The Southside Association was founded in 1972 when local people campaigned to halt the demolition of tenements and other buildings in the area. Nowadays, the Association is a non-political amenity group, with an interest in social, welfare, environmental, educational, planning, licensing and recreational matters as they affect the Southside area.
The Southside Association has not resumed meetings after the Covid-19 pandemic. If you have any issues you would like the Southside Association to investigate please contact us by email at info@southsideassociation.co.uk
Chair/Secretary : Colin Christison Vice Chair : Jo Scott Treasurer : Hilary McDowell
By 1st October 2019 all commercial bins were supposed to be off the streets, even glass and food waste. The Council promised 'From 1 October, food and glass will not be allowed to be stored on street'. See the regulations.
However, this rule is still being ignored by a few traders. We know that the Council has limited resources to deal with this issue, but we continue to report these persistant offenders in the hope that they can be persuaded to comply. We hope we can make a difference, making it easier to make our way along the pavements of Southside. We are specially concerned for people with limited mobility trying to get to the shops.
Flyposting continues to be a big problem in the Southside, but we have made a difference. The Festival period used to be particularly bad, but we campaigned hard on this issue, taking a deputation to the Transport and Environment Committee of the City Council on Thursday 4th October 2018, and it was as a result of this that the contract for control of Festival Fringe advertising has been considerably improved, and the area has been kept much tidier since. Our thanks for support from the Southside Community Council and the East Parkside Proprietors' Association.
For the rest of the year we still have a problem with illegal flyposting, and we continue to campaign on the issue, taking down posters from litter bins, lamp posts, telephone kiosks and so on, and also working with Council officials to try to get things improved.