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TRIM meets next Tuesday

Please find TRIM’s March 2016 Minutes attached

We would appreciate if you would share these

Next meeting Tuesday 31 May @ 7pm in Millennium Centre

Tenants & Residents in Muirhouse

Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership to meet on 6 June

The next meeting of Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership will be held on Monday 6 June at 6.30pm at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre. Continue reading Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership to meet on 6 June

Drylaw Telford CC meets next week

Drylaw Telford Community Council will meet on Wednesday 25 May at 7pm in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre off Groathill Road North. All welcome.

See below for agenda

Agenda DTCC Mtg. May 2016

Tonight at North Edinburgh Arts: Tinderbox Orchestra Frontiers & Friends

Exciting times for Tinderbox Frontiers with two concerts coming up!

First up is tonight at North Edinburgh Arts, with support from the amazing SUPA & Da Kryptonites plus some special solo performances too.

Then at Hidden Door for the Edinburgh Youth Music Festival on Sat 28th – see you there!

Granton Improvement Society: Mapping the way ahead?

Dear All,

Please find attached an invitation to the gathering to hear and discuss the end report from the Granton Improvement Society Asset Mapping and Community Questionnaire.

The finance for this Asset Mapping was jointly provided by the Scottish Government Regeneration Unit and Community Ownership Support Services (COSS).

Linda Gillespie from COSS will address the gathering of community organisations and groups who were either involved in providing valuable information for the questionnaires or are aware of the importance of taking part in this vitally needed discussion about the challenges and opportunities we are facing in North Edinburgh.

Please use this email as an open invitation to invite those you feel would be interested and would contribute.

Best regards,

Barbara Robertson

on behalf of the Trustees of GIS

AM gathering Postcard_@2 pdf

EARN to hold Open Event

EaRN Open Event

Wednesday 25 May, 10am – 1pm

Edinburgh’s Equality and Rights’ Network (EaRN) aims to support and further partnership working between grassroots groups and organisations, and public services and community planners, with the aims of advancing equality, promoting human rights and tackling poverty and inequality in the city. Continue reading EARN to hold Open Event

Tomorrow: Be inspired!

THURSDAY 12 MAY 10am – 12 noon

Join the Timebank Temptations at North Edinburgh Arts

City counts down to Holyrood election

With less than a week to go until the Scottish Parliament Election 2016, Edinburgh is gearing up to run its own part in the vote. Preparations are already well underway across the city’s polling places and count venue, while training is in progress for staff working on the day and the first postal votes are being processed.

Continue reading City counts down to Holyrood election

Holyrood hustings at Blackhall tomorrow

Craigleith Blackhall Community Council are hosting a Scottish Parliament hustings event at St Columba’s church main hall tomorrow ( Thursday 28 April) from 7.30 to 9pm. Continue reading Holyrood hustings at Blackhall tomorrow

Holyrood 2016: factfile

The Scottish Parliament elections take place on Thursday 5 May – one week to go! See below for all the information you could ever wish for!

Your local constituency candidates are:

EDINBURGH CENTRAL

BETTSWORTH, Hannah (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

BOYACK, Sarah (Scottish Labour Party)

DAVIDSON, Ruth (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)

DICKIE, Alison (Scottish National Party (SNP))

JOHNSTONE, Alison (Scottish Green Party)

LAIRD, Tom (Scottish Libertarian Party)

EDINBURGH NORTHERN & LEITH

CALDWELL, Jack (Independent)

HINDS, Lesley (Scottish Labour Party)

MACPHERSON, Ben (Scottish National Party (SNP))

MCGILL, Iain (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)

VEART, Martin (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

Jack Caldwell Independent

Lesley Hinds Labour Party

Ben Macpherson Scottish National Party (SNP)

Iain McGill Conservative and Unionist Party

Martin Veart Liberal Democrats

EDINBURGH WESTERN

BATHO, Sandy (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)

COLE-HAMILTON, Alex (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

GIUGLIANO, Toni (Scottish National Party (SNP))

HEADLEY, Cat (Scottish Labour Party)

Other Edinburgh Constituencies:

Edinburgh Eastern

COOK, Nick (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)

DENHAM, Ash (Scottish National Party (SNP))

D’INVERNO, Cospatric (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

DUGDALE, Kezia (Scottish Labour Party)

Edinburgh Pentlands

FARTHING-SYKES, Emma (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

HEARY, Blair (Scottish Labour Party)

LINDHURST, Gordon (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)

MACDONALD, Gordon (Scottish National Party (SNP)

Edinburgh Southern

BRIGGS, Miles (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)

EADIE, Jim (Scottish National Party (SNP))

JOHNSON, Daniel (Scottish Labour Party)

SUBBARAMAN, Pramod (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

LIST VOTE

The names of the parties for the Lothian Region are listed below in the order that they appear on the ballot paper.

Seven candidates will be elected to the Lothian Region as Members of the Scottish Parliament, from the following list:

RISE – Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Labour Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

Scottish National Party (SNP)

Scottish Women’s Equality Party

Solidarity – Scotland’s Socialist Movement

UK Independence Party (UKIP)

THE VOTING SYSTEM

The Additional Member System (AMS) is used to elect members to the Scottish Parliament.

How it works:

There are 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

There are two ways an MSP can be elected.

Each elector (voter) has two votes.

Scotland is divided into 73 constituencies and each constituency elects one MSP. These are known as constituency MSPs and are elected by ‘first past the post’ in exactly the same way as MPs are elected to Westminster. This is the elector’s constituency vote.

The regional vote is used to elect 56 additional members. Scotland is divided into 8 parliamentary Regions and each region elects seven regional MSPs.

In the second vote the voter votes for a party rather than a candidate. The parties are then allocated a number of additional members to make the overall result more proportional. The regional MSPs are selected from lists compiled by the parties. These MSPs are also sometimes referred to as List MSPs.

HOW DO I VOTE?

Always read the instructions for filling in the ballot papers carefully, even if you have voted before.

You will receive two ballot papers.

On the lilac coloured ballot paper you will vote for your constituency MSP. The ballot paper lists the name of each candidate along with their party name and party logo.

Simply put a cross (X) next to the one candidate that you wish to vote for.

On the peach coloured ballot paper you vote for a party or independent candidate competing for the seven regional seats for your region of Scotland. The ballot paper lists political parties and independent candidates.

Simply put a cross (X) next to the one party or independent candidate that you wish to vote for.

If you make a mistake then you can ask the polling staff to give you another ballot paper.

WHERE DO I VOTE?

Your polling place will be noted on your Poll Card, or you can check it online. You should go to your polling place to vote on 5 May, between 7am and 10pm.

Find your polling station