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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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Don’t forget!

Public Exhibition
Constitution Street / Ocean Drive, Leith, Edinburgh
You are invited to attend a public exhibition about our plans for a residential development and
associated works at Constitution Street / Ocean Drive, Edinburgh.
Two events will be held at the following locations/times:
Port of Leith HA, 108 Constitution Street, Edinburgh EH6 6AZ on 25.02.14 – 5pm to 8pm
Fouin+Bell Architects, 1 John’s Place, Edinburgh, EH6 7EL on 27.02.14 – 2pm to 5pm
This public exhibition will give you the opportunity to learn more about our proposals and meet
representatives of Port of Leith Housing Association and the Project Team. You will also have
the opportunity to provide comment on the proposals and contribute to developing the final
proposal.

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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?

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Keep a sharp look out!

Leith Central Community Council’s February meeting was presented with evidence of drug-abuse in Pilrig Park. These needles and other dangers were collected from a wooded area of the park the day after the area had (supposedly) been cleared by environmental wardens.

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Clearly further action is needed before these parts of the park are safe for FoPP volunteers to work in such area, let alone be considered safe for people to enjoy these parts.

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Petitioning the City of Edinburgh Council

Tuesday 25th March 2014 1.30 – 3.00pm
Venue: Drumbrae Library, 81 Drum Brae Drive, Edinburgh EH4 7EG

This session looks at how to raise important community issues by using the Petition System, within the City of Edinburgh Council, and how the system operates in practice. A Committee Officer from the Council will explain the process and answer your questions. Suitable both for members of community groups, including community councils, and for individuals in the community.

THERE IS NO FEE FOR THIS SESSION – THEY ARE ALL FREE OF CHARGE but places are limited so you do need to register, by contacting:

Cath Tansey Tel. 0131 458 5095 / e mail cath.tansey@ea.edin.sch.uk or

Lawrence Arscott Tel. 0131 334 9311 / e mail lawrence.arscott@ea.edin.sch.uk

Please let us know if you have any particular access or other requirements.