(with thanks to Leith Links Community Council)
Hustings for Leith ward 13 will be on Wednesday 19th April at Leith Community Centre at 18:30.
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Author: Bruce Ryan
LHNCC minutes – January
Click to download: 2017_01_24-final
Leith Neighbourhood Partnership meeting – Engaged Leith
Can Leith become the next zero-waste town?
(adapted from a communication from Changeworks)
Send in your views for a chance to win a £50 shopping voucher!
Leith based environmental charity, Changeworks, is looking to assess the potential of Leith becoming the next Zero Waste Town. This is your opportunity to tell us what you think about how waste is currently managed in Leith, and to input into Changeworks’ proposed project activities.
Share your views by completing this online survey by Friday 17 March 2017 and be entered into a £50 voucher prize draw*. Continue reading
LHNCC February agenda
click to download: 2017_02_28-agenda
Alcohol licensing information
- About Edinburgh’s licensing board: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20023/licences_and_permits/960/edinburghs_licensing_board
- Applications for new premises licences and variations of existing premises licences (dealt with monthly at the Board) are available at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/825/alcohol_licence_registers. (Details of applications for Occasional Licences, updated weekly, are also at the same part of the website).
- The Council’s LSO Manager is Tom Veitch and the Police Scotland Licensing officer is Sergeant John Young, who is based at St Leonard’s Police Station.
- The Council’s Licensing Team is based at 249 High Street, Edinburgh – email licensing@edinburgh.gov.uk telephone 0131 529 4042
Save the date!
Leith Lives and other Leith projects
(adapted from an email from Leith Lives)
- Tuesday, February 21, 2017
- 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
- People Know How Community Space, Top Floor, Ocean Terminal, Leith EH6 6JJ, Edinburgh
(Click the address to open a map in a new window.)
Find out more about how you can participate in Leith Lives, and how it can be used to promote the work of organisations based in Leith or working in Leith.
Hear more about some of the projects currently in progress in Leith.
Talk about your own project. If you have a project or proposed project you’d like to talk about, please let everybody know via Meetup, Twitter (@LeithLives), or Facebook (LeithLives.
Community Planning for People & Planet
Help set the environmental priorities for your Edinburgh Locality Improvement Plan 2017:
6 – 8pm Wed 1 March at Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Road, EH16 4DS
Book: https://lip-1mar.eventbrite.co.uk
Click here for more details: lip-ne-feb-2017-flyer (PDF)
Art Roots fund
What is it?
A fund created to enable and empower communities to make artistic and aesthetic improvements to the National Cycle Network (NCN), for the benefit of place quality, enjoyment and active travel.
Click here for more detail: artroots-fund (PDF).
Who can apply for a grant?
This fund is for constituted community groups, based in Scotland, with their own bank account. However, we will also consider applications from groups who can show that they are organised and committed, without a group bank account.
How much can be applied for?
Grants of up to £1,500 can be applied for. If the total cost of the project is more than £1,500 then evidence must be shown that the remaining cost is covered (match funding is encouraged for bigger projects).
Deadlines and Timescales
Complete and return your:
- Grant application form by 5pm on 10/02/17
- Grant claim form by 5pm on 19/05/17
- Final report by 5pm on 30/06/17
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