<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><div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div><div>I forward this from the Cockburn Association to the effect that they will not be hosting the Edinburgh Doors Open Day in 2022. As you know Friends of Newington Cemetery prior to covid regularly participated in guided and information events during Doors Open Day drawing on our social and natural history, but covid frustrated our approach. We shall keep an eye on what might emerge for next year and in the meantime will carry on with our working parties and trying to rebuild and expand our team of helpers and thinking about what else we might do. Offers and ideas welcome.</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; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">From: </span>Terry Levinthal <br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span>Monday, 21 March 2022 at 11:59<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span>Edinburgh & East Lothian Doors Open Days 2022 postponement<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"><div lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;">Dear DOD participant –<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;">I hope that this finds you well, and on course to recovering from Covid and any pressures it has placed on your venue and your business.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;">It is on this theme that I am writing to you. The pressures of Covid and its impact on charitable giving and support has taken its toll on the Cockburn. We have struggled over many years to resource the delivery of Doors Open Days Edinburgh & East Lothian. The creation of a digital programme over the past two DODs stretched all of us but was a fantastic effort with superb material produced by many.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;">However, after 32 years of delivering DOD at considerable cost to the Cockburn, we have reached the point where our financial deficits have required us to reign back on activities. After long and difficult discussions, our Trustees have concluded that we need to take a sabbatical from DOD in 2022. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;">I appreciate that this will be a disappointment to many of you who were planning to participate this year. It certainly is for us. We do plan to use this break to consider how we can come back in 2023 with a reinvigorated grassroots celebration of the local built and natural heritage, which is our intent. We will be in contact in due course regarding such plans as they emerge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;">Needless to say, we will be continuing with our other activities including the promotion of the City’s heritage but in slightly different ways than before.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;">In the meantime, many thanks for sharing your great venues with us. Please do keep in touch. If we can help with any plans you are developing, we certainly will try.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;">Yours sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif;">Terry Levinthal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the<span style="color: rgb(196, 89, 17);">cockburn</span>association<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Trunk's Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">www.cockburnassociation.org.uk<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">0131-557-8686</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></span></div></body></html>