Dan Heap was elected as a councillor for the Sighthill / Gorgie ward in 2022. He currently holds the Culture and Communities portfolio for the Edinburgh Green Councillor group.
Dan is a long-time resident of the ward, living in Dalry and having previously worked at Napier University’s campus in Sighthill.
He is a university lecturer specialising in social security and has helped Greens to develop policy in these areas, some of which have gone on to become Scottish Government policy, including an end to benefit sanctions through Scottish employment programmes and a ban on unnecessary disability benefits assessments. He hopes to continue to use his policymaking and academic experience to the benefit of the people of Sighthill/Gorgie.
Dan’s priorities for the ward are reducing poverty; improving high streets; affordable housing and expanding cycling, wheeling and walking opportunities.
Contact
Edinburgh Council
Scottish Green Party
Social media
- Twitter: @danheaped
- Facebook: @danheapforsighthillgorgie
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