Community councils are hugely active

Sir, – In response to the recent Courier letter concerning what Anstruther Community council does (“Let us know what you do”, September 22) I would say it has done quite a lot in the past three years.

The community council meets monthly in the Burgh Chambers in Anstruther Town Hall, all meetings are open to the public.

The agenda and minutes are freely available.

The community council held the only public meeting with a developer who wished to build 200 homes between Cellardyke and Kilrenny.

Recently, it also held a meeting with the Fife Healthcare partnership over their proposals on the replacement care home.

Both meetings were held in front of a packed audience and only took place because we have a vibrant community council.

The group is also the catalyst behind Anstruther and Cellardyke in bloom which has achieved a gold award for the town three years running.

When concerns were raised locally about drugrelated objects being discarded in our park it was to the community council meeting that the police came to discuss this with concerned residents.

Currently all Fife community councils are going through the democratic election process.

In Anstruther there are currently 14 candidates for 13 places – this shows the strength of our community council in Cellardyke, Kilrenny and Anstruther.

Martin Dibley.

56 High Street, Anstruther.

Picture: Dougie Nicolson. Community councils, particularly in Fife, are hugely active, despite previous concerns from correspondents.