, I think we often struggle to believe that this could be true. Some of us live with the consequences of past mistakes and so we think that our past will shape our future. Does it have to be this way though?

Over the past couple of years, as a church we’ve been working our way through the Gospel of John, in the New Testament part of the Bible. In practice, what this means is that most Sundays someone has read, explained, and applied a portion of John’s gospel (for about 30 minutes) in our Sunday gatherings.

John’s gospel is one of the eye-witness accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus when he was on earth. What we’ve seen, again and again, is that when people with all sorts of ‘pasts’ encounter Jesus Christ, and surrender their lives to him, their lives are radically altered from that moment on.

One example is Mary Magdalene. When she first met Jesus, she was possessed by seven demons (not something we think about a lot in the West, but the Bible is up front about the spiritual world).

This tells you something about the way she had opened up her life to sin and darkness.

But it’s not how you start...

You see, when she was at her worst Mary met a man called Jesus who was travelling from town to town proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Jesus drove out those demons, forgave Mary’s sins and she surrendered her life to him from that moment on. Mary became one of Jesus’ most committed followers. The Bible records that she was one of the women who supported Jesus’ ministry with her own money. And even at the end of Jesus’ earthly life, when nearly everyone else had deserted him, Mary

remained. Mary was there at the cross and she saw Jesus die. She was then the first person to see Jesus alive again after he rose from the dead. This, to me, is particularly striking: that a woman with Mary’s past is the first person to see, speak to and touch Jesus after his resurrection on that first Easter Sunday. This, I believe, is God showing us that no-one is off-limits to His amazing grace. Or, to put it another way, it’s not how you start life but how you finish - when you finish with Jesus.

After Mary encountered the risen Jesus, she and Jesus’ other followers were tasked with sharing his transforming message of forgiveness with everyone they met. Christians all over the world have continued sharing this good news down through ages and it’s the message we share every week at Christ Church Queensferry. We’d love you to come and hear it for yourself in the hope that, you too, will be transformed by Jesus; just like us and just like Mary. You can find out more here: www.christchurchqueensferry.org/ planyourvisit About the author Adam McNinch lives with his wife and two children in Queensferry. Adam is the pastor of a new church called Christ Church Queensferry that meets in Rosebery Hall on Sunday afternoons. You can find him at The Hub most Thursday evenings living out the twilight of his 5-a-side football days.

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Award for Dalmeny Primary School P upils at Dalmeny Primary were delighted to be awarded silver status in their recent application to the UN’s Rights Respecting Schools scheme.

At a specially arranged event on Friday 29 April, the school’s headteacher, Rhian Chapman, proudly presented pupils with their framed silver certificate. Families were invited to the school to witness the award and, later, enjoyed activities set up by the Rights Rangers.

work on a journey to become fully Rights Respecting. The Award recognises a school’s achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into practice within the school and beyond.

The award puts children’s rights at the heart of schools in the UK. The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) works with schools in the UK to create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and they are able to thrive. The Rights Respecting Schools Award embeds these values in daily school life and gives children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens.

There are three stages to the Rights Respecting Schools Award. Its transformative and rigorous approach means the journey to the highest stage can take up to four years. The Award is not just about what children do but also, importantly, what adults do. In Rights Respecting Schools children’s rights are promoted and realised, adults and children work towards this goal together.

Over 1.7 million children in the UK go to a Rights Respecting School and over 5,000 schools up and down the country are working through the Award. Schools

There are four key areas of impact for children at a Rights Respecting school; wellbeing, participation, relationships and self-esteem.

The difference that a Rights Respecting School makes goes beyond the school gates, making a positive impact on the whole community.

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• Children are healthier and happier

The pupils have created charters for our shared areas, and specially appointed Rights Rangers chose articles they felt were appropriate and we discussed the things that we can all do to help all pupils have their rights respected.

• Children feel safe • Children have better relationships • Children become active and involved in school life and the wider world Dalmeny Primary School principal teacher, Mrs Vicky Smith said, “Children’s rights are at the heart of our positive relationships policy - staff, pupils and parents have been part of the consultation for this to ensure we listened to all perspectives and got it right for every child.

As part of the scheme, families are encouraged to talk about rights at home through regular homework and they are invited into school for regular sharing events such as assemblies, class lessons and planners. We display children’s work that showcases what excellent work we have been doing in school, teaching pupils about their rights.

We are delighted to have achieved silver status which means we are officially Rights Aware. Our next step is to go onwards – to gold status which means we achieve full Rights Respecting status!”

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Brownies welcomes all girls from 7 to 10 years old. With a helpful hand from our volunteer leaders, we’re still doing a huge range of activities out and about, in the community and in our meetings each week. With badges from archaeology to zero waste and baking to mindfulness, Brownies can explore their creative side, get out into the great outdoors, and start learning to look after themselves, others and the world we live in.

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st South Queensferry Brownies formed in 1923 and have been going strong ever since. Today the unit meets as 1st/2nd South Queensferry Brownies, and there are two other Brownie units meeting in Queensferry too. We’re also part of a bigger Girlguiding family in Queensferry with Rainbows (ages 4–7), Guides (ages 10–14) and Rangers (14–18) all meeting in the area.

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We’ve changed a little since we started 1923, with brown dresses being replaced by leggings and yellow t-shirts, but we still do good turns and tie knots - particularly when Barn Owl has turned the floor to lava and we need to tie a rope together and rescue our Brownie friends!

Brownies used to need to know how to do many household tasks, including lighting a coal fire and cleaning shoes.

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pairs has been first class and we thank the civil engineering company I & H Brown and the Almond Neighbourhood Partnership respectively for their generous sponsorship to cover the cost of these repairs and the artist Debbie Ryan.

DCC Monthly meetings are held on the evening of the fourth Monday of every month except December, open to the public and are currently conducted using MS Teams video conferencing unless advertised otherwise. Anyone wishing to join the meeting or to raise any points should email us through our website: http://www.queensferrycommunitycouncil.co.uk or scan the QR code.

We are aiming to raise additional funding to undertake a refurbishment of the surrounding ground where the Guardian of the Bridges sculpture is situated to make the whole area more visually appealing.

This will include the erection of a small fence, shrubbery border and appropriate signage to deter visitors from sitting on the sculpture for photo shoots, as we believe this was the root cause of the damage to the sculpture.

Transport

A new autonomous Stagecoach bus service AB1 starts May 15th connecting Queensferry directly with Hermiston Gait; this also delivers an additional link to the national rail and Edinburgh tram network.

Local road resurfacing and repair work is scheduled this year, Station Rd is planned to start early July.

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Health in Mind is planning to run a 6 week face to face course in Rosebery hall starting late June and covering strategies to help cope with anxiety. Ferry Elves are continuing to support families living locally with clothing and signposting to more appropriate organisations, as required.

The local youth clubs have remained popular and well attended. Open All Hours on Friday nights for s1-4, Queensferry Youth Cafe on Tuesdays for p7-s1.

Kirkliston Youth Groups on Mondays and Wednesdays. A summer programme is planned over the school holidays.

Queensferry has 34 Cruise ships arriving this season. A new traffic management system has been implemented which frees the promenade car park to the public from 10:30am. As a result, a section of Bankhead Rd closes 10:30am-1pm on liner days. A diversion is in place but the Lothian 43 bus service remains intact as normal.

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Please check out our monthly newsletters on our website for much more local information.

Work has now been completed on the damaged seal sculpture at the Hawes pier end of the promenade and also the Guardian of the Bridges sculpture. The quality of the re-

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RNLI Shop Success!

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ollowing two difficult years of limited opening throughout the pandemic, Queensferry RNLI shop came back with a bang putting over £50,000 through the till by the end of last year. This included a record breaking single day with over £1,000 in sales in the shop plus over £700 from the ‘popup’ shop on the promenade during the annual Queensferry RNLI Open Day in June.

Queensferry RNLI shop volunteers are delighted to have achieved their most successful year of trading in 2022, 10 years after the retail shop opened.

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Kate is a volunteer who coordinates the ordering of stock for the shop. On reaching this incredible achievement alongside all the shop volunteers Kate said; ‘Without the support of you, our customers, this wouldn’t have been possible.

Your support pays towards Queensferry Lifeboat continuing to be able to rescue people in the water. Thank you.’

A large amount of credit for this success is down to the fantastic team of volunteers who take great pride in supporting and promoting the RNLI. They volunteer their time to keep the shop open and running all year round. An increase of opening hours for more of the year, including opening at the earlier time of 10.00am during the Spring and Summer seasons therefore catching the first tour boat customers, is another large factor in the success.

Erin Ritchie, RNLI Senior Community Manager, said; ‘A massive thank you and well done to all of our volunteers at Queensferry RNLI shop on their most successful year ever. All of the volunteers at Queensferry live the “one crew” ethos and support one another fantastically and I believe this has contributed to their success. Thanks to Kate, Simon and all of the volunteers for their support and hard work.’

A new, long wished for sign which was installed on the railings of the promenade last summer, with permission from the council, directing to the shops location and therefore giving the shop greater visability is also praised for increased sales.

The selflessness and dedication from the shop volunteers coupled with the generous support from the community and visitors has resulted in Queensferry RNLI shop being within the top five best performing shops in Scotland.

Queensferry RNLI Shop is currently open Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11.00am to 3.00pm then returns to 7 days a week opening 10.00am to 4.00pm from Monday 20 March 2023.

Prior to the retail shop opening in 2012, alongside the new boatshed, a ‘pop-up’ shop consisting of a trestle table on wheels was run daily, in all elements, from the front of the old boatshed which is now home to South Queensferry Coastguard.

If you are interested in volunteering in the RNLI shop, you can email queensferryshop.rnli@gmail.com or call the shop on 0131 319 2358.

Queensferry RNLI will also be holding a recruitment information day in the very near future, looking for new members for the fundraising branch, events crew and shop volunteers. Information will be posted on our social media accounts once confirmed.

Queensferry RNLI shop risked closure in 2016 following the retirement of long time Souvenir Secretary Rose Ritchie after 30 years’ service. An urgent appeal for new volunteers saw 16 people come on board and the shop reopened around Easter that year. Many of those still volunteer in the shop today.

Photo credit RNLI/Chris Brydie

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