What we do

The Community Council is a stautory authority made up of local volounteers seeking to represent the views of residents, businesses and charities who live and work in the Leith Central area.

Leith Central Community Council seeks to work with The City of Edinburgh Council and all levels of government to ensure the views of the people in the area are heard.

This may include matters regarding transport, housing, planning, environment, crime and many other policy areas.

Members are usually elected every 3 or 4 years, but individuals who demonstrate a commitment or have a local knowledge or expertise can be co-opted between elections. If you would like to become a member then please contact us at secretary (at) leithcentralcc.co.uk.

The Community Council is made up of local people who have the support of at least two of their neighbours and are willing to regularly attend the monthly meetings. If you would like to become a Community Council member, you can find more information here.

In addition local groups can be co-opted onto the council.

The ‘Leith Central’ area

This map shows the area covered by Leith Central Community Council. If your street is not inside the yellow area below then you need to find the community council that operates in your geographical area. Click here to see a list of Edinburgh community councils.

Click here to see all Edinburgh CC boundaries.

Who we are

Here’s who we are and how to contact us:

Email	secretary@leithcentralcc.co.uk
Post	28 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh EH6 5AJ
Twitter	@leithcentralcc
Facebook	fb.me/leithcentralcc

Office-bearers Office-bearers were reelected to those roles at the November 2020 meeting.
Chair	Charlotte Encombe chair (at) leithcentralcc.co.uk
Vice-chair	Harald Tobermann vice.chair (at) leithcentralcc.co.uk
Secretary	Sheila Kennedy secretary (at) leithcentralcc.co.uk
Treasurer	Ian Mowat treasurer (at) leithcentralcc.co.uk
Engagement Officer	Interim: Jack Caldwell engagement (at) leithcentralcc.co.uk

Other elected members All LCCC members (including office-bearers) were elected in September 2019, except Alan Dudley (co-opted October 2019) and Lucy Watters (co-opted January 2021). Fee Gerlach resigned from LCCC in November 2020. John Hein passed away in-post December 2020. John Tibbit is no longer in the LCCC area thus automatically resigned in January 2021 Amy Woodgate is no longer in the LCCC area thus automatically resigned in June 2021
Alan Dudley		Pierre Forissier
Nick Gardner		John Wilkinson
Lucy Watters		VACANCY
VACANCY		VACANCY
VACANCY		VACANCY
VACANCY

Nominated groups (and their representatives)

None as of June 2021

Associate and ex-officio members
Bruce Ryan (minutes secretary, web-weaver)	Ben Macpherson MSP	Cllr Rob Munn	Cllr Amy Mcneese-Mechan
	Deidre Brock MP	Cllr Susan Rae	Cllr Lewis Ritchie
		(These cllrs represent Leith Walk ward.)
Lothian region MSPs (photos taken from Scottish Parliament website)
Jeremy Balfour	Sarah Boyack	Miles Briggs	Foysol Choudhury
Alison Johnstone	Lorna Slater	Sue Webber