<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div><div>I forward notes of a Teams meeting held online on Tuesday which Carolyn and I attended for Newington Cemetery Friends. Changes to the administration of CEC cemeteries have been going on, with all of them now under Bereavement Services managed by Robbie Beattie rather than Parks & Greenspace. There has been quite an increase in Edinburgh Cemeteries Friends Groups and these are being brought closer together. There are opportunities in this for us, perhaps taking part in a collaborative Heritage Lottery bid for improvements and Carolyn has already made a number of suggestions. I also attach the Guidance Notes mentioned. I am sending this to Working Group in the first instance but could go to all Newington Friends.</div><div>Your thoughts and ideas welcome and maybe we should discuss all this at an online Committee meeting if there is support for that. </div><div><br></div><div>This is really just to keep you up to date so far. Robbie is preparing a Cemeteries Strategy paper to go to CEC Committee maybe in June and no doubt there will be further information arising from that.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Tony</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Robbie Beattie <<a href="mailto:Robbie.Beattie@edinburgh.gov.uk">Robbie.Beattie@edinburgh.gov.uk</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 19:04<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Robbie Beattie <<a href="mailto:Robbie.Beattie@edinburgh.gov.uk">Robbie.Beattie@edinburgh.gov.uk</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<a href="mailto:jeff@socantscot.org">jeff@socantscot.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:jeff@socantscot.org">jeff@socantscot.org</a>>, Caroline Gerard <<a href="mailto:caroline.gerard@btinternet.com">caroline.gerard@btinternet.com</a>>, Tony Harris <<a href="mailto:planning@grangeprestonfieldcc.org.uk">planning@grangeprestonfieldcc.org.uk</a>>, Jakob <<a href="mailto:jakob@openprint.co.uk">jakob@openprint.co.uk</a>>, Charlotte Golledge <<a href="mailto:charlotte.cotd@gmail.com">charlotte.cotd@gmail.com</a>>, Neill Walker <<a href="mailto:mesp2008@hotmail.co.uk">mesp2008@hotmail.co.uk</a>>, "<a href="mailto:office@stcuthberts-edinburgh.uk">office@stcuthberts-edinburgh.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:office@stcuthberts-edinburgh.uk">office@stcuthberts-edinburgh.uk</a>>, Fiona Bell <<a href="mailto:fionakbell@gmail.com">fionakbell@gmail.com</a>>, Edward Duvall <<a href="mailto:fomc1878@gmail.com">fomc1878@gmail.com</a>>, Jane Matheson <<a href="mailto:Jane.Matheson@edinburgh.gov.uk">Jane.Matheson@edinburgh.gov.uk</a>>, Dorothy Maitland <<a href="mailto:Rosegarden20@outlook.com">Rosegarden20@outlook.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:patstorey29@gmail.com">patstorey29@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:patstorey29@gmail.com">patstorey29@gmail.com</a>>, Angela & Tony Harris <<a href="mailto:alltnasubh@blueyonder.co.uk">alltnasubh@blueyonder.co.uk</a>>, 'Norbert David' <<a href="mailto:norbert.david@gmail.com">norbert.david@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:friends@dalrycemetery.co.uk">friends@dalrycemetery.co.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:friends@dalrycemetery.co.uk">friends@dalrycemetery.co.uk</a>>, 'Paul Smyth' <<a href="mailto:psmyth1@gmail.com">psmyth1@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:juliet.m.wilson@gmail.com">juliet.m.wilson@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:juliet.m.wilson@gmail.com">juliet.m.wilson@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:northmerchiston@yahoo.com">northmerchiston@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:northmerchiston@yahoo.com">northmerchiston@yahoo.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:amckinney@blueyonder.co.uk">amckinney@blueyonder.co.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:amckinney@blueyonder.co.uk">amckinney@blueyonder.co.uk</a>>, 'Edward Duvall' <<a href="mailto:fomc1878@gmail.com">fomc1878@gmail.com</a>>, 'Warriston Cemetery' <<a href="mailto:friendsofwarristoncemetery@gmail.com">friendsofwarristoncemetery@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:friends@newington-cemetery.org">friends@newington-cemetery.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:friends@newington-cemetery.org">friends@newington-cemetery.org</a>>, Ellen-Raissa Jackson <<a href="mailto:ellenraissa@hotmail.com">ellenraissa@hotmail.com</a>>, 'John R R Fowler' <<a href="mailto:jrrfowler@tiscali.co.uk">jrrfowler@tiscali.co.uk</a>>, Sue Tritton <<a href="mailto:sue.tritton@grangeassociation.com">sue.tritton@grangeassociation.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:susanbuckham@ewht.org.uk">susanbuckham@ewht.org.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:susanbuckham@ewht.org.uk">susanbuckham@ewht.org.uk</a>>, "<a href="mailto:parkertim@live.co.uk">parkertim@live.co.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:parkertim@live.co.uk">parkertim@live.co.uk</a>>, Patricia Keppie <<a href="mailto:patricia.keppie@cwgc.org">patricia.keppie@cwgc.org</a>>, Alan Thomson <<a href="mailto:Alan.Thomson@edinburgh.gov.uk">Alan.Thomson@edinburgh.gov.uk</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Friends of Cemetery Groups Meeting 16th March<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for the very positive meeting regarding the function and operational activities of Friends of Cemetery Groups. Attached is a short note of the meeting which we hope captures the flavour of the meeting. Please advise if there are
any errors or omissions. We look forward to working with you to develop a Heritage Lottery fund bid and when lockdown eases soon getting back into the cemeteries and graveyards.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Robbie<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Senior Manager | Scientific Bereavement & Registration Services including Cemeteries,
Crematorium, Mortuary and Pest Control | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Place Management<span style="color:black"> | Directorate of Place | The City of Edinburgh Council | 4 Marine Esplanade,
Edinburgh, EH6 7LU | Tel 0131 555 7980 | Mobile 07715 051371 | Email <a href="mailto:robbie.beattie@robbie.beattie@edinburgh.gov.uk"><span style="color:black">robbie.beattie@edinburgh.gov.uk</span></a> </span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><img border="0" width="206" height="52" style="width:2.1458in;height:.5416in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D71C29.7F70BA50"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div>
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