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Purple for Polio

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Remembrance Day Parade

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Christmas Trends

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Priory Church Fundraising

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CleanFerry Volunteers

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The Inchcolm Seals

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Welcome Sustainable Christmas A Festive Treat

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Welcome to the 7th Edition of Spotlight Magazine

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elcome back to the 7th edition of Spotlight Magazine, your down to earth, local guide to what’s on in South Queensferry, Kirkliston, Dalmeny and Newton.

and need your support. We also met with local author Rosie Johnson to hear about her children’s book, “Flo and Flip, the Inchcolm Seals.” Perfect for a festive gift for children in your family. Spotlight also shows you how to have a sustainable Christmas, as well as how to decorate your home this Christmas.

Before we start, we want to say a big thanks for all the great feedback about the magazine – please keep it coming!

At Spotlight Magazine, we like to showcase the best of what is going on in the local area. We hope you can make it to some of the exciting events on our What’s on Guide, as there is always something going on in and around South Queensferry, Dalmeny and Kirkliston. On behalf of everyone working at Spotlight Magazine, we want to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

This special Christmas edition is jam packed with interesting features about what is going on in and around the area. We take a look at what some of the fantastic charities in the area have been up to including Clean Ferry, the Priory Church Community Garden and the Rotary Club of South Queensferry. Spotlight also commemorates the Remembrance Day activities in South Queensferry, which were attended by the local community and the armed forces. In addition, we want to remind you that this is the last chance to vote for Dalmeny Cars who are up for a prestigious national award

Share your stories, news and events with us at: hello@spotlight-mag.co.uk Claire & the team Spotlight Magazine

Special thanks: We are grateful to Alistair Pryde and the team at Words & Pictures for supplying all photos for Remembrance Day, the cover photo and the contents photo. www.wordsandpicturesUK.com CleanFerry Information for ‘Volunteers at Highest Yet’ article www.greenferry.org.uk Rotary Club South Queensferry Information for ‘Purple for Polio’ article www.facebook.com/SQRotary

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How to Have a Sustainable Christmas Enjoy Christmas and the Environment

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n the run up to Christmas it can be easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff, gifts, decorations, wrapping paper and food. If you are on a budget or concerned about the impact of the Christmas festivities on the environment then why not cut out the clutter and have a sustainable Christmas?

Everyone loves giving and receiving gifts at Christmas, but you can still have a wonderful holiday without breaking the bank or buying a lot of useless items that will be broken or forgotten by the start if the new year. If you love the idea of a lot less crap at Christmas, Spotlight Magazine have a few tips to help you get it right.

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1. Buy Less Stuff The first place to start is by just making the decision to buy less physical stuff for people. It does not mean that you have to turn into Scrooge, just get more creative with your gift giving.

Instead of buying things, why not treat your family and friends to experiences that they can enjoy. This can include going to a restaurant, cinema and theatre tickets or memberships to art galleries or museums. You can even buy special activity packages where people can learn everything from stand up comedy to how to skydive, or cook Italian food.

2. Buy Vintage Gifts Charity shops can be a great way to buy presents on a budget or when you want to recycle goods. You can buy everything from toiletries to cheesy Christmas sweaters and stocking fillers. If you want to splurge a bit more, check out eBay, it has everything from designer clothing to dolls houses and artwork.

3. Make Your Own Gifts If you have a talent for something creative, why not make your own Christmas gifts? If you are great at knitting, knit warm hats or jumpers for people, or if baking is more your thing, nobody is going to be unhappy with a home baked cake or a tin full of cookies.

4. Buy Locally Save on air miles by buying locally instead of buying goods that have been flown in and may not have been ethically made. When you buy from a local business, you are not only supporting the local economy but encouraging small businesses to stay rather than large chain stores.

5. Buy Ethically When you buy gifts for Christmas or food and drinks for the festivities try and buy organic, fair-trade products that are plastic free and sustainable. Use your Christmas pound to make a point about how you want the world to be.

6. Use Recyclable Wrapping Paper Instead of using throw away metallic paper, think about wrapping gifts in upcycled fabric or old maps for an interesting, original way that can be reused.

A Few Sobering Facts About Christmas Clutter: Only 1% of the gifts bought at Christmas are still used after 6 months.

227,000 miles of wrapping paper is used every Christmas in the UK, this translates to enough paper to wrap around the world a whopping 9 times! 74 million mince pies that end up in the bin, as well as over a billion Christmas cards.

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A Festive Treat for Your Ears F

erry Blend Choir and the Queensferry Community Brass Band are teaming up again for another feast of Christmas carols and songs on Sunday, 15 December at 2pm at Queensferry High School. Why not come along, enjoy the music and join in? Refreshments include mulled wine (non-alcoholic) and mince pies. Entry is free although donations will be very welcome as this is a fund-

raising concert for both the choir and the band. Anyone who would like to come but may have difficulty accessing the concert should contact Merv on 07919 001238 and he will be pleased to help.

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Christmas Decor Christmas is a time of the year where families get together for good food, festive drinks and of course great company. Decorating your home or table at this time of year can create a warm, welcoming atmosphere that will help everyone relax and get into the festive spirit. If it is your turn to host this Christmas time, Spotlight Magazine has some tips to creating elegant seasonal décor for your home or even your business.

Our guide will let you know about all the trends in festive decoration this year, so you can bring a touch of seasonally inspired artfulness to your Christmas table and home décor.

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1. Completely Natural Being conscious of the environment has been big news this year, you can reuse found objects and use natural colours to create cost effective, environmentally aware festive décor. Dried flowers have been on trend this year, and can be blended with items such as holly branches and pinecones for an interesting yet natural look. If you combine this using long lasting wooden decorations and a real Christmas tree that can be planted after the festive season, you can enjoy Christmas 2019 with as little waste as possible.

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The Nordic concept of hygge has been everywhere this year, with it’s free flowing concept of simplicity, warmth and gentle pleasures. To create a hygge inspired feeling of well-being and cosiness in your home, that will make your family and friends feel relaxed and cared for, use plants, lighting and soft materials in warm tones such as soft gold, burnt umber and terracotta. Create a tactile effect by mixing different textures, including coloured felts, pinecones, wooden decorations such as stars and animals and simple red and white or blue and white painted crockery, for a rustic, Scandinavian look. Blend with poinsettias or lilies for a happy hygge holiday.

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Feel inspired by nature and use the visual elements of a forest in winter for your Christmas designs. Use a combination of snow white flowers, evergreen branches and holly berries, or play around with plants in moss or lichen green, or pale blues, even spray branches silver for a really striking look. This can be styled with deluxe materials such as fur, or even feathers or crystals for a style for for a Snow Queen. Use plants such as silver fir, delphiniums and juniper, decorated with faux pearls and icy gems.

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outh Queensferry is full of committed, community minded people but Spotlight Magazine wants to highlight the amazing work that has been done by Clean Ferry throughout the past year. The clean up crew work hard to clean and maintain community spaces in and around South Queensferry. They work in partnership with local schools and businesses including McDonald’s, Dalmeny Primary School, Wind & Cloud Travel, Scotmid and local Scouts to undertake challenging tidy up projects to keep the community shared spaces looking clean, tidy and above all, safe for children to play in.

This ability to form working partnerships with a diverse group of local people of all ages and abilities enables them to learn about sustainability and the importance of keeping the environment clean. This year has been so positive for Clean Ferry and the wider community that next year they want to build on their success, and attract more volunteers. In addition they want to share their message about creating a sustainable future, something that everyone can learn from. If you know where there is a lot of litter, why not contact the group to let them know, and lend a helping hand.

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DECEMBER 2019

Friday 6th - Echline Primary School Christmas Fair

Tuesday 3rd, Kid’s Dens: Crochet Club

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Tues 3rd to Thurs 5th- Christmas Wreath Workshops

Create your very own Hogwarts with acrylic paint and dry brushing. You can add a smattering of snow with glitter. Snacks and a drink will also be provided, and dressing up as your favourite harry potter character is welcomed.

Price per head £26. 6:30pm-8:30pm Honeypot Creative Cafe.

Saturday 7th - Hogwarts at Christmas

15:30 Dalgety Bay Library £2

Come and make a beautiful Christmas wreath in time for the festive season. The pine wreath and decorations are supplied, but feel free to bring your own decorations.

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Forth Dimension Musical Productions are proud to present: “Pantostein”. Christmas isn’t Christmas without a pantomime. Investigate spooky goings on with Boris and Bertha in Cemeteria, Transylvania. Creepy fun for all the family.

7:15pm South Queensferry Scout Hall.

Conifox Adventure Park in conjunction with Beyond Broadway Productions £15 Come and join Santa and Mrs Santa as well as their elves and reindeer for an unforgettable experience this Christmas. Write a letter to Santa before entering 5 magical rooms: The Enchanted Forest, Toy Factory, Mrs Claus’ Kitchen, Santa’s Sitting Room and the Reindeer Flying School.

Sessions start every 15 mins with the whole experience lasting 1 hr 15 mins.

With every child receiving a present from Santa.

Tuesday 3rd- Saturday 7th, Scotland from the Sky

Scotland from the Sky brings a selection of the breathtaking aerial photography, featured in the book of the same name, on a tour of some of our most atmospheric properties.

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Thursday 5th - Festive Ferry Late Night Shopping on the High St

Late night shopping for all of your last minute Christmas gifts.

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Friday 6th - Queensferry Primary School Christmas Fayre

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and Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd, Santa Steam Trains

Get Christmas off in style with a trip on the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway to see Santa.

This special steam train is filled with festive decorations, and all young guests can join in with singing Christmas songs as well as getting a gift from Santa. Accompanying adults can get seasonal drinks at Bo’ness station.

Departure times from Bo’ness Station are 10.30, 12.00, 13.30 and 15.00 Fares: Adult £15 Child (18m to 15yrs) £15 Infant (under 18 months at time of travel) Free (NOTE: infants are not allocated a seat but do receive a present from Santa). Prebooking is essential.

Thursday 12th - Christmas Shopping Evening

Maid of The Forth, RNLI Queensferry Shop, Honeypot Creative Cafe, Skullduggery, Caledonia Scotia Kiltmakers, The Bikers Cove and Forth Bridges Tours 4:30pm-8:30pm Hawes Pier

Thursday 12th - Christmas Wreath Workshop

Come and make a Christmas wreath with the expert help of Louise from the Edinburghbased florists Birch & Bloom. Choose from natural materials including dried hydrangea, seed heads, berries and seasonal foliage. Louise will show you how to moss a frame, and wire foliage for a creative masterpiece.

Everything is provided but feel free to bring your own items to add to your festive wreath.

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Friday 13th - Carols, Curry & Beer Queensferry Parish Church

Enjoy carol singing combined with beer and curry tasting for a great night out. Doors open at 7.30pm for mince pies and mulled wine with profits going to Queensferry Churches Care in the Community.

Sunday 15th Ferry Blend Choir and Queensferry Brass Band Christmas Concert

All are welcome to come along and join us in our celebration of Christmas cheer.

Thanks to a grant from Edinburgh Council, we’d like to offer help with the cost of transport to any individuals or groups who would normally have access difficulty attending. Contact Merv on 07919 001238 for more information.

Free entry, donations appreciated, refreshments included.

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Friday 20th - Hawthorn Bank Walled Garden Community Carol Sing

Come and sing carols by candlelight with the Ferry Blend Choir. Mulled wine and mince pies.

Provided. Bring a torch or candle and wrap up warmly.

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JANUARY 2020 1st - Loony Dook

Come and join in the freezing fun with the yearly loony dook in the Firth of Forth.

Feel free to wear a wacky costume! Hawes Promenade 2:15pm, Boathouse steps approx 2:30pm

Sunday 12th Birdwatching from the Battlements

Drop in to Blackness Castle and join the Rangers on the battlements. Lookout on the surrounding environment and learn about the wildlife that call this area home. There are steep steps and staircases at the castle. Drop in anytime Blackness Castle, Linlithgow, 11:00 – 15:00

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Rotary International and Hopet o Project Trust Supported by the Rotary Club of South Queensferry

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he Rotary Club of South Queensferry has been kept busy recently, with not one but two landmark projects. On Thursday the 24th of October buildings and landmarks around the world were floodlit in purple to honour End Polio Now, the worldwide campaign to eradicate the disease. This included Hopetoun House and Queensferry Parish Church.

funded by Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have succeeded in reducing incidences of the disease by 99.99%. Polio mainly affects children under five. There is no cure, but it is preventable with a vaccine. The purple theme was inspired by the purple dye put on the pinkies of children who have been vaccinated.

The programme has been so successful that polio is now endemic only in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. In 2018 only 21 new cases were reported in Afghanistan and 12 in Pakistan. For the second year running there were no new cases reported in Nigeria. Bill Gates has stated that the progress in fighting polio has been one of the best-kept secrets in world health.

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t oun House go Purple for Polio confirmed that the club gave out purple crocus bulbs to customers who donated to their collection at Tesco. So as well as raising almost £667 for End Polio Now, which will be tripled by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in spring, the flowering purple plants will be a colourful reminder of this worthwhile programme.

Project Trust In addition to the End Polio Now project the Rotary Club of South Queensferry contributed financially to support two local girls, Amy Rankin and Laura Marnie

The Rotary Club want to express their gratitude to all the local people who donated to the campaign, as well as to Hopetoun House’s Piers de Salis, and the 21CC Group’s Geoff Crow, Nick Barrass and Neil Fleming for floodlighting Hopetoun House in vibrant purple and Alistair Pryde of Words & Pictures who took the photograph. In addition thanks are given for the support of the Rev. David Cameron for allowing the tower of Queensferry Parish Church to be illuminated to mark World Polio Day. 29

to spend their gap year with Project Trust. Project Trust is based on the Isle of Coll, and sends around 300 young people every year to placements overseas. All volunteers are sent alongside another volunteer for support and companionship.

Amy taught English at a private school in India. She stayed in the school hostel along with many of the school’s students and another Project Trust volunteer and taught classes ranging from kindergarten to thirteen year olds. In addition Amy started a dance class with the other volunteer, which proved popular with both girls and boys. While she was in India she celebrated Hindu festivals Diwali and Holi as well as Christmas at the school. She is now studying psychology at Glasgow University.

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Lauren taught in various government schools in Phana, which is a small town in the North East of Thailand. She taught children from nursery age up to senior year at primary school. While teaching in a Buddhist culture was a new experience, Lauren made good friends locally and with her fellow volunteer. She is now studying environmental science at Edinburgh University, in addition to talking to primary schools about global citizenship.

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he past weekend saw South Queensferry, along with the rest of the world observe Remembrance Day. This yearly commemoration marks the great sacrifices of the armed forces and civilians in times of war. Sunday saw two minutes of silence on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month; this was when the First World War ended in 1918 between the Allied Forces and Germany. Hundreds of poppies and wreaths were laid in and around South Queensferry to mark the 101st year after this event, which changed history.

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he parade started at 10am on South Queensferry High Street, past the Rosebery Hall War Memorial then up the Loan to the Church of Scotland, and was attended by many local people and members past and present of the Armed Forces. Spotlight Magazine want to join in by paying our respects to the members of the Armed Forces and civilians who are affected by war. Remembrance Sunday comes at the end of the annual Scottish Poppy Appeal, the charity which raises money for veterans in need.

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Fundraising Going Ahead for the Priory Church Community Garden Project

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he Priory Church of St Mary of Mount Carmel, more commonly known as the Priory Church, is a Scottish Episcopal church on the banks of the Firth of Forth in South Queensferry.

The church dates back to the 15th Century when it was built for the Carmelite Order. Now it is the only medieval Carmelite church that is still in use in the UK, as well as being a category A listed building.

The Priory Church Garden was the original location for the cloisters of the Carmelite Friars, but has fallen into disrepair. The site until recently had two portacabins, where the church used to run activities for children as well as a foodbank, but due to damp, issues with rats and eventually a collapsed ceiling, the portacabins had to be closed, and the foodbank moved inside the church.

The new building will provide: • Access for all • Kitchen with serving hatch • Storage for the Foodbank • Meeting space for Fresh Start, Housing Support and Health in Mind

Now the Priory Church is trying to raise money so that they can build a Community Garden facility, in the spot where the portacabins were situated. This Garden Room will have a small function room, as well as a kitchen with storage space for the Food Bank donations as well as two wheelchair accessible toilets. Architects have already come up with plans for an oak framed building with a flat roof with a glass skylight that will be an ideal meeting place for community groups.

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• Community function room for meetings and events • Attractive garden setting with views over the Forth Bridge The Priory church are currently trying to raise around £180,000 to get this project off the ground, and have many fundraising events coming up including a ceilidh.

If you want to donate money for this worthy project, you can donate directly via the church’s Facebook page, or raise funds when shopping online by using the Give As You Live portal.

If you want to visit the church, or speak to them about fundraising for the Community Garden, contact the Priory Church at: Hopetoun Rd, South Queensferry EH30 9RB, United Kingdom Phone: +44 131 331 1958 41

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Like many people I thought I was playing my part by recycling, but there is so much more we can do and if everyone joins in it can make a difference.

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I decided that there were other ways to involve children from an early age and wrote a children’s picture book called ‘Flo and Flip the Inchcolm seals’, based locally in South Queensferry by the Firth of the Forth. Although it is an engaging story with loveable characters, I also wanted to highlight environmental issues by giving a subtle message regarding plastics in the sea, that would help the reader; teachers, practitioners, parents , older siblings and carers could engage in meaningful conversations with the children asking specific questions on this subject. It is my hope to help our younger generation to become more aware of these issues and encourage them to take action through this life long learning.

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The husband and wife team have been providing friendly, reliable car hire for Dalmeny, South Queensferry, Kirkliston and Newton as well as surrounding areas since 2009. They are known locally for having a fleet of vehicles including estate cars, people carriers and minibuses that allow them to cover every type of driving job, from school runs to days out and trips to and from Edinburgh Airport.

Scottish taxi industry. We feel that the drivers at Dalmeny Cars play a large part in helping people in and around Dalmeny and South Queensferry stay mobile, attend appointments and events and attend school. This award recognises the attention to detail and professionalism of the people behind the business.

Dalmeny Cars are delighted that their company is still providing a great service to local people after ten years in the business, and want to express their gratitude to the local community for their continued support. In addition they wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy Hogmanay.

Spotlight Magazine is happy to offer our support to Dalmeny Cars in their bid to win an award. The Scottish Taxi, Private Hire and Chauffeur awards are a way to honour the professionalism and commitment to the local community of the

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