NHS Lothian’s Annual Review has been rescheduled (it was to take place on 31 August) and will now take place on Monday 10 October 2016. The Public Session will be held at 2pm at NHS Lothian, Waverley Gate, Meeting Rooms 7 and 8, 2nd Floor, 4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG.
Author: Bruce Ryan
Get representing – join your community council!
Black and minority ethnic (BME) residents living in Edinburgh & the Lothians, and current community council members, are invited to
Celebrating Diversity in Community Councils.
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 6.00pm – 8.30pm
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, 11 Pilton Drive North, Edinburgh EH5 1NF
The key aim of the event is to increase the representation of BME communities in community councils. It is hosted jointly by Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) project and Granton & District Community Council.
Leith Decides – apply soon!
Applications for £eith decides need to be submitted soon. The 7th £eith decides programme has been brought forward in the financial year.
Among the benefits to making an application are that it can help to promote your organisation and provide networking opportunities, as well as the possibility of getting a community grant. Continue reading
Edinburgh 20mph Speed Limits – Go Live
(adapted from a post on Tower Wharf Residents’ Association website. It is presumed that the original text came from Edinburgh Council.)
From Sunday 31 July, the legal speed limit in streets across much of Edinburgh’s city centre and rural west area will go down to 20mph, the first phase in a planned rollout of lower speeds across the Capital.
The new speed limits are designed to increase safety for all road users in Edinburgh as well as creating a calmer, more people-friendly environment in shopping and residential streets. A network of key arterial roads across the city will be retained at 30mph and 40mph, resulting in a modest impact on journey times overall. Continue reading
Care and Repair Edinburgh – Better At Home
Care and Repair Edinburgh (C&RE) is a registered charity supporting older (60+) and disabled people to live safely at home through providing a range of practical services.
C&RE is contracted by the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) to provide the following core services:
- small repairs
- adaptations
- FREE handyperson/volunteer
- keysafe fitting (police approved)
- trade referrals.
Get involved! Community Council elections in Autumn 2016
This could be your opportunity to join a thriving group of local representatives and have a direct influence on local matters.
There are elections for all Edinburgh community councils this autumn. All current members will stand down – they are of course eligible for re-election.
Leith Neighbourhood Partnership News: Summer 2016
(adapted from an email from Leith Neighbourhood Partnership)
Highlighting the Healthy Leith Action Group
This is a sub-group of Leith Neighbourhood Partnership (NP), which brings together service providers with an interest in health to work on the Healthy Leith priority, identified by local people in the 2014-17 Local Community Plan. This priority is important for everyone with those affected by poverty, social isolation, disability or addiction particularly in need of local services. Continue reading
Police online poll for public
(adapted from a post on Tower Wharf Residents’ Association’s website)
Police Scotland is inviting people to tell them what they want from local policing via a new online survey. The survey, which takes 15 minutes to complete, follows feedback from communities who want better opportunities to have their say.
Chief Constable Phil Gormley said, ‘Police Scotland wants to gather and understand views which reflect the needs of communities.’
The year-long survey went live yesterday at www.scotland.police.uk/yourviewcounts.
Go take, take 15 minutes and tell them what you think!
Election hustings: 14 April
The Spurtle will host hustings for the Scottish Parliamentary election from 7.30pm–9.00pm on 14 April in Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church (Bellevue Crescent).
Representatives have been invited from all 10 parties/independents standing in the Edinburgh Northern & Leith constituency. Full details are on the Spurtle website.
You can submit questions in advance to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.
LHNCC February minutes
Please note that LHNCC is currently unquorate, so these minutes are not formally approved. However, they hopefully provide a useful record of LHNCC’s activities.
Click to download: 2016_02_23 final
lhncc.org.uk 