Leith Central CC needs YOU!

Leith Central CC member Marion Donaldson was elected to Edinburgh Council on Thursday 11th September. (See here [PDF] for details.) She automatically becomes an ex-officio (non-voting) member, along with the other Edinburgh Councillors, MP and MSP whose wards and constituencies include any part of Leith Central’s area.* The other new ex-officio member is new councillor John Lewis Ritchie. Continue reading →

What matters to YOU?

(with thanks to the Scottish Community Alliance for permission to re-use their text in this post)

The idea to crowdsource a Fairer Scotland policy comes from a Government that says it wants to be more open and transparent than ever before. But that’s going to be easier said than done. There’s a whole series of local events being run – as you’d expect – but the hope is that communities will really take it upon themselves to have these conversations. Small grants are available to help with that if needed.

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Help shape the future of local tax

Marco Biagi MSP is hosting a public consultation on September 9th at August United Church on George IV Bridge from 7PM . It will be open to all who wish to attend. The event will require no prior or expert knowledge and is aimed at giving everyone a chance to contribute based on their own experience as Council Tax payers and city residents.

August LCCC meeting minutes DRAFT

Click to download: 2015_08_17 draft

Please note that these are draft minutes and so may well change when considered at the next meeting. If there are any queries, please contact LCCC – see our contacts page.

Topics discussed included

  • Policing, community beat officers and local statistics
  • Leith Walk repairs and improvements – latest plans, what’s (not) happening
  • Leith Creative/LeithLate
  • SESplan