Monday marked the start of World Autism Awareness Week – an annual campaign to raise awareness and highlight the challenges facing the 1 in a hundred people in the city who have autism. World Autism Awareness Day is Monday 2 April 2018. Continue reading Autism Week events
Three alternative options have been developed by the City of Edinburgh Council for the future of schools in the west and south west of the city. These options have resulted from the widespread informal consultation across the various school and local communities since an original proposal was published in November.
A luminous procession of cycles took part in a celebratory three-mile glow in the dark bike ride around the heart of Edinburgh last night to celebrate the Capital becoming Scotland’s first 20mph city. Continue reading Glowride lights up city streets to mark completion of 20mph rollout
The first of four public information events detailing plans to extend the tram line will be held at Leith Theatre on Ferry Road tomorrow from 11am – 6pm. It’s an opportunity for residents and local businesses to view the proposals, have their say and help shape plans for taking trams to Newhaven – should the project be approved by Council later this year, of course.
A major local consultation exercise kicks off this week, seeking feedback on (a) traffic management and business support plans for the construction period and (b) the outline road layout for Leith Walk and the rest of the route.
The city council has just ran a training programme on Participatory Budgeting (PB) where third sector organisations and community councils were encouraged to get involved and produce their own ‘PB Champions’. Continue reading PB or not PB? That is the question …
“Road safety is absolutely paramount” – Transport Convener Councillor Lesley Macinnes
New traffic signals which give cyclists a head-start ahead of other traffic are being proposed under the latest plans for safety improvements along Edinburgh’s tram route. The proposals, which are now out for consultation, follow the death of student Zhi Min Soh in an accident at the West End last May.
Continue reading Early release traffic signals for cyclists proposed
Continue reading Still time to cast youth vote in NW Edinburgh
Next stop Newhaven? Another key milestone towards completion of the Final Business Case for taking trams to Newhaven has been reached with the shortlisting of four bidders for the Infrastructure and Systems contract.
Continue reading All aboard: four bidders short-listed for Newhaven trams contract
Young people in Edinburgh are being asked to decide how £160,000 of City of Edinburgh Council funding should be spent on youth work projects.
A total of 55 projects now face a public vote in Choose Youth Work – the latest participatory budgeting project in the Capital. Voters can cast their vote online with a Young Scot card or at events being held in schools and other community venues.
The Communities and Families Youth Work Grant Programme allowed groups to apply for grants of up to £10,000 each, to be spent on open-access, universal youth work that will benefit young people in Edinburgh. The youth work can be locally-based or city-wide.
Submitted applications were assessed by a team of young people and Council officers, and those that met the required criteria are now being voted on by young people.
Voting
Young people aged 11-25 years who live in Edinburgh have two votes: one for projects taking place across the city, and another for projects in their local area. Young people will be able to use their Young Scot number to vote. Temporary registration numbers can also be provided, and there will be paper ballots at locality events.
Voting opened on Monday and will close at 5pm next Friday – 16 March
During this time, voting will be available online at: https://young.scot/edinburgh-pb/ and in selected community and education centres in Edinburgh.
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