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  • East Kilbride East,  Kirsten Robb,  Local

    Councillor Update, December 2022

    11 January 2023 /

    After my energy efficiency motion was approved at full council in early December, I have continued to support constituents with their issues including lots of issues around housing emergencies and burst pipes with the cold snap before Christmas. Just contact me if I can help you with anything. In December I met with EK Home Carers to discuss their anger that the additional responsibilities they have taken on over the years, especially since Covid, have not been recognised as meriting an increase in the grade for the job. I support their protest and you can find out more about it here. The union will now make an appeal to the…

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    Space to Play

    4 September 2021
    A montage of pictures of Kirsten in acion, taken from the winter 2022 EKE newsletter

    Kirsten in action

    22 January 2022
    Chalk slogan saying "Wish the park was still here"

    South Lanarkshire Council removal of play park ‘unlawful’

    26 January 2022
  • Cut Bills, Cut Carbon,  Helping you,  Kirsten Robb,  Local,  Space to Play

    Councillor Update, November 2022 (and a bit of December)

    10 December 2022 /

    I have continued to support constituents with their particular issues dealing with mental health, housing, road safety, maintenance and green spaces. Just contact me if I can help you with anything. My ‘Cut fuel bills, cut carbon, kick start the green economy’ motion is approved: I managed to secure the support of other councillors to produce a council energy reduction plan so saving money for vital public services, to ensure new builds are as energy efficient as possible and to use the council’s build programme to create new green, long lasting, local, decent jobs. Check it out here. Help with the cost of living and keeping warm: I know there…

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    South Lanarkshire Council Votes to Cut Carbon Emissions and Kick Start the Local Green Economy

    8 December 2022

    Cut Bills, Cut Carbon, Kick Start the Green Economy

    2 December 2022
  • Campaign,  Cut Bills, Cut Carbon,  Featured,  Kirsten Robb,  News,  Uncategorized

    South Lanarkshire Council Votes to Cut Carbon Emissions and Kick Start the Local Green Economy

    8 December 2022 /

    On December 7th, Cllr Kirsten Robb (Scottish Green Party, East Kilbride East), presented a motion to the full council setting out further steps to cut council fuel consumption, reduce carbon emissions and kick start the local green economy in South Lanarkshire. The final text of the motion can be viewed below. South Lanarkshire Greens wish to extend thanks to Cllr Ross Clark (SNP, Larkhall) for seconding the motion and to Cllr Joe Fagan (Labour, East Kilbride Central North) for his constructive engagement and welcome amendment. The motion “Cut Bills, Cut Carbon, Kick Start the Green Economy” passed, amended, by unanimous consent in the last full council meeting of 2022. Motion:…

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    South Lanarkshire Council Can Show Climate Leadership

    23 September 2022
    Kirsten Robb in goal at Multi Use Games Area next to St Leonards Primary School

    Greens secure reopening of multi-use games areas after ‘Space to Play’ campaign

    18 October 2021

    Green MSP Gillian Mackay takes Space to Play Campaign to Parliament

    23 January 2022
  • Kirsten Robb,  Local,  Uncategorized

    Councillor Update, October 2022

    31 October 2022 /

    Kirsten has continued to support constituents with their particular issues dealing with mental health, housing, policing, maintenance and greenspaces. She attended St Leonard’s Parent Council, St Leonard’s Community Council and Sanderson Parent Teachers Association. She also met with users of adult day centres and their carers and went to briefings on children’s rights and a fairer Scotland. She joined the runners for ‘Running Out Of Time’, the world longest baton relay in East Kilbride and Rutherglen and met children and young people from local schools, to raise awareness of climate change. Finally she will raise the desperate need for more affordable and social housing as part of the local housing…

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    South Lanarkshire Council removal of play park ‘unlawful’

    26 January 2022

    South Lanarkshire Council Can Show Climate Leadership

    23 September 2022

    Cut Bills, Cut Carbon, Kick Start the Green Economy

    2 December 2022
  • East Kilbride East,  Kirsten Robb,  Local,  News

    Councillor Update, September 2022

    22 September 2022 /

    I have been continuing case and ward work, working with various organisations and charities in and around East Kilbride East, as they tackle the cost of living crisis. I have also helped support many of my constituents with their particular needs such as path improvements, road safety, particularly around schools, homelessness, home adaptations and planning. I have met with local housing officers to discuss, amongst other things, bike storage solutions. I am supporting local community groups and residents as they improve play and recreation facilities at Cornfoot Crescent and Long Calderwood. A start has been made on improvements to the football cage at Morrishall Road and I took part in…

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    Cut Bills, Cut Carbon, Kick Start the Green Economy

    2 December 2022
    EKE Autumn newsletter

    Autumn 2021 Newsletter

    4 September 2021
    A montage of pictures of Kirsten in acion, taken from the winter 2022 EKE newsletter

    Kirsten in action

    22 January 2022
  • East Kilbride East,  Helping you,  Kirsten Robb,  Local,  News,  Space to Play,  Uncategorized

    Councillor Update, July 2022

    31 July 2022 /

    During July, as well as some family holiday time off, I’ve been visiting various groups, progressing more issues for residents and planning for the start of the full council year which kicks off mid- August. I’ve now dealt with over 75 items of case work for constituents. These include improvements to Brancumhall Pitch and Putt, helping with an urgent homelessness issue, path maintenance at Lammermoor Park, and getting the damaged substation at Ivanhoe cleaned up and made safe. Finally, after many months of me chasing it and years of it being in a dilapidated state, residents at Buchan Green have started seeing their wall repaired. I visited local charity Share…

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    Kirsten Robb pictured outdoors wearing a red hat and blue anorak

    Kirsten Robb Selected To Represent the Scottish Green Party in East Kilbride

    17 January 2022

    Councillor Update, December 2022

    11 January 2023
    Chalk slogan saying "Wish the park was still here"

    Space to Play

    4 September 2021
  • East Kilbride East,  Kirsten Robb,  Local,  News,  Space to Play

    What will your councillors do on play? Space to Play is asking you to write to them.

    26 January 2022 /

    The Space to Play campaign wants South Lanarkshire to be the best place to bring up children. So we want to know what our elected members will do to act on play. To do this we need your help. Please use this letter as a guide to contact your councillors where ever you are in South Lanarkshire. Change it to mention any particular issues around play in your community. And please send this Space to Play a copy of the reply on spacetoplaysl@gmail.com. The letter is also available as plain text if your device cannot read .odt files You can find contact details for your South Lanarkshire councillor here.  

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    Councillor Update, December 2022

    11 January 2023
    Chalk slogan saying "Wish the park was still here"

    South Lanarkshire Council removal of play park ‘unlawful’

    26 January 2022

    Cut Bills, Cut Carbon, Kick Start the Green Economy

    2 December 2022
  • Chalk slogan saying "Wish the park was still here"
    East Kilbride East,  Kirsten Robb,  Local,  News,  Space to Play

    South Lanarkshire Council removal of play park ‘unlawful’

    26 January 2022 /

    South Lanarkshire Council acted unlawfully when it removed Hazelhead Play Park. They should have applied for planning permission to make this material change to land. When they acted without consultation, they also ignored their own planning guidance which states that communities should be involved in the management of their open spaces. These are the conclusions of the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (https://www.ercs.scot) who have looked into the Hazelhead Park case. We have now submitted a formal complaint to SLC raising these points, as follows: Stage one complaint Removal of Hazelhead play park equipment I wish to make a stage one complaint as per the Council’s complaints procedure regarding the…

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    A montage of pictures of Kirsten in acion, taken from the winter 2022 EKE newsletter

    Kirsten in action

    22 January 2022
    Kirsten Robb outside locked MUGA

    MUGA update

    4 August 2021

    Councillor Update, July 2022

    31 July 2022
  • Campaign,  Kirsten Robb,  Local,  National,  News,  Space to Play

    Green MSP Gillian Mackay takes Space to Play Campaign to Parliament

    23 January 2022 /

    A South Lanarkshire campaign group is calling on the Council to recognise the importance of play for children’s’ wellbeing and to take action to improve play opportunities in local communities.  The Space to Play campaign is asking South Lanarkshire Council to prepare a play strategy, to open up Multi Use Games Areas (MUGA)  out-with school hours and to renew all local play parks. The group has been backed by Scottish Greens MSP Gillian Mackay who recently raised a motion in parliament. The Central Scotland MSP believes that implementing these actions will help ensure that South Lanarkshire upholds the rights of children to play and be heard, as enshrined in the United…

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    Kirsten Robb in goal at Multi Use Games Area next to St Leonards Primary School

    Greens secure reopening of multi-use games areas after ‘Space to Play’ campaign

    18 October 2021
    Chalk slogan saying "Wish the park was still here"

    Space to Play

    4 September 2021

    Cut Bills, Cut Carbon, Kick Start the Green Economy

    2 December 2022
  • A montage of pictures of Kirsten in acion, taken from the winter 2022 EKE newsletter
    East Kilbride East,  Newsletter,  Winter 2022

    Kirsten in action

    22 January 2022 /

    The photo montage in the East Kilbride East Winter 2022 newsletter shows examples of Kirsten Robb, local council candidate, in action, working in the ward where she lives. The images are as follows (from top left to top right and bottom left to bottom right) 1. September 2021: Kirsten Robb and the local community enjoy the games area she helped to open. St Leonard’s Primary MUGA had been closed for many years but after persistent pressure and meetings with SLC officers, these fabulous facilities have now been reopened for community use outwith school hours. 2. Autumn 2020: Kirsten working with volunteers and the council’s countryside ranger service to plant a…

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    Kirsten Robb pictured outdoors wearing a red hat and blue anorak

    Kirsten Robb Selected To Represent the Scottish Green Party in East Kilbride

    17 January 2022
    EKE Autumn newsletter

    Autumn 2021 Newsletter

    4 September 2021
    Chalk slogan saying "Wish the park was still here"

    South Lanarkshire Council removal of play park ‘unlawful’

    26 January 2022
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