Category: Granton

Lottery cash for Pilton Retreat

The New Year has got off to a flying start for 143 arts, sports and community groups across Scotland, thanks to a New Year National Lottery cash boost of £945,298. Among them are local organisation Pilton Retreat, who receive £10,000. Continue reading Lottery cash for Pilton Retreat

NEN: Top posts of 2018

It’s been a busy old year for your North Edinburgh News blog. National (Brexit) and international (Donald Trump) stories may have been making the headlines around the globe, but here in North Edinburgh it was a story about yet another closed local pub that was the most-read post of the year! The news comes as The Telford Arms has announced that it’s to close at the end of this month for a major refurbishment – and will re-open in March as The Scottish Engineer. Continue reading NEN: Top posts of 2018

Locality funding opportunity for community groups

£20,000 has been allocated to the North West Locality for the promotion of local cultural and artistic events to take place in 2019. Continue reading Locality funding opportunity for community groups

“A lifeline”: Pilton Community Health Project service users speak out

 ‘PCHP has been amazing for me’

Pilton Community Health Project enters 2019 facing closure unless a rescue package can be found. Scotland’s oldest community health project – PCHP was established in 1984 – could close in March following Edinburgh Integration Joint Board’s decision to reject PCHP’s application for Health & Social Care funding last month. Continue reading “A lifeline”: Pilton Community Health Project service users speak out

#SavePCHP: a message from Pilton Community Health Project

Thank you all so much for all the support you’ve offered since news broke that Pilton Community Health Project will be forced to close in March next year as a result of disinvestment from The City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian.

Please sign and widely share our petition to help #SavePCHP!

We believe that the decision taken by the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board to close the project is unfair to people in our community. In our petition, we ask that the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian secure project funding for one year to enable us to find new ways of sustaining the life-changing work that we do in our community.

Sign the Petition:

https://www.change.org/p/city-of-edinburgh-council-nhslothi…