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Speak Up Speak Out Campaign

 

Safer Internet public posters-page2

Speak up Speak out about keeping safe online and on your phone

The harmful effects of cyber bullying and “sexting” are being highlighted by the latest phase of the Speak up Speak out public protection campaign. The campaign launched on Tuesday 11 February, to coincide with Safer Internet Day 2014.

It’s the fourth in a series of campaigns by the City of Edinburgh Council, Police Scotland and NHS Lothian highlighting public protection issues. This phase focuses on keeping safe online and on your phone. It’s a topic relevant to everyone but particularly to:

  • children (spotlighting the issues of cyber bullying and sexting)
  • parents/carers (for advice on how to keep children safe online)
  • vulnerable adults
  • older people
  • domestic abuse situations.

To coincide with Safer Internet Day, Police Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council have arranged a series of events in schools, community venues and libraries across the city.  In addition, a range of posters will be seen in venues across Edinburgh to spotlight the main issues and directing people to these contact points for help:

A radio advert will be aired on Forth One and Two for one week from Tuesday 11 February and a series of child-friendly posters have been developed for primary and secondary schools.

If you’d like to hear more about the campaign or would like some campaign posters, please contact ann.duff@edinburgh.gov.uk

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Community Council support from the Scottish Government

Jean Urquhart, Independent MSP for the Highlands and Islands region, has received some answers to her parliamentary questions about CCs.

The answers make for some interesting reading.

She says

I lodged a series of questions on Community Councils in Scotland. I’m encouraged by the responses, which show Governmental commitment to our most local form of democracy, and hope the information provided is useful for those involved in Community Councils.

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Friends of Water of Leith Basin – Coalie Park Clean Up, Sunday 16th March

A clean up has been organised by Friends of Water of Leith Basin at Coalie Park and they are looking for volunteers:

I am hoping you can spare some time on Sunday morning to come to Coalie Park at 10am to help us clean up some of the litter that has accumulated along the Water of Leith path. You will also have the benefit of seeing the spring flowers that we planted last year.

We meet at Coalie Park and if you are not sure where that is here is a link to a map

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=326677&y=676492&z=106&sv=326677,676492&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=824&ax=326677&ay=676492&lm=0

Please wear good footwear and we will provide the rest – picker, bags, gloves etc.

Hope to see you there

Best wishes Don Giles
Secretary

Friends of Water of Leith Basin

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Promotional Campaign for City Centre

City Centre Promotional Campaign launches today.

A new campaign designed to attract families and shoppers back into the city centre of Edinburgh will be launched today (Friday 21 February).

Targeted at residents of Edinburgh and people who live within a two-hour drive time of Scotland’s capital, ‘This is Edinburgh’ aims to increase footfall to the centre by two per cent above the national average. Running for the next two years, it is projected that the campaign will stimulate an additional £50 million spend within the city centre over that time. A survey undertaken last year revealed that whilst the quality of Edinburgh’s shops, restaurants and pubs were rated highly, 92% of residents questioned felt that the tram-works had affected their enjoyment of the city centre. 28% said they had chosen to shop there less than a couple of years ago – but, in a recent questionnaire, 87% said that they were now open to coming back into the city-centre more often.

The campaign has been developed by Marketing Edinburgh, Essential Edinburgh and the City of Edinburgh Council who are working together to boost the economic development of the capital.

TV, outdoor and online advertising will appear from Monday 24 February, focusing on the diverse and unique range of family attractions, shops, restaurants, nightlife and hidden gems that Edinburgh has to offer people of all ages.

The campaign will also extend to social media to encourage residents of Edinburgh to get involved and share their favourite places to see and visit. New city centre fashion and food events and exclusive discounts for local people on a range of shopping, days out and dining experiences will also be part to the campaign.

Celebrities including cyclist Chris Hoy, actor Freya Mavor, singer Nina Nesbit and chef Martin Wishart are also involved, sharing their own Edinburgh insider tips on http://www.thisisedinburgh.org.uk

Further information
Lindsey Sibbald
Senior Economic Development Officer
Email: lindsey.sibbald@edinburgh.gov.uk
Tel: 529 4258

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Leith Decides Results

Here are the results of the £eith Decides exercise that concluded on Saturday.

Of the 43 applications from charities / community projects, 25 will receive the amount they applied for and 1 will receive some of the money.

This is the list of the successful projects as selected by the 1035 people who voted (by post and in person). The projects are listed in order of votes cast.

  • Leith St Andrews Playgroup – £1000
  • CLASP – £1000
  • Hermitage Park School Association – Outdoor Play – £1000
  • Hermitage Park School Association – cooking – £1000
  • Leith Festival Association Ltd – £336
  • Dr Bells Family Centre – £1000
  • North Edinburgh Dementia Care – £758
  • Leith Primary After School Activities Club – £1000
  • YMCA Edinburgh – £900
  • Arts Afternoon – £1000
  • Strange Town – £1000
  • Victoria Primary PTA – £950
  • The Ripple Project – £1000
  • Stanwell Nursery School Parents Council – £550
  • Citadel Arts Group – £1000
  • Fabb Scotland – £1000
  • Lifecare (Edinburgh) Ltd – £900
  • Citadel Youth Centre – £740
  • Leith Community Crops in Pots – £1000
  • 1st Newhaven Scout Group – International Camp – £400
  • 1st Newhave Scout Group – Camping Equipment – £1000
  • Leith Sea Cadets – £930
  • FENIKS – New Mums Get Together – £850
  • SS Explorer Preservation Society – £1000
  • Friends of Pilrig Park – £1,000
  • Fort Youth and Community Association – £571 (partial funding)

More information can be found on the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership website – see

http://www.edinburghnp.org.uk/neighbourhood-partnerships/leith/about/%C2%A3eith-decides/

This shows a list of all of the projects and organisations applying and a link that gives more detail of how the money will be used.

Thanks for participating, if you did.

Once again this was a very successful exercise in democratic / participative budgeting. Unfortunately, it seems that the smaller charities / minorities’ projects tend to miss out just by the sheer force of the numbers of ‘supporters’ voting. To change this pattern, more people need to participate that are impartial – maybe you’d like to take part and vote next year?