The first meeting of the Cramond Association’s History Section – details below:
Cramond Association’s History Section to explore St Kilda
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Community Planning: Edinburgh Association of Community Councils meets tonight
The Edinburgh Asociation of Community Councils (EACC) meets online tonight at 7pm.
Up for discussion is the Edinburgh Partnership’s draft Community Council Reform Implementation Plan (below)
In an email to community councils before the meeting EACC Chair Stve Kerr said: “I attach a draft implementation table which includes issues that have been covered in the initial discussion between the EACC Steering Group and senior City of Edinburgh Council officers.
“The list is not exhaustive, and I would welcome your thoughts on whether the areas covered are appropriate and additional issues that you wish to see addressed.
“I hope that as many of you as possible can participate in the discussion to ensure that the views of all 44-member Community Councils are represented.”
***Agenda for 9 September***
1. Steve Kerr, Chair of EACC, will give an update on the Edinburgh Partnership Improvement Plan’s Community Council Reform Programme.
2. Daisy Narayanan, Senior Manager, Place Making and Mobility for the City of Edinburgh Council, will introduce her new job, with a remit that includes ‘20-minute neighbourhoods’, City Centre Transformation, City Mobility Plan, and the Low Emission Zone (LEZ).
3. An LEZ team member will introduce the project and the current consultation which lasts until 20 September (to be confirmed).
4. Discussion about the National Care Service.
5. Any other business.
This meeting is open to the public, but priority will be given to questions from community councillors. The meeting will be recorded.
Please note that by joining the meeting you are giving your consent for the meeting to be recorded.
Tonight: The M Club
Are you menopausal? Do you have trouble sleeping due to night sweats? Do you feel anxious? Do you leak when you laugh, sneeze or cough?
Share your experiences, gain more knowledge or just know YOU are not alone.
Tonight 8-9pm via Zoom.
Contact Shescotland@outlook.com for details
Voluntary Sector Forum: Zoom meeting tomorrow
Forth and Inverleith Voluntary Sector Forum meets tomorrow (Thursday 14 January) at 10:30am via Zoom.
We look forward to hearing updates from the group and also welcoming Jim O’Rorke from Ash Scotland who will do a short presentation on smoking and deprivation.
Also, forum member, Kate Wimpress of North Edinburgh Arts will give the group an update on the planned development of the MacMillan hub community space off Pennywell Road.
Kate Barrett
EVOC Development Worker – Community Planning
Edinburgh Association of Community Councils set AGM date
| Annual General Meeting – Thursday 19th November 2020 Apologies for an error in the last mailing which wrongly stated the date of the AGM. This will take place on Zoom at 7pm until 9pm on Thursday 19th November 2020. Papers will be available up to the meeting at EACC Documents on the website. For those wishing to join the meeting please book a place by emailing admin@edinburghcommunitycouncils.org.uk The Zoom details will be sent no later than 24hours before the meeting for those registered to attend. We request that only the nominated Community Council representative plus one other attend to keep numbers manageable. The Office Bearer nomination form is also available on the website in EACC Documents and also attached here in MSWord and PDF format. Nominations close at midday on Tuesday 17th November 2020. It is hoped that a presentation by a senior CEC officer informing on plans to take the City forward currently and after the pandemic will follow the business meeting. Further details to follow. We have also published a document, On video conferencing: guidance from the Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (EACC) which is available to download HERE Kind regards Simon Holledge Secretary, Edinburgh Association of Community Councils secretary@edinburghcommunitycouncils.org.uk |
| A message to Community Councils from Living Streets Edinburgh Group: Living Streets Edinburgh Group is very interested in working with community councils in any part of Edinburgh. In particular, we would be keen to join in any local ‘walkabouts’ or possibly more formal street audits with the aim of identifying ways to improve streets for ‘everyday walking’. While this is obviously not a good time for such activity, please get in touch if your community council is interested in this some time in the future: edinburghgroup@livingstreets.org.uk. We are also of course keen to hear from any individuals who would like to get more involved in our work or who may be interested in taking forward local walking projects of any kind. David Hunter, Convenor, Living Streets Edinburgh Group |
Community Energy Hub for North Edinburgh?
Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative (ECSC) and North Edinburgh Arts (NEA) have agreed to support the creation of North Edinburgh Community Energy Hub, and want to invite you to an initial Zoom call with interested organisations to start this process.
The meeting will be held on Thursday (24th September) at 6.30pm and the Zoom link to join is here:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9661004253
Meeting ID: 966 100 4253
ECSC is committed to helping Edinburgh become a net zero carbon city by 2030 but reduced funding and grant support for communities has meant that it is becoming increasingly difficult to raise awareness about the importance of reducing our carbon footprint, particularly in areas of high fuel poverty.
ECSC, in partnership with several key partners, believe that establishing a community energy hub in North Edinburgh and Leith, using buildings hosting ECSC solar panels as demonstrator sites, will increase neighbourhood awareness of renewable energy and encourage people to go ‘green’.
The establishment of a community renewable energy hub comprising a consortium of local community organisations. The Hub need not be a physical entity but could involve bringing together members of community groups across North Edinburgh & Leith which would form a knowledge base which groups or individuals could access for practical advice.
The ECSC Energy Plan paper is attached, with a link to Oxford Low Carbon Hub https://www.lowcarbonhub.org for information.
I hope you can join the meeting on the 24th.
Yours sincerely
Kate Wimpress / Director
North Edinburgh Arts, 15a Pennywell Court, EH4 4TZ
Tel: 0131 315 2151 / Direct: 0131 315 6410
See below the list of organisations who have previously expressed an interest, or who want to find out more now: Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative
Edinburgh Leisure
Community Energy Scotland
Leith Crops in Pots
Muirhouse Housing Association
North Edinburgh Childcare
North Edinburgh Arts
Granton Walled Garden
Spartans Community Football Academy
Granton Information Centre
Changeworks
Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC)
Granton Hub
Community Wealth Building: Zoom event
Dear Colleagues
Please find attached a zoom invitation to a meeting looking at Community Wealth Building.
The meeting will be hosted by Lesley Hinds, Chair of North Edinburgh Arts, with guest speaker Councillor Joe Cullinane, Leader of North Ayrshire Council. Please find attached a link to North Ayrshire’s Community Wealth Building strategy for information prior to the discussion.
https://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/Documents/nac-cwb-strategy-brochure.pdf
I this is of interest, and that you will be able to join the discussion on the 22nd. No registration is needed, simply use the link in the attachment, however it would be useful if you can reply to me in advance if you are going to attend to give me an idea of numbers.
Yours sincerely
Kate Wimpress / Director
North Edinburgh Arts, 15a Pennywell Court, EH4 4TZ
NEA North Edinburgh Arts is inviting you to a Community Wealth Building meeting, by Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9661004253
Meeting ID: 966 100 4253
Peoples Assembly Scotland: Zoom meeting tonight
Over the recent period the Peoples Assembly Scotland, along with trades unions and other progressive groups, have rightly focused on the absence of support for NHS workers which, coupled with governments across this island’s unpreparedness, has worsened the extent of the Covid 19 crisis.
However they are not the only group of workers for whom the crisis is changing both the nature, and perhaps the future, of their industries.
At its most recent meeting it was agreed to sponsor a number of “public” meetings to hear from those in other sectors whose members are facing similar challenges but whose stories are rarely the focus of the main stream media.
The first of these addressing the plight facing those who work offshore will be TONIGHT (Tuesday 12th May) at 7pm, the invitation below will facilitate entry to the meeting.
We will be welcoming RMT officer Jake Molloy along with UNITE Regional Officer, John Boland, as Chair and Vice Chair of the Offshore Coordinating Group who will be talking about the crisis facing workers with thousand’s of job losses looming in the North Sea.
Its a crisis not just for those directly employed in oil and gas but across the offshore sector, their supply chains including ferries. As it appears that the industry is heading into recession join the Peoples Assemblies meeting to hear those who represent those workers affected and how the unions must address not just their immediate concerns but the long term effects on our economy .
Attached is the most recent report of the Offshore Coordinating Group “Crisis behind the Crisis”.
Phil McGarry (Chairperson) Keith Stoddart (Secretary),
Peoples Assembly Scotland
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 851 0886 3460
Password: 562022