Tag: Leith area

Please tell us about your travel, since the Princes Street fire….

If you live or work in the Leith Links area, or own/run a business here, please tell us how you have been affected by the fire on Princes Street, and getting around the town since then? For example, getting to work? Do you use bus/car/ bike/walking more, to replace tram? What is bus travel like, for you? Getting to social/leisure activities? Are customers reaching your business? Or anything else you want to tell us about? Please get in touch asap, so we can pass this on to the Council. Email: contact@leithlinkscc.org.uk

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“Leith Shipbuilding”Tuesday 18th November, Leith Community Centre, New Kirkgate

Please join Leith Local History Society on Tuesday, 18th November at Leith Community Centre at 7pm
Ron Neish will be giving a first talk about shipbuilding in Leith. He worked for Henry Robb’s as a loftsman for many years and is the author of four volumes on the history of the ships built in Leith in the late 18th and 19th centuries. He has also written a book about Butler Class rescue tugs.
Ron has also written several novels involving ships and seafaring.
All welcome, £2 at the door for non members  or free to members
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What will our area be like in 20 years? Have your say!

What will our area look like in the future?
Well, what we put forward NOW will shape what happens later.

EALA Impacts are working with all three of the Leith Community Councils (Leith Links, Leith Harbour & Newhaven, and Leith Central) to make a Local Place Plan for Leith.

This is important because the Local Place Plan will feed into the City Council’s “City Plan 2040”, which sets out what is allowed to be built in the city, and will be used for many other things to shape the future of our neighbourhood.

It is really important that local poeple say what they want and don’t want in their area, in the future.

The deadline for submission to the City Council is Autumn 2025, but your comments and ideas should ideally be in by end of July / August.. Please use the QR code below or send in by email.

Read more about the importance of Local Place Plans, and how to make them, here

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Leith Local History Society AGM, Tuesday 20th May, Leith Community Centre, New Kirkgate

The society will hold its AGM in Leith Community Centre on Tuesday, 20th May at 7pm.

Please join us to find out more about our exciting programme from September 2025 to May 2026. The society can do more if people join us by becoming a member.

We desperately need someone to join the committee who has IT skills to update our old website or help create a new one and help with our Facebook presence.

I hope to meet you all next Tuesday.

 

LLHS PROGRAMME 2025:26, LLHS AGM 20:05:2025,LLHS CHAIR REPORT 2025

Best wishes

 

Jim Scanlon

Chair, LLHS

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Leith Local History Society, Tuesday 18th March , Leith Community Centre, New Kirkgate

Do come along to the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 18th March AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:

The Royal Navy and Leith between 1780 and 1805

Brian Pinkstone will share his research into Royal Navy ships, some with Leith crew or ‘pressed men’ who escorted valuable cargo during a time when shipping could be attacked by privateers

All welcome, £2 or free to members

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Leith Local History Society, Tuesday 18th February , Leith Community Centre

Do come along to the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 18th February AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:

Archaeology of Leith Fort and the Leith Gas works on Constitution Street

Steven Watt from AOC Archaeology will explain some of the finds found during excavations on both sites.

All welcome, £2 or free to members

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Keeping in touch

Leith Links Community Council does not meet officially in December, but we are all still here, and happy to hear from any member of the local community who wishes to get in touch, to ask a question or report an issue. We will always try to help if we can.

You can contact us on contact@leithlinkscc.org.uk

If you have an urgent problem, you may be better to contact the City of Edinburg Council directly, via @edinhelp if you are on ‘X’

Or via the website  https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/report

Or contact your elected City of Edinburgh Councillor, we have 3 for our area:

adam.nols-mcvey@edinburgh.gov.uk

chas.booth@edinburgh.gov.uk

cllr.katrina.faccenda@edinburgh.gov.uk

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For anyone struggling to afford food –

Foodbank information can be found here

Useful info about other sources of free or cheap food, community meals etc. can be found here

See also:
Morrisons: Ask for Henry
A free jacket potato topped with Heinz Cheesy Beanz. This initiative was brought back in 2024 after successful campaigns in 2022 and 2023.
Kids Eat Free
A free kids meal with any adult meal over £5. This includes a choice of main, side, and veg, plus a drink.
Kellogg’s Breakfast Club
A free breakfast in Morrisons cafes during the summer holidays. This initiative was run in partnership with Kellogg’s to support families when school breakfast clubs are unavailable.
Ask for Ellen
A free pair of Warburtons crumpets with jam and butter. This offer is available at the till point in Morrisons cafes.

Asda:
£1 meals for over 60’s at all Asda Cafe’s are back as part of their Winter Warmer campaign.

 Soup + roll + unlimited tea or coffee for only £1 

 For over 60’s

️ From 1st November 2024 until end of February 2025

 All-day availability at all 205 Asda Cafés (check before going – as some are unaware)

‍‍ Kids eat for £1, too (a £1 kids cold pick and mix selection that includes a sandwich, drink and piece of fruit)

From 1st November until the end of February, Asda are offering people aged 60 and over the chance to enjoy soup, a roll and unlimited tea and coffees for just £1 in any of Asda’s 205 cafes.
Fuel
You can get a £49 Fuel Bank voucher in Scotland through a number of organizations, including:
Fuel Bank Foundation: Offers £49 vouchers to prepayment meter customers who are experiencing a fuel crisis. You can be referred to the Fuel Bank Foundation by Community Advice Services or Advice and Support Hub staff. 
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