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Dear Friends,
We would like to invite you to join the celebration of International Mother Language Day 2018.
Date: Wednesday 21 February
Time: 11am – 1pm
Venue: Edinburgh City Chambers, 253 High Street EH1 1YJ
International Mother Language day (IMLD) was proclaimed by UNESCO and observed every year since 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. UNESCO’s theme this year is linguistic diversity and multilingualism count for sustainable development.
Brief program of the day
11am – 12pm: Reception event @ European room, City Chambers
o Hosted by Frank Ross, Right Honourable Lord Lieutenant and Lord Provost. A celebration of language diversity through multilingual cultural performances
12pm – 1pm: City chamber quadrangle (outdoor)
o A tribute to the language martyrs of Bangladesh whose struggle for the Bangla language is the reason that the 21st of February was chosen by UNESCO for IMLD. We will be laying flower/wreaths on temporary memorial. No registration required.
Please book your place to attend the reception event starts at 11am
booking link: https://goo.gl/forms/u1BKgpZFhHtwTpvk1)
No booking is required to attend the second part which will start from 12 Noon at the City Chambers quadrangle (outdoors).
For more information or queries, please contact us by E-mail: imlsscotland@outlook.com, Tel; 0131 556 0441 / 07930 183352 Find us: http://www.facebook.com/imlsscotland
The event is free and open to everyone.
The event is organised in collaboration with: Councillor Donald Wilson, Convenor of the Culture and Communities Committee, City of Edinburgh Council in partnership with ELREC Routes to Roots, Council of Bangladeshis inScotland (CBS), Polish Cultural Festival Association, Bangla Scot News, Bilingualism Matters and the Edinburgh Chinese Arts Association.
International Mother Language Group
Congratulations to Edinburgh & Lothian Racial Equality Council (ELREC), who won the Third Sector Organisation of the Year award at last night’s first Scottish Diversity Awards. Edinburgh Mela also picked up the Event of the Year award. Continue reading National award for ELREC
The next Living in Harmony forum will be on Thursday 13th October, 10-12 at Pilton Community Health Project. There will be crèche available if booked in advance.
The theme of the session will be on understanding hate crime and we will have input from the police and from another project working with young people on hate crime in North Edinburgh. There will be an opportunity to explore what hate crime is, discuss how to raise awareness about it among our communities, and also to sign up your organisation to become a third party reporting centre.
It would be helpful if you could RSVP so that we have an idea of numbers.
Kind regards
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony,
Pilton Community Health Project
0131 551 1671
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AUTUMN FASHION SHOWCASE: “fashionABLE” AT WAVERLEY STATION
CATWALK AT PLATFORM 2
Events run at 12.00 and 2.00pm on Friday 23 September
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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
