The latest news on developments in the village, from the F&BV CDT Team Together

Issue 42, Summer 2019 A new venue for this year’s Annual Fair Day! The F&BV CDT Annual Fair Day will be a bit different this year and we hope the day is as much fun as usual! This year the event will take place at Fauldhouse’s much loved Fauldhouse & Valley Community Development Trust’s Eastfield Development Centre on Saturday 7 September ANNUAL between 11am and 2pm. The event will take place both inside and out (weather permitting... please keep your fingers crossed!). FAIR DAY If you haven’t visited Eastfield Development Centre recently, this is a chance to see the improvements that the Trust have made to the building and that West Council have made to the football pitch and outside space. - A fun family event - MUSIC / STALLS / ACTIVITIES / ENTERTAINERS At the Fauldhouse Annual Fair Day, there will be a music tent SNACKS & REFRESHMENTS / PRIZES with performances by upcoming artists, bouncy castles and giant Saturday 7 September 2019 games, face painting, entertainers, information stalls, crafts, prizes, workshops, snacks and refreshments. There will also be trishaw 11am to 2pm taster rides, bike workshop and displays from local groups and we hope the Fire Service can bring along one of their appliances. The Eastfield Development Centre Eastfield Road Salvation Army will bring their food van along, St Andrew’s Church Fauldhouse, EH47 9LE are joining us to do kid’s cake decorating and Sheephouse Nursery will also be providing children’s activities. At a new venue! We would be absolutely delighted if you could come along and join the fun! I’m sure you’ll agree, it should be a great family friendly event.

For more information about this year’s event at Eastfield Development Centre, please contact Lesley or one of the F&BV CDT team on 01501 773 699 or email [email protected]

Fauldhouse Together is published by the Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust, 10 Main Street, Fauldhouse, , EH47 9HX. It has a nominal price of 60p, but is distributed free of charge to local residents. The FCDT is a Registered Company: SC313776 and a Registered Charity: SC038616. tel: 01501 773 699 mobile/text: 07434 607 860 email: [email protected] web: www.fauldhouse.org.uk Fauldhouse faces Peter Lynch Memorial Match Touched by Suicide fundraising concert Photos: Albert Mancini

The annual SOBS/TBS fundraising concert in the Miners Welfare club took place during the May holiday weekend. Margaret Lynch and family members Kieran, Katie and Karen with Team manager Jon Connolly. Des Murphy has enjoyed the incredible journey and with the help of Bowser, Tim and Francie has raised a Margaret presented The Peter Lynch Memorial Trophy to fantastic £55,000 over the past ten years. winners Bon Accord of the annual friendly between Fauldhouse United and Shotts Bon Accord in July. On behalf of the organisers, Des takes this opportunity to thank you, the audience of nearly 3,000 for your continued enthusiastic support and donations. Thanks Marathon men! also to the event volunteers, the Welfare Club committee and of course the numerous list of first class entertainers. The support for the charity was given recognition in the Scottish Parliament. Gala Day quiz night fundraiser

Five locals with a combined age of 305 completed a marathon to raise funds for the F&BV CDT to help with the maintenance of the trishaw. £776 was raised, so well done to Royce Graham, Gary Greenhorn, Perry Murdoch, Stephen Ferry and Dave Huddlestone. Thanks for all your efforts!

In May, the Georgie Sneddon Memorial Trophy If you would like to contribute to the next issue was presented to this year’s winners Golf Club A. of Fauldhouse Together, please contact us with Defending champions Commercial A were information you would like to share or maybe runners up. photographs of Fauldhouse you think may be of interest to the community. Thanks to Jim Steele for his selection of challenging questions and to Greenburn Golf club for their hospitality . Contact [email protected]

page 2 Fauldhouse Together – Issue 42, Summer 2019 Original walking group? Currently the Fauldhouse Footers walking group leave from The Hub on a Thursday morning at 10am. Their walks are local, are moderate and suit most abilities. Fauldhouse local, Albert Mancini handed a couple of photographs into The Hub which looks like another walking group from Fauldhouse. By the way they are dressed, they look like an adventurous bunch. Do you know anything about this group or when/where these photographs may have been taken? I wonder where they were off to? Your local FUFC charity presents Did you know that Club Secretary, F&BV CDT are your Dave Huddlestone local charity? presents the Mancini Any money that’s raised Family Trophy to for us goes back into Player of the Year, your community. Sammy Watson at If you have any Fauldhouse United’s fundraising ideas, Presentation Night in contact us or pop into the Howff. The Hub for a chat. Donations to groups Defibrillator access reminder To access the defibrillator in case of emergency use the code C1267 (these details in The Hub window during office hours). If The Hub is closed and you can’t remember the code, dial 999 Ambulance and the Ambulance Service will supply it if appropriate. Jack Aitchison, stands proudly

Photos: Albert Mancini beside the Four local groups have benefited with donations defibrillator and from Lodge St John Crofthead Fauldhouse plaque erected No 374. outside the Hub in memory of his Robert Thomson IPM presented the £150 cheques each father George. to Audrey Conner (on behalf of Crohn’s and Colitis UK), Ruth Blair (Falla Hill Primary School) Bonnie Wilson (St John the Baptist School) and Colin Martin (Coach Elite C1267 Soccer School).

Fauldhouse Together – Issue 42, Summer 2019 page 3 Dial-A-Ride and Dial-A-Bus services Do you struggle to get to the shops? Do you struggle to access public transport? Would you like a service that picks you up from home and takes you where you need to be, but on a more affordable basis than taxis? HcL Transport is a local charity that runs vital transportation services for people with mobility challenges in West Lothian. We run two services that help the elderly, people of any age with disabilities or Additional Support Needs or are affected by geographic remoteness that makes public transport very difficult or impossible to use. The services are also available to those who need help short-term eg while waiting for and following surgery such as a knee replacement or hip replacement. Dial-A-Bus runs a service to The Centre, Asda Livingston and Livingston every weekday from different areas across West Lothian; Tuesdays we go to , . On Fridays we go to Tesco, Bathgate; Morrisons, Bathgate and , . New passengers can have their first Dial-A-Bus ride for free. A return journey is £3.80. So why not give the service a try? To book call 01506 633 336. The service is not just transportation, it is a door-through-door service which means the driver can help you from inside your home/outside your home to your destination. If you go shopping the driver will take your shopping onto the bus for you and then into your home (if you wish). All buses are fitted with wheelchair tie downs so can carry two wheelchairs on board with passengers not needing to get out of their wheelchair. The driver can help you get onto the bus, any walking aid and shopping/possessions. Photos courtesy of: HcL Transport Photos courtesy of: HcL Dial-A-Ride can take you wherever you need to get to. Journeys are varied and based on where you want to go - medical appointments, meeting friends, visiting family, shops, a concert, cinema or theatre, Waverley or Airport or even for a day trip. New passengers get £5 off their first booking. To book or find out more call 01506 633 953. We’re looking for info about the building F&BV CDT are looking for information about The Hub building from you, the Fauldhouse community. The Trust have been here since 2011, after renovating the interior of the building to become The Hub as we know it. It was opened on 12 May 2011 by Isobel McKnight, in memory of Wullie McKnight, founding Director of Fauldhouse Community Development Trust. We know the building was built in 1903 (we are pretty confident about this as it says so on the front). We think it may have been a butcher’s premises at some point and know it was formerly West Lothian Council’s Rent Office. The odd person still comes in to ask housing related questions. Apart from that – we don’t know huge amounts. It must be one of the older buildings in the village.

Photo: Lesley Dunsmore We thought, ‘Who better to ask, than the people of Fauldhouse themselves!’ If you know anything about The Hub, 10 Main Street could you please share with us. We would be interested in its history, any stories or memories you have. Pop into see us, call us on 01501 773 699 or email us at [email protected]

page 4 Fauldhouse Together – Issue 42, Summer 2019 Fauldhouse & Breich Valley Community Development Trust’s ANNUAL FAIR DAY

- A fun family event - MUSIC / STALLS / ACTIVITIES / ENTERTAINERS SNACKS & REFRESHMENTS / PRIZES Saturday 7 September 2019

11am to 2pm

Eastfield Development Centre Eastfield Road Fauldhouse, EH47 9LE

At a new venue! Eastfield Development Centre Eastfield Road, Fauldhouse, EH47 9LE. Call 01501 773 699. You can also follow EDC on twitter @eastfieldcentre and like EDC on facebook at facebook.com/eastfieldcentre. Have your say on the future of the Eastfield Development Centre Since 2017, Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust has been managing the Eastfield Development Centre on Eastfield Road. The Centre is currently being used by several local groups, but we are aware that it has the potential to offer much more to the community. We want to invest in improvements that will make the Eastfield Development Centre into a more welcoming, functional and accessible space for everyone. Owning the building will help us find the funding to do this. We will only do this if the community wants it, if it will make a difference and be financially viable. To ensure that this is the case, we want to ask your views. Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey which is available at Photo: Paul Renwick www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Eastfield-Centre. If you would prefer to complete this survey on paper, you can pick up a copy from the Eastfield Development Centre, 2 Eastfield Road or from The Hub at 10 Main Street, Fauldhouse. If you have any queries or are a group interested in hiring the Eastfield Development Centre please contact Paul Renwick by e-mail at [email protected] or by calling 01501 773 699. Mining Tribute Sculpture Project Workshops Ailsa Magnus and Billy Caulfield have been commissioned to undertake the Fauldhouse Mining Tribute Sculpture Project. Over the past few weeks they have been visiting various community groups introducing themselves and raising awareness of the project. They have spent time gathering reference material and speaking to key members of the community as part of their research. Ailsa has 25 years experience delivering similar projects throughout the UK. Billy is a multi-media artist and has worked on numerous projects throughout . Their combined skills and knowledge will bring something unique and memorable to Fauldhouse. They have recently delivered a series of creative workshops to engage with the community. Through consultation with ex-miners and their families they intend to create a lasting legacy for the community of Fauldhouse. Details of the Fauldhouse Mining Tribute Scupture Project can be found at The Hub, 10 Main Street or by calling 07710 510 400 or email: [email protected],

Photos courtesy of: Ailsa Magnus and Billy Caulfield Photos courtesy of: [email protected]

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Office space to rent

The Hub has office space available to rent. If you would like details or to view the facilities, please contact The Hub, F&BV CDT, 10 Main Street, Fauldhouse, EH47 9HX email: [email protected] tel: 01501 773 699

Local Care Home success! Fundraiser for the Fauldhouse Christmas Tree

It costs over £600 to provide a Christmas tree for Fauldhouse and so far F&BV CDT has been fundraising to cover these expenses. To help out F&BV CDT with this task, Albert Mancini, Margaret Riley and Paul Swan are kindly organising a Fundraising Social Night. This evening will include a Quiz, Bingo, Music and Karaoke in the Miners Welfare Lounge on Friday 20 September at 7pm. This will be part

Photo courtesy of: Crofthead Care Home of Septemberfest19. Tickets will be available soon and are £3 per person. Crofthead Care Home has been chosen by Contact Margaret Riley or The Hub for tickets. Looks residents and their families as one of the Top 20 like it will be a fun evening! care homes in Scotland. Crofthead has proved they provide a high standard of care, it is a huge achievement to be recognised for being Film showing a top rated care home by the people receiving the care. As part of Septemberfest St Andrews Church Marcia Stewart, Manager stated that we are delighted are showing the film ‘Calamity Jane’ on to have received this award for the second year in Friday 6 September at 2pm. succession. It is recognition of all the hard work the staff Doors open 1.30 pm and the film show is free but team at Crofthead deliver on a daily basis. refreshments will be available to purchase.

Fauldhouse Together – Issue 42, Summer 2019 page 7 Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Timebank Cycling Without Age Fauldhouse We need you! The Trishaw rides have been going really well – just look at the pictures below, everyone’s smiles say it all! However, we really need more Volunteer Trishaw Pilots (cyclists) to help us. Can you spare an hour or two any day? If so, pop in for an application form, contact The Hub on 01501 773 699 or email Ann at [email protected] Tip The Trishaw is electric/power assisted so you don’t need to be super fit! Criteria You must be aged 16+, be able to ride a bike, have road sense and be comfortable talking with older people. Trishaw training is given and a full disclosure (PVG) will be applied for by us. Stay informed Pop in or call us at the hub or like and follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CWAFauldhouse/ Updates We are participating in an evaluation report by Heriot Watt University to help to show the benefits of the Trishaw. Some of the residents from Bield and Crofthead have participated in the studies. The 2018 report is available for viewing on our Facebook page and also a hard copy in The Hub if you wish to have a read. Photos: Ann Holloway CYCLING Recruiting volunteer trishaw pilots. Training provided. WITHOUT Interested?

page 8 AGE Fauldhouse Together – Issue 42, Summer 2019 Contact The Hub on 01501 773 699 Fauldhouse or email [email protected]

@fauldhousecdt @fauldhousecdt Fauldhouse Exchanges and Breich Valley Timebank Sewing machine repair workshop Timebank exchanges take place regularly and vary from one to another. From individual to group and organisational exchanges. We recently had a request to check the electrics and put a plug on an older sewing machine. Timebank member Dave worked his magic, discovered the electrics were American and repaired! Thanks to people giving their time, this Singer sewing machine, which holds lovely memories and sentimental value is now working again. It’s the little things that can make a difference! Photos: Ann Holloway

Another timebank member gave his time to repair and service sewing machines during our repair workshop. We had very old machines as well as new machines and a challenging over-locker. John was fantastic! He repaired, serviced and gave helpful instruction and advice to everyone that attended. We had a lovely evening chatting while enjoying our donated pie and beans followed by cake and a cuppa. Thank you to all who participated. Keep sewing! Time to celebrate Some of our fabulous volunteers and timebank members enjoyed an afternoon of thanks at West Lothian Volunteer Network’s Volunteer Celebration 2019. Feedback from those who attended the event said, “It was a lovely afternoon and great to see so many volunteers from different organisations giving their time to help others”. If you want to see more pictures from the day look at #WLVN www.facebook.com/ WestLothianVN/

Timebank offers and needs Timebank has many needs and offers. If you can help or want further information, please pop into The Hub and speak to Ann or email: [email protected]

page 9 Fauldhouse Together – Issue 42, Summer 2019 Fauldhouse Halloween Hunt! Monday 21st to Monday 28th October 2019

£1.50 per child

• Pick up your clue sheet and torch (between the above dates) from The Hub • Hand in your completed sheet into The Hub when you’ve finished and pick up your spooky prize (to be claimed before 3pm, Monday 28th October)

For more information, pop into Fauldhouse The Hub, 10 Main Street, Fauldhouse, EH47 9HX and Breich Valley Tel 01501 773 699 or Timebank email [email protected]

Christmas in Fauldhouse Community Dinner December 2019. Date TBC. Further information to follow. Tickets will be available from The Hub. Community Hamper Donations Drop off your hamper donations to The Hub, 10 Main Street, Fauldhouse between Monday 25th November and Monday 9th December (no alcohol please).

For more information, pop into Fauldhouse The Hub, 10 Main Street, Fauldhouse, EH47 9HX and Breich Valley Tel 01501 773 699 or Timebank email [email protected]

page 10 Fauldhouse Together – Issue 42, Summer 2019 The Hub Community Calendar Check out F&BV CDT’s Community Calendar at www.fauldhouse.org. uk/fcdtevents It has a selection of events and activities on at The Hub, Eastfield Development Centre and a variety of events taking place in Fauldhouse over the coming months. If you want to ensure your organisation’s event is listed on the website please phone 01501 773 699 or email lesley.dunsmore@ fauldhouse.org.uk

Support your local charity, join Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust! Membership of the Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust can show your commitment to helping us deliver positive, sustainable improvements to your village. Whether your commitment extends to being simply a supporter of the charity or you want to get more involved in our events and activities, your membership is very important to us. Please complete the form below and join up today. I wish to join the Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust Please return your details to F&BV CDT, The Hub, 10 Main Street, Fauldhouse, EH47 9HX

Name: Email: Address: Would you be interested in becoming a volunteer with the F&BV CDT? Yes/No Postcode: Would you be happy for us to contact you about any up Tel: and coming events? Yes/No

All the data we hold is gathered and managed in strict accordance with General Data Protection Regulation 2018. Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential, and will be shared only with other organisations to comply with a legitimate interest or a legal obligation ie OSCR or funders. You can update or have your data removed from our records at any time by sending an e-mail to [email protected] Fauldhouse Together – Issue 42, Summer 2019 page 11 Useful contacts At The Hub Scottish Police: Opening hours In an emergency call 999 The Hub is open Monday–Thursday from 8.45am to 4.30pm, To report a crime call 101 Friday from 8.45am to 3pm (plus evenings/weekends as/if Whitburn Police Station: required). 01501 740 222 Fauldhouse Art Group are at The Hub Mondays from Safety advice from the 1.45–3.45pm. New members welcome. Scottish Fire & Rescue: Timebank ‘Sewing With Sandra’ Group at The Hub on 0800 169 0320 Wednesdays from 10.30am–12pm. West Lothian Foodbank: are at The Hub Wednesdays 01501 229 307 Take a Break Craft Group from 1–3pm. New members always welcome. The Food Train: 01506 413 013 The Fauldhouse Footers leave from The Hub every Thursday at 10am. Local walks are moderate and suit most abilities. West Lothian Financial Inclusion Network: Blackburn, Seafield & District Credit Union are at The Hub 01501 771 775 every Friday from 12noon–1pm. Advice Shop Bathgate: Bridge Money Advice Service are at The Hub on the last 01506 283 000 Friday of the month from 12noon – 1pm. Fauldhouse For more info contact 01506 238 980. Partnership Centre: WLSEN (West Lothian Social Enterprise Network) have 01501 773 000 their office in The Hub. See www.wlsen.org.uk for details or West Lothian Council: tel: 01501 773 659 01506 280 000 Photocopying at The Hub Doctors’ Surgeries: Lanrigg Practice Single sided Double sided 01501 773 045 A4 b&w 25p A4 b&w 35p Breich Valley Practice A4 colour 45p A4 colour 55p 01501 773 020 A3 b&w 40p A3 b&w 50p A3 colour 60p A3 colour 70p Fauldhouse Health Centre Line: 01501 773 046 Dentist: 01501 773 032

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