Benefit changes

East Dunbartonshire Citizens' Advice Bureau are holding three evening events on Benefit Changes. They hope that residents can come along to find out more, either for themselves or perhaps a relative. Topics being covered will include The Benefit Cap, Housing Benefit (including under-occupancy), Scottish Welfare Fund, Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit.

Dates:

Monday 18th March - Auchinairn Primary School, Bishopbriggs

Thursday 21st March - Hillhead Community Centre, Kirkintilloch

Monday 25th March - St Joseph's Primary School, Milngavie

All events start at 6 p.m.

If you require more information on these events please contact Janice Young on 0141 578 6680.

Your chance to be on TV?

MERA have been sent the under noted e-mail, and we are posting it here in case anyone is interested in following it up.

"My name is Bekah and I work at a TV production company in Leeds. I wasn't sure if you or your members might be interested, but I thought it might be worth a try. My company is working on a new series for Channel 4 called 'Compare Your Life'. We're still in the casting stages and we're looking for couples or families who are wanting to escape the rat race and buy a business. If this is something you think your members might be interested in, would you mind just passing along the word? I'll include a link to explain a bit more about the show, but if you do have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

"Thanks so much!

"Bekah"

http://www.truenorth.tv/About+Us/Other+Info/

New waste and recycling collection arrangements

We have received notification of roadshows that are due to take place with regard to the new waste uplifts and the introduction of food recycling:

Thursday 21 February 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at the Farmers' Market, Milngavie
Thursday 7 March 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden
Saturday 9 March 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Saturday 6 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco Milngavie
Sunday 28 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Tuesday 30 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden
Sunday 5 May 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Saturday 25 May 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden

There will also be evening drop in sessions on Monday 15 April 2013 at St Joseph's Primary School and Wednesday 17 April 2013 at Bearsden Primary School. Both these sessions run from 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm.

These sessions will provide householders with information regarding the replacement of the blue and black recycling boxes with two slimline wheelie bins. One new wheelie bin will be blue and used to collect card and paper only. The other will be brown and will be used to collect cans, plastic bottles and glass only.

One week the two new wheelie bins will be collected with the recycling and the following week the grey general waste bin will be collected. Therefore, to summarise, these bins will go to fortnightly collection on alternate weeks.

The fortnightly garden waste collection from the green bin will not change.

Householders will be issued with two new food caddies, one for inside the property and one for outside. It is intended that waste food should be collected inside the internal food caddie and then emptied into the outside kerbside caddie which will be collected weekly.

Details can be found on the Council website, and further information can be found via the Milngavie Herald

Tree preservation order petition

You may have read in the Milngavie and Bearsden Herald today about a petition which has been set up by Milngavie Community Council for a Tree Preservation Order to protect mature trees in Milngavie. (see Petition launched in bid to save mature trees in Milngavie)

The petition is a paper one. Copies may be available in local shops but, as the Community Council does not have a website, we are also making this available via our site at http://www.mera-milngavie.co.uk/minutes/MCC%20TPO%20Petition.doc

Milngavie Primary School - update

We have just been notified that the venue for the meeting tonight (7th January) has changed to Milngavie Primary School instead of the Fraser Centre.