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The City Council has recently published its adult community learning newsletter for the first part of 2012. This includes details of some courses based at the Mitchell Street Centre such as Options and Choices (on career development, including updating your CV and interview skills) and Just the Job (for people whose second language is English and who [...]
The new Dundee City Council adult learning newsletter is now available and you can download it at http://tinyurl.com/communitylearningdundee. The following courses are available in the West End : Just the Job Mitchell Street Centre, Thursday 27th October – 1st December 1-3pm Looking for work and English is your second language? Learn to improve CVs, application [...]
The latest community learning newsletter from the City Council has been published and you can download it by clicking on the headline above or by going to http://tinyurl.com/dundeelearning. This includes details of activities at the Mitchell Street Centre.
You can download details of this course at the Mitchell Street Centre, starting next month, by going to http://tiny.cc/optionschoices :
A useful forthcoming course at the Mitchell Street Centre for people looking for work and who have English as their second language. Go to http://tinyurl.com/justthejob to download the poster below :
Recycling plastics at Tesco Riverside and Neighbourhood Recycling Points
Posted: May 28, 2011 in Lochee Road, Mitchell Street, recycling, Riverside DriveAt the request of residents, I recently asked the City Council about the possibility of providing plastics recycling facilities at Tesco Riverside. Many local residents have yet to be provided with the “green recycling boxes” that cater for plastics, bottles, etc and the provision of plastics recycling facilities at Tesco Riverside would be of [...]
A new course – “Just the Job” – starts this coming Thursday (20th January) at the Mitchell Street Centre – from 1pm to 3pm. It is aimed at local people looking for work, whose second language is English and who would like to learn to improve their CV, application form filling and interview skills. The course runs [...]
Given the weather, and with the decision made to close all Dundee schools today, my surgeries at Harris Academy and Mitchell Street Centre this afternoon will not now take place. However, I can be contacted at any time on Dundee 459378.
Monday …
Posted: September 27, 2010 in Dundee City Council, Harris Academy, Mitchell Street, parkingAfter attending today’s meeting of the Best Value Review of Child Protection Services, I held my usual Monday surgeries at the Mitchell Street Centre and at Harris Academy, and I then took part in tonight’s City Council committee meetings. At Education Committee, I asked questions about the latest report on the proposed Harris Academy rebuild. Following [...]
The City Council’s Adult Learning Team is holding an Open Day on Wednesday 8th September at the Mitchell Street Centre. Further details below :
Amongst the community learning events taking place in the West End later in the summer/early Autumn in the Mitchell Street Centre are : * “Just the Job” – to assist people for whom English is their second language with job-hunting through improving CVs, application form filling and interviewing skills. The course runs at Mitchell Street [...]
This afternoon I held two surgeries at the Mitchell Street Centre and Harris Academy – but my Thursday surgery at Blackness Primary School will not take place, as the school Easter Holidays start with the end of the school day on Thursday. Surgeries start again on Monday 19th April with the end of the school [...]
Police Community Letter Boxes
Posted: March 19, 2010 in Blackness Library, Mitchell Street, Tayside PoliceArising out of the recent Tayside Police Community Surgeries, including one at Blackness Library, the local Police are now introducing Community Letter Boxes to allow the public to raise non-emergency issues and any suggestions they may have. The library is the location for the one in the West End, although I have suggested to the [...]
Recycling facility now in place for Lochee Road area
Posted: March 13, 2010 in Lochee Road, Mitchell Street, recyclingLast month, I proposed to the City Council that a neighbourhood recycling centre be provided at Mitchell Street/Lochee Road. The Council’s Recycling Projects Officer responded positively and I am very pleased to note that it is now in situ.
Tuesday update …
Posted: February 16, 2010 in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park, Cleghorn Street, Lochee Road, Magdalen Green, Mitchell Street* I attended a useful meeting of the Balgay Stakeholders Group today – the group allows all with an interest in Balgay Hill, Balgay Park and Victoria Park to meet and discuss issues of common interest. At today’s meeting, there was a discussion about moving forward the proposal to have a proper memorial [...]
A few updates : “Just the Job” – a course aimed at local people looking for work but English is their second language started this morning at the Mitchell Street Centre. It aims to help participants improve their application filling, CVs and interview skills and will run every Tuesday morning until 9th March. Further [...]
Monday activities …
Posted: February 1, 2010 in Blackness Primary School, Digital Radio, Dundee College, Harris Academy, Mitchell Street, River Crescent, Wave 102Apart from a busy day with the ‘day job’, I held two surgeries late this afternoon at the Mitchell Street Centre and Harris Academy. I was interviewed on Wave 102′s “Dundee Tonight” at 6pm about waiting list concerns at Dundee College and other further education colleges across Scotland. This evening, I spoke with the Blackness [...]
‘Twas the Monday before Christmas!
Posted: December 21, 2009 in Dundee City Council, Harris Academy, Mitchell StreetA very busy Monday! Apart from my final two surgeries of 2009 at Harris Academy and the Mitchell Street Centre and numerous constituent visits, this morning, I took part in an informal group leaders’ meeting on the Council Budget at the City Chambers. The Chief Executive and Director of Finance gave elected members an [...]
Monday activities
Posted: October 26, 2009 in Harris Academy, Mitchell Street, River Crescent, West End Christmas WeekA busy day, which, along with ‘day job’ activities, also included : * Visits to our four West End Primary Schools (Ancrum Road, Blackness, Park Place and St Joseph’s) to deliver pencil cases (a free gift to each P7 pupil from our sponsor) and drawing templates for the ‘fireworks safety’ colouring competition that primary 7 [...]
Surgeries start again on Thursday!
Posted: January 5, 2009 in Blackness Primary School, Harris Academy, Mitchell Street, SurgeriesWith the school holidays not ending until tomorrow, I don’t have my usual surgeries at Harris Academy and Mitchell Street Centre today, but surgeries start again with my Thursday one at Blackness Primary School (staff room) on Thursday at 6.15pm. Details of my three surgeries are below : Mitchell Street Centre (The Base) – Mitchell [...]
Al-Maktoum … and Transport Conference
Posted: September 29, 2008 in Al-Maktoum Cultural Centre, Harris Academy, Mitchell Street, TACTRANBusy day today, starting off with a useful meeting this morning with Professor Malory Nye, Principal of the Al-Maktoum Institute For Arabic and Islamic Studies, regarding the proposal for a cultural centre on the former Logie Secondary School site. Although the project has run behind schedule, I was assured of Dubai’s commitment to the project [...]
A new course is starting next month at the Mitchell Street Centre for all interested in environmental and related issues. The course will cover global and environmental justice, with participants learning about important global issues, discussion about where these fit into the picture and what we can do to make a difference. The course will [...]
Review of the last few days
Posted: May 11, 2008 in Ancrum, Blackness Primary School, Cleghorn Area, Harris Academy, Mitchell Street, Neil Powrie, Network Rail, Pentland, Perth Road, Riverside Approach, Travel Dundee, Winston ChurchillWednesday * Met with the new acting Managing Director of Travel Dundee, and raised the concerns of residents about the re-routing of the 9X bus service – this no longer serves the Ninewells Avenue area. She promised to review this. * Attended the Deaf Awareness Open Day at the Central Library, organised by the Sound [...]
More news from the last week …
Posted: March 14, 2008 in CCTV, Community Spirit, digital television, Freeview, Lochee Road, Mitchell Street, West End Community Council, West End Tennis ClubThe West End Community Council on Tuesday evening had two excellent presentations – one from Digital UK on the analogue TV “switch off” due in Dundee in 2010; the other from West End Tennis Club on their project to improve the club facilities. The Club has given me an update sheet on this which you [...]
A very busy day today with many of my party colleagues converging in Dundee for a regional party meeting (and my colleague Alison McInnes MSP visiting the Barnardo’s shop today in Reform Street to help promote the excellent work Barnardo’s undertakes for children). Despite a hectic day, I did manage to briefly pop-in to St [...]
A course on healthy eating starts on 25th October at the Mitchell Street Centre. It takes place over six weeks – you can view the flyer by clicking the headline above or the poster by following the link below : http://www.dundee.prai.co.uk/resources/sites/82.165.40.25-4354cb46e84541.81564487/West%20End%20Ward%20-%20Various%20Resources%20Directory/West%20End%20Ward%20-%20Various%20Resources/Healthy%20Eating/Poster+about+the+course.pdf
Benvie Road, Mitchell Street, Fyffe Street
Posted: April 2, 2007 in Benvie Road, Fyffe Street, Mitchell StreetSpent the last few days campaigning right across the West End, with super feedback (and rather super weather too!) Had the following feedback from the Acting Chief Engineer about my request to resurface Fyffe Street and Benvie Road (road surfaces really poor) : “I have asked one of the officers to inpect Fyffe Street and [...]
