How to contact your neighbourhood teams
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Neighbourhood Partnerships: how to have your say How do I tell my neighbourhood team about issues in my community? There are six local teams across the city, each with a neighbourhood manager co-ordinating services. If you have any issues you’d like to see tackled in your community, contact your local neighbourhood team: CITY CENTRE TEAM
1 Cockburn Street,
Edinburgh EH1 1BJ
0131 529 7061
centralteam@edinburgh.gov.uk NORTH TEAM
8 West Pilton Gardens,
Edinburgh EH4 4DP
0131 529 5050
northteam@edinburgh.gov.uk EAST TEAM
86 Niddrie Mains Road,
Edinburgh EH16 4DT
0131 529 3111
eastteam@edinburgh.gov.uk SOUTH TEAM
40 Captain’s Road,
Edinburgh EH17 8QF
0131 529 5151
southteam@edinburgh.gov.uk SOUTH WEST TEAM
10 Westside Plaza,
Edinburgh EH14 2ET
0131 527 3800
southwestteam@edinburgh.gov.uk WEST TEAM
Chesser House,
500 Gorgie Road,
Edinburgh EH11 3YJ
0131 529 7440
westteam@edinburgh.gov.uk |
As part of this new way of working, we’ll be focusing on services at a neighbourhood level by working as part of Neighbourhood Partnerships, agreeing local priorities and working together with the community and other agencies to achieve them.
Twelve Neighbourhood Partnerships are now in place across the city, replacing and improving on Local Development Committees.
Who’s involved? Neighbourhood Partnerships are made up of councillors, public agencies, community representatives, Police, NHS Lothian and the voluntary sector. Each of the Council’s six neighbourhood managers will have responsibility for between one and three Neighbourhood Partnerships.
What will the Partnerships do? The key focus of the Partnerships will be addressing issues that affect our local quality of life. These include dealing with local problems and issues, planning the future of your neighbourhood, and ensuring you’re able to shape and influence local decisions.
Partnerships will identify programmes of activity in response to needs in their area and these will be set out in local community plans which then become the Partnership’s agenda for action.
The Partnerships are able to make recommendations and provide guidance and direction to the Council and partner organisations. They’ll take on decisions relating to the environment, open space and traffic management as well as being responsible for local consultation and for awarding small community grants for local projects. They’ll also be able to inform the development of city strategies – making sure they reflect local needs and priorities.