Drylaw Telford Community Council meets tomorrow evening following the summer recess.
As well as the usual agenda items, topical issues include the state of Drylaw Shopping Centre, an update on Drylaw House and Easter Drylaw Park issues.
The meeting will be held on Zoom and starts at 7pm.
For details on how you can participate please email DTCC secretary Pam Higgins, pamhigginsdtcc@gmail.com
Dear Inverleith Neighbourhood Network (NN)
The next meeting of this group is Tuesday 17th August at 6pm on Teams (link below)
Please find attached:
We have no Community Grants applications to consider at this meeting, but Cllr Barrie is still looking for volunteers to join a Funding Panel that will consider any applications in future.
We are particularly keen to have anyone representing projects in the Drylaw Telford area.
Please get back to me if you are willing to assist in this.
Click here to join the meeting
Elaine Lennon
North West Lifelong Learning Development Officer, City of Edinburgh Council
8 West Pilton Gardens, Edinburgh, EH4 4DP
Tel: 0131 529 5270 / 35270
Forth and Inverleith Voluntary Sector Forum will meet on Tuesday 20 July at 1pm via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting:
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Passcode: 991758
We will use this following agenda to guide our discussion:
1 Welcome and Introductions
2 Pilton Community Health Project and ASH Scotland present on new work addressing smoking rates in areas of deprivation (see below)
3 Evaluating Third Sector contribution to LIP priority 3 – tackling poverty and inequality
4 LOG Update
5 Training Opportunities for third sector (EVOC)
6 Member update
Hope to see you there,
KATE BARRETT
EVOC Development Worker – Community Planning
Tomorrow (Thursday (10 June), members of the city council’s Policy and Sustainability Committee will consider a high-level strategy for 20-Minute Neighbourhoods in Edinburgh.
The model is a well-established approach used worldwide as a way of delivering services within communities. This includes finding ways for residents to access most of their daily services provided by the Council in a local, accessible and sustainable way, along with those delivered by our partners in the public, voluntary and private sectors.
This is a new approach for the Capital and the aim is to deliver more sustainable places, improve public services, and build on what is already a powerful sense of local community across Edinburgh.
Over the last year, the pandemic has seen a dramatic change to the way we all live and work in our local area, and while the concept was already underway in pioneer cities such as Paris, Melbourne and Portland, the global health crisis has highlighted even more strongly how important ‘liveable’ neighbourhoods are.
The emerging City Plan 2030 identified eight town centres as starting points and further work identified 11 more areas to prioritise as they are areas which have gaps in their service provision and/or no natural town centre.
Each of the 19 areas in total has its own unique cultural identity and local heritage and it’ll be important to clearly articulate the differing role each neighbourhood plays socially, culturally and economically as the strategy progresses.
The draft strategy outlines that, if approved, the first areas of focus will be where the need is greatest, whether that’s because of deprivation, poor connectivity, or demographic issues. For example, the council will:
Council Leader Adam McVey said: “Twenty-minute Neighbourhoods are about helping local people access the services they need, where and when they need them.
“Getting what you need in your community is about more than just having your services and amenities close at hand. It’s also about empowering communities, fostering stronger partnership working at a local level and, where appropriate, delivering multiple services from stand-alone ‘hubs’.
“We know from our Capital Resident’s Survey that 58% of people agree it would make sense to have all public services delivered from one location. We also know this can be a more efficient way of organisations working within our communities and getting better outcomes for our residents.
“Crucially, building thriving local neighbourhoods will not only boost quality of life and residents’ wellbeing but it will also be greener by cutting carbon footprint of frontline services and making support easier to reach within walking distance.”
Depute Council Leader Cammy Day said: “The Edinburgh Climate Commission supports our work on 20-Minute Neighbourhoods as the heart of a sustainable community and it’s clear the plans also support our wider Business Plan priorities in terms of ending poverty, increasing wellbeing, tackling inequality and focusing on prevention.
“The strategy we’ll be considering at Committee sets out a new way of working with our communities and we know from the experience of finding new ways to deliver services during the pandemic that communities want to work with us to co-design services, so it’s an exciting opportunity for Edinburgh.
“We’ll be working on supporting and creating environments where businesses can thrive and residents’ needs are met, helping to create a vibrant atmosphere and local identity.”
If approved, implementation of the strategy will begin immediately.
While the delivery of the strategy will be an ongoing programme of work, a detailed implementation plan will be developed, based on the ‘inform, engage, reflect and deliver’ model.
Potential locations for 20-Minute Neighbourhoods:
Corstorphine
Lochend / Restalrig
Ratho
Craigmillar / Bingham
Moredun/Gilmerton
South Queensferry
Currie/Balerno
Morningside / Bruntsfield
Stockbridge
Gorgie/Dalry
Muirhouse (above)
Tollcross
Granton
Nicholson Street
Wester Hailes
Kirkliston
Oxgangs
Leith / Leith Walk
Portobello
The next meeting of the Inverleith Neighbourhood Network will be on Wednesday 31st March from 6 – 8pm.
Agenda is below:
The meeting will take place online using Microsoft Teams.
Joan Beattie, Inverleith community representative on the North West Locality Community Planning Partnership ( LCPP), said: “Our Neighbourhood Network is having a Team’s meeting on 31st March starting at 6pm to discuss among other things how to take forward our priority ‘MAKING THE MOST OF OUR GREEN SPACES’.
“This was chosen as our priority in the last meeting before Covid restrictions but has proved to be even more important given the use of our green spaces over the last year.
“I would really like to hear all of your views on this to feed into the next LCPP meeting and to let you know how I think it could be linked to the Local Improvement Plan.
I really hope you are all able to make the meeting but if that’s not, please pass on your ideas.”
For further information contact:
Elaine Lennon
North West Lifelong Learning Development Officer, City of Edinburgh Council
8 West Pilton Gardens, Edinburgh, EH4 4DP
Tel: 0131 529 5270 / 35270
‘Think local, act local’ is the strong message coming from Edinburgh’s community planning partnership as city residents and community groups rally round to support each other.
This week the Edinburgh Partnership, the city’s community planning network, held an urgent meeting to co-ordinate the city’s response to Covid-19 and to look at what more we can all do to help Edinburgh’s residents and businesses through this unprecedented and difficult time.
They have committed to working together to do everything they can to keep vital services running, supporting the most vulnerable and isolated and making sure our frontline workers are able to continue with their essential work.
Council Leader Adam McVey said: “The Edinburgh Partnership brings together the heads of public sector like Council, police and NHS with the third sector, and the business community with the chamber of commerce, and are all working together to co-ordinate Edinburgh’s efforts.
“We’re supporting our residents, businesses, communities and working hard to sustain essential and lifeline services at this incredibly challenging time.
“There’s a lot we’re already doing to work across organisations, and we’ll continue to do everything we can to keep our vital services operating. This will mean everyone in the city doing their bit or simply bearing with us so we can direct support where it’s most needed.
“We’re already seeing many examples of organisations and individuals being hugely creative to help people in our communities and we’ll do everything we can to effectively coordinate help and support being offered and keep everyone up to date with the most recent information.”
Depute Leader Cammy Day said: “As we continue to develop our plans and respond to this constantly evolving situation, we’ll also be doing all we can to help those working incredibly hard to make sure important services can continue.
“Part of that will be helping to coordinate the huge volunteering effort that we’re already seeing across the city. It’s amazingly heart-warming, but unsurprising, to see the scale of kindness and generosity from Edinburgh people and businesses.”
Ella Simpson, EVOC Chief Executive said: “Every day we’re seeing wonderful examples of communities and the voluntary sector coming together to help each other and we’ll continue to support that effort working with volunteers and community groups, guiding them to where their support is most needed.
“Just being a good neighbour will be a lifeline to many older, vulnerable or isolated people.
“If you’re keen to help, we advise that you look within your own street and community first, see what your local charity is already doing and ask if they need your support. There’s so much you can do without looking too far. Very simple actions like help with shopping and checking on neighbours are key to getting the city through this.
“There are fantastic resources available for voluntary groups and individual volunteers and we’ll keep providing that support and sharing information on how you can help.”
What you can do
Already a volunteer or want to know how to volunteer? Contact Volunteer Edinburgh for information and advice.
Voluntary organisations responding to COVID-19 in their communities should contact EVOC for advice and support.
Keep up to date with Council service information. We’ll also keep sharing the advice and support being offered from other organisations @Edinburgh_CC
The Inverleith Neighbourhood Network meeting that was due to take place in December has now been rescheduled and will take place on Tuesday 21st January from 6.30 – 8.30 in Stockbridge Library in Hamilton Place.
The city council are holding a series of public consultation events on the future of a development site at Leith Walk / Halmyre Street. The site area is shown on the plan below although the surrounding area will be considered in the consultations. Continue reading Leith Walk consultation sessions
Two-thirds of people in Scotland feel that too much focus is being placed solely on the construction of new homes, as opposed to rounded communities with supporting infrastructure, a new report has found. Continue reading Scottish residents: “We need communities, not just homes”
Thursday 28 November
9:30am-12pm, Quaker Meeting House
EVOC are hosting a workshop to explore the best way for the voluntary sector’s voice to be heard in local community planning from 2020. Continue reading Discussion: Third Sector voices in Community Planning
