West End Local Community Planning Partnership

On Thursday evening I attended the quarterly meeting of the West End Local Community Planning Partnership. There was a presentation on the Dundee Partnership Local Housing Partnership. This was very interesting, I made the point that there is a real issue about the sustainability of the private rented sector in the West End. I think that this sector suffers from a lack of factoring these days and that there is not enough invested in the upkeep of properties.

There was a presentation by Fiamma Dobson from the Gate Church on their bus stop project. This is an outreach programme trying to deal with the problems caused by addiction and homelessness. You can hear more about the programme by watching their video.

Bus Stop Ministry from Gate Church on Vimeo.

There was a discussion about the state of some buildings in the West End which have been allowed to become derelict. Along with others at the meeting I made the case for the council to intervene more and take a more proactive approach on this matter.

We heard a report from the local police about the issues which they have been facing recently. We heard about a shocking case of vandalism in Scott Street where 20 cars were vandalised on Wednesday night. I would urge anyone with information about this to contact the police.