Thursdays, 10am – 11am
Women Supporting Women at Pilton Community Health Project
Granton Autumn Festival event
on Saturday 26th October 11am – 4pm.
The one day event includes live music, dancing, arts workshops, food tasters. The event kicks off in Granton Community Gardens with the Barrow Band singing songs about eating your fruit and vegetables, is very child/family friendly!
From 1pm -4pm in Royston Wardieburn Community Centre we have fantastic live music and dance line such as the Dr Reelgood Ceilidh Band, One Tribe African dance and more….
We have lots of arts and crafts taster workshops.
The library bus and a chill-out room in the centre for young people to drop-in by the Granton Youth Project.
The Food tasters will have a multicultural influence from Chinese noodles, Indian savouries, Polish dumplings, Italian focaccia and a fruity selection of Mock cocktails by Granton Youth Project volunteers.
The event is being delivered in partnership by Royston Wardiburn Community Centre, Pilton Community HealthProject, Granton Comunity Gardeners, Granton Youth Project and City of Einburgh Council.
We want to make it a great day FREE out for the whole community !
Women Supporting Women warmly invite all local women to our next monthly Drop-In, 10 am – 12 noon on Friday (4 October). Continue reading Women Supporting Women this Friday at PCHP
Roots by Routes is a celebration of people and places across Pilton, Muirhouse, Granton and Drylaw. An initiative by Sustrans and Pilton Community Health Project, the project will see informative story pictureboards displayed along a section of the North Edinburgh cycle path. Continue reading Roots by Routes display launched at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre
Dear Friends and Partners,
Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart have been joined by Gordon Strachan, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian Football Clubs to support Pilton Community Health Project crowdfunding campaign to reach their £50,000 target. Continue reading Edinburgh football giants join super chefs to support PCHP
Co-director Jen Richards has left Pilton Community Health Project:
Today is a day of reflection for me as I am leaving PCHP after working here for 9 ½ years; I’ve had a couple of different jobs here and my last one has been that of Director for the last 7 years (writes JEN RICHARDS). Continue reading Jen Richards leaves Pilton Community Health Project
Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart back Pilton Community Health Project crowdfunding campaign launched today.
Two of Edinburgh’s – and Scotland’s – top chefs have added their support to the campaign to keep the closure-threatened Pilton Community Health Project (PCHP) open.
Martin Wishart and Tom Kitchin today helped launch a crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise at least £50,000 to help prevent PCHP having to close its doors to some of North Edinburgh’s most vulnerable residents.
PCHP, which is Scotland’s oldest community health project, was told in late December last year that its funding was being withdrawn by the new Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board for health and social care funding in the city.
In the 35 years it has been in existence, PCHP has transformed thousands of lives. The project provides a range of services to fight the often overwhelming results of health inequality in Edinburgh including mental health counselling, tackling food insecurity, cooking groups and community meals, tackling social isolation and loneliness, community crèche for local affordable childcare, and support for victims of domestic abuse.
By raising £50,000 the campaign will allow PCHP to continue to deliver a reduced level of its life changing services, for 12 months, until longer-term funding is secured again.
The 28 day crowdfunding campaign on
allows anyone to pledge a donation – large or small – to ensure the project can continue its lifeline services.
Both Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart have offered incentives and rewards to boost the project’s 28 day #SavePCHP crowdfunding campaign, including Dinner for two Tasting menus and matching wines at their Michelin-starred Leith restaurants – The Kitchin and Restaurant Martin Wishart – for the first donors to pledge £1,000 or more.
Other generous donations have been made by the top chefs and these will be revealed at the Launch today, and throughout the campaign on www.savepchp.com and on social media.
Launching the crowd-funding campaign for PCHP, Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart said: “We are delighted to add our support to this campaign.
“Leith and North Edinburgh have played a big part in our story so it’s great to be involved in saving the lifelines so many local people rely on.
“We are passionate about food, and about food education and food security, and PCHP plays a really important role in ensuring everyone can access and cook healthy, nutritious meals. It’s vital that these and other services continue.”
Between January and December 2018, PCHP has:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fund/PCHP