Local schools to remain closed on Monday

Parents advised to make childcare arrangements for next week

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Craigroyston, Forthview, Pirniehall and St David’s Primary Schools are among seventeen city schools which will all remain closed on Monday, the city council has announced. Continue reading Local schools to remain closed on Monday

Forum aims to make North Edinburgh a rights-respecting community

North Edinburgh Young Peoples Forum launch Rights Respecting Community Charter

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North Edinburgh Young People’s Forum has launched a Rights Respecting Charter in North Edinburgh. Their charter protects and enhances the human rights of young people and the Forum plans to encourage groups, organisations and individuals across the area to pledge their support by signing up.

NEYPF have been working on the project for a considerable time, trawling through UNICEF’s Charter on the Rights of the Child document and then selecting key articles for specific adoption across North Edinburgh.

Launching the document at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre recently, NEYPF’s Brandin explained: “The UK has signed the United Nations Charter on the Rights of the Child – this means that all children and young people living in North Edinburgh have rights, and NEYPF want these rights to be respected in our community.

“We enjoy many rights – to education, language, nationality – but not of all us enjoy all of our rights and some need strengthened. By signing this Charter you are agreeing to help make sure that all children and young people living in North Edinburgh enjoy their rights.”

NEYPF has selected the following as their key articles:

(15) We have the right to meet safely in our shopping centres, parks, community centres, clubs, libraries schools and sports centres – but bullying is still an issues in North Edinburgh which means that some of us can’t enjoy this right. Bullying is not okay and it will not be tolerated in this community.

Will you help us challenge bullying behaviour and support vulnerable young people?

(39) Children and young people who have been bullied or have suffered a bad experience have the right to be helped to recover.

Mental health can be an issue for us and we deserve better support and services. We need to talk more about mental health. We need earlier support before things get so bad they are in bits.

Children who don’t cause problems can become invisible and don’t receive praise or attention. These children need support to build their self-esteem and resilience so that they don’t experience bullying in the first place.

Will you help support children and young people earlier? 

Continue reading Forum aims to make North Edinburgh a rights-respecting community

Total Craigroyston checks out

What’s Total Craigroyston ever done for this community? Well, quite a lot, actually …

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Total Craigroyston, the council-led agency formed to tackle deep-rooted children and family problems in North Edinburgh, wound up last week with a ‘Checking Out’ event at Pilton Youth & Children’s Project. Continue reading Total Craigroyston checks out

Easter programme places still available at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

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There are still some places available for activities being run by West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre during the Easter holidays:

Friday 1st April
Museum Trip £1.00 per child P4-P7 10.30-2.30pm
Booking required as limited spaces

Monday 4th April
Cooking 50p per child P4-P7 2.00-3.30pm

Tuesday 5th April
Sports & Games 50p per child P4-P7 2.00-3.30pm
Booking required as limited spaces

Wednesday 6th April
Arts & Crafts (45 mins) 50p per child P1-P3 2.00-3.30pm
Dance & games (45 mins)
Have fun colouring, making, playing games, dancing

Thursday 7th April
Spartans Football 50p per child P4-P7 2.00-3.30pm
Football Training & games here at the Centre

Friday 8th April
Trip to Five Sisters Zoo £1 per child P1-P3 10.00-3.00pm

Please call into the Centre to book your place on any of the above activities

Community Conference: now it’s time for action

Action Groups formed based on community priorities

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Five new Action Groups have been formed following last month’s community conference at Craigroyston Community High School.

The conference, organised by Community Action North and Granton Improvement Society supported by Craigroyston High School’s Community Centre, gave local people an opportunity to identify the main issues affecting the area. Participants then worked in small groups to look in detail at these topics and went on to form Action Groups to work with others to find short, medium and longer term solutions to the area’s problems.

The Action Groups are:

  • Big Picture (Economy, Employment & Decision Making)
  • Community Spaces & Environment
  • Crime & Community Safety
  • Housing
  • Youth

More than fifty local people took part in the event and it’s hoped that many more with attend a follow up event in the autumn.

A spokesperson for the conference organisers said: “The weather on the day was really dreadfully so we were delighted that so many people made the effort to attend. There was a lot of enthusiasm and many ideas were generated at the conference and the Action Groups will now take these ideas forward and plan the way ahead. There are lots of changes happening in the area just now and it’s important that local people are involved and have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.”

If you would like to be involved in the Action Groups or want more information about CAN, email comunityactionnorth@gmail.com

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Quiet spell for Millennium Centre? You’re kidding!

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Although we have gone through what is known as the ‘quiet period’ in Community life, January and February has seen Muirhouse Millennium Community Centre supporting 724 children!

This includes Supervision (554 hours of Learning Outcomes) through our own girls & boys clubs (run for the last 16 years), the 3 year old J.A.S.S. clubs and the marvellous Muirhouse Mini’s!

James McGinty

 

New Childcare Academy taster courses announced

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We now have new dates available for our Mini Childcare Taster course: 

Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th April: 9.30am – 12.30pm

Child Development

Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th June: 9.30am – 12.30pm

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We have a few free places for young people still at school who are ineligible for ILA funding. Please see attached posters with further information. If you would like to book a place, please complete the attached booking form.

Audrey O’Neill

Training Administrator

North Edinburgh Childcare, 18b Ferry Road Avenue

SHORT COURSE BOOKING FORM – New

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