The search is on for people who want to represent the interests of people in the Leith Central area. Nominations are open for places on Leith Central Community Council, which is holding an interim election.
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New Year news from Living in Harmony
Dear all,
Happy New Year! I hope you had a good break.
Overcoming Language Barriers write up
I’m attaching the minutes and slides from our last forum meeting about overcoming language barriers. Thank you to everyone who took part. The next forum meeting will be in February. I’ll be in touch soon with the date.
Burns Night Community Ceilidh
I’m attaching a poster for the Burns Night Community Ceilidh at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre on Saturday 23rd January, 5-9pm. This is a really fun, family friendly and accessible evening for anyone living in the area. Tickets are £1 and need to be purchased in advance from the community centre. Please come along and invite others!
Facebook page
The Living in Harmony facebook page is at
https://www.facebook.com/LivingInHarmonyEdinburgh/
We want people to use this page to share information about what’s on so please do like it, post information on it and share it. Luke will be trying to post interesting and useful articles on the page too, so hopefully you’ll find it helpful.
Chat cafes
I’m attaching flyers for the Chat Café at PCHP and an LGBT chat café in the city, both starting this month.
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony
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Sign up for North Edinburgh community conference
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 13 February 9.30 – 3pm
NORTH EDINBURGH COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
Organised by Community Action North and Granton Improvement Society
WHAT NEXT FOR OUR COMMUNITY?
Challenges and opportunities facing North Edinburgh
North Edinburgh is facing tough times. Services are being cut, jobs are hard to come by and some of our projects are struggling to survive.
But maybe it’s not all doom and gloom. Our community has some great resources, and chief among these is our people: the activists and the volunteers, young and old.
This important conference will discuss what our community needs – and work out how, together, we can get where we want to be.
We believe the people who know best are the people who live here. North Edinburgh needs your ideas – come along and help us to map out a positive future for our community.
Lunch provided
Free crèche available (MUST be booked in advance)
Contact: 0131 315 6405 or email communityactionnorth@gmail.com | grantonimprovementsociety.wordpress.com
West Pilton Park cleanup this Sunday
Spring into action at West Pilton Park!
Get involved in improving healthcare
Scotland’s national healthcare improvement organisation is recruiting volunteers
Do you want to help to improve the quality of care in Scotland? If so, Scotland’s national healthcare improvement organisation would like to hear from you! Continue reading Get involved in improving healthcare
Kraftworks in Muirhouse
Don’t be alarmed, it’s not the return of the electro-prog rockers – it’s arts and crafts in Muirhouse with a re-use and recycle theme!
Inverleith: YOUth decides!
It’s here! ‘YOU(th) DECIDE!’
You(th) Decide! is an opportunity for young people aged between 11 and 18 to tell us what they think needs to happen in Inverleith to make it better for young people, and have a say on how local funds are spent (writes INP’s Elaine Lennon).
Councillor Gavin Barrie, Champion of Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership’s Young People’s Action Group, is asking young people to send us your ideas, and then, once young people have voted on their favourites, three projects costing around £1000 each will be implemented. Poster and proposal form here. Please pass on and help us get young people aware of this.
Spread the word! You can link to either the pdf (foot of page) or directly to the poster or form as jpeg on our noticeboard here:
http://www.edinburghnp.org.uk/neighbourhood-partnerships/inverleith/local-info/local-noticeboard/
Please tweet the info too to help us get the info out, and proposals in, by the end of the month. I’ll watch out for them and retweet them, and please use @north_team and hashtag #inverleithnp if possible.
Finally, as you’d expect, there are a few guidelines that we’ll need to follow to ensure that we are spending public money on appropriate projects. These are also shown on the proposal form, but are that projects must be:
- be located within Inverleith
- be of benefit to a large number of people
- not have any ongoing costs
- be open to all
- be able to be completed by September 2016
It would be great if you can remind young people of this when they are thinking of projects to apply for, or when you are encouraging them to apply.
YOUth Decide poster and proposal form 2016 final
Community Chat Cafe’s back this Thursday
Thursday 14 January 12.30 – 2pm
Pilton Community Health Project
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre facing closure
Time running out for award-winning Centre
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre seems set to close following confirmation that funding to run the Centre is to be slashed. Five members of staff will lose their jobs if the Centre – the only purpose-built community centre in the Inverleith ward – closes after having served the local community for twenty years. Continue reading Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre facing closure
Community Ceilidh at Royston Wardieburn
Let’s party like it’s 1759!