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Neighbourhood Partnership newsletter Issue 3 – Summer 2014

Welcome message from Councillor Child

It’s been a busy summer with lots of activity taking place across all the Neighbourhood Partnerships. In recognition of the Commonwealth Games, local neighbourhoods have hosted their own local sports themed events and Neighbourhood Partnerships have been developing the new local community plans 2014-17 which will be launched in October.

We want to hear about what Neighbourhood Partnerships mean to you and in the last edition, we asked for local stories. In the new section ‘Your Neighbourhood’ you can read how South Arts Fair Association’s ‘Spring Fling’ was made possible with the support of the South Central Neighbourhood Partnership.

If you have any comments or feedback please get in touch using the contacts in this newsletter.

Councillor Maureen Child Convener, Communities and Neighbourhoods Committee

YouthTalk13 – Taking decision making The pupils split into groups, considered all the forward applications and ranked them in order of preference. The six most popular were Liberton and Neighbourhood announced, all of which could be contained with

Partnership’s YouthTalk13 event took place on the £11,000 budget. 14 June 2013. Bringing together local young

people and service providers, YouthTalk13 The pupils were then advised that they could aimed to improve access to local youth based consider reducing and removing certain services and facilities. elements from the successful applicants in order to fund a seventh project. By removing From the event, one of the suggestions given by non key elements from four of the successful the young people was to be more involved in projects seven projects have since received decision making and be able to express views formal offers of grant. on how local budgets are spent. More information is available from Margaret

In response, Liberton and Gilmerton Campbell Neighbourhood Partnership allocated £11,000 ([email protected]) from the 2014/15 Community Grants Fund for young people’s activities and devolved the

decision making to the young people.

On Thursday 19 June 2014, a decision making event took place involving 16 members of the Liberton and Gracemount High School Pupil Councils. Nine proposals for youth projects were received totalling £17,787.

The BIG Search in The competitions invited pupils to design a poster and their version of the Queens Baton,

The Inverleith Co-ordinated Youth and with the aim of raising awareness of sport and Children’s Summer Programme provided indoor sporting facilities across the South West and and outdoor events and activities for school Pentlands Neighbourhood Partnership areas. children during the summer holidays.

Over 325 entries were received and the winners were given goodie bags and prizes of free activities at Bridge 8, an outdoor activity project based on the at the Calders.

The competition ended with a Family Fun Sports Day on Saturday 14 June 2014 at Herriot Watt University where the Queens Baton Relay also

began its journey around Edinburgh.

On Monday 4 August 2014, the BIG Search took The Fun Day offered sports to try, community place. Designed as a treasure hunt, the BIG stalls, face painting, balloon modellers and a Search encouraged local people to explore the mini science festival. wealth of buildings, landscapes and green spaces in the Inverleith Neighbourhood The South West Libraries Team continued the Partnership area. Commonwealth Games theme throughout the summer holidays with their “Summer of Sport The BIG Search started at Blackhall Library with Programme”. Sport themed activities for local 34 local people following the clues that led them children included a reading challenge and the to the Inverleith Family Fun Day at King George chance to send ‘Good Luck’ cards to the V Park. Around 200 local people attended the athletes in the Commonwealth Village. Family Fun Day and enjoyed a range of activities, a family BBQ and watched Friends of For more information on the South West and King George V Park unveil the new park play Pentlands Neighbourhood Partnerships please equipment. contact Christine Doherty ([email protected]) For more information on Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership please contact th Elaine Lennon Happy 50 Anniversary ! ([email protected])

South West Neighbourhood

South West Edinburgh Libraries, Herriot Watt University and the South West Community Sports Hub organised the “Glasgow 2014

Commonwealth Games Baton and Poster Portobello and Craigmillar celebrated the 50th Competitions” for local primary schools. Craigmillar Festival Fun Day on Saturday 28 June 2014. This marked the beginning of the two week Craigmillar Festival. Events included an art exhibition, creative writing competition, craft fair and car boot sale. There was also the Craigmillar Showcase photo exhibition, a family BBQ, quiz night, tea dance, Reminiscing dinner

and a Creative Family Fun Day.

The Festival was well received in the local area Dementia Awareness Day and supported by the Portobello and Craigmillar

Neighbourhood Partnership. Almond and Western Edinburgh Neighbourhood Partnerships worked with the Barnton and For more information on the Portobello and Dementia Friendly Community Forum Craigmillar Neighbourhood Partnership please to host a Dementia Awareness Day on Tuesday contact Mary Dunbar 10 June 2014. ([email protected])

Sportsfest 4

Liberton and Gilmerton Sports Forum’s Sportsfest 4 took place in Liberton High School on Friday 20 June 2014.

Sportsfest is a series of sporting events where local sports clubs and providers come together Over 50 people who were carers of people living and offer young people in Liberton and with dementia and their families attended the Gilmerton Neighbourhood Partnership the event. opportunity to take part in different sports for free. Information stalls were provided by Barnton Pharmacy, Places for People, NHS Lothian, The aims of Sportsfest are to: VOCAL, Alzheimer Scotland, Edinburgh

- ensure young people take part in healthy Voluntary Organisations’ Council and more. exercise Activities were delivered by Edinburgh Leisure - increase participation in sport and included New Age Kurling and dance - increase the membership of minority sports in the area sessions. Feedback from the event showed that it was a great success and enjoyed by all. In recognition of the Commonwealth Games, For more information about Almond and Western Sportsfest 4 was Games themed with the young people representing countries from the Edinburgh Neighbourhood Partnerships please Commonwealth. contact Ewan McCormick ([email protected]) Delivered by local sports clubs and providers, there was opportunity to try a range of activities including athletics, basketball, cricket, cycling, Growing Stronger in South Edinburgh dance, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, judo, mountain biking, rugby, Tae Kwon Do and Library and Comas, a charity that aims tennis. to tackle social issues, organised and delivered a health and wellbeing community event on

Participants were awarded stickers depending Friday 4 July 2014. on their performance. At the end of the event the countries with the most stickers received a Working with local community groups, the event medal at a closing ceremony, supported by a involved 72 children, 51 adults and 22 grant from the Big Lottery. community workers.

Information stalls were hosted by Children and ‘This Day - Your Say’ and ‘Action Together’ Families Health Visitors, City of Edinburgh

Council Recycling Service, Health Opportunities South Central and Liberton and Gilmerton Neighbourhood Partnerships came together for Team (HOT), Goodtrees Community Centre, Stop Smoking information and more. “This Day – Your Say” - a focussed day of engagement activity on Wednesday 26 February

Activities included face painting, herb planting by 2014. Greenspace and outdoor games from the National Museum. Over 12 continuous hours, activity was carried out which targeted local people; to help shape In addition, there was a teddy bear’s picnic potential priorities for the area. This was a very themed Bookbugs and Moredun Library Adult successful way of engaging with the community, Craft Group were showing and selling their with front line staff in libraries, community merchandise. centres and the South Neighbourhood Local Office all primed to encourage the public to

Food was provided by Gilmerton, Gracemount & complete a questionnaire and make their views Moredun Grow Stronger which is a community known. led food growing initiative, innovatively tackling the issues of producing food locally, and All the feedback gathered informed both reducing food waste. Neighbourhood Partnerships priorities for the new local community plans. You can see more from the day on Moredun Library’s Facebook page. Once the priorities were agreed by the Neighbourhood Partnerships, the next stage was to identify the actions required to tackle these priorities.

Local Community Plans 2014-17 On Tuesday 13 May 2014 approximately 65

Neighbourhood Partnerships bring together the community representatives and organisations from both Neighbourhood Partnership areas community, Police, Health, Fire, voluntary sector and elected members, supported by came together for an “Action Together” officers from the Council. workshop.

Each of the 12 Neighbourhood Partnerships has Participants proposed and discussed actions a three year local community plan, which that would address the chosen priorities the way identifies local priorities informed by that the community wants. Actions were ranked communities. The priorities in the plans cover a by what was achievable and within the true spirit range of themes including health, transport, of partnership working. environment, community safety, children and Bringing the Neighbourhood Partnerships older people. Working with communities and together enabled people to consider areas of partners, Neighbourhood Partnerships aim to similarity across the Neighbourhood tackle these issues and make neighbourhoods a Partnerships, joint working and helped them to better place to live. recognise how demographic and geographic The new local community plans 2014-17 will be differences impact on their neighbourhoods. published in October. Copies will be available To find out more contact Margaret Campbell local libraries, neighbourhood offices, at ([email protected]) Neighbourhood Partnership events or online at www.edinburghnp.org.uk

In the meantime, here are some examples of how the plans have been informed locally.

Leith Community Conference Your Neighbourhood

Our new section with your stories

Held in the South Parish Church Halls, ‘Spring Fling’ 2014 Leith Neighbourhood Partnership adopted an ‘Open Space’ approach to their community You take a big risk when you organise an event in conference. Scotland with the word 'SPRING' in the title! You have to hope that the weather on your chosen day Open Space is a method that can be used as bears some resemblance to your promotional part of a consultation. The aim is to create poster with its sunny skies, colourful spring flowers, conditions where participants identify issues and gambolling lambs and cute bunny rabbits. work together with enthusiasm, creativity, collaboration and personal commitment. The We (SEAFA = the South Edinburgh Arts Fair process should leave participants with new Association) applied for a Community Grant from insights and a sense of moving towards South Central Neighbourhood Partnership (SCNP) achievement. with our fingers firmly crossed, first that our grant bid would be successful and, second, that the sun Led by an independent facilitator, over 60 local would shine on our scheduled date of 12 April people attended the event on Friday 16 May 2014. And we were lucky on both scores. 2014. The conference was live tweeted and generated online conversations. A range of ‘Spring Fling’ had been designed to showcase the priorities were identified to inform the local many opportunities which exist in Edinburgh for community plan. people over fifty to get involved in interesting, worthwhile and enjoyable activities. To find out more about Leith Neighbourhood Partnership, please contact Loraine Duckworth Around 100 local organisations took stall space, ([email protected]) which we were able to offer free of charge thanks to the Community Grant, covering a very wide range of hobbies and activities. Over 400 people turned up at the Eric Liddell Centre on the day

Your news and events looking for ideas and inspiration, and feedback suggests that this is exactly what they found: 'Lots The next edition of the NP newsletter will be of ideas, from such a variety of stalls. Great available in Autumn. atmosphere’ was a typical comment. The cafe and If you have a story or event that you would like a programme of demonstrations and taster

to share with us, email sessions also proved extremely popular. [email protected] SEAFA has no paid staff, premises or income and, or contact Saty Kaur on 0131 469 5281 to without the Community Grant, could not have discuss. staged this event. Thank you SCNP! Plans are already underway for a similar event in 2015.

Bridget M. Stevens, Chair

South Edinburgh Arts Fair Association

Looking ahead Dates for your diary

Upcoming activity in your local area August £eith Decides Wednesday 20 – Leith Neighbourhood ‘local money for local people for local projects’ Partnership meeting

The fifth annual £eith Decides will take place on Saturday 23 – Fun Day Saturday 7 February 2015. With £22,092 of the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership Community Monday 25 – Portobello & Craigmillar Grants Fund available local groups can apply for Voluntary Sector Forum a grant of up to £1000 to support their projects. Tuesday 26 – Western Edinburgh Meet the All ideas which could benefit Leith Funders and Neighbourhood Partnership

Neighbourhood Partnership area are welcomed themed meeting and suggested themes include: Wednesday 27 – Almond and Western - Improving health Edinburgh Voluntary Sector Forum - Helping people to find work or learn new skills Thursday 28 – Liberton & Gilmerton - Improving open spaces Voluntary Sector Forum - Bringing people together

September Applications close 31 October 2014 and forms and guidance can be downloaded from the Monday 1 – South Central Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Partnership website Partnership meeting (www.edinburghnp.org.uk) Thursday 4 – City Centre Neighbourhood For further information please contact Loraine Partnership meeting Duckworth ([email protected]) Wednesday 10 – Almond Neighbourhood Partnership Business meeting / East You can also follow £eith Decides on Facebook Neighbourhood 20mph consultation event – like ‘Vote for Leith Decides’ to keep up to date on what’s happening. Wednesday 17 – Portobello & Craigmillar Neighbourhood Partnership meeting

Tuesday 23 – Almond Neighbourhood Partnership’s ‘Live Well in Later Life’ event / You[TH] Decides & themed public event / Communities and Neighbourhoods Applications are now being welcomed for YOU[TH] Decides in Almond and Western Committee Edinburgh Neighbourhood Partnerships. Tuesday 30 – Pentlands Neighbourhood YOU[TH] Decides encourages young people to Partnership meeting put forward their ideas for projects which they think will make their community a better place for children and young people. More events can be found at www.edinburghnp.org.uk/events This year the Neighbourhood Partnerships have allocated £2,000 (Almond) and £4,000 (Western or follow us on Twitter for live updates Edinburgh) from their Community Grants Fund to @Edin_NPs the initiative.

To get involved contact Audrey Primrose ([email protected]) or Jim Conner

([email protected])

You can get this document on tape, in Braille, large print and various computer formats if you ask us. Please contact Interpretation and Translation Service (ITS) on 0131 242 8181 and quote reference number 14-0691.

ITS can also give information on community language translations. You can get more copies of this document by calling 0131 469 5281

Further contacts

Councillor Maureen Child - Convener, Communities and Neighbourhoods Committee ([email protected])

Local Community Planning Team

Natalie McKail – Environmental Health, Scientific Services and Local Community Planning Manager ([email protected])

Michele Mulvaney – Community Engagement Manager ([email protected])

Saty Kaur – Senior Partnership and Communications Officer ([email protected])