Pilton Youth & Children’s Project leaps into Spring!

PY News: PYCP’s Spring newsletter

Spring-2019-PYCP-news

PYCP is fundraising

The children we work with live within the top 5% most deprived areas of Scotland. We support over 200 children aged 0 to 11 every week, many of whom are very vulnerable, facing a range of issues.

We help by giving a safe,supportive environment to talk through worries, develop new skills and above all have fun!

You can send a donation via SMS. Just send a text to 70070 with PYCP55 £5 to send a fiver, or PYCP55 £10 to send a tenner. 100% of the money sent will reach the charity, allowing us to continue our work with kids who need our help.

There’s more info at PYCP’s campaign page:

 http://campaign.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/pycp/fundourchildrenswork

JustGiving 

 

Tom Kitchin to visit PCHP this morning

Michelin star chef Tom Kitchin is calling in to PCHP on Boswall Parkway this morning to show his support for Scotland’s oldest community health project.

Tom is supporting PCHP’s crowdfunding initiative with some tasty offers to tempt donors:

  • First person to donate £1000 or more receives the Chef’s surprise Tasting Menu for two people, with matching wines, at Michelin star restaurant The Kitchin, 78 Commercial Quay, Leith
  • First person to donate £250 or more receives 6 oysters and 2 glasses of champagne at Southside Scran 14-17 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh
  • First person to donate £200 or more receives personalised and signed copies of each of Tom Kitchin’s cookbooks; From Nature to Plate, Kitchin Suppers, Meat & Game, Fish & Shelfish

Please email Dawn Anderson at dawnanderson@pchp.org.uk to find out further details of how to claim.

To be eligible to claim an incentive, donations must include your full details – anonymous donations will not be eligible to claim. Only one incentive can be claimed per donation.

PCHP’s 28 days of fundraising initiative runs until 14 March and has raised over £8000 so far.

Visit savepchp.com to donate. 

 

 

 Capital Coalition votes through £33 MILLION cuts package

Ray of hope for projects hammered by Health & Social Care grant cuts

Up to 200 council jobs in the Capital will go as the SNP-Labour administration passed a controversial austerity budget which sees £33 million of cuts to vital public services across the city.  Continue reading  Capital Coalition votes through £33 MILLION cuts package

Funding cuts crisis: Voluntary Sector Forum meets this morning

Forth & Inverleith Voluntary Sector Forum meets this morning (Monday 18th February) from 9:30 – 11.30am at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre. 

Forum members will discuss funding cuts of over £600,000 to local projects and will consider the impact this will have on the community. A plan for a local voluntary sector response will also developed at the meeting.

Jen Richards leaves Pilton Community Health Project

Co-director Jen Richards has left Pilton Community Health Project:

Today is a day of reflection for me as I am leaving PCHP after working here for 9 ½ years; I’ve had a couple of different jobs here and my last one has been that of Director for the last 7 years (writes JEN RICHARDS). Continue reading Jen Richards leaves Pilton Community Health Project

Art of Protest: housing event at Royston Wardieburn

Join us on Tuesday 19th February 2019 for a family-friendly, free, catered discussion at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre Community Cafe on protest and the north Edinburgh’s housing crisis. Continue reading Art of Protest: housing event at Royston Wardieburn

Super-Chefs join fight to save Scotland’s oldest Community Health Project

Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart back Pilton Community Health Project crowdfunding campaign launched today.

Two of Edinburgh’s – and Scotland’s – top chefs have added their support to the campaign to keep the closure-threatened Pilton Community Health Project (PCHP) open.

Martin Wishart and Tom Kitchin today helped launch a crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise at least £50,000 to help prevent PCHP having to close its doors to some of North Edinburgh’s most vulnerable residents.

PCHP, which is Scotland’s oldest community health project, was told in late December last year that its funding was being withdrawn by the new Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board for health and social care funding in the city.

In the 35 years it has been in existence, PCHP has transformed thousands of lives.  The project provides a range of services to fight the often overwhelming results of health inequality in Edinburgh including mental health counselling, tackling food insecurity, cooking groups and community meals, tackling social isolation and loneliness, community crèche for local affordable childcare, and support for victims of domestic abuse.

By raising £50,000 the campaign will allow PCHP to continue to deliver a reduced level of its life changing services, for 12 months, until longer-term funding is secured again.

The 28 day crowdfunding campaign on

www.savepchp.com

 allows anyone to pledge a donation – large or small – to ensure the project can continue its lifeline services.

Both Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart have offered incentives and rewards to boost the project’s 28 day #SavePCHP crowdfunding campaign, including Dinner for two Tasting menus and matching wines at their Michelin-starred Leith restaurants – The Kitchin and Restaurant Martin Wishart – for the first donors to pledge £1,000 or more.

Other generous donations have been made by the top chefs and these will be revealed at the Launch today, and throughout the campaign on www.savepchp.com and on social media.

Launching the crowd-funding campaign for PCHP, Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart said: “We are delighted to add our support to this campaign.

“Leith and North Edinburgh have played a big part in our story so it’s great to be involved in saving the lifelines so many local people rely on.

“We are passionate about food, and about food education and food security, and PCHP plays a really important role in ensuring everyone can access and cook healthy, nutritious meals. It’s vital that these and other services continue.”

Between January and December 2018, PCHP has:

  • Provided mental health counselling to around 50 pupils at local high schools
  • Worked with 42 people to provide adult counselling assessment appointments and 48 people attend regular counselling
  • Supported over 140 women who are victims of domestic abuse or facing other difficulties in their lives
  • Supported over 353 people who are new and settled immigrants, from 20 different countries
  • Helped over 788 people access hot nutritious food and make social connections through community meals
  • Provided 204 people with regular cooking groups, clubs and/or food related training leading to qualifications
  • Supported 602 people and their families to access food through our local Sharing Shelves initiative and tackle holiday hunger with family food boxes
  • Encouraged and supported over 467 people to lead healthier lives by getting them more physically active
  • Trained and supported 30 local volunteer physical activity leaders
  • Worked with 933 people and linked them into 249 services and resources through the GP Link Worker Service

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fund/PCHP

 

North Edinburgh Save our Services: Action Meeting tonight

ACTION MEETING

Tonight at The Prentice Centre, 6 – 8pm

All Welcome Continue reading North Edinburgh Save our Services: Action Meeting tonight