Leith Week of Action 2 - What Happened

The latest Leith Neighbourhood Partnership 'Week Of Action' took place in the first week of June, and tackled the area between Leith Walk, Easter Rd, Montgomery Street and London Road. The idea behind a Week of Action is to get as many agencies and organisations to work together in an area in order to really make a noticable difference. As you can see from the photo - the local community safety team even managed to enlist the help of the Wombles this time around. 

But, the Week of Action is not just an excuse for folk to get dressed up in silly costumes. Here's some of the the things that were achieved during the week:

• 206 local businesses were inspected to make sure that they were disposing of their waste properly - and 3 were fined and 33 'required to enter into a waste management contract'. 
• 1 buisness was also charged for selling alchohol to someone under 18.
• 75 hours of dog fouling patrols were undertaken, but no-one got fined.
• 2 people were issued with litter fines.
• 5 people received 'verbal warnings'.
• Lots of motor vehicle enforcement. 150 vehicles stopped, and 4 people got fined for not wearing a seatbelt and 4 fines were also issued for using a mobile phone whilst driving.  
• 9 people were arrested for a variety of things ranging from Breach of the Peace to Possesion of drugs.
• 3 stolen bikes were recovered.
• Proactive work was also undertaken with nearly 2000 homes being offered home safety checks. 150 took up the offer. Common stairs were also checked for safety - 33 were referred to the Edinburgh Stair Partnership who will work with the residents to fix up the main doors.
• Graffiti was also removed from various places in the area.

Of course, the week culminated in the Parklife 2 event in Dalmeny Street Park. Greener Leith had a stall there, and we'd like to thank the volunteers who helped to run it. We met lots of new people at the event, and paid for The Bike Station to run a free bike repair workshop and trail skills workshop for cyclists.

Not bad for a weeks work!