Community Spirit Action Group Meeting

Tonight I attended the June meeting of the Community Spirit Action Group.  There was a very interesting presentation from two students from the Dundee University Law Clinic.  This clinic can offer help with legal issues, the work is carried out free by law students for the university, under supervision from  a qualified lawyer.  This is a great initiative which offers help to people who might not otherwise be able to get legal redress.

I raised the future of domestic waste collections in the city and highlighted this as an area that Community Spirit will want to have an input into.  In much of the area covered by Community Spirit the dominant housing type is flats.  If the council is going to move towards fortnightly bin collections then it must come up with a plan to improve recycling in flatted areas.  I was pleased to see how interested in this topic the members of Community Spirit were.  I hope that Community Spirit will take part in the consultation which will happen soon.  I hope that people right across the city will also take part in this important consultation which must be open, transparent and robust.