North West Localities Committee meets tomorrow

North West Localities Committee

Wednesday 25th April

7pm Dean of Guild Court Room, City Chambers

This is a public meeting and members of the public are welcome to attend

Residents are being encouraged to tune in to the second meeting of their Locality Committee when they meet this week to discuss the pressing topics in their local area.

North West Localities Committees meets on Wednesday evening in the City Chambers and can be attended in person or viewed live via webcast.

Main Council Committees currently have responsibility for services across the city and Locality Committees will complement this by addressing specific service and community issues within their areas.

Each of the Committees will have powers over community safety, lifelong learning and libraries, traffic management, roads and parking, parks and green space, street cleaning and open space maintenance and public realm projects on a local basis.

 

Councillors on the North West Locality Committee will meet from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday and Convener Cllr Robert Aldridge will manage discussion of the Locality Improvement Plan and hear a Health and Social Care update.

You can find out more about Locality Committees and their membership on the Council’s website.

See below for meeting papers

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North West Locality: all will become clear!

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Localities Committees will “have real impact on local services”

Localities: “giving community issues the focus they require and deserve” – Cllr Donald Wilson

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Forth Neighbourhood Partnership meets on Thursday

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership will meet on Thursday 18th January from 6 – 8pm at North West Locality Office in West Pilton Gardens. 

Items on the agenda include information on walking and cycling improvements on Lower Granton Road, an introduction to the new Health and Social Care Manager, updates on the North West Locality Improvement Plan and the latest Community Grants Fund allocations. There’s also an opportunity to raise issues with your local councillors during the Question Time session.

All welcome.

See below for full set of meeting papers:

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Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership meets on Monday

Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership meeting takes place next Monday (21st August)at 6.30pm in Stockbridge Library. All welcome. Continue reading Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership meets on Monday

August round of Neighbourhood Partnership meetings

Neighbourhood Partnership meetings are taking place in August

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With the ongoing rollout of new Localities community planning structures across the city, the future of Neighbourhood Partnerships has been in some doubt but they are back for now – at least until a suitable replacement can be agreed.

Neighbourhood Partnership meetings are open to the public, so take the opportunity to hear discussions and decisions about Local Community Grant Fund applications, North West Locality Improvement Planning, participate in the popular ‘question time’ session and more.

There are four Neighbourhood Partnerships within the new North West Locality and each of these will meet in August. Dates are:

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership

Tuesday 15 August at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, 6.30-8.30pm

Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership

Monday 21 August at Stockbridge Library, 6.30-8.30pm.

Almond Neighbourhood Partnership

Wed 23 August at Rosebery Hall, South Queensferry, 6.30-8.30pm.

Western Neighbourhood Partnership

Thursday 31 August Drumbrae Hub, 6.30-8.30pm.

Full agendas for all meetings will be available here 

Empowering Our Communities: a firm step forward on a rocky road

More than one hundred and fifty people from across Scotland attended an ‘Empowering Our Communities’ event organised by the Scottish Government’s Ingage team in Edinburgh yesterday. Continue reading Empowering Our Communities: a firm step forward on a rocky road