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Opportunities for young people at West Pilton Park

Hi All,

We are delighted to announce that Action For Children are taking on one of the West Park Improvement Plans as part of their ‘Community Challenge’ employability initiative. This is a fantastic opportunity for local young people to get involved in carrying out improvements to the woodland in their local area at the same time as developing new skills. It’s a great programme with lots of opportunities for progression. Find more information about the programme below and details on how to refer are attached. Please share around your local networks.

Lianne Pipskyj,

Development Worker- Physical Activity, Pilton Community Health Project

** We are now recruiting for our next Challenge programme at – WEST PILTON PARK**

Could you please share this amongst your colleagues and partners within the North Edinburgh area?

Ideally we would be looking to engage with 13 young people in the local area. If we are not able to fill the 13 places from our group then I may need to open the referral process further to ensure we utilise the spaces.

Challenge October 2016 Intake – Timeline
Closing Date for Referrals	Wednesday 5^th October 2016
One to One meetings with successful candidates	6^th & 7^th October 2016
Programme Commences	Monday 10^th October 2016

***CLOSING DATE FOR REFERRALS is: Wednesday, 5^th October 2016

Referral forms (please ensure you complete the referral form using the barrier definition for which is attached) to be completed and returned to:

E-mail:

nicola.raine@actionforchildren.org.uk

Do not hesitate to contact me on 0131 661 7828 or 0754570136 should you wish to discuss anything.

Nicola Raine

Practice Team Leader, Action for Children

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Five go swimming to Colinton!

Support Health Project’s cross-city sponsored swim

Dear colleagues,

You already do lots to support our work at Pilton Community Health Project, but please consider sponsoring us and sharing this link with others.

Five of us who work at Pilton Community Health Project are attempting to swim the distance between Pilton and Colinton to highlight inequalities in the city – that’s 400 lengths of Westwards pool (or TEN km) – and raise cash for the project.

More info here

https://mydonate.bt.com/events/swimforcash/330332

Thanks in advance

Anita Aggarwal

Community Development Manager, Pilton Community Health Project

Living in Harmony latest

Dear all,

Forum discussion

Thank you to everyone who participated in the last forum meeting. There was a good discussion and lots of good ideas to follow up on, including how we can make North Edinburgh an area of excellence in terms of diversity in employment. I’m attaching the minutes (below). The next forum meeting will be on Thursday 12^th October from 10 – 12 noon.

Minutes 18th august 2016

Race report

I’m also including a summary of a recent report produced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission which Douglas Samuel shared. This highlights further the worrying inequalities present in many walks of life, employment being one of them.

Race Report: Healing a Divided Britain

Scotland’s Ethnic Minorities face overcrowding, poverty and unemployment, says equality and human rights body

A new report published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on race equality, has found that in Scotland, if you are born into an ethnic minority household today, you are nearly four times more likely to be in a household that is overcrowded and up to twice as likely to be living in poverty and experiencing unemployment.

The report is the biggest ever analysis of existing evidence into race equality in Scotland and focuses on poverty, education, employment, and housing.

Findings include:

In 2013 ethnic minority households were four times more likely than White households to live in overcrowded properties – 11.8% compared with 2.9%.
In 2013/14 people from ethnic minorities were more twice as likely live in poverty, both before and after housing costs, compared to ‘White-British’ people.
After housing costs, 36% of people from ethnic minorities were in poverty, compared with 17% of ‘White-British’ people.
Unemployment rates for people from ethnic minorities in 2013 were significantly higher than for White people – 13.2% compared with 6.9%.
In 2013, only 57.4% of people from ethnic minorities were in work compared with 73.8% of White people.
Unemployment rates for people from ethnic minorities in 2013 were significantly higher than for White people – 13.2% compared with 6.9%.
Just 2.1% of modern apprenticeships are filled by ethnic minorities although 5% of the target group for apprenticeships across Scotland are from ethnic minority groups. (Skills Development Scotland, Q1 2016).
Just 6% of Black school leavers from across GB attended a Russell Group university (Edinburgh and Glasgow), compared with 12% of mixed and Asian school leavers and 11% of white school leavers.
1 in 4 Scottish pupils said they were aware of peers suffering prejudice based bullying.

Download the full report here.

Kind regards

Hannah Kitchen

Development Worker, Living in Harmony,

Pilton Community Health Project

0131 551 1671

hannahkitchen@pchp.org.uk

www.pchp.org.uk

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Long Gone Schooldays: tomorrow’s Hidden Gem Walk

Get gently active in North Edinburgh

Hey All,

Please see below information about some local opportunities for people to get a bit more active, at a pace that suits and meet new people.

HIDDEN GEMS WALKS, discovering historical and artistic surprises in North Edinburgh

Thursday evenings 7pm:

28^th July (TONIGHT) – All that Sparkles Art Walk- meets at North Edinburgh Arts Centre

4^th August- Discovering Grantons Industrial Past- meets north side Granton Square

11^th August- Long Gone Schooldays- meet north side Granton Square

18^th August- North Edinburgh’s Lost Medieval Walled Garden- meet at Prentice Centre

25^th August- Foraging for free- Meets North Edinburgh Arts Centre.

NEW: YOGA for Beginners (by donation)

Starts Wednesday 17^th August 4.30-5.30pm, The Spartans Football Club

Many Thanks

Lianne Pipskyj

Development Worker- Physical Activity

Pilton Community Health Project, 73 Boswall Parkway

Edinburgh, EH5 2PW

0131 551 1671

liannepipskyj@pchp.org.uk

www.pchp.org.uk

Rise in racist incidents sparks community action

The North Edinburgh community will discuss a worrying rise in the number of racist incidents at this afternoon’s Living in Harmony forum at Spartans Community Football Academy. Continue reading Rise in racist incidents sparks community action

Living in Harmony forum: Addressing inequality in employment

Addressing Inequality in Employment forum meeting

29^th June 1.30-4pm at Spartans Community Football Academy

Employment is a big issue for many people in North Edinburgh. 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, including Port of Leith Housing, 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. 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.

Hannah Kitchen

Development Worker, Living in Harmony,

Pilton Community Health Project

0131 551 1671

hannahkitchen@pchp.org.uk

www.pchp.org.uk

All welcome at Community Summer BBQ

COMMUNITY SUMMER BBQ

North Edinburgh Arts

Saturday 18 June 5 – 9pm

A community event celebrating all of the interesting food, music, dance and people who live in our area. There will be children’s activities in the beautiful North Edinburgh Garden, performances from local musicians, dancers and poets. A BBQ with lots of side dishes from around the world. All for £1 per person (a higher donation is very welcome if you want to contribute more!)

A bar will be available.

You are welcome to come in national dress (kilts, saris etc) if you want to!

Tickets £1 from North Edinburgh Arts or Pilton Community Health Project

Healthy appetites at Millennium Centre

Pilton Community Health Project food development instructor Joanna has led her second cooking instruction class in a fortnight at Muirhouse Millennium Centre (writes James McGinty).

Joanna is well known for her dedication to healthy foods and the latest selection included Overnight Oatmeal, Guacamole on toast, Guacamole Wraps and Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches. Last week’s treats included Grenola Bars and Humus.

Get together, make a difference on International Women’s Day

I am writing to invite you to this year’s International Women’s Day event which takes place next Tuesday (8 March) in Royston/Wardieburn Community Centre, Pilton Drive North. We have decided to combine this year’s event with our third Getting Together Making a Difference event.

As you will see from the leaflet there will be films, poetry, music, stories, discussion and food – all the ingredients for a nice get together with friends and neighbours! We have organised a crèche for pre-school children to allow as many women as possible to take part. Please book a crèche place in advance as the crèche is likely to be very busy (tel 552 5700 or 551 1671).

Registration is at 10am in the reception area and we will be starting at 10.15 in room F34 upstairs. Lunch will be served at 1pm.

I would be grateful if you would forward the leaflet to any local women you know who might be interested in joining us.

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Lynn McCabe (on behalf of the planning group)