Newsletter deliveries resume this morning

Volunteers will be hitting local streets once again today to deliver the NEN Coronavirus special edition newsletter across North Edinburgh.

An enthusiastic team of volunteers delivered thousands of newsletters across Drylaw and Telford, Muirhouse, Salvesen, West Pilton, Granton and Royston Wardieburn last week, and a final push will see the last of the newsletters delivered this week.

If you would like to lend a hand – full guidance and protective equipment will be issued – teams will be leaving from the following locations from Tuesday – Thursday this week:

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, Groathill Road North at 11am

Fresh Start, Ferry Road Drive at 11am

Pilton Community Health Project, Boswall Parkway at 11am

Ainslie Park Leisure Centre car park, Pilton Drive North at 2pm

The newsletter contains helpful information and key telephone numbers to help local people get through the pandemic.

The North Edinburgh Covid-19 Foodshare coalition would like to thank our magnicent volunteers who have done so much to support the community dring these most difficult of times.

Thanks also to the following organisations for their terrfic support:

Funders:

Cash for Kids,

Inspiring Scotland,

North Edinburgh Community Councils,

Muirhouse Housing Association,

Pilton Central Association (PCA),

SCVO,

STV Appeal,

The National Lottery for Communities,

West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

Cairn Energy

Cramond FC

Edinburgh City Council

Lindsay’s Charitable Trust

Martin Lewis Foundation

Murray Foundation

National Emergencies Trust

Neighbourly Community Fund

Places for People Foundation

Port of Leith Housing Association

Queensberry House Trust

Richardson and Starling

Scottish Government

Stewart Investors.

Food, supplies and support have kindly been donated by:

Baillie Gifford, Chand & Co Group,

Edinburgh Academy,

Fettes College,

Mathieson’s the butchers,

Morrisons,

PrepTable Scotland,

Porto & Fi cafe,

Scottish Gas,

Social Bite,

Tesco,

TB McKay Energy Supplies

Investec

Neighbourly Community Fund.

We couldn’t do it without you – THANK YOU ALL !

 

Scoring opportunity at Tynecastle: Meet the Funders!

Meet the Funders event next Thursday

MEET the FUNDERS EVENT

Thursday 12 May – Public Drop in from 5 – 8pm

Waverley Court Courtyard Coffee Bar/Restaurant area

waverely court

‘Meet the Funders’ is a free marketplace event providing access to funding information for community projects. It is an opportunity for groups to discuss their ideas with potential funders and collect a range of information about possible sources of grant aid. The event also offers the groups an opportunity to meet and work together.

The following exhibitors have confirmed attendance with more expected:

Big Lottery
Edinburgh4Community
Community Grants Fund
PassIT On
Royal Bank of Scotland Foundation
Sportscotland
The Robertson Trust
Resourcing Scotland’s Heritage
Princes Trust Youth Business Scotland
Registered Tenants Grants
MyParkScotland – Greenspace Scotland
First Port
Edinburgh Business Gateway
Scotland’s Employment Recruitment Incentive Fund
Art and Business Scotland
MOD Covenant Fund
The Melting Pot
Edinburgh Community Food

Volunteering Matters

The Big Lunch Eden Project

Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland 

Home Energy Scotland

Scotrail Community Fund

In Kind Direct

Turn2Us & The Edinburgh Fund

Greenspace Scotland Tesco Bags of Help

Waste Aware

The Charity Bank

Unity Bank Trust

Macmillan Cancer Care

20mph Speed Limits

Pilotlight

For more information, or if you would like to attend as an exhibitor, please contact Maureen Thompson on 0131 469 3595.

 

Partnership event: Meet the Funders

Are you involved in a small community project or group that is looking for funding? Forth and Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnerships have organised a

‘Meet the Funders’ event

on Thursday 28 November from 12 – 3pm

at St Serf’s Parish Church Hall off Ferry Road.

The drop-in event will be an informal opportunity to meet a variety of small funders such as Big Lottery and Sports Scotland, SCVO and Bank of Scotland Foundation as well as various City of Edinburgh Council funds including Neighbourhood Partnership Community Grants Fund and Waste Aware Fund, with opportunities to find out more about what type of things these organisations will fund and what the closing dates are.

This event will be of particular interest to small groups who do not have access to major funding sources.

The following funding organisations have confirmed that they will be attending – will you? If you do plan to attend, please contact jim.pattison@edinburgh.gov.uk . Refreshments will be available.

Big Lottery Fund

The Melting Pot

Community Sports Hubs

Community Grants Fund (City of Edinburgh Council)

Forth Neighbourhood Partnership

Youth Business Scotland

Pass It On

Edinburgh4Community

SCVO

Bank of Scotland Foundation

Royal Bank of Scotland Foundation

Waste Aware Grants (CEC)

Business Gateway

Climate Challenge Fund

Activcity Tenants Grants (CEC) In Kind Direct

The Big Lunch

Prime (Equivalent of Youth Business Scotland for over 50s)

Sported Sportscotland

Visit Forth Neighbourhood Partnership website at: http://www.edinburghnp.org.uk/page/Forth.aspx

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