Tag: Localities

Your opportunity to influence Locality Improvement Plans

There are two more chances to help shape North West Edinburgh’s Locality Improvement Plan this week at community consultation events:

This evening at The Prentice Centre there’s a session on ‘North Edinburgh small area’ – that’s Muirhouse, West Pilton, Granton, Royston Wardieburn and Wester Drylaw to you and me, so it’s no’ that small! These traditional working class communities face a number of poverty-related challenges and tonight’s session will look at the draft action plan drawn up to tackle issues in ‘Greater Pilton’. Are the priorities right? Can the plan be improved? What’s missing?

Have your say tonight at The Prentice Centre, Granton Mains Avenue. The session runs from 5.30 – 8pm.

• North Edinburgh small area –  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Q33YZW3

Over recent weeks the North West team has taken the Locality Improvement Plan out for consultation at venues across the area. Sessions have been on themes – there have been sessions on Place; Community Safety; Employment, Training & Education and Children, Young People and Families.

Over recent weeks the North West Locality team has taken the Locality Improvement Plan out for consultation at venues across the locality. Sessions have been on themes – there have been sessions on Place; Community Safety; Employment, Training & Education and Children, Young People and Families.

Tomorrow sees the final themed session – this one’s on Health and Wellbeing and it takes place in Clermiston’s Rannoch Centre, Rannoch Terrace from 1 – 4pm.

Health & Wellbeing theme 

If you can’t attend these events there’s still time to express your views – click here

 

North West Locality: all will become clear!

A little piece of civic history was made last week when the first ever meeting of North West Localities Committee was held in the City Chambers on 9 February. It was at times a complex and complicated meeting but it’s set the council on a course of new ways of working with partners. Continue reading North West Locality: all will become clear!

Never give up: Power to the People group challenges council cuts

While it seems the political fight against massive council cuts has been lost, one local community group at least has continued to fight to retain essential council services. Royston Wardieburn’s Power to the People group say the cuts – and the ongoing council ‘transformation’ – will damage services and hit poorer communities particularly hard. Continue reading Never give up: Power to the People group challenges council cuts

EVOC: Localities event and annual survey

Wednesday 29 March: Dialogue – Citywide organisations and localities.

EVOC are holding a discussion for citywide organisations and their role in the new localities model. This event is to understand the concerns of organisations and to talk about next steps.

For information and to book your place:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dialogue-citywide-organisations-and-localities-tickets-32950656300

And there’s still time to respond to EVOC’s annual survey:

What does Edinburgh’s Third Sector look like?

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