Pilton Community Health Project’s Anita Aggarwal gives an update on a key local initiative:
Since the closure of Community Organisation for Racial Equality (CORE), PCHP, Community Learning and Development (CLD) and Edinburgh Lothian Regional Equalities Council (ELREC) have been working together to try to minimise the impact of the loss of this important organisation.
The City of Edinburgh Council commissioned a report which examined the ongoing needs of BME communities in the area. This highlighted the difficulties people have integrating with the local population, as well as a host of other issues.
You’ll find that report here: Living in harmony 13
At this point it was felt important to involve other agencies and more local people in this process, and so we pulled together an action planning session on 31 May.
Over 30 people attended this event, representing a wide range of local people and organisations. At this event we identified actions to be taken and many committed to take these forward.
These actions are recorded in this document: action plan 31.5.13 final
If you weren’t able to be at the event and have ideas about how you or your organisations can contribute please add them in to the plan. This document is an aid to action, not a fixed strategy document to sit on a shelf and get dusty!
We agreed to come back to discuss next steps at another meeting, when we will look at what progress is being made and how we resource some of the ideas on the action plan.
The next meeting will take place at the
Spartans Community Football Academy on Friday 19 July from 10 – 12.
This meeting is open to anyone – please contact me on 0131 551 1671 if you need crèche.
Anita Aggarwal
