Forth Neighbourhood Partnership Public Meeting is on Wednesday 31 August at 7pm in The Church Hall, Granton Baptist Church, 99 Crewe Road North. Please see below for further details: Continue reading Forth Neighbourhood Partnership meets on Wednesday
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All together now: Making a difference at Royston Wardieburn
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 workshop aims:
Provide an opportunity for participants to get to know each other
through an activity
Introduce participants to songs, poems, art work which focus theme of
diversity and solidarity
Provide an opportunity for partiipants to create poetry, music and art
work which can be shared with other workshop groups after lunch
Create an opportunity to send a positve message on diversity, difference
and solidarity to the wider community
Workshop 1 : Poetry
Workshop led by Jim Aitken
Supported by Lynn McCabe and Fiona Manson
Workshop 2: Music
Workshop led by Jed Milroy
Supported by Hannah Kitchen
Workshop 3: Arts
Workshop led Mo Brand
Supported by Anna Baran and Lydia Markham
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:
Getting Together
Getting together, making a difference
Getting together, making a difference
For future families, and our community
Solidarity
Binding you and me
From wartime to Thatcher
The taxes, the cuts
We fought against it
For a better place for us
We’re getting together
For ceilidhs and meals
For visits and trips
It’s turning the wheels
Into the future
Our community
Our children, their children
Will be running free.
And the song? Well, It goes something like this … :
PICTURES: Lynn McCabe
Living in Harmony: August plans
Dear All,
I hope you are well.
I’m writing to give you some information about upcoming events in the area, and to outline a plan for the next forum meeting on Thursday 18th August, 10-12 at Pilton Community Health Project.
Forum meeting
As the last meeting was very busy, it would be good for everyone to have a chance to update each other and to plan for the coming year. I suggest we talk about:
– Inequalities in employment – what can we do to respond in North Edinburgh?
– Community integration activities – updates and plans for the coming year
– Living in Harmony – topics for upcoming forum meetings; training sessions we could organise in the future
– Hate crime reporting – how do we increase understanding of hate crime and enable people to report a crime? Plans for Third Party Reporting training.
Please RSVP and feel free to suggest other items for the agenda by replying to this email.
Diversity in Public Life event, 11th August
Celebrating Diversity in Community Councils. Date & time: Thursday, 11 August 2016, 6.00pm – 8.30pm Venue: Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, 11 Pilton Drive North, Edinburgh EH5 1NF.
The key aim of the event is to increase the representation of BME communities in community councils. It is hosted jointly by ELREC- Diversity in Public Life project and the Granton & District Community Council. See below.
Kind regards
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony,
Pilton Community Health Project, 73 Boswall Parkway
Edinburgh, EH5 2PW
0131 551 1671
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Forth Neighbourhood Partnership public meeting
The next Forth Neighbourhood Partnership Public Meeting is on Wednesday 31 August 2016 at 7pm in The Church Hall, Granton Baptist Church, 99 Crewe Road North. See below for further details.
Forth Neighbourhood Partnership
Public Meeting
At 7pm on Wednesday 31st August 2016
Granton Baptist Church, 99 Crewe Road North
Come along and hear about:
- Progress on the move to Locality Working by City of Edinburgh Council and Partners – and what this means for residents of North Edinburgh
- Potential changes to flight paths at Edinburgh Airport
- Improvements at West Pilton Park
- Progress on the Regeneration of North Edinburgh
There will also be a short period during the meeting for Neighbourhood Partnership business.
An agenda and papers will be available nearer to the meeting. For further information contact Jim Pattison, 529 5082 – jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk
Women’s Fund welcomes grant applications
The Women’s Fund for Scotland (WFS) has re-opened for grant applications with a deadline of 28 September. The WFS are keen to identify community groups located in North Edinburgh that empower women and girls to reach their full potential. The Women’s Fund for Scotland are on a mission to make a difference not just individuals, but their family and needs of the community. Continue reading Women’s Fund welcomes grant applications
Charter gives voice to adults with additional support needs
Over sixty adults with additional support needs have come together to tell support services what measures they would like to see taken to improve the support they receive through a Charter for Involvement. The group is now calling on organisations to commit to putting their recommendations into practice and has produced a special animated film to promote the Charter.
Known as the National Involvement Network (NIN), the group have been working for over two years to produce the Charter for Involvement, which to date has been signed by 32 support organisations.
Most of the adults involved have received support services their whole life and believe together they could have a stronger voice on how their services are delivered. Supported by independent charity ARC Scotland, The Charter not only gives these adults a voice but also a way for support services to involve the people they support more in the work of the organisation.
The newly launched animated film accompanying the Charter describes how the 12 Charter statements help to improve the lives of people who get support. It sets out how people want to be more involved in the services they receive. The film was launched today at the Thistle Foundation earlier this week to an audience of NIN members and support organisations.
ARC-final-charter-short-version
Chair of the National Involvement Network, Lynette Lynton said: “We all use support services in various ways and wanted to have more of a say in our services and be more involved in the way they are run. Who better to advise support services on how well they are doing than the people that use them day-to-day?
“The launch of the Charter film is a huge occasion for everyone involved. For those of you who have never seen it, it features an animated tiger to show how the Charter has helped make us feel strong and bold.
“The tiger also features on the cover of the Charter for Involvement and many people have now come to associate the tiger with our work.
“As chair of the National Involvement Network, I hope that the film will inspire people who receive care and support services to become more involved.
“The National Involvement Network and the Charter for Involvement have been made possible through the hard work and dedication of ARC Scotland. They have supported the NIN through this process and it is their policy of bringing organisations and people together to find solutions that has made this possible.
“I would like to think that our work with the Charter has improved services and the experiences of service users nationally and I would urge other organisations who would like to know more about the Charter or to receive a copy to get in touch with Association for Real Change Scotland for more information.”
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre AGM cancelled
The AGM tomorrow (Wednesday 29th June) has unfortunately been cancelled until further notice. We will let you know when this will go ahead. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Royston Wardieburn Mgt Cttee
Voluntary Sector Forum next Tuesday
Please note the next Forth and Inverleith Voluntary Sector Forum will be held 28th June from 1 – 3pm at North Edinburgh Arts. Continue reading Voluntary Sector Forum next Tuesday
£2 million boost for community decision-making
Applications are now open for a new £2 million fund giving communities the opportunity to vote on how money is spent in their area. Continue reading £2 million boost for community decision-making
Living in Harmony: Upcoming events
Summer Community BBQ Saturday 18th June
Our welcoming events volunteers are organising a summer BBQ with international food, music, dance and children’s activities at North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 5-9pm on 18th June.
It should be a great opportunity for anyone in the area to meet new people and have fun. Tickets are £1 from North Edinburgh Arts or Pilton Community Health Project.
Addressing Inequality in Employment forum meeting
Wednesday 29th June 1.30-4pm
at Spartans Community Football Academy
Employment is a big issue for many people in our area. Research in the recent Framework for Racial Equality highlighted that BME people are underrepresented in many areas. How should organisations address this?
We will have a guest speaker from the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights giving an overview of the current inequalities and how these could be addressed. We will also hear from organisations that have reviewed their recruitment practices to try to make them more accessible or to reach out to specific groups.
Local BME residents who have been supported by Community Renewal to find work or start businesses will share their experiences, as well as LINK Mentoring which runs a mentoring scheme for BME people looking for specific types of work.
There will be a chance to exchange ideas and discuss ways of moving forward both collectively and as individual organisations or residents. Lunch and crèche included. Please RSVP.
I hope you can make either or both of these events!
Hannah Kitchen
Development Worker, Living in Harmony
