(adapted from an email from Alan Dean, Partnership Development Officer, sent on 20 May 2015 at 16:15)
The main footway resurfacing on Leith Walk, Duke Street, Great Junction Street is now largely completed. The remaining slabbing works will continue in front of Kirkgate shopping centre with the new trees now having been installed. Continue reading
Recently, we have been experimenting with live-tweeting from our monthly meetings. This has not been entirely successful – the live-tweeting LCCC members have not been able to fully participate in meetings while addressing incoming comments and questions on Twitter. It has also raised expectations that incoming questions via Twitter can be handled immediately. While that would be ideal, we don’t have the resources for this.
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I would like to thank all members for their active support of Leith Central Community Council. Looking through our past Minutes we have dealt with many more issues than in the previous year. A particular thanks must go to Bruce Ryan, our Minutes Secretary, who keeps us all on the straight and narrow. Thanks to him our paper work and website are impeccable and up to date, and his extensive knowledge of hyperlocal democracy has helped to make us more confident in our conviction that we are making a positive difference in our community. I would also like to thank Leah Lockhart and Marion Donaldson for making sure that our activities are publicised as widely as possible to the local community, not least by breaking into the Twitter sphere. I would also like to thank our outgoing members for their support.
(adapted from an email from Erika Sella of the University of Edinburgh)
My department, the International Office, has been running the Go Connect scheme for a number of years. The scheme matches international students with Edinburgh families and community members to help them settle into University life, learn more about Scotland and enhance their experience of studying abroad. It is also a highly rewarding an enriching opportunity for local members of the community to learn more about different cultures and ways of life.
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