Edinburgh Midmar Allotments Association

ALLOTMENT ORGANISATION – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

10.00      Coffee, Networking and Stalls

MORNING SESSION

Chair Nanette Milne MSP

10.25 Welcome – Ian Welsh SAGS

10.30 Report from Parliament: Nanette Milne MSP

10.45 Heritage Project – Judy Wilkinson, Rona Wilkinson

11.00 Grow Your Own Working Group – Website – Wayne Roberts, Pat Abel

11.15 Design Guide for Allotments – Andrew Reid, Peter Wright SAGS

11.30 Botanic Gardens Project – Jenny Mollison, Ben Dell

11.45  Role of SAGS Committee followed by Question and Discussion Time

12.15 LUNCH: Also Time for Networking and Displays

AFTERNOON SESSION

13.30 A.G.M. Scottish Allotments & Gardens Society

14.00 The Community Empowerment Bill- Alasdair McKinley –Scottish Government

14.15  SCIO Regulations 2011 – Tracey Bird SCVO

Social Co-operation and Governance in Allotments – Deborah Burn

14.45 Reports from Associations and Sites across Scotland:

          Moffat Can – Project managed Allotments;

          Blanefield – Facing up to Opposition;

          Edinburgh – Allotments in the University Estate;

          Kirkcaldy – Community Interest Company

15.30 Regional Updates- Aberdeen, Shetland

15.45 Special Topic Groups- Bumblebee Conservation, Biological Controls

16.15  Closing Comments- followed by site visit to Dunblane Allotments.