Leith Neighbourhood Partnership News: Winter 2016

(adapted from an email from Leith Neighbourhood Partnership)

Alcohol in Leith

In 2014, local people said that alcohol was a factor in some of the issues which needed to be prioritised.  Those views are supported by statistical information which tells us that alcohol impacts on the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership area in a number of ways.

The City of Edinburgh’s Licensing Board regularly produce a statement on how they will carry out licensing in the city and the Partnership is asked to say how it would like this done in Leith.  The Partnership would like to be sure that what it says is the correct view of local people.  So it would like to know more about local people’s experience and views on alcohol. Continue reading →

Street-cleaning in Edinburgh: presentation to LCCC 2016_02_15

With thanks to Edinburgh Council staff for this presentation.

Find out how street-cleaning is zoned, staff and resources are allocated, trends in cleaning needs, and how the move to localities will affect street-cleaning in Edinburgh.

Click to download (PDF): Zero-Based Resourcing approachCCLversion

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Is Edinburgh Council keeping you in the dark? CEC’s response

This post is adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council. It follows on from this post.

Thank you for your e-mail of 11th February regarding the above which has been forwarded to me by John McFarlane to provide our response in blue to the questions you have asked.  Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to your original e-mail which occurred due to an administrative oversight. Continue reading →

Minutes secretary wanted – it could be you!

Leith Central CC’s current minutes secretary is going away at the end of March, for at least six months. If you want to take on this fun and worthwhile (temporary) role, please email secretary.lccc@leithcentralcc.co.uk as soon as possible.

Click to see full job description and minutes procedure