The EACC is a liaison body that supports the 45 community councils currently active in Edinburgh.
The association holds four Executive meetings a year, an annual general meeting and a series of question and answer sessions throughout the year.
These various meetings allow community councillors to network with each other, council officials and other groups outwith their area.
Below you'll find news, events, and links to information and minutes about our meetings and annual general meetings.
To get in touch with us, please go to the Contact EACC page.
This site is a resource for Edinburgh Community Councils. More information is needed from Edinburgh CCs to populate it. Please forward any useful content ideas to comms@edinburghcommunitycouncils.org.uk Thank You.
The purpose of the EACC is that it is an advisory body that is there to help Community Councils with issues that they may be experiencing.
It also acts as a vehicle that brings Community Councils together to discuss common issues and ways of solving them.
Finally and most importantly it allows the City of Edinburgh Council to communicate with one body rather than 45 separate entities.
This EACC Special meeting - held on Thursday 25 February 2021 entitled ‘Community Engagement & Empowerment Redux’ - was very well attended. News of the next meeting will be announced soon.
Minutes and meeting papers can be found under EACC Documents
If your Community Council has a resource that could be useful to other CCs, please let us know.
Download the EACC paper using the link below.
Dear event and filming stakeholders
Thank you for collaboratively engaging on our web portal. The engagement opened on 14 Oct 2020 and was originally planned to run until 23 November but following feedback it was extended until 20 January 2021.
Please follow this link to see the full email message >
The Spaces for people team would like to hear from representatives from Edinburgh’s community councils,or a representative from your organisation, to a virtual meeting for a presentation and Q&A session with members of the project team on either:
Here is a link to the full Invitation
The City of Edinburgh is holding a consultation on the Spaces for People programme. Launched on 22 February, it will close on 21 March.
The consultation can be accessed HERE
Zero Waste Scotland & PAS (Planning Aid Scotland) are partnering to run a series of free events for Community Councils/Community Groups across Scotland and we would like to invite you to attend. More detail on Planning link
Dear Community Council representatives,
It is a privilege to take on the role of Chairperson of the Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (EACC).
I would like to thank John Tibbitt for his commitment and leadership as outgoing Chairperson. Although John has moved out of Edinburgh, I know he is keen to remain connected to the EACC. His skills and experience are valued, and we look forwarded to engaging him in a consultant capacity, which our Articles of Association provide for.
EACC Special meeting - 25 February 2021 ‘Community Engagement & Empowerment Redux’
Click here to read Steve's complete message and information about the meeting
I guess that by now some of you will have heard that I am standing down as Chair of EACC. This is not something I had anticipated doing, especially as you had only recently been good enough to re-elect me to the post only last November. However, to allow some water damage on our flat to be repaired was going to require us to move out for some weeks. We found a new place which suits us very well and decided to move permanently. Our new house is outside Edinburgh.
When I first became involved in EACC I could see there was a great opportunity for it to develop its role, not only in supporting and sharing experience between community councils but also in collectively representing community council perspectives to CEC and other public agencies. EACC could become an active partner in community planning, in city recovery and in contributing to the development of public services such as health and social care.
Despite the pandemic, we have made a good start with regard to these objectives. So whilst I feel some frustration in having to stand down just now, I know we have an excellent team of office-bearers who are all committed to these developments and will take things forward energetically. With the support of community councils across the city, EACC can be an important influence in representing communities of place in city planning.
So thank you for your support over the past year and I will follow developments with interest. If I can contribute in any way I will be happy to do so.
Stay safe.
With all good wishes,
John Tibbitt
The Cabinet Office Government Digital Services have issued notification that Scottish Community Councils are subject to The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 under the definition of “bodies governed by public law” and “public sector body”.
It is appreciated that Community Councils will not have been aware of this categorisation and the consequences arising from it. However, the Cabinet Office recognises that many small organisations will not have the capacity to comply with the legislation in the same manner as large scale public bodies, but they do expect you to comply with the requirements. Below are the 3 stages that Community Councils will need to carry out.
Read more: Websites and Mobile Applications Accessibility Regulations
Its aim is to provide support, advise and give a collective voice for community councils when facing the challenges community councillors encounter on an almost daily basis. No one person is more important than any other. All community councils have a voice on the EACC!!