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Event: ‘Community Empowerment: Voice, Participation, Action’

When Tuesday 6th May 2014

Where Royal College of Surgeons, King Khalid Building, Edinburgh

Who  Speakers include

  • Derek MacKay MSP Minister for Local Government and Planning, The Scottish Government
  • Petra Biberbach Chief Executive, Planning Aid Scotland
  • Ian Cooke Director, Development Trusts Association Scotland
  • Pat Watters CBE Chair, National Community Planning Group

Why The Community Empowerment bill will enable community councils to take leading roles in running community assets.

The Community Empowerment Bill

The Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill was a 2011 SNP manifesto commitment and forms part of the Scottish Government’s response to the recommendations of the Christie Commission and the Scottish Government and COSLA review of Community Planning.

The Scottish Government’s consultation on the draft Community Empowerment Bill closed in January 2014.

Feed into the legislative process

As the Scottish Government releases the results of the consultation and prepares for the Bill to begin its legislative journey through the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood magazine’s timely Community Empowerment conference will give you the opportunity to reflect on the Bill and feed into the next stages of its development.

Network and debate with colleagues from across Scotland

The Minister for Local Government and Planning will deliver the keynote address at the conference. He will be joined by experts in service delivery and community representatives from across Scotland.

At the conference you will hear their views on the Bill and have the opportunity to share your comments on how Scotland’s communities can become more empowered.

Read more and book here: http://communityempowerment.holyrood.com

Dialogue on the future of Scotland

From the Citizen Participation Network:

Dialogue on the Future of Scotland

Date Wednesday 21st May
Time 5.30-9.30 pm
Venue Edinburgh Training Centre, St Mary’s Street

Collaborative Scotland, coordinated by renowned mediator John Sturrock, is organising an evening Dialogue on the Future of Scotland. Here is their invitation to the event.

The event will take the form of facilitated conversations, with all those taking part having the opportunity to experience playing the roles of some of the various interested parties in the discussions about the future: Yes, No, Maybe, plus England, Northern Ireland, Wales, other institutions like the EU….who else? We’ll decide on the evening….

Thus, you may have to step into someone else’s shoes and view the matter from a different perspective, always a challenging and enlightening experience! We’ll pose questions about the process, and encourage ventilation of many of the issues which concern people. It should be both fun and enlightening.

Read the original email: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=PPN-CITIZEN-PARTICIPATION-GROUP;137a8c5f.1404p

Learn more about Collaborative Scotland. Their slogan is fostering a commitment to respectful dialogue

Sign up for the event:  http://collaborativescotland.org/past-events/event-sign-up/

 

 

Draft minutes of LCCC meeting on 17 March 2014

Here are the approved minutes of LCCC’s March Meeting: 2014_03_17 final

Matters discussed include

  • Edinburgh Planning Concordat
  • local development plan
  • police anti-housebreaking measures
  • Cockburn Association
  • Leith Walk repairs and improvements
  • Leith Business Improvement District
  • Leith Walk trade waste pilot scheme

SAREC invites you!

This isn’t about Spock’s father (he was Sarek) but about something much more real and important: combating hate crime.

Click the following graphic or read on for details.

SAREC

 

Scottish Alliance for Regional Equality Councils (SAREC) invites you to a National Conference on Hate Crime in Scotland on the theme Tackling the Barriers to Reporting Prejudice Incidents/Hate Crime.

Date: Wednesday, 07 May 2014

Time:  10am – 2pm

Venue: Leith Academy, 20 Academy Park, Edinburgh EH6 8JQ (location)

Keynote speaker: Doreen Lawrence OBE, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, a prominent campaigner for equality and human rights, and founder of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust

The Conference seeks to identify and address barriers to reporting hate crimes and discriminatory incidents by bringing in key stakeholders from communities and the public sector agencies to discuss the issue. The event will enable the four Regional Equality Councils along with other partners to share their expertise on the work around hate crime along with learning from participants of the event to take steps to addressing this important issue.

The event is funded by the generous support of the Big Lottery through Awards for All Scotland. The event will also bring in partners, including People’s First, CEMVO, BEMIS, Leith Academy and Police Scotland.

This is a free event but places are limited. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. If you wish to attend the conference please register here or via Facebook.

If you have any questions or require more information about the conference please contact: Mizan Rahman e-mail: mrahman@elrec.org.uk or call SAREC on 01315560441.