Please see below publicity advertising two information and discussion sessions being hosted by the Power to the People group this week. Continue reading Power to the People: double event this week
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Question Time events as election looms
Local community organisations have organised two Question Time events in the run-up to May’s Holyrood elections
TUESDAY 22 MARCH 6 – 8 pm
at Craigroyston Community High School
THURSDAY 24 MARCH 10am – 12 noon
at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre
Contact Anita on 0131 551 1671 if you need childcare.
These events are being organised by Pilton Community Health Project, North Edinburgh Community Learning and Development, Craigroyston Community High School, North Edinburgh Timebank, Living in Harmony and Edinburgh and Lothian Regional Equality Council.
Ask candidates for the Scottish Parliament the questions that matter to you!
CAN you handle it? Double-header this weekend!
It’s all happening in Muirhouse this weekend with a Shopping Centre event on Friday followed by the North Edinburgh Community Conference this Saturday!
All welcome – both events are FREE!
What next for our community?
COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
Saturday 13 February
Craigroyston Community High School
North Edinburgh is facing tough times. Services are being cut, good jobs are hard to come by and some of our projects are struggling to survive.
But maybe it’s not all doom and gloom. Our community has some great resources, and chief among these is our people: the activists and the volunteers, young and old.
This important conference will discuss what our community needs – and work out how, together, we can get where we want to be.
We believe the people who know best are the people who live here. North Edinburgh needs YOUR ideas – come along and help us to map out a positive future for our community.
Lunch provided.
Free creche available but MUST be booked in advance.
For further information call Andy or Dave at CAN on 315 6405 or email communityactionnorth@gmail.com
Forth Neighbourhood Partnership meets today
Forth Neighbourhood Partnership Public Meeting
Wednesday 3 February at 2pm
West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre
Come along and hear about:
West Pilton Park improvement plans
The Neighbourhood Environment Programme Fund (NEPs)
Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden group
All welcome
For further information contact Jim Pattison:
telephone 529 5082 or email jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk
Community ‘the key’ to tackling crime
Chief Constable praises local residents who ‘make a difference’
Recently-appointed Chief Constable Phil Gormley said community is they key to tackling crime during a visit to Leith with Justice Secretary Michael Mathieson last week. The visit coincided with news that reported crime in the North Edinburgh area has dropped by almost a quarter, with over 1700 fewer crimes reported in the last nine months. Continue reading Community ‘the key’ to tackling crime
Forth Neighbourhood Partnership to meet on 3 February
Forth Neighbourhood Partnership Public Meeting
Wednesday 3 February, 2pm
West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre
Come along and hear about:
Plans for the improvement of West Pilton Park
- Increasing the use of the park for physical activity
- Improving the park environment
- Improving people’s perception of the park
The Neighbourhood Environment Programme Fund (NEPs)
- A presentation on some of the projects carried out locally to improve our open spaces.
- How you can get involved in identifying future projects.
Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden Group
- A presentation on Granton’s ‘forgotten’ walled garden – dating from Jacobean times.
- Proposals from local people to safeguard and restore the garden.
There will also be a short period at the start of the meeting for Neighbourhood Partnership business. For further information contact Jim Pattison, 529 5082 – jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk
SOS – Save Our Services!
Members of the Power to the People group are calling on local groups and individuals from North Edinburgh to join them at a lobby of the full council meeting on Thursday 21 January to protest against what Unison describe as the “worst cuts in living memory”. Continue reading SOS – Save Our Services!
More than five centuries donated by St Columba’s volunteers
St Columba’s salutes ‘great team of volunteers’
St Columba’s Hospice has been celebrating its many volunteers with special long-service awards ceremonies. In total, the people who have been recognised for their long service have given a massive 560 years to the Hospice! Continue reading More than five centuries donated by St Columba’s volunteers
Meet your local Labour team
Drop-in sessions in Northern and Leith
Saturday 21st November
1pm – 2pm at OOTB, 36 Dalmeny Street, EH6 8RG
Saturday 28th November
12 -1pm Royston/Wardieburn Community Centre,11 Pilton Drive North, EH5 1N