Pilton Community Health Project could face closure unless alternative funding can be found. The respected local project – Scotland’s oldest community health organisation – was one of 35 who learned last week that they would receive no funding from the latest round of Health & Social Care grants. Continue reading Heartbreak as funding appeal rejected … but the fight goes on
Four things YOU can do this week to help save Pilton Community Health Project
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You are warmly invited to attend our AGM on Wednesday 29th November
11 am – 12:30 pm at the Robertson Trust Suite, Spartans.
If you would like to stay for lunch following the meeting would you please let us know by 23rd November, 2017.
Many thanks,
Vikki-Lee Fyfe
Administrative Officer, Pilton Community Health Project
73 Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh EH5 2PW
Tel: 0131 551 1671
Email: admin@pchp.org.uk
Web: www.pchp.org.uk
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Pilton Community Health Project, Boswall Parkway
Wednesday 26 April, 1 – 4pm
Pilton Community Health Project (PCHP) are hosting an walking group open day from 1-4pm on Wed 26th April at PCHP, 73 Boswall Parkway EH52PW. The aim is to introduce people to our regular walking group that happens on a Monday and Friday every week (and has done for six years or more!).
If you know anyone who might would benefit from a walking club, might want to get out and about but feels shy or who has been recommended they exercise more but doesn’t know what to do, then this is the perfect opportunity to come and meet our walking volunteers and find out more about our walking group. Just drop by, no appointment necessary. Clare Symonds, Development worker – Physical Activity, Move It, Pilton Community Health Project, 73 Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh, EH5 2PW, 0131 551 1671, http://www.pchp.org.uk/!
Overcoming Language Barriers for Frontline/Reception Staff
Training Opportunity for Workers in North Edinburgh
10am – 12pm, Wednesday 29th March 2017
Granton Library, 25 Wardieburn Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 4DT
Learn about:
• Practical ways to remove language barriers in your organization.
• Race equality in Scotland
• Some of the current challenges for BME communities.
The trainer will be Eleanor McKnight from Elite Linguist CIC. Living in Harmony and Muirhouse Library are organizing the training.
Book your free place by contacting Anita on 0131 551 1671 or anitaaggarwal@pchp.org.uk
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Earlier this week Muirhouse Millennium Community Centre played host to a Food for Thought Forum for the community led by Pilton Health Project, with Memes Molina (Food Development Worker at PCHP, above) leading the proceedings by explaining the previous forums: what they had discussed and what had been gained from the experiences (writes James McGinty).
Anita Aggarwa(PCHP Community Development Manager) then laid out the processes of the day.
A very well attended audience were treated to home made soup and some superbly healthy sandwiches, tea and coffee provided by centre volunteers and our manager Peter Airlie.
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Pictures by JAMES McGINTY
Details of a community event, which will give north Edinburgh locals the opportunity to tell politicians what improvements are needed in the area, have been announced.
The ‘upside down hustings’, organised by Pilton Community Health Project (PCHP), will bring together community campaigners, residents, councillors, and MSPs to debate issues such as mental health services, the environment and housing.
The event will take place at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, Pilton Drive North, on 23 November at 6pm. Media are invited to attend. Members of the public can book their place at:
Grassroots representatives confirmed for the event are:
Andrew Paterson, Research and Policy Officer from CHEX will also give context on how policy is changing to give communities more voice.
Politicians who have confirmed their attendance are:
All current Councillors for Forth and Inverleith, as well as those from their Parties who support the development of the manifestos, have been invited.
Anita Aggarwal, PCHP’s Community Development Manager, said: “By flipping the traditional hustings model on its head and creating an opportunity for the people of north Edinburgh to discuss the changes they want in the areas, we hope to influence political parties’ manifestos for next year’s city council elections. We hope this will be the start of a constructive dialogue with local politicians through until next year’s elections and beyond.
“While parts of Edinburgh continue to prosper there remain some serious social and economic inequalities between different parts of the city. Men in the most deprived areas of Edinburgh can expect to live over ten years less than those areas with the lowest levels of deprivation.”
The outputs from the debate will also be fed into the 2050 Edinburgh City Vision.
Dear All,
You are warmly invited to attend our AGM on Tuesday 22nd November, 2016 – 10:30 am – 12:30 pm at the Robertson Trust Suite, Spartans.
If you would like to stay for lunch following the meeting would you please let us know by 15th November, 2016.
Many thanks,
Gillian Harrold
Administrative Officer, Pilton Community Health Project
Tel: 0131 551 1671
Email: admin@pchp.org.uk
Web: www.pchp.org.uk
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North Edinburgh residents to lead the debate in ‘upside down hustings’
Community campaigners in north Edinburgh are turning the traditional hustings model, which sees political candidates telling voters what they will do if elected, on its head. Pilton Community Health Project (PCHP) is bringing together a group of grassroots ‘experts’ from across the north of the city to tell politicians what changes are needed to improve the area. Continue reading Turning politics on it’s head
Get your questions answered at Royston Wardieburn this morning
