Monday 10th February at 6.30pm
On Monday 10th February at 6:30pm, members of The Ripple project and residents of Ward 14 will get the chance to speak to their local councillors.
Have you ever seen Question Time or even better Debate Night? If the answer is yes, then you know how important a local event like this can be.
If not, then read the quick explainer on the event below.
Members of The Ripple project and the wider community of Ward 14 will have the opportunity to put questions to our local representatives. After a question-and-answer session each councillor will have the opportunity to detail their priorities for the upcoming year or make any other address they deem appropriate.
Tristan Green, The Ripple Community Action Worker who will be chairing the evening said: “‘I am delighted that all four of our local councillors committed to this event with such enthusiasm.
“Events like this can help reduce the barriers that make it so hard for regular people to engage with politics at a local level. It is a groundbreaking evening for this ward and I am looking forward to some healthy debate’.
Rachel Green, Director added: ‘Genuine engagement by elected members is becoming essential at a time when more and more is being asked of the third sector and local communities.
” Only by knowing what is important to local people can our councillors serve the communities who elected them”.
Local people can submit any questions they would like to ask on the night using this form https://forms.office.com/e/FBVRMy2wFi
Four councillors currently represent the Craigentinny/Duddingston Ward:
- Danny Aston, Scottish National Party (SNP)
- Joan Griffiths, Scottish Labour
- Alex Staniforth, Scottish Green Party
- Iain Whyte, Scottish Conservatives
This meeting is taking place ahead of the City of Edinburgh Councils budget announcement for 2025/26.