LHNCC meetings

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Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council AGM

All welcome!

When: Tuesday 27 June 2017, 7pm

Where: Kirkgate Community Centre

What:

  1. Welcome.
  2. Apologies.
  3. Minutes of previous meeting
  4. Police report.
  5. Election of New Office Bearers.
    Newly elected chairperson will chair the remainder of the meeting
  6. Approval of Annual Report
  7. Roles and responsibilities within LHNCC.
    Discussion of previously circulated papers prepared by Blyth McLucas.
  8. AOCB
  9. Date of next Meeting (September)
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Moving Victoria Primary School?

(adapted from an email form Robbie Crockett, Acting School Estate Planning Manager)

Aa statutory consultation on a proposal to relocate Victoria Primary School to a new building in the Western Harbour and undertake catchment changes in the Western Harbour and North Leith areas of the city began on 30 January 2017.  The public consultation period will run until 5pm on Friday 17 March 2017.

The proposal in the statutory consultation paper principally affects Victoria Primary School and Trinity Primary School.  The paper also proposes very minor catchment changes for Holy Cross RC Primary School, Trinity Academy and St Thomas of Aquin’s RC High School.

Further information including the full statutory consultation paper, background papers and an online questionnaire are available at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/newvictoriaschool.  Copies of the statutory consultation paper are available for inspection at the Council Offices at Waverley Court, at Leith and Central Libraries and at the schools affected by the proposals.

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Community Council Elections

Nominations for Edinburgh’s community council elections opened on 5 September and will close on 26 September 2016.  If needed, elections will take place on 27 October 2016.  If you want to become a community councillor, Information and nomination forms can be downloaded from the elections page.

To find out about community councils near you, and how to contact them, use the community council boundary map and list of office bearers, available in the pack below, or get in touch with the Community Council Liaison Officer.

 

 

Community Councils

Community councils are groups of people who care about their community and want to make their area a better place to live. They have an important role in local democracy. They represent the views of local people on Neighbourhood Partnerships and convey these views to the Council and other organisations. They are governed by the Scheme for Community Councils, which you can download in the information pack below.

Community councils are always keen to hear from local people, and want more people to get involved in their work. They usually meet once a month and, between their meetings, many organise local projects that help the community or improve the area.

The Neighbourhood Partnership website lets you find out about their role and which partnership you live in(external link).

How to get involved

There are different ways to get involved in your local community council

  • attend your community council’s regular public meetings
  • email your local community council or visit their website
  • become a community council member.

Find out more about the recent Community Council Induction(external link) on the Neighbourhood Partnership website.

Contact your community council’s secretary for more details.

As part of the Scottish Government’s work in collaboration with COSLA to enhance the role of Community Councils, the Improvement Service has developed a Community Council website(external link).

Community Council Liaison and Development Officer

Email:

Tel: 0131 469 3838