Twenty folk attended TCC on 9 November. Here’s an update … Continue reading Trinity Community Council: November update
Tag: community engagement
Pilton Community Health Project AGM
Pilton Community Health Project Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 1 December from 2 – 3.30pm, PCHP Office Boswall Parkway
Bright Nights: Get Involved!
If you are interested in getting involved, let us know by calling, emailing or by popping in to see us:
MAKING REFLECTIVE ACCESSORIES & PROPS
Don Bosco @ Craigroyston Community High School
Wednesdays 18th & 25th November 5.30-7.00pm
Ages 8 – 12 (up to P7)
MYDG Arts Hub @ North Edinburgh Arts
Thursdays 12th & 19th November 6.00-8.00pm
Ages 12 – 18 (from S1)
Saturday Arts @ North Edinburgh Arts
Saturday 14th & 21st November
Age 5 – 8: 10.30-11.30
Age 8 – 12: 11.40-12.30
PERFORMANCE
Saturday Dance @ North Edinburgh Arts
Saturday 14th & 21st November
Age 5 – 8: 11.40-12.30
Age 8 – 12: 10.30-11.30
Flash-mob workshops @ North Edinburgh Arts
Perform together using our reflective props for cool effects
All ages.
Tuesday 24th @ North Edinburgh Arts
3.30 – 5.30 (book in for 3.30 or 4.30 start)
Thursday 26th@ North Edinburgh Arts
3.30 – 6.00 (book in for a 3.30 or 4.30 start)
Dance instructor Hayley MacDonald will stay with participants for the event to support their flash-mob performances.
These are drop in workshops open to everyone. If you have made a prop in a school workshop, please book ahead by calling North Edinburgh Arts so that we can make sure that the props you made at your school workshop are ready there for you.
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS ON THE NIGHT
Painting With Light
with Kenny Bean
5.45 – 6.30
6.40 – 7.20
7.30 – 8.15
Take away a print of your best photo(s)!
Drylaw Telford Community Association AGM
Wednesday 2 December at 7pm in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre
You are invited to the Drylaw Telford Community Association Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 2 December at 7pm in Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre (off Groathill Road North). Continue reading Drylaw Telford Community Association AGM
Inverleith by numbers
Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership
Monday 16 November 6.30 – 8.30pm, Blackhall Library
All welcome – for further information call 0131 529 5050 or email elaine.lennon@edinburgh.gov.uk
Edinburgh Tenants Federation celebrates 25 years
Holyrood reception marks ETF’s special year
Edinburgh Tenants Federation (ETF) celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a Parliamentary Reception hosted by MSP Sarah Boyack on Wednesday evening.
Edinburgh Tenants Federation, which has a membership of over 40 tenants and residents groups across the city, was congratulated on its 25th Anniversary by the MSP.
ETF members old and new joined in the celebrations along with representatives from the Tenants Information Service, Blackwood Homes and Care, the International Association for Community Development (IACD), Shakti Women’s Aid and Inverkeithing Community Initiative. MSPs Gordon MacDonald and Alison Johnstone also joined the celebrations.
The event featured contributions from Sarah Boyack MSP, Convenor Betty Stevenson and Vice Convenor Maud Wylie, who said that the success of ETF could not have been achieved without the determination and commitment of the tenant volunteers. Councillor Cammy Day talked of the work that Edinburgh City Council and ETF have collaborated on over the years, in particular the successful tenant-led inspections.
Sarah Boyack MSP said: “The work of the Federation over the years has been fantastic. It has been great to see the work that has been done supporting tenants with mental ill health and campaigning for fairer rents. I was very encouraged to hear that the Federation are already working with the Syrian community in helping the refugees coming to settle in to the city.”
ETF Convener Betty Stevenson said: “Thanks to Sarah for hosting this event for us; it was wonderful to see so many people supporting the work of the Federation. Thanks to all those who have been involved over the years, here’s to the next 25!”
Thursday was the final day of ETF’s Parliamentary Exhibition and Housing Minister Margaret Burgess (above) was among the MSPs and staff to view photos and news stories dating back to the 1980’s and the Federation’s formation in October 1990.
Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership to focus on performance
Blackhall Library, Monday 16 November, 6.30-8.30pm
The next meeting of the Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership is focused on PERFORMANCE – why not come along and join us for a cuppa and hear how the Inverleith Neighbourhood and its key partners are doing?
Also, hear what you told us from the recent Edinburgh People’s Survey and what progress we are making towards the Community’s key priorities, as highlighted in our local community plan.
Please let us know if you require any assistance to attend or take part e.g. large print, disabled access requirements, travel arrangements, hearing loop etc.
Elaine Lennon, Partnership Development Officer
Tel: 0131 529 5270
Who is Edinburgh’s outstanding ambassador?
Nominations now open for Edinburgh Award
The search has begun for the ninth recipient of the Edinburgh Award, a way for Edinburgh citizens to pay a lasting tribute to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the city through their achievements. Continue reading Who is Edinburgh’s outstanding ambassador?
Living in Harmony to follow up Positively Diverse pledges
Living in Harmony Group meets tomorrow evening
It was fantastic to see so many people at the Positively Diverse event at the beginning of October. There was some great feedback, including how helpful it was to hear from residents themselves about their experiences (writes Hannah Kitchen).
We have been looking through people’s postcards, notes and feedback and are keen to help you follow up on some of the things you were inspired to do at the event.
Living in Harmony Forum, Wednesday 28 October, 5-7pm at Pilton Community Health Project
The Living in Harmony forum is a space for residents and workers in North Edinburgh to work and learn together in order to make services more accessible for people from BME communities, and to put on activities that increase friendship and understanding between people in the area.
On Wednesday we will be meeting to carry on some of the conversations we started at the Positively Diverse event. I’m attaching a draft agenda. Please contact me if there are any items you would like to add.
We would love to see you there. Please reply to this email to tell me if you are able to come. We can arrange free crèche places for anyone who needs them, but need 24 hours’ notice to do this.
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony,
Pilton Community Health Project, 73 Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh, EH5 2PW
Telephone 0131 551 1671
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£eith Decides! Applications open this weekend
Leith Neighbourhood Partnership will soon invite local community projects to apply for funding from a pot of more than £22,000 as part of one of the longest running participatory budgeting projects in the UK.
Now in its sixth year, £eith Decides allows groups to apply for grants of up to £1,000 each, to be spent on projects that benefit the local community.
This year’s application period is open from 11am this Saturday (24 October) until 5pm on Wednesday 18 November. A Steering Group made up of local people considers all applications to make sure that they meet the criteria.
A special event will then take place in February 2016, at which members of the public will get the chance to talk to applicants and learn about their projects. Local people aged eight and over who live, work, study or volunteer in Leith are then invited to vote on which projects they would most like to see receive the money.
The Citadel Arts Group, a charity which works with older people to express their creativity through living memory and drama projects has had repeat success with £eith Decides and is a great example of what the funding can do for community groups. They first approached £eith Decides in 2012 for funding to help four pupils from St Mary’s Primary perform a community play on healthy eating written by one of the their older members.
Liz Hare from Citadel Arts Group said: “We have benefited greatly from £eith Decides, both in terms of the funding and also the networking on the voting days which has created two great projects. We have twice successfully applied to £eith Decides for funding to continue the club and enable the young people to perform at Leith Festival in 2014 and 2015. We are thankful to £eith Decides and the people of Leith, not just for the money but also for the chances to network and grow our group in exciting new directions.”
Potential applicants are invited to an information session at 11am on Saturday 24 October at McDonald Road Library, where advice will be available on eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Councillor Maureen Child, Convener of the Communities and Neighbourhoods Committee at the City of Edinburgh Council, said: “£eith Decides continues to be exceedingly popular. Twenty five projects received awards in 2015 supporting a range of activities including English classes, art workshops, purchase of sports equipment, and the delivery of outdoor activities.
“As it is now in its sixth year, it has been fantastic to see the results from past recipients. All these worthwhile projects that have benefited from the scheme have made a difference to people in the community.
“February’s public event, which will be held as part of the process, will give community groups the opportunity to raise awareness about their work too. Neighbourhood Partnership events like this are valued by people who welcome the opportunity to make decisions about the area in which they live.”
For up-to-date information about £eith Decides visit the Facebook page –www.facebook.com/