Digging deep to resolve Pilton’s problems

Final workshop pitch

Pilton Community Health Project has been speaking to people in North Edinburgh about issues affecting their lives and what they think is important in the local area.

Many of the same themes come up again and again – safety, dog mess, no motivation, no sense of community.

Lets look at things in a different way; get underneath the issues and work together to come up with inspiring solutions that really change things!

We invite you to join us in some inspiring and thought provoking sessions thinking in a different way to resolve problems and issues and make Pilton a more active community!

What it will be:

Fun, interesting, thought provoking, possibly it may even transform your life.

We will provide:

Food, drink, prizes, childcare and fun for 2 x 5hr sessions on:

Wednesday 29 May

 &

Wednesday 5 June

from 10am-3pm

at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

For more info call Lianne or Clare on 551 1671, email: moveit@pchp.org.uk

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Countdown to Yummy Food Festival

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Just six days now until the big event …

Please find attached the flyer for this year’s food festival. Organised by a group of local women from West Pilton and Muirhouse this food festival aims to inspire and encourage healthy eating. The afternoon will be full of food demonstration and workshops by local people and organisation as well as food-related arts workshops, face painting, singing from North Edinburgh Sings Together, balloons, baking competition, and our local celebrity chef Neil Forbes (pictred below) , Mrs Mash the foodie story teller, The Edible Garden, Kitchen Canny, the Seed Truck, goody bags, tastes of the food, recipe cards and a whole lot more!

So if you can, share this with your local networks, groups and organisations. Hope to see you on the day!

Best Wishes From

The Yummy Food Festival Steering Group 2013

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Top chef signs up for Yummy Food Festival

Neil Forbes, Scottish Chef of the Year 2011, met up with the women of PCHP’s Use Your Loaf group last week. The women are making bread and organising this years Yummy Food Festival on Friday 15 March. Neil will be there on the big day too, joining local people to do a cooking demonstration and workshops.

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Lisa Arnott
PCHP Healthy Lifestyles Coordinator

Community Creche meeting planned

MESSAGE FROM MARILYN KEILLOH, STEPPING STONES NORTH EDINBURGH

As you will be aware I have been part of a small steering group that has been overseeing a community crèche pilot based at Pilton Community Health Project.

This pilot has been in two parts. Towards the end of last year, we offered free crèche spaces for one designated session per week for six weeks. Since January we have been offering a limited number of free spaces during crèche sessions at PCHP. The funding for the pilot is now coming to an end and we would like to invite interested parties to come along to a meeting on

MONDAY 4 MARCH 10.30am  at Pilton Community Health Project

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss how the pilot went and any formal evaluation that might now need to be undertaken. We would also like to gauge whether there is a need in this area for a service such as this to continue and if so what the next and any future developments should be.

If you can’t come along to the meeting but would like to give some feedback or indeed find out more about the pilot please get in touch with me.

Marilyn Keilloh

Stepping Stones (North Edinburgh)

10 Wardieburn Road, Edinburgh EH5 1LY

Telephone 0131 551 1632

Email: info@steppingstonesnorthedinburgh.co.uk

Counting the days until Yummy Food Festival

The Yummy Food Festival – Celebrating healthy eating in Muirhouse

Building on the success of last year, this year’s yummy food festival will be bigger and better.  Local people have risen to the challenge and will be showing off their skills with cooking demonstrations, foody stories, arts and songs and food growing demonstrations.   Add local organisations, a politician, food groups from around Scotland and a top Scottish chef into the pot and you have a recipe for a great day.

Local people from around the world are giving the day an international feel.  There will be Mexican chilli and Italian pasta, ‘a taste of the East’ and some good Scottish soup.

The Yummy Food festival organisers have been kneading it into shape at weekly bread making sessions and are now baking bread for local community cafes as a side line! They said: ‘We are delighted that so many local people and organisations are contributing to the day.  It’s a real celebration of what people in Muirhouse can do.’

Lisa Arnott, Pilton Community Health Project said:  ‘The Health project would like to congratulate the women on bringing together such a brilliant event.  There will be something for everyone – face painting, cake stalls, arts and crafts and lots and lots of food to share!  We look forward to seeing you there’.

The Yummy Food Festival will take place on Friday 15 March

from 12 – 5pm

at North Edinburgh Arts Centre

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Yummy Food group hungry for international success!

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Last year a group of local women started the first Food Festival in North Edinburgh called the Yummy Food Festival celebrating healthy eating in Muirhouse. Even although it rained, it was an amazing day – full of food storytelling , food demonstrations, giveaways, cooking demonstrations, theatre, information stalls and face painting! Over 500 people come to North Edinburgh Arts to celebrate the talented cooks and chefs within the North Edinburgh Community.

On Friday 15 March 2013 the festival will be happening again! Next year’s food festival will continue with the theme of cooking on a budget £5 for a family of five, but this year’s festival aims have a very international feel and celebrate the culinary talents that are in our community.

Would you like to get involved … YES! we hear you cry!!cooksThere are many ways you can get involved:

  • · Can you volunteer on the day? Can you be a steward?
  • · Can you give a cooking demonstration with an international feel?
  • · Are you a gardener and can show people how to plant seed?
  • · Are you an organisation with food, health related information you would like to share in a fun way
  • · Can you face paint?
  • · Are you a good story-teller?
  • · Do you want to share information about health, cooking books, budgets, food, money, diet, being economical and other food related issues and share it with people in a fun way?
  • Can you help with the washing up?
  • · Can you help make foodie decorations or signage?
  • · Are you a group who bake or make and would like to sell them at the festival for your group or charity?

Last year’s event was amazing and we are busy planning next year’s Festival. To make it a real celebration of our community do lets us know if you want to get involved.

Thanks for your support!

The Yummy Food Festival 2013 group

foodeventIf you’d like to be involved or require further info contact Lisa Arnott at Pilton Community Health Project on 551 1671, email lisaarnott@pchp.org.uk

 

 

 

WIG hail success of first health day

North Edinburgh’s Womens International Group are delighted with the success of last week’s Health Day – the first of it’s kind organised by the womens’ group based at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre. Over forty women of all ages took part in a full day of events and activities in Royston Wardieburn – and while they may not all have gone home a lot healthier, they definitely went home happier!

From registration and refreshments at 10am it was a packed programme – Jane Jones gave a talk about ‘What Affects Our Health?’, there was Zumba and aerobics in the sports hall, pamper sessions and gentle exercise; all before lunch time!

A short presentation by local women got the afternoon activities underway, and this was followed by talk on Breast Awareness by Lynda Luke of the Breast Screening Service. Julie Smith gave a presentation on North Edinburgh Time Bank  and Roberta Blaikie gave a brief contribution about North Edinburgh Credit Union. The final hour of the day was dedicated to social activities and fundraising for McMillan Cancer Trust in the cafe community room, with a nearly new stall and raffle.

Women’s International Group (WIG) said: ‘We would like to thank the following organisations for their support :  Community Learning and Development, Royston Wardieburn Centre Management Committee, Pilton Health Project, North Edinburgh Arts, Telford College students, the Breast Screening Service, McMillan Cancer Trust, North Edinburgh Time Bank, North Edinburgh Credit Union and Stepping Stones.  We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the individuals who have given up their time or who have contributed to the raffle or nearly new stall and the local businesses who have made donations.’

Thanks to Community Learning and Development worker Lynne McCabe for the following Health Day pictures:

Let’s hear it for … local apples!

Pilton Community Health Project’s Food for Thought Forum will be celebrating the humble apple at a free event at Craigroyston Community High School later this month.

The Food for Thought Forum invite you to ‘A celebration of local apples (and pumpkins!)’ on Friday 19 October from 10am – midday at Craigroyston Community High School, Pennywell Road

Everyone’s invited to:

  • Bring and share your apple recipes
  • Bring a clean empty jar and fill it with fresh apple jelly
  • Children’s apple activities!
  • Tasters
  • Cooking demonstrations (including pumpkin soup)
  • Information about food activities and groups in the area

Who’s got the best apple recipe in North Edinburgh?

Cook your favourite apple dish, bring it along and enter the great apple competition! Everyone gets to be a judge and there will be a brilliant prize for the winner!

For more information call Anita on 551 1671.