Could you be more involved?
Do you love living in this this community, want to protect and develop it and make sure local views influence that process?
Do you have a special skill to share; want to grow experience of committee work or local politics; or just feel you could contribute? If so please get in touch via
You could also join our Subscriber List CLICK HERE and get our regular email updates, meeting notices, agendas and surveys.
It’s interesting stuff, vital to local democracy and can take just a few hours a month.
Meantime…have a look at this video for a general idea of what CCs do:
More specifically, who are we?
Set up in 2015, Colinton Community Council (ColCC) is a statutory body, run by local residents, who are either elected or co-opted, which aims to represent Colinton’s views to the City Council (CEC), Scottish Government (SG) and any other relevant body.
The area we cover can be seen on this MAP. The map is in Adobe PDF format. If you don't have it 
We are the first port of call when external people or organisations seek the views of Colinton people and we run open meetings and local consultations to help us determine what these are. We also act as an information hub, passing on information about legislation, consultations, planning, grants -but also about things like traffic, roadworks, proposed developments and local events.
We run a website www.colintoncc.org.uk; a Facebook page colintoncc; and an X account (formerly Twitter) @colintoncc. Please follow us! We also have a Notice Board on the Pharmacy wall in the village.
Where appropriate we advise local groups and individuals who seek our help, regardless of any views ColCC, or individual members of ColCC, may hold.
We have a special relationship with the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC), and our City Councillors attend our meetings and are (non-voting) members of our Community Council.
We operate under a Constitution and the Scheme for Community Councils.
What does ColCC do?
Lots of things! Firstly, we meet monthly in public so people can hear what we are up to and can ask questions/raise issues. These meetings are run via Zoom or In Person, at Colinton Bowling Club, 49a Redford Road on the second Tuesday of the month, February to June and September to December at 7.30pm-9pm.
Our activities include:
- Surveying/consulting locally on key issues
- Running a stall at Art in the Park
- Lobbying on local issues eg Dell Bridges closure/reopening
- Helping award grants locally via the Community Grants Funding Panel
- Publishing regularly in the Currie & Balerno News
- Maintaining links with the Army’s Working Group at Redford Barracks
- Posting news on our social media platforms and our Village Noticeboard
What would we like to do?
- We want to increase the numbers and diversity on ColCC – we need more people of all ages and backgrounds
- We want to link more actively with local schools, parent councils and youth groups
- We want to build a “guns for hire” list of local experts to advise on specific issues e.g. legal, financial, funding, publicity, environment, development, transport etc.
GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED, ON A REGULAR OR AD HOC BASIS- we’d love to hear from you.