Councillor Jack Caldwell
Leith Walk ward
Councillor Jack Caldwell
Leith Walk
Jack represents the Leith Walk ward, which covers Bonnington, Broughton, Hillside, Pilrig and South Leith.
He sits on the Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work and Regulatory Committees, the Lothian Valuation Joint Board and the Licensing Sub-Committee.
Jack Caldwell, 29, has lived in a council flat in the heart of the Leith Walk Ward since he was four years old, in 1997, attending the local schools, Boy’s Brigade and Scout troop. Jack’s workplace is just off Leith Walk, where he is an IT technician for a local independent arts charity.
Jack is an active volunteer in the area, running a local Cub Scout troop, and was an active member of the local Leith Community Council, which has recently seen him standing up to profit-driven developers. In this role he is working constructively with people and organisations across Broughton, Bonnington, Abbeyhill, Pilrig, Easter Road, Hillside, Powderhall and Leith.
Jack's fighting to get on top of the overflowing bins and recycling bins issues, improve pedestrian and cycling facilities like pavements and paths, stop people getting priced-out of the area by supporting new social-rent homes and affordable home ownership, sensibly regulate Short Term Lets to stem the depletion of existing housing stock, rapidly expand the amount of urban trees along Leith Walk and the nearby streets, ensure Leith Walk and North East Edinburgh recieves it's fair share of Council funding and to stop the cuts to local services, such as school budgets and communtiy police and obtain better communication from the Council on utility works, like the tramline installation.
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Cllr Caldwell win commitments for Leith, Bonnington, and Broughton small businesses
With Small Business Saturday on November 26th, Councillor Jack Caldwell made three asks from the Council administration to help support Leith's small indepdendent shops
These asks came in the form of a question to the Council leader and an amendment to Cllr Marion-Cameron's motion on Small Business Saturday.
- A Pedestrian Improvement focus for shops, like on Easter Road. (PASSED)
- Better promote shops behind roadworks, such as on Leith Walk this Small Business Saturday. (PASSED)
- The Council leader to write to the UK Government Chancellor. (COMMITMENT)
Places like Bonnington, Leith Walk and Easter Road are ALREADY 20 minute neighbourhoods. They urgently need real support!
Thanks to Councillor Cameron and members from across the Chamber for backing these requests.