East Lothian Partnership

The Board’s  role is to provide strategic and collaborative leadership, driving performance and ensuring good governance to deliver the outcomes contained within the East Lothian Local Outcome Improvement Plan 2026-2036

The Board also maintains an oversight of the six Locality Plans (referred to locally as 'Area Plans') and plays an enabling role in their delivery to help ensure they fulfil their purpose in terms of addressing inequality as defined in the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.

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Membership of the Board

 The core membership of the Board consists of the five statutory partners who have responsibility under section 13 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to facilitate community planning and take reasonable steps to ensure that the community planning partnership carries out its functions efficiently and effectively. 

The statutory partners are:

•  East Lothian Council
• NHS Lothian
• Police Scotland
• The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Scottish Enterprise

 In addition to the statutory partners listed above, membership of the Board includes:

• VCEL
• Health and Social Care Partnership
• Edinburgh College
• Skills Development Scotland
• Queen Margaret University
• Area Partnership Chairs
• East Lothian Tenants and Residents Panel Chair
• East Lothian Association of Community Councils Chair
• Transport Scotland