Shopping with PEP!

Need transport for your weekly shop? PEP has you covered!

🚌 Pick-ups start at 9:30 AM

🛒 Enjoy 2 hours to shop (and time for a cuppa ☕)

⏰ Bus leaves at 12 PM to take you home

✔️ 2 bags per person limit

🏡 Bags delivered right to your front door

It’s a friendly, easy, and convenient way to get your shopping done!

📞 Book your spot today: 0131 315 4466

Spaces are limited—don’t miss out!

#PEP

#CommunitySupport

#ShoppingMadeEasy

#EdinburghLife

PEP Christmas Party: You’re Invited!

We’re excited to invite you to the PEPs Christmas Party!

📍 Queensberry Bowling Club

📅 Thurs 18 Dec 2025 | ⏰ 1–3.30pm

Free entry, meal, entertainment & gift included!

Transport available on request.

Get in touch to book your place-

☎️ 0131 315 4466 | 💌 hello@pepscot.org

PEP buses vandalised: Appeal

As some of you are aware, almost all of our much loved PEP buses were vandalised over last weekend, having their fuel tanks drilled and emptied.

This sadly resulted in having to cancel our transport commitments, which we are extremely sorry and sad about. Thank you to those individuals, family members and organisations for understanding the need to cancel, which has resulted in many of your vital services being cancelled or delayed and additional pressures experienced.

We will stay in touch with all of those involved as things move forward.

Our amazing team here at PEP sprung into action to create our action plan to get us back up and running, which hopefully won’t be too much longer. We will also be looking for more secure, long term parking facilities, if you know or anywhere, please share!

This vandalism has of course been reported to the police, but if anyone knows any information about who may have done this please do get in touch.

I don’t think they realise the conquences and impact of their actions, after all we are a Charity delivering vital services to many vulnerable people, not to mention the financial impact this has caused.

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to support PEP, offering help in many ways. The local community are amazing and we are proud to serve you.

We appreciate that Christmas is just around the corner and wish we were not asking, however any donations to help us recover from the recent vandalism to our buses would be massively appreciated by ourselves as well as the organisations we work alongside 🙏🏻

https://localgiving.org/charity/pep…

#wearestrongertogether

#communityfirst

#helpingpeopletoparticipate

PEP: Become a Volunteer Trustee

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

PEP is overseen by a Board of Trustees who have overall responsibility and accountability for the Project. They set and maintain PEP’s vision, mission and values; support strategic development of services, establish and monitor policies, monitor employment procedures alongside the Manager, support the Manager and ensure good governance.

About Pilton Equalities Project:

Aims to enhance the quality of life for older people in North Edinburgh by continuing to develop services that measurably reduce isolation and which enable people and other vulnerable and isolated adults to actively participate in community life.

Experience Required:

Good independent judgement, ability to think creatively, willingness to speak your mind, an understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship, an ability to work effectively as a member of a team and to take decisions for the good of the charity.

Training Details:

PEP, 3 West Pilton Park, Edinburgh, EH4 4EL . Training will be given on commencement of volunteering as a Trustee.

Location/Travel Details:

Board meet once a month for 2 hours, normally meetings are held in the PEP Office.

Accessibility Details:

Named Contact for Volunteer. Wheelchair Access/Disabled Access Toilet

Contact Details:

Diane.palmer@pepscot.org
Hello@pepscot.org
0131 315 4466
3 West Pilton Park
Edinburgh
EH4 4EL

PEP seeks Trustees

BECOME A VOLUNTEER TRUSTEE AT PILTON EQUALITIES PROJECT

 Make a difference in your local community:

PEP is overseen by a Board of Trustees who have overall responsibility and ac-countability for the Project. They set and maintain PEP’s vision, mission and values; support strategic development of services, establish and monitor policies, monitor employment procedures alongside the Manager, support the Manager and ensure good governance.

About Pilton Equalities Project:

Aims to enhance the quality of life for older people in North Edinburgh by continuing to develop services that measurably reduce isolation and which enable people and other vulnerable and isolated adults to actively participate in community life.

Experience Required:

Good independent judgement, ability to think creatively, willingness to speak your mind, an understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship, an ability to work effectively as a member of a team and to take decisions for the good of the charity.

Training Details:

PEP, 3 West Pilton Park, Edinburgh, EH4 4EL . Training will be given on commencement of volunteering.

Location/Travel Details:

Board meet once a month for 2 hours, normally meetings are held in the PEP Office.

Expenses:

Public transport and out of pocket expenses paid.

Accessibility Details:

Named Contact for Volunteer. Wheelchair Access/Disabled Access Toilet

Contact:

Diane.palmer@pepscot.org  

Hello@pepscot.org or tel. 0131 315 4466

Website www.pepscot.org

Facebook: Piltonequalitiesproject

PEP: Mandy Hosey

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of our friend and colleague Mandy Hosey, aged 54.

Mandy worked at PEP for 15 years delivering our mental health services. Many people in the area will have known Mandy and valued the support that she gave to everyone that she worked with.

Mandy was a valued member of the team at PEP, and we will all miss her very much.

Mandy is survived by her children Oran and Eva to whom we give our sincere condolences

Helen Tait, Pilton Equalities Project

Become a Volunteer Trustee at Pilton Equalities Project

Make a difference in your local community

BECOME A VOLUNTEER TRUSTEE AT PILTON EQUALITIES PROJECT

Make a difference in your local community

PEP is overseen by a Board of Trustees who have overall responsibility and accountability for the Project.  They set and maintain PEP’s vision, mission and values; support strategic development of services, establish and monitor policies, monitor employment procedures alongside the Manager, support the Manager and ensure good governance.

About Pilton Equalities Project

Aims to enhance the quality of life for older people in North Edinburgh by continuing to develop services that measurably reduce isolation and which enable people and other vulnerable and isolated adults to actively participate in community life.

Experience Required

Good independent judgement, ability to think creatively, willingness to speak your mind, an understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship, an ability to work effectively as a member of a team and to take decisions for the good of the charity.

Training Details

PEP, 3 West Pilton Park, Edinburgh, EH4 4EL . Training will be given on commencement of volunteering.

Location/Travel Details

Board meet once a month for 2 hours by zoom.  Normally meetings are held in the PEP Office, 3 West Pilton Park EH4 4EL .

Expenses

Public transport and out of pocket expenses paid.

Accessibility Details

Named Contact For Volunteer. Wheelchair Access/Disabled Access Toilet

Interested? Contact:

dianepepequalities@hotmail.co.uk or tel 0131 315 4466

www.pepequalities.co.uk Facebook: Piltonequalitiesproject

PEP rises to the COVID challenge

Pilton Equalities Project (PEP) is a member of The Edinburgh Community Transport Operators Group (ECTOG).

With the support of EVOC, ECTOG has put together a report on the services we have all provided during the COVID pandemic.

You can read the report here (or see below):

https://www.evoc.org.uk/…/2021/03/ECTOG-Report-FINAL1.pdf

Here at PEP, we’ve been active in the North West Edinburgh area, serving the community right from the start of the pandemic. You can see what we’ve been up to in the image above.

Well done, everyone!