By Clare Carswell

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More than 30 people were at Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church to learn more about the Local websites

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STV’s Sheena Borthwick with Ian Murray MP for Edinburgh South.

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Members of community groups from across South Edinburgh shared a cup of tea with local MP Ian Murray at Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church as they learned more about STV Local.

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More than 30 representatives from various organisations showed up for Edinburgh’s first•Tea with your MP and STV•event as a way to build their understanding and use of social media.

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Ian Murray welcomed those present to the meeting and described STV Local Edinburgh as a “great resource” and encouraged them to get involved with the website.

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After the meeting he said: “Local community groups really struggle to get stuff out. Traditional media now is very difficult so STV Local providing that platform for them to get their message across is just a crucial tool for them to use.

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“What will happen is when a few groups see the benefit of it I think it will explode and many groups will come together to use facilities so it’s a really good thing to be doing, hopefully it will be hugely successful.

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“To have 30 groups here on a Saturday morning is fantastic and they were really engaged to see what was happening they will all be using it I’m sure.

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“What surprised me most was the breadth of people who were here, there were traders associations, there was a head injuries charity, there was a dementia charity, community councils so you can see the scope that it has to benefit many different groups”.

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Tea with our MP and STV events will be taking place across Edinburgh over the next few months.