Wider City Engagement 
EIFA is committed to championing wider citizenship by encouraging its faith community members and individuals within these communities to get more involved in matters that effect them and more importantly their community and the city community at large.

EIFA is constantly developing its working relationship with a number of local institutions such as the City Council, Lothian and Borders Police and the NHS. The City of Edinburgh Council is a significant one for EIFA as the city council are a key provider of many services in the community.

EIFA is already involved in The Edinburgh Partnership and through our particpation in the Communities of Interest Support Network (COISN) we have a voice on the board of the Edinburgh Partnership.

This page will highlight ways in which people of the city's faith communities can get directly involved in important aspects of city life through the City Council with o without EIFA.

EIFA are looking for volunteer representatives to attend and particpate in consultation meetings on our behalf. If you are interested in this please contact us directly on 0131 228 8146 or by email at info@eifa.org.uk

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City of Edinburgh Council - Edinburgh's Homelessness Strategy 2008-2012

The City of Edinburgh Council’s new Homelessness Strategy (2008-2012) was produced in conjunction with service users (almost 300) and frontline colleagues, both internally and externally (almost 90). We moved away from re-packaging existing ideas and services and the outcome was a strategy organised around 4 main aims:

Prevention
Access to Housing
Temporary Accommodation
Sustainable Solutions

The new strategy recieved approval from the Health, Social Care and Housing Committee on 4 February 2008 and will be officially launched on 25 April.

see ... http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/housing/housing_policies_and_strategies/

City of Edinburgh Council - Neighbourhood teams and neighbourhood partnerships

Bringing Services Closer to Communities

The Council is changing the way some services are delivered so that they become:

more local
more joined up
more flexible to local needs
more accountable

We’ll be working closely with communities, listening to your priorities and doing our best to respond with a “can do” attitude. As a first step we’ve put the people who manage many important local services together in your area. There are six local teams across the city and within each area, staff in Services for Communities will work together with partner organisations to improve local services.  see weblink ....

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/council/partnerships/CEC_community_planning_homepage