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Leith Community Conference 16th May

Just a reminder that Leith NP is holding a Community Conference this Friday to determine the focus of its work for the next 3 years.  This is an open meeting with lots of opportunity to contribute.  If you attend only one NP meeting/event this year – make it this one! 

 

Leith needs Leithers’ views and ideas.

All welcome at

Leith Community Conference

on

Friday, 16 May 2014

at

South Leith Parish Church Halls, Henderson Street

 

A light lunch will be served at 1.30 pm and discussions will start at 2.00pm.

 

A crèche for children 4 years and younger and creative play for 5-9 years olds(short sessions) is available.  Limited places allocated on a first come basis.

 

Environmental Warden Q&A session

Env poster

Paul Baxter, Environmental Warden Team Leader for the City Centre & Leith Neighbourhood areas is holding an online Q & A session this week on the Neighbourhood Team Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/cclneighbourhood.

Please leave questions for Paul on the page this week and he will answer them on Wednesday 14th May 2014, between 2pm & 4pm.

For further details, please contact:
Michael Traill | Community Safety Officer | City Centre / Leith Neighbourhood Office | Services for Communities | The City of Edinburgh Council | 1 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1BJ | Tel 0131 529 7208 |  Fax: 0131 529 7542 | Michael.Traill@Edinburgh.gov.uk  | Michael.Traill@Edinburgh.gsx.gov.uk

 

Draft minutes of LCCC April meeting

As with all draft minutes, these should be regarded as a rough draft until and unless they are approved at the next meeting.

Click to download: 2014_04_28 draft

Topics discussed include

  • Leith police station’s area
  • police action against antisocial behaviour
  • Leith festival
  • Leith CCs get-together
  • Community engagement
  • Leith walk repairs: contracts have been issued
  • Pilrig Park
  • Croall place advertising: planning outcome
  • McDonald Road secondary school: planning outcome
  • Shrub Hill House and Shrub Place
  • Leith community plan conference (16 May)
  • Redbraes community Garden
  • Edinburgh Tool Library
  • Referendum debates

Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy: interim report

Here’s the headlines

Give control to communities for fairer, wealthier, healthier Scotland, says commission on local democracy

The Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy has published its interim report, suggesting that Scotland would be fairer, wealthier and healthier if local communities had control over the issues that matter to them.

The report from the independent Commission, set up to look at how communities could be given a stronger say over public services, found that local democracy in Scotland has been gradually dismantled over the last 50 years, and that Scotland is now one of the most centralised countries in the western world.

Read more here: http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/news-and-features/news/give-control-to-communities-for-fairer-wealthier-healthier-scotland-says-commission-on-local-democracy/

Download the report: http://www.localdemocracy.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Local-Commission-April-2014.pdf