North Edinburgh Community Chest

Can your idea benefit your community?

North Edinburgh Arts is working with Firstport and wants to hear about an idea you have that can benefit your community.  Apply online and pick up funding of £500 to make your idea a reality. 

So if you have an idea that will help people in Muirhouse or Pilton, fill in the online application anytime from now until the 30th June, 2017 and we’ll be back in touch with you.  Open the poster attached to find out more, tell us about your idea and you could be awarded £500. Good Luck!

Find out more about the project here – http://www.firstport.org.uk/programmes/item/560-community-ideas-fund

 

Free training opportunity at Granton Library this week

Overcoming Language Barriers for Frontline/Reception Staff

Training Opportunity for Workers in North Edinburgh

 10am – 12pm, Wednesday 29th March 2017

Granton Library, 25 Wardieburn Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 4DT

Learn about:

• Practical ways to remove language barriers in your organization.

• Race equality in Scotland

• Some of the current challenges for BME communities.

The trainer will be Eleanor McKnight from Elite Linguist CIC. Living in Harmony and Muirhouse Library are organizing the training.

Book your free place by contacting Anita on 0131 551 1671 or anitaaggarwal@pchp.org.uk

www.pchp.org.uk

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Youth & Children Work vacancy at West Pilton

♦ Are you a dynamic, energetic and enthusiastic person with a passion for delivering high quality services for children and young people?

♦ Do you have the skills to build children & young people’s self esteem and self confidence?

♦ Can you assist children and young people to develop their abilities to manage personal and social relationships?

♦ Can you create/develop positive learning environments for children and young people to develop new skills?

♦ Are you able to build the capacity of children and young people to consider risk, make reasoned decisions, take responsibility for their actions and engage in democratic decision making processes?

Then see below …

Youth Worker Job Advert – After School Club (1)

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