A few places left on Friday’s Equality & Diversity training course
Dear All,
Thank you to all who came to the forum meeting on 28 October – I’ve attached the minutes for your information (below).
Next forum event: Language Barriers and How to Overcome Them
Thursday 10 December, 10am – 12 noon at Pilton Community Health Project, 73 Boswall Parkway, EH5 2PW.
Many people at the Positively Diverse event said that they would like to overcome potential language barriers in their work.
We will have speaker from Elite Linguists, http://www.elitelinguists.co.uk/ an Edinburgh based social enterprisecommitted to strengthening Scotland’s public service interpreting and translation provision, thereby addressing some of the root causes of inequality and injustice in our society where language can be a barrier.
We will consider whether translating information is always the best option, and other ways we can overcome language barriers in our work. I will also be inviting local residents to share what has been helpful or difficult in this area, and we will have space to collaborate on solutions.
Equality and diversity training: 20 November, 22 January, 25 March
There are a few places left on the Equality and Diversity training on Friday, 9.30-1 at PCHP. Please contact me on 0131 5511671 or reply to this email if any of your colleagues or volunteers would like to attend. The training is an excellent overview of the issues, and we are encouraging as many workers in the area as possible to take part.
• Understand and discuss the fundamental aspects of the Equality Act 2010, and be able examine your responsibilities relating to it.
• Increase your understanding of issues facing minority ethnic groups in the area.
• Learn how to talk about controversial issues and dispel the myths about immigration.
The training is being provided by Living in Harmony and Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equalities Council (ELREC).
Positive images project
As you will see in the minutes of the meeting, we are pleased to have a Community Education Student, Luke Campbell, with us for 18 weeks. He is hoping to interview a wide range of people who live in the area to highlight and celebrate the diversity here, as well as trying to combat some common myths about immigration. The interviews will be used on social media. He is looking for opportunities to visit groups or events in order to find people who would like to take part. If you are interested, please contact him at student@pchp.org.uk.
Living in Harmony forum minutes 28 October 2015
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony, Pilton Community Health Project
0131 551 1671
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