Leith Sea Cadets are recruiting! They will be opening their doors on Saturday 4 February 2017 
between 10am and 2pm at Prince of Wales Dock, so if you are interested in learning more about the fantastic opportunities they offer please come along!
They will have boats rigged, knots to tie and ration packs to sample amongst other things!
All welcome
Click here to view their event on Facebook.
Police Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government have been working together to make £40,000 available in the City of Edinburgh for projects aimed at addressing Islamophobia.
34 projects are in the running to receive grants of up to £5000, with the people of Edinburgh deciding which projects get funding.
If you would like to take part in the decision making process, you can vote online here from today until 12noon on Monday 13 February 2017 or you can visit your nearest City of Edinburgh Council Library.
For more information, click here.
Following on from our Community Councils success in being the only Edinburgh area Community Council to generate enough interest to require an election in Autumn 2016, the Improvement Service has featured our efforts in a new online showcase.
A video featuring Community Councilors Abu, Chrissie, John and Michael has went online along with a written case study.
It is excellent news that our efforts have been recognised and our experiences shared with other Community Councils.
To view the showcase follow this link.
Do you remember Leith Theatre? A new memory project has been set up jointly delivered by Leith Theatre Trust and Citadel Arts Group. They’re collecting memories of Leith Theatre to create a display and to put into a book of memories. The project is supported by £eith Decides and the Robertson Trust.
The first meeting will be in the Thomas Morton Hall (behind Leith Library, 28 Ferry Road) on Thursday 16th Feb 2-4pm. Katharine Taylor of Leith Theatre Trust will make a short presentation and then we’ll start to share stories and memories of the theatre and the varied events held there. Refreshments will be served.
Please come along just to listen or share your own stories and memories. If you can’t make the meeting on 16th Feb but have stories to share, please let us know and we can arrange to meet you at another time and place if that’s easier for you.
All the best
Liz
www.citadelartsgroup.co.uk
The next meeting of Leith Links Community Council takes place on Monday, 30th January in Leith Community Centre, New Kirkgate at 7pm. If you live in the Leith Links area we would be pleased to see you.
Agenda 30.1.17 LLCC-Minutes-November-2016
Greener Leith is having a pruning event at the Children’s Orchard on Sat 4th Feb from 
10:30am to 12.30pm with Ben Dell from Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. This is a great opportunity for those who want to get some hands-on experience in pruning and learn from an expert, so please do come along if you are interested. There will be a general litter clean-up and mulching to be done as well, so activities for everyone even if you are not interested in pruning.
Greener Leith will provide all tools and equipment, but if you have your own secateurs, please do bring them along. We will be providing soup and sandwiches as a reward for braving the cold!
Leith Festival is a successful annual festival which takes part in our community, it takes many people to make it happen, could you lend a hand? 
Contact Leith Festival direct for more information;
Changeworks has partnered with the University of Edinburgh to deliver IDEAL (Intelligent Domestic Energy Advice Loop), a cutting edge research and advice project on how smart technology can help save energy in the home. We are actively looking for households in Edinburgh to participate and will be recruiting households until August 2017. Participants can benefit from saving energy and money through more efficient home energy use.
Participation in the research involves:
Criteria to participate include:
Contact us to register your interest in taking part, providing your name, phone number, email address and the best times to contact you. Download the IDEAL information leaflet for further information.
Important note: Leith Links Community Council is sharing this information but does not endorse it.
Our Community Links Fund is currently open for applications. We have £15,500 to be spent on community projects which will benefit the people or place of the Leith Links area.
For more information please visit our dedicated website, www.communitylinksfund.net
