About Us

Drylaw Telford Community Council

All of our members are volunteers who give up their time to support their community. Although CC members are unpaid, they ARE accountable. CC elections are held every three years - the latest took place in May this year.

Thomas Brown, CC chairman

Drylaw Telford Community Council has ten elected members and a further five places for nominated interest groups. The new membership (as at the May 2006 Annual General Meeting) is:

FLORENCE ATKINSON - Wester Drylaw Place
JACKIE BROWN - Wester Drylaw Place
THOMAS BROWN - Wester Drylaw Drive
MICHAEL CLARK - Groathill Loan
LORNA CLUNESS - Telford Drive
CAMMY DAY - Easter Drylaw Gardens
CAROLINE PICKERING - Easter Drylaw Drive
DAVID PICKERING - Easter Drylaw View
ANN PROUDFOOT - Easter Drylaw Bank
JOHN STUART - Groathill Road North

Representing Nominated Groups:

DRYLAW PARISH CHURCH
Evelyn Crawford - Wester Drylaw Drive

PILTON CENTRAL ASSOCIATION
Gwen Campbell - Ferry Road

PILTON ELDERLY PROJECT
Susan Clark - Wester Drylaw Drive (Resigned Jan 2006)

CRAIGROYSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE
Shirley Mackay - Wester Drylaw Avenue

OPEN FORUM
Sheila Wilson - Wester Drylaw Drive

Political Representatives

Although Drylaw Telford is a recognised community, different ward and parliamentary boundaries and different voting systems have resulted in Drylaw and Telford being served by different councillors and Members of Parliament. It is quite confusing, but at the moment we are served by:

City of Edinburgh Council:

Drylaw's councillor is Lesley Hinds (Muirhouse/Drylaw ward) while the councillor representing Telford is Iain Whyte (Craigleith ward). Drylaw and Telford will be reunited again as part of the new Inverleith Ward when multi-member 'super-wards' are introduced in May's council elections.

Members of Parliament:

Edinburgh West MP John Barrett represents Drylaw at Westminster while Telford is now part of Mark Lazarowicz' North & Leith constituency.

Scottish Parliament:

Both Drylaw and Telford come under the Edinburgh West constituency. Margaret Smith is our MSP, and with proportional representation we can also call on the services of a further seven Lothians list MSPs.

European Parliament:

Drylaw and Telford are part of the Lothians constituency, represented by no less than seven Euro MPs.

Working in Partnership

As well as being community councillors, our members are active in a wide range of groups and organisations both locally in the North Edinburgh Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) area and further afield. Over the past two years our members have participated in, contributed to, worked with and been active in the following:

Dave Pickering has been secretary of the community council for more years than he cares to remember - this photograph was taken just after the outbreak of the First World War. If you'd like to find out more about Drylaw Telford Community Council give him a call on 0131 343 3741 or email dave.pickering@btinternet.com

Outgoing members Jon, Kathy, Bill & Evelyn - here's hoping they'll be back!

Our meeting place

Drylaw Telford Community Council meets at 7pm on the last Wednesday of every month in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, 67b Groathill Road North. All of our meetings are open to the public and we'd love to welcome new faces - the community council is there to represent YOU, so come along and air your views. For information about forthcoming CC meetings call secretary Dave Pickering on 0131 343 3741.

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre runs a full programme of activities for people of all ages. For more information about the centre call 0131 315 4989.

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre opened in November 1995 after a long campaign, led by the community council, for a local venue where residents of all ages could meet, socialize and take part in a range of activities.