Last week I attended the AGM of North Edinburgh Trust, formerly the Pilton Partnership which I chaired for the best part of 10 years. It was a really well attended meeting with lots of interest from the local community...and a real sense of excitement and engagement with the agenda of local ownership of community assets and community policy.
On Tuesday I attended the Forth Neighbourhood Partnership public meeting. Though there were a lot of bodies, most were either community councillor representatives or council officers. I counted only 3 people who might genuinely be counted as disinterested members of the public and there was none of the palpable excitement of the NETS AGM.
Then, last night, the Trinity Academy School Council: maybe 18 local parents taking their civic and parental duties seriously - which pales public engagement with the Neighbourhood Partnership into insignificance.
I wonder what message is to be drawn ...
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