The city council has taken the decision to close all public libraries and community centres by 10pm tonight.
Parts of the City Chambers will also be shut. For library users, there will be no additional fines from Friday 20 March until further notice.
Services including eBooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers will be available online. For all the information you need to get started, please visit https://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk
Advice hubs will be set up in different parts of the city to provide advice and support to citizens. We will share further details as soon as we can.
The planning and building standards helpdesk will be closed until further notice. You can still view and comment on planning applications at https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/planning-building/planning-online-services and email the team at planning@edinburgh.gov.uk
Cancellations:
All our community-based Adult Learning classes have been cancelled until further notice. This includes; ESOL (English for speakers of other languages), Family Learning, Outlook, all Literacy/Numeracy classes including those for deaf learners and English classes for Syrian refugees.
All our Active School extra curricular clubs have been cancelled until further notice.
All organised events due to be hosted in our parks have been cancelled until the end of April.
The Council’s Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee, scheduled for Thursday 19 March at the City Chambers, has been cancelled.
Choices for City Plan drop-in event, scheduled for Thursday 19 March at St Brides Community Centre, has been cancelled.
