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South Centra£ Decides - Saturday, 30th April 2016
METHODIST CHURCH HALL
25 NICOLSON SQUARE
SATURDAY, 30th APRIL 2016
11.00 AM to 3.00 PM
The South Central Neighbourhood Partnership has over £200,000 worth of funding available for distribution in 2016/17 and YOU, as a resident of South Central, are asked to Voice your Choice and decide which projects get what. Anyone over the age of 8 is eligible to vote so long as they live in South Central. The money is split into three different "pots" which are described more on linked pages. This type of approach is known at Participatory Budgeting or PB as it is often known as - it's a system where local people decide on local money. Check our FAQs to find more about PB.
What's happening and how does it all work? Click here and we will explain the process to you - all quite easy and good fun.
You can have a preview of the projects and proposals that we are going to ask you to score. You can have sneak preview. Please remember though, the projects will be present on the day so you can chat you them and get more information before you score.
Community Grants:
We have 21 grant applications for you to consider. Click here to have a look at them
Neighbourhood Environment Programme: This is money the Council allocates each year for the community to decide how it is spent. It is split into two "pots" but both can be spent on footpath improvements, pavement improvements, installation of dropped kerbs, fancy paving stone in certain spots, guard rails (designed to prevent children running from a park straight out onto a main road). Click here for FAQs on the NEPs programme
Staff will be available on Saturday 30th to give more information but again, you can have a sneak preview.
Housing Revenue Fund:
We have a budget of £130,000 and 15 projects with a middle estimated total of just over £200,000. Click here to view the proposals
Roads Capital:
We've got a budget of £67,000 and 8 proposals with an estimated total cost of £124,000. Click here to view the proposals.
There are loads of buses that stop at Nicolson Square - Nos 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 14, 33, 37, 47, 48, 49 & 60
There is also limited parking (at a cost) in the Mosque car park beside the hall.
If you need any further information please contact Mags Campbell, Partnership Development Officer.
Email:
Tel: 0131-529 7182
