A reminder of the community meeting being held in Cramond Kirk on Monday!
It will be chaired by the mediator, Keir Bloomer. Keir led the process involving all parties – CBCC and the Brighouse Resident Association.
EACC: EVOC Presentation and AGM: 24 November 2022, at 19.00
This will now be a TEAMS screen meeting (with doors open at 18.50).
We are going to use a facility hosted by CEC Governance Division, with the provision of a Council Returning Officer for the Members’ Board election.
Please note the Meeting ID and Passcode.
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting (or copy and paste the link to your browser).
Meeting ID: 387 653 264 326
Passcode: P7p2hD
Where asked to sign-in with a screen display name, please adopt the following procedure:
If you are carrying your council’s vote, please sign in to the Teams screen meeting with a clear CC identifier, preceded by two asterisks and followed by your surname, along the lines of:
**GRANGE – ROBERTSON
**CORST – KERR
**LTHLNK – MILLAR
If you are not carrying a vote, just sign in as FIRST NAME LAST NAME.
If you have any queries, contact me at:
Secretary@edinburghcommunitycouncils.org.uk or sillertonhill@gmail.com
or call me on 078 1615 2994.
The event will be recorded.
In attending, you will be giving your permission for the recording to take place.
AGM Agenda:
1. Record of attendance;
2. Minutes of November 2021 AGM submitted for adoption;
3. Record of February 2022 EGM submitted for adoption;
4. Standing Orders (November 2022 revision) submitted for adoption;
5. Chair’s Annual Report;
6. Secretary’s Annual Report;
7. Treasurer’s submission of Annual Accounts to March 2022 for adoption;
8. Any other relevant Office Bearer reports;
9. Consideration of any Motions to be put to the meeting;
10. Demit of current Office Bearers;
11. Election of Community Council members to EACC Office Bearer posts and to panel seats on the EACC Members’ Board;
12. Appointment of an Independent Examiner of the Accounts;
13. Any other competent business, as determined by the Chair;
14. Set date of next AGM and close the meeting.
Ken Robertson
Acting-Secretary, EACC
Drylaw Telford Community Council meets tonight (Wednesday 23 November) in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre at 7pm. All Welcome!
Agenda
MONDAY 21st NOVEMBER
online at 6pm via Microsoft Teams
A new initiative from UK-based charity CleanupUK has launched, offering communities access to free litter-picking equipment to protect their local environment from the impact of litter and to connect communities.
CleanupUK has established litter-picking hubs to mitigate the effects of litter on neighbourhoods and local wildlife in the UK whilst tackling loneliness and isolation that can take place during the winter months.
The Cleanup Hubs have been developed in partnership with local community groups such as youth centres, Councils for Voluntary Services (CVS), city farms, and a local mental health charity. Through collaboration and collective action, these organisations are coming together to serve the local community and to help foster a sense of pride in otherwise challenging times.
CleanupUK will offer litter-picking equipment including high-vis jackets, litter-picking hoops, and litter-picking sticks to local hubs which can be borrowed free of charge by the local community.
CleanupUK and partnering organisations believe that this will:
The development of Cleanup Hubs comes against the backdrop of 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) which will see leaders from across the world gather to discuss the impact of climate change on our planet.
CleanupUK Chief Executive George Monck says, “We know that all of us can make an extraordinary impact on society and litter-picking is a great example of that.
“By coming together, local people can prevent harmful litter infiltrating parks and entering our rivers and waterways, all whilst building a stronger sense of community and having fun.”
A full list of current CleanupUK Hubs is below:
ONLINE MEETING – MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER at 6pm
Are you looking for something new to do? CCC are launching our Community Shed this Friday – 4th November.
Between 11am & 2pm you can come along and find out about our wee garden space and fully fitted workshop.
A newly established Citizens’ Panel will meet for the first time this weekend (28th – 30th October) in the Scottish Parliament to help shape how Parliament engages with the people of Scotland.
The Citizens’ Panel, comprised of 22 people broadly reflecting the demographic make-up of Scotland, will come together to deliberate how the Scottish Parliament can best work with communities to ensure their needs are reflected in its work.
The Citizens’ Panel will meet for two full weekends at the Scottish Parliament and three shorter evening sessions online.
Earlier this year, the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee launched an inquiry into Public Participation, looking at how people’s voices are heard in the work of the Parliament.
The Citizens’ Panel will assist the inquiry by making recommendations on improving how Holyrood’s work involves, reflects, and meets the needs of the full range of communities it represents, focusing on improving engagement for those currently under-represented.
Throughout the sittings, the Citizen’s Panel will have the opportunity to hear from MSPs and leading academics about democracy and public participation to help facilitate discussion and inform their findings.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Convener Jackson Carlaw, MSP, said: “Our inquiry into Public Participation is important because we know that the Parliament doesn’t hear enough from some groups and communities.
“We want to make sure that the views and opinions of everyone in Scotland are included in the work of the Parliament, and the Citizens’ Panel will be crucial to helping us understand how we can improve this.
“Ensuring the Scottish Parliament is accessible to a diverse range of people, particularly when developing new laws or policies that affect them, is essential and the Committee will eagerly anticipate the Citizens’ Panel recommendations.”
INFORMATION and ACTIVITIES with FREE LUNCH too – ALL WELCOME!
A wee reminder about our community event at Royston Wardiebirn Community Centre today.
The following organisations will be represented at the event:
Granton Information Centre, Pilton Equalities Project, LIFT, Age Scotland, Change Works, Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty, People Know How, Deaf Action, Thrive, Edinburgh Leisure, Remode Collective, Access to Industry, Project Esperanza.
We will also be having workshops and taster session on storytelling and creative writing, digital skills, arts and crafts, singing for fun, exercise to music, whats on at the national galleries and energy advice.
We will also be having a community lunch between 12 and 1 which anyone can attend.
No booking necessary – all welcome!
Our next Community Council Meeting is tomorrow – Wednesday 26th October – 7pm at the Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre. All welcome.
Last months minutes can be found on our website:
