AUTUMN FASHION SHOWCASE: “fashionABLE” AT WAVERLEY STATION
CATWALK AT PLATFORM 2
Events run at 12.00 and 2.00pm on Friday 23 September
Coming up this month on the Scottish Fashion scene, “fashionABLE” – a new fashion event demonstrating that diversity in life does not mean exclusion from the catwalk and designs. Continue reading fashionABLE: platform soles?
Making a song and dance at community event!
Around fifty local people took part in the latest ‘Getting Together, Making a Difference’ event at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre last week. Taking place on ‘Living Life’ Day, the gathering offered an opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds to get to know their neighbours better, make new friends, learn new skills and create new artworks.
Workshop sessions followed introductions and the official opening of the Getting Together, Making a Difference’ photography exhibition.
The event proved to be a great success and a lot of fun: creating new friendships, developing relationships, fostering greater understanding and producing some impressive artwork, a poem and a brand new song, too!
The poem:
And the song? Well, It goes something like this … :
PICTURES: Lynn McCabe
To mark the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, Edinburgh College in collaboration with ELREC is holding an event with the local diverse community.
When: Tuesday 24 May, 4:30pm onwards
A few places left on Friday’s Equality & Diversity training course
Dear All,
Thank you to all who came to the forum meeting on 28 October – I’ve attached the minutes for your information (below).
Next forum event: Language Barriers and How to Overcome Them
Thursday 10 December, 10am – 12 noon at Pilton Community Health Project, 73 Boswall Parkway, EH5 2PW.
Many people at the Positively Diverse event said that they would like to overcome potential language barriers in their work.
We will have speaker from Elite Linguists, http://www.elitelinguists.co.uk/ an Edinburgh based social enterprisecommitted to strengthening Scotland’s public service interpreting and translation provision, thereby addressing some of the root causes of inequality and injustice in our society where language can be a barrier.
We will consider whether translating information is always the best option, and other ways we can overcome language barriers in our work. I will also be inviting local residents to share what has been helpful or difficult in this area, and we will have space to collaborate on solutions.
Equality and diversity training: 20 November, 22 January, 25 March
There are a few places left on the Equality and Diversity training on Friday, 9.30-1 at PCHP. Please contact me on 0131 5511671 or reply to this email if any of your colleagues or volunteers would like to attend. The training is an excellent overview of the issues, and we are encouraging as many workers in the area as possible to take part.
• Understand and discuss the fundamental aspects of the Equality Act 2010, and be able examine your responsibilities relating to it.
• Increase your understanding of issues facing minority ethnic groups in the area.
• Learn how to talk about controversial issues and dispel the myths about immigration.
The training is being provided by Living in Harmony and Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equalities Council (ELREC).
Positive images project
As you will see in the minutes of the meeting, we are pleased to have a Community Education Student, Luke Campbell, with us for 18 weeks. He is hoping to interview a wide range of people who live in the area to highlight and celebrate the diversity here, as well as trying to combat some common myths about immigration. The interviews will be used on social media. He is looking for opportunities to visit groups or events in order to find people who would like to take part. If you are interested, please contact him at student@pchp.org.uk.
Living in Harmony forum minutes 28 October 2015
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony, Pilton Community Health Project
0131 551 1671
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We have now finalised the programme for our learning event Positively Diverse on the 1 October (see below). The event will support organisations to implement positive practices that include BME residents.
Please do BOOK your place by calling us on 0131 551 1671 or emailing admin@pchp.org.uk if you want to attend.
Programme
9.30am Arrive and coffee
10.00am Welcome
10.30am Professor Rebecca Kay, co-convenor of Glasgow refugee, asylum and migration network: ‘Living in Harmony: the benefits and joy of working with a diverse client group’
11.00am Residents tell their stories – followed by Q&A
12.15pm Lunch
1pm A Welcoming North Edinburgh – past and present
1.15pm How to make it happen – best practice from local organisations -followed by Q&A.
2.30pm What can you do next?
3.15pm Summing up
3.30pm Finish
Anita Aggarwal
Community Development Manager, Pilton Community Health Project
Living in Harmony are holding an Equality and Diversity training event on Thursday 11 December at Pilton Community Health Project on Boswall Parkway.
See poster (below) for details:
Equality and diversity training in Pilton
We are pleased to invite you to the CELEBRATING AFRICA event on Saturday 21 June at Craigroyston Community High School on Pennywell Road.
The event aims to provide a unique opportunity showcasing African heritage and culture by the African community groups who live/ work across Edinburgh & the Lothians. Themes for the event are participation, heritage, culture and sports.
There will be live African music, dance, cultural performances, stalls, workshops and children activities at the event. Popular traditional food will be cooked on site and served by members of the African community groups.
As Scotland hosts the Glasgow 2014, we are proud to welcome participating African nations and celebrate their heritage. The event is supported by the Big Lottery – Celebrate fund. Please find about stall booking & for interested community groups and volunteers who wish to participate at http://elrecafricacelebration.wordpress.com/ .
This is a free event but places are limited. If you wish to attend the event please register online at:
http://celebratingafrica2014.eventbrite.co.uk
For more information about the event please contact Mizan Rahman e-mail: mrahman@elrec.org.uk or call 0131 556 0441.
We very much look forward to welcoming you at this celebration.
Mona Adhikari
Manager, Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council
Tel: 0131 556 0441 | Fax: 0131 556 8577 | email: MAdhikari@elrec.org.uk | www.elrec.org.uk
