COMMUNITY COUNCIL JOINT MEETING

THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2008

Here is the agenda for the above meeting which will be held in the Council Headquarters, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh.

The main focus of the evening will be partnership working and the developing role of community councils. Russell Bain will present the Scottish Government’s perspective on community councils and Angela Leitch will report back on the latest developments on partnership working in Edinburgh. There will be opportunities to raise questions at the meeting and share good practice in the workshop sessions.

If you would like to attend, it would assist greatly if you could respond to the secretary at slacey1@aol.com by 18th April.

I hope you will be able to come along to the Joint Meeting.

AGENDA
6.30 Reception and Coffee

7.00 Welcome and Introduction
Councillor Jenny Dawe, Leader of the Council, Chair of Edinburgh Partnership

7.15 Community Councils - the Scottish Government Perspective -
Russell Bain, Scottish Government

Update on Partnership Working in Edinburgh
Angela Leitch, Head of Performance and Community Engagement,
Services for Communities

7.45 Questions

8.00 Workshops

8.45 Feedback

9.00 Closing Remarks