An electronic version of Edition 11  (May 09; PDF) of the Edinburgh Community Council News is now available.

An event for Young People and Neighbourhood Partnerships to work together to improve local areas will take place on Th  11 June 2009 between...

Volunteers are required to help staff the Community Council tent at the Meadows Festival on Sa 6 and Su 7 Jun 09.  If you can help please co...

STUDENT/RESIDENTS  SURVEY   Edinburgh University Student Association  commissioned a professional survey to explore the relationship of stud...

This years Meadows Festival is less than three weeks away and apparently it's shaping up to be the best one yet!  " We've got ...

A city-wide o pen space strategy is being prepared for Edinburgh. The strategy aims to ensure that a coordinated approach is taken to prote...

The procedure for the elections (if required) to Community Councils in Edinburgh (including Marchmont & Sciennes) has been published: Be...

SESplan has been established to create a Strategic Development Plan (SDP) for South East Scotland . An initial consultation exercise is bein...

A new Meadows Festival website is now live.  As a press release on the site points out:  " The 2009 Meadows Festival is set to go ahea...

At the next meeting of the Community Council on 10 Jun 09, Thomas Graham (President of Edinburgh University Students Association) will give ...

The next meeting of the Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will be preceded by the formal  Annual General Meeting, which will start ...

As previously reported , the City of Edinburgh Policy and Strategy committee discussed a paper on events in parks in Edinburgh on Tu 12 Ma...

Members of some Community Councils in Edinburgh have indicated that certain areas in the city do not receive copies of Edinburgh Outlook  fr...

As Cameron Rose's newsblog reports  today:  the Planning Committee approved the proposals for development of at the Archers Hall in Bucc...

Update, 3 July: Alfie has been found ! Alfie is a little tortoise. He is about 15 cm [6 ins] in diameter. He has gone from a garden at Palme...

A draft note  (word.doc) of the previous meeting of the Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council, on 8 April, is now available.

As Cameron Rose reported on his newsblog on 5 May : "The Head of Transport agreed to bring forward a review of the implementation and e...

The organisers of the Meadows Festival, scheduled to be held on Sat 6 and Sun 7 Jun, are seeking volunteers to be Stewards and/ or Litterpic...

The South Central Neighbourhood Partnership will meet on Monday 11th May at 7pm in the City Chambers Business Centre.   One of the matters ...

The next meeting of the Community Council will be held on WEDNESDAY 13 May 2009 at 7.30pm in St Catherine’s Argyle Church Community Hall, Gr...