One of the realities of working in policing and, in particular looking to prevent crime and improve the quality of life for people is that it's about so much more than the police alone. We work with a whole range of partners, from individual's, volunteer groups, community groups, other public services, private companies, academics and so on.
I am not going to even try to cover all of the partnership work that goes on but thought I would start with some basics about how the Neighbourhoods are set up in Edinburgh.
There are 12 Neighbourhood Partnerships in Edinburgh, each one is set up for the purpose of improving quality of life in the local area and is made up of people from communities as well as public services.
What this practically means for South and East is that there are 4 Neighbourhood Partnerships which are within the area and who we work very closely with, infact the local community Inspector is a member of the board (see the previous blog post). You can see from the links below the membership of our local partnerships
South Central NP
Of course you will notice that there are only 4 NP in the area compared to the 5 Wards - The answer lies in South Central NP which covers both the Meadows/Morningside and Southside/Newington wards.
I should say that from the links above you can see your local community plans as well as info on upcoming meetings and minutes of previous meetings. You can also see that there are a number of representatives from communities on the NP and commonly they are the chair or representative from the local Community Council. You can also follow a few of our community council's on twitter ( @MarchSciennesCC, @PortyCC ).
So, I don't want this to be too long a read but can I also mention our CEC Neighbourhood Teams
and all of our respective teams work together to help and to solve problems for people.
Now, I have honestly only scratched the surface on partnerships and am concious, I haven't yet mentioned our emergency service partners or all of the great volunteers or groups we work with (and I promise I will come to them!) I have concentrated on the NP this post because next time I want to talk about local priority setting and how you can get involved because for me it is one of the key ways we are looking to change the way we deliver services.
Thanks again for reading, and as ever let me know if there is anything you would want me to blog about.
Bryan
@bryanarodgers
Of course you will notice that there are only 4 NP in the area compared to the 5 Wards - The answer lies in South Central NP which covers both the Meadows/Morningside and Southside/Newington wards.
I should say that from the links above you can see your local community plans as well as info on upcoming meetings and minutes of previous meetings. You can also see that there are a number of representatives from communities on the NP and commonly they are the chair or representative from the local Community Council. You can also follow a few of our community council's on twitter ( @MarchSciennesCC, @PortyCC ).
So, I don't want this to be too long a read but can I also mention our CEC Neighbourhood Teams
Sarah Burns in the South (@south_team) works very closely with Alwyn, and
Jim Hunter in the East (@east_team) works very closley with Nadine
and all of our respective teams work together to help and to solve problems for people.
Now, I have honestly only scratched the surface on partnerships and am concious, I haven't yet mentioned our emergency service partners or all of the great volunteers or groups we work with (and I promise I will come to them!) I have concentrated on the NP this post because next time I want to talk about local priority setting and how you can get involved because for me it is one of the key ways we are looking to change the way we deliver services.
Thanks again for reading, and as ever let me know if there is anything you would want me to blog about.
Bryan
@bryanarodgers
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