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Edinburgh Playing Out Public Meeting

(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Playing Out)
Playing Out is a way of reclaiming our city streets for children to play safely and for all age groups to come out of their houses and speak to their neighbours. It involves closing streets on a regular basis (this is flexible, but could be one afternoon a month) and allowing children, under the supervision of their parents, to play outdoors. Unstructured outdoor play with all age groups is important for children’s development. Streets which already organise playing out see an increased sense of community and responsibility  Residents’ cars, delivery vehicles etc are still allowed access, it is just through traffic which is prevented from using the road.
If you would like to hear how to organise a Playing Out street over the weekend of 9/10 April, come along to:
Edinburgh Playing Out Public Meeting
7.30pm Tuesday 9 February
City Chambers
253 High St
Edinburgh  EH1 1YJ

Please forward the poster below to anyone you think might be interested. Please see our Edinburgh Playing Out Facebook page too.Poster Playing out Public Meeting 9th Feb 2016

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Digital engagement for community councils

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A report on digital engagement by community councils has just been published. Key findings include CCs’ frequent lack of human resources to create and maintain websites and social media presences. Without the necessary people, digital engagement with CCs’ citizens is a non-starter, as shown by the large number of lapsed CC online presences. There is also a clear need for hands-on training and guidance about setting up online presences using modern blogging platforms. Continue reading →

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Open Government!

Think government should be more transparent, engaging and accountable? Here’s how to get involved in writing the UK’s new open government action plan.

Open government is the simple but powerful idea that governments and institutions work better for citizens when they are transparent, engaging and accountable.

As a member of the global Open Government Partnership, the UK and devolved governments must publish an open government action plan in June 2016, setting out clear, specific and measurable open government reforms for the next two years.  In the spirit of open government, this action plan is being co-developed by government and civil society, and its implementation will be monitored by the Independent Reporting Mechanism of the OGP.   Continue reading →

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Ocean Terminal hotel draft plans

Holder Planning has submitted to Edinburgh Council plans showing two possible locations for a hotel at Ocean Terminal. Click the thumbnail to see the full-size PDF:

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This matter is at pre-application stage, and will be presented at  public exhibitions in February (10th and 24th (3.30pm – 7.30pm)) and at community council meetings.

We will update this post as soon as we know the exhibition locations, and at which CC meetings these plans will be presented.

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Leith Town Centre Public Consultation

(with thanks to Leith Links CC and Tower Wharf Residents Association for alerting us to this)

What do you think of shopping in Leith?

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Edinburgh Council is consulting on draft guidance for Leith Town Centre. This includes options for guuiding the balance of shops with other uses and services. The council will be holding two drop-in events for the public to give their views.
Where: McDonald Road Library
When:

  • Tuesday 26th January 2-5pm
  • Saturday: 30th January 11- 2pm

You can view the draft Supplementary Guidance online at https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/leith-town-centre or at your local library. Responses should be submitted by 16 February 2016 via the Council’s Consultation Hub.

Click the graphic above for further details

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£eith decides 2015/16

(adapted from a post on Leith Links CC’s website)

This is your chance to make the decisions about community projects that are looking for funding.

Voting opens on Saturday 6 February 2016 at 12.30pm at the launch event in Leith Community Centre. You’ll have until 3pm to speak to applicant organisations about their projects and the work they do in Leith, and then vote.

If you can’t make it along to the event, you’ll be able to see information about the projects and vote in Leith and McDonald Road libraries from 3pm Saturday 6 February until 5pm Tuesday 16 February. You can also print a voting form from the internet and send it to us.

Project information will also be available in early January 2016.

What is £eith decides?

£eith decides is an approach used by Leith Neighbourhood Partnership to allocate 50% of its Community Grants Fund.

This type of approach is called Participatory Budgeting (PB) and allows you to decide about issues that matter to you.  If you’re part of a local group you can put forward your own ideas, and then local people vote on them.  So it is more than asking people what they think – local people make the decisions.

Useful information

Got a questions about PB or the £eith decides process? Check the FAQs or email leith.decides@edinburgh.gov.uk

You can also look at the evaluation reports from the last 5 years of £eith decides. You’ll get more detail here about who has applied, how many people have voted and which projects got funding.

Keep up to date on www.facebook.com/voteforleithdecides or Twitter (@CityCentreLeith using #LeithNP and #LeithDecides)

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Leith Community Cinema

(taken from a post on Tower Wharf Residents Association’s website)

Leith Community Cinema are showing two Christmas films on 10th and 16th December

Venue:  St Pauls Church, Pilrig Street

Elf: A family Christmas movie – Thursday, 10th December at 4pm

White Christmas – Wednesday, 16th December at 2pm

Cafe from 3.30pm – pom-pom, bauble making and festive treats – £3 adult/£2 Children.

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Mental Health Information Station

(based on an email from the Scottish Public Health Network)

When: 11am-3pm, every Thursday

Where: St Mary’s Cathedral, Walpole Hall, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh EH12 5AW

Are you affected with mental health issues? Or do you care for someone who is? Come along to this FREE weekly, friendly drop-in. Click the graphics for more information, or email mentalhealthinformation@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or call 0131 537 8650
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