Notice of Friends of Roseburn Park AGM- Wed 21st October 2026- all welcome

Dear Friend of Roseburn Park,

I would like to invite you to the Friends of Roseburn Park AGM on Wed 21st October at 7.30pm in the Upper Room, Murrayfield Parish Church Hall, 2B Ormidale Terrace, EH12 6EQ, .

There will be an exhibition on our plans for the park which I very much hope you will come and examine. We are planning the following improvements: addition of an outdoor gym, a teen area and a circular walking track on the east side of the park. These were all improvements that scored highly in our last survey of park user’s preferences of 2023 (see more at https://friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/roseburn-park-a-vision-for-the-future )

Teas, coffees and soup will be provided.

The agenda for the AGM will be as follows:

1. Attendance & apologies

2. Minutes of last year’s AGM

3. Chairperson- Report on last year’s activities

4. Treasurer’s Report

5. Election of Committee

The papers for the AGM comprising the agenda, last year’s minutes and the accounts can be downloaded from http://friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/files/2026/10/Friends_of_Roseburn_Park_AGM_2026_papers.pdf

If you would like to join the Committee, please get in touch by emailing me at friendsofroseburnmembership@gmail.com . You would be expected to attend the Committee meetings every six weeks and assist in organising park activities, fundraising for new capital items, joining working groups on exploring new initiatives, etc. It will possibly involve you in about 4 hours per month of FoRP activities.

Join FoRP for free at Join for Free! | Friends of Roseburn Park (SCIO)

Best wishes

Pete Gregson (Chair)

Friends of Roseburn Park

Charity Number: SCO44659

www.friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk

Where FoRP would like the Teen Area to be, by the Ice Rink:

And for where FoRP would like the proposed Outdoor Gym Area to be, by the embankment:

If you have any indoor or outdoor plants that need a new home, or you’re looking for something to brighten your home or garden, we have a drop off/pick up point near the log bench and to the west of the Rosebean Cafe

Please donate and help yourselves!

Our AGM will be held online on Wednesday, 8th October 2025 at 7:30pm on Zoom.
The meeting should last about an hour.

If you would like to attend, please email friendsofroseburnmembership@gmail.com and you will be sent the link for the meeting.

FoRP members have been emailed with an invitation. If you are not a member, please join for free at Join for Free!

You can see the papers for the meeting at http://friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/files/2025/09/Friends_of_Roseburn_Park_AGM_2025_papers.pdf

The cafe will now be open on Tuesdays, meaning that the only day of the week it is closed will be Monday

Roseburn Park has been awarded FiT (Fields in Trust) status. This means the park is protected against developers and stops new buildings on this public land. The Friends of Roseburn Park (FoRP) first sought this status in 2017, but at that time we could not get sufficient Council support to proceed with our bid. With the conversion of the new cafe from the old toilet block and other local improvements, the park has become one the City of Edinburgh Council now agrees need protecting and so they have now approved our request. FiT status already applies to many Edinburgh parks; its protection is built around a legal agreement between the organisation Field in Trust and local authorities that ensures land so marked is protected in perpetuity.

To help mark the centenary of Fields in Trust, Roseburn Park has been selected as an example of a successful community park and one which FiT would like to commemorate. On Saturday 5th April 2025, the plaque (located under the Jubilee plaque at the cafe), was unveiled by the Lord Provost (Cllr Aldridge), the Chairperson of FiT (Ewan Gillies) and the Chairperson of FoRP (Jim McDonagh).

The help celebrate the event, there were activities in the park that day as follows:

11.30 Murrayfield Wanderers Ladies Team vs Livingston Ladies – No 2 pitch in west park

13.00  Murrayfield Wanderers Girls Practice Session- West section of park

13:00  Murrayfield DAFS AllStars/Dynamos practise – junior section on grass oval

14.45 Plaque Unveiling – Lord Provost, Chair FoRP, Chair FiT

15.00 Murrayfield Wanderers Select vs The Co-Optimists – No1 pitch in west park

An article about the celebrations can be seen in the Edinburgh Reporter here

On the 8th January, the Friends of Roseburn Park were delighted to receive a donation of £250 from a masonic group based at Roseburn Gardens. The donation was on behalf of the RWM (Right Worshipful Master), his Office Bearers and Brethren of Lodge Robert Burns Initiated 1781.

Pictured from the masons are Asst. Treasurer Ricky Jones & RWM Jim Turner with FoRP chair Jim McDonagh in the centre..

Also present from the Masons was Treasurer Jim Godfrey.

The donation will be used to support capital projects and other initiatives in the park including the possible introduction of communal tubs & planters.

Our AGM will be held online on Wednesday, 9^th October at 7:30pm on Zoom.

The meeting should last about an hour.

If you would like to attend, please email  friendsofroseburnmembership@gmail.com and you will be sent the link for the meeting.

FoRP members have been emailed with an invitation. If you are not a member, please join for free at Join for Free! | Friends of Roseburn Park (SCIO)

You can see the papers for the meeting at http://friendsofroseburnpark.org.uk/files/2024/09/Friends_of_Roseburn_Park_AGM_2024_papers.pdf