Edinburgh residents’ views sought on on-street recycling bins
Householders living in flats in Edinburgh are being asked for their views on the shared on-street bins used to collect rubbish and recycling in a survey carried out by Changeworks. The results of this consultation will help the City of Edinburgh Council identify current barriers to recycling and improve the service. Continue reading Have your say on on-street recycling bins
Edinburgh features in world’s top 30 LGBT+ friendly cities
Madrid is top in the 2017 Best LGBT Cities List, scoring an impressive 23.56 out of a possible 25
Berlin ranks first in the LGBT nightlife category but only sixth overall, held back by LGBT rights laws in Germany
Tel Aviv is the highest ranking city outside of Europe and North America, ranking as the fourth best LGBT city
Furnished housing aggregator, Nestpick, has conducted one of the largest studies of its kind, researching the world’s best cities for the LGBT+ community. Five factors were investigated in order to understand which cities offer the best quality of life for those who identify under the LGBT initials. Nestpick conducted the study as part of Pride Month, releasing the results on June 28th, an important date historically for the gay liberation movement, marking the 48th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
To make the list truly comprehensive and inclusive, thousands of cities were considered in the development stage. Polls were conducted amongst the LGBT community in 80 countries, using social media and other polling tools. More than 2,500 participants from each city were asked to give three lifestyle factors a rating out of five: the strength of their city’s gay dating scene, the quality of its LGBT nightlife, and the openness of their fellow citizens. A final shortlist of the 100 cities with the best poll results was then created.
Two additional categories were measured for the cities in the final shortlist: safety and the rights of LGBT citizens. These factors were included in order to recognise that although some cities offer an attractive lifestyle, a lot may still need to be done to protect people from hate crime and to give them equal rights. Information on the rights of LGBT citizens at a national level was provided by national and regional governments of each country, and data regarding the safety of the LGBT community was provided by local and national authorities.
“It’s no coincidence that the world’s most exciting cities have a strong LGBT community, contributing much to the dynamism, openness and prosperity which defines locations such as Madrid, Amsterdam and Berlin”, said Ömer Kücükdere, Managing Director of Nestpick.
The ten top scoring cities worldwide are:
|
Rank |
City |
Dating Scene |
LGBT Nightlife |
Openness in the City |
Safety Score |
LGBT Rights |
Total |
|
1 |
Madrid |
4.63 |
4.87 |
4.87 |
4.19 |
5 |
23.56 |
|
2 |
Amsterdam |
4.81 |
4.66 |
4.72 |
4.07 |
5 |
23.26 |
|
3 |
Toronto |
4.60 |
4.57 |
4.78 |
3.74 |
5 |
22.69 |
|
4 |
Tel Aviv |
4.72 |
4.81 |
4.81 |
4.23 |
4 |
22.57 |
|
5 |
London |
4.94 |
4.97 |
4.94 |
2.61 |
5 |
22.46 |
|
6 |
Berlin |
4.97 |
5.00 |
4.97 |
3.95 |
3 |
21.89 |
|
7 |
Brighton |
4.15 |
4.45 |
4.66 |
3.54 |
5 |
21.80 |
|
8 |
Barcelona |
4.84 |
4.78 |
4.75 |
2.41 |
5 |
21.78 |
|
9 |
New York City |
5.00 |
4.94 |
4.91 |
2.85 |
4 |
21.70 |
|
10 |
San Francisco |
4.75 |
4.84 |
5.00 |
3.02 |
4 |
21.61 |
Click here for the full list of 100 cities: https://www.nestpick.com/best-
Edinburgh scored 19.33 points out of a possible 25 and ranked in position 29 out of a possible 100, with the following scores and rankings:
|
Rank |
Dating Scene Score |
Dating Scene Rank |
LGBT Nightlife Score |
LGBT Nightlife Rank |
Openness in the City |
Openness in the City Rank |
Safety Score |
Safety Score Rank |
LGBT Rights Score |
Total |
|
29 |
3.09 |
64 |
3.57 |
48 |
3.27 |
58 |
4.40 |
16 |
5 |
19.33 |
As scores for LGBT Rights were between 1-5 as whole figures, many cities scored the same amount. A ranking was therefore not included above, with many locations having tied in score.
10 UK cities were included in the ranking, with the following results:
|
Rank |
City |
Dating Scene |
LGBT Nightlife |
Openness in the City |
Safety Score |
LGBT Rights |
Total |
|
5 |
London |
4.94 |
4.97 |
4.94 |
2.61 |
5 |
22.46 |
|
7 |
Brighton |
4.15 |
4.45 |
4.66 |
3.54 |
5 |
21.80 |
|
13 |
Manchester |
4.54 |
4.60 |
4.54 |
2.65 |
5 |
21.33 |
|
20 |
Bristol |
3.60 |
4.24 |
4.24 |
3.66 |
5 |
20.74 |
|
29 |
Edinburgh |
3.09 |
3.57 |
3.27 |
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The Edinburgh Compact Partnership has had a brilliant response to our 2015 Compact Survey so far – many thanks for all who have participated.
However, we still need to hear about YOUR Third Sector organisation for our Compact Voice 2015 Survey!
All the information provided from last year’s survey was published in this infographic style Compact Voice 2014/15 report. This went to the Council and other Public Sector Organisations and has helped provide Third Sector input in decision making.
The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete. We know this is quite a time commitment but we promise the results will be shared widely – take the survey now.
Thanks for helping us get a picture!
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre survey
Are you are a regular visitor to Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre? Have you attended groups or events in the Centre in the past? Or maybe you’ve never heard of Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre!
Whatever your experience, Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre want to hear from you – there’s a free entry to a prize draw for everyone who completes the survey (below):
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DrylawNC
Please see below for details of a new survey on Marine Tourism and Recreation and details of how you can take part:
Dear member,
The first results of the marine tourism and recreation survey are in and they look promising. In the first four weeks we have had almost 1000 responses across 20 activities. Most people have listed more than one activity and so that means we could have approaching 4000 records of where people use the coast and what for. Great news for tourism and recreation in the new world of marine planning as they can be more confident that their interests and views will be taken into account in future decision making.
This is great news but there is no time to relax!!
Returns on activities vary, we are looking for more responses from niche interests such as long distance swimming but also from more popular activities such as angling, rowing, visiting historical sites, motor boat cruising and windsurfing.
Although we have done a lot to promote the survey, through social media (there is both a Facebook page and a twitter feed), through partner organisations and thousands of direct emails, postcards and letters, the personal touch is without a doubt the best way to spread the word and that is where I ask you to help make this the best survey of the sector ever.
Please can you send on the survey to anyone you can think of who may have been to the coast or used the sea for recreation? They could be a family friend who you only ever see on facebook building sand castles, it could be your daughter whose friends are mad about dinghy racing, it could be your colleagues who get together to go for a walk from time to time and occasionally go to the coast or it could be your organisations core business! Please make sure that everyone you can think of has had a chance to have a look at the survey.
Of course there is also the business survey. Anyone who runs a business which relies in some way on the marine environment should fill this one in. A one man band, a bed and breakfast in a coastal town, a marina, boat yard or tour operator!
All you have to do is click here – http://www.marinerecreationandtourism.scot/survey/
Thank you.
Sarah Brown
Project Manager, Firth of Clyde Forum
07774 160931
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ELREC wants your views
ELREC (Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council) has launched a project, funded by the Scottish government, that aims to increasing representation of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in public life and the democratic process in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
The first step of the project is to identify the barriers which limit the participation by conducting a survey which will be then used to plan & design the next phase. We would like to request that you to complete the survey online; it will take around 15-20 minutes.
Your view is really important in order to determine further steps to be taken.
Please find the survey link here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/elrec
If you would like a hardcopy of the survey by post please get in touch. For any inquiries, please contact me by email: mrahman@elrec.org.uk or telephone 0131 556 0441. For more information see the project brochure by clicking here.
Thank you in advance for helping us with this project.
Mizan Rahman
Equality Engagement Officer
Edinburgh and Lothian Regional Equality Council (ELREC)
14 Forth Street, Edinburgh EH1 3LH
Tel: 0131 556 0441
Email: mrahman@elrec.org.uk
North Edinburgh to loo-se public lavatories?
Toilets at Granton Square and Canonmills are among a dozen public conveniences earmarked for possible closure by the city council. Local residents are being encouraged to take part in a survey to have their say about the closures.
The Council decided in 2011 to reduce the funding of public conveniences in order to make budget savings of £300,000. It’s believed that around ten public toilets must close in order to achieve these savings.
A list of twelve facilities has been identified for closure, based on criteria such as usage, accessibility and condition:
· London Road
· Tollcross
· St John’s Road
· Canaan Lane
· Middle Meadow Walk
· Joppa
· Hawes Pier, South Queensferry
· Granton Square
· Ardmillan
· Currie
· Canonmills
· Juniper Green
Members of the public are being asked for their feedback on how these potential closures would impact on them individually and their communities – this will help the Council to make the final decision about which public conveniences to close.
Residents can now take part in the online survey which will run until Monday 25 May.
There are currently more than 60 publicly accessible toilets across the city and a community toilets scheme is currently under consideration to further improve provision.
Working with Scotland’s communities is a national study to find out more about the diverse range of paid workers and volunteers that provide community learning and development (CLD) across Scotland.
The online survey aimed at the organisations that employ these workers and volunteers is now open until Friday 10 April.
We know that community learning and development approaches are used by workers and volunteers with a variety of job titles in a range of different organisations in the community, voluntary and public sectors.
We want to hear from as many of these organisations as possible to build a current national picture of how many workers and volunteers there are, what they do, and what their training and development issues are.
Please be aware that we’re only looking for one response on behalf of each organisation or service.
The findings from the survey will be used to inform national community learning and development policy and planning.
Working with Scotland’s communities is being carried out by Education Scotland on behalf of theScottish Government, in partnership with the following national partners – Youthlink Scotland;The Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC); The Workers Educational Association(WEA); The CLD Standards Council for Scotland; and CLD Managers Scotland.
For more information and to access the survey, please go to the Working with Scotland’s communities page on the Education Scotland website.
