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Engaging diverse community into public life and the democratic process
(adapted form an email from ELREC)
Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) invites you to its community engagement event on Engaging diverse community into Public Life and the Democratic Process.
Date: 28 October 2015, Wednesday
Time: 6.00pm – 8.30pm
Venue: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX
(Beside the Mosque Kitchen)
Fairer Scotland – the CC event
On Wednesday 16 September, around 80 community council members met in Glasgow to talk about how CCs could contribute to the Scottish Government’s Fairer Scotland initiative. The following are personal accounts and comments on this event from Leith Central CC’s web weaver (Bruce Ryan).
They do not represent Leith Central CC’s position on any matter but are reproduced here simply to inform readers about actions the SG and the Improvement Service are undertaking to help CCs live up to their roles (and to provide some constructive criticism of these actions).
Royal High School – planning application submitted
(adapted from an email from the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland)
There has been some concern over plans to build hotel wings flanking the Royal High School on Calton Hill. A planning application has now been submitted. The consultation period ends on 2 October.
Click the graphic to see a flyer for a meeting to be held jointly by the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and the Cockburn Association on Thursday, 24 September at 6 pm at St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church in George Street.
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.
Leith Central Community Council 