1. WEST END WARD LOCAL COMMUNITY PLANNING ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES 18 JULY 2013

2. LOCAL COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP  Helpful platform for partnership working.  Excellent opportunities for localised response.  Membership consistent.  Community and Voluntary Sector on board.  LCPP publicity attracting interest.

3. LOCAL COMMUNITY PLAN  Endorsed by membership.  Work to be done to ensure ownership.  Progress made in 1st year  80 Actions  4% Complete  69% On Schedule  Some difficulty ensuring progress across all themes.

4. BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES  Two new groups.  Improved networking.  Opportunities for engagement taken.  Investigating Timebanking.

5. COMMUNITY SAFETY  Localised response to concerns.  Excellent relationships with community.  High profile community surgeries.  Groups supported to identify community safety concerns.  Local referrals to Fire Programme.  To deliver Community Safety event in Harris.

8. HEALTH AND WELLBEING  Attempts to develop a Working Group.  Connections made with Older Persons Agenda for Change Steering Group.  Discussions in relation to begging.  Community Sports Hub moving forward in scale and vision.

9. LEARNING AND CULTURE  Localised publicity enhanced in relation to provision.  Enhanced access at Blackness Library.

10. ENVIRONMENT  Local groups involved in identifying issues and solutions.  Long term and new groups supported to develop use of open space; Western Cemetery, WestFest, Friends of Magdalen Green, Friends of Riverside Nature park, Bonnie Dundee.  Opportunities to connect with green space shared with schools.  Residents Parking Scheme  Regular walkabouts.

13. WORK AND ENTERPRISE  New Job Shop in Mitchell Street.  Enhanced course opportunities in Mitchell Street.  Welfare Reform event – local preparations.

14. KEY CHALLENGES AND PRIORITIES  Young people unconnected – meaningful involvement in Local Community Planning.  Develop local response around a number of key themes.  Encourage greater depth of involvement by the community in community matters and broader representation.  Parking pressure.  Ensuring community ownership of access to Blackness upper floor.