Community Help and Advice Initiative (CHAI)
The CHAI provides a wide range of social welfare services aimed at assisting the residents of South & West Edinburgh.
chaiadvice@mail.wh1.org.uk
The City of Edinburgh Council
The City of Edinburgh Council's award-winning web site covers all aspects of local government administration. It includes information on council services such as education, environment, housing, libraries, planning, social work, transport and waste management.
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk
Your Edinburgh provides a gateway to quality community information websites about Edinburgh for locals and visitors.
http://www.youredinburgh.info/youredinburgh/index.jsp
Family Service Unit (FSU)
FSU believe that, by investing in families, those that are most disadvantaged will have an improved quality of life. We work successfully with children and families by providing a wide range of easily accessible services to support: Families with very young children in order to promote the best possible start, Fathers in their parenting role, Families with children at risk of school exclusion and parents who have difficulty in engaging with the school experience, Families with children in need or at risk as a result of parental drug and alcohol use, domestic violence and mental health issues, Children experiencing neglect, physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse.
http://www.fsu.org.uk
Granton Youth Centre
Granton Youth Centre provides community based support for young people in North West Edinburgh.
http://www.grantonyouth.com
info@grantonyouth.com
Macmillan Cancer Relief
Macmillan Cancer Relief helps people who are living with cancer. To promote high quality cancer care and make it easier for people affected by cancer to get the practical and emotional support they want and need.
http://www.macmillan.org.uk
The Maternity Alliance
The Maternity Alliance is a national charity working to improve support for, and end inequality amongst, pregnant women, new parents and babies under one. We seek to achieve this by improving awareness of rights and entitlements amongst pregnant women and new families by providing accurate, easily accessible information to new parents, the professionals who work with them and employers. Changing public policy and the law through high quality, independent research, and effective policies and campaigns
http://www.maternityalliance.org.uk
office@maternityalliance.org.uk
Muirhouse Housing Association
Muirhouse Housing Association (MHA)is a non profit making, locally based landlord. We provide a mixture of housing including flats, cottage flats and houses and bungalows. Our homes vary from single person flats up to seven person family homes.
http://www.muirhouseha.org.uk
info@muirhouseha.org.uk
North Edinburgh Area Renewal (NEAR)
NEAR is the governing body for regeneration in North Edinburgh and heads up the Social Inclusion Partnership. NEAR is addressing the challenge of the Scottish Parliament Social Justice targets and contributing to Edinburgh City plans over a range of issues including community safety, anti racism and health, successfully securing resources from a range of agencies in the public and private sectors. NEAR aims to achieve full integration of North Edinburgh with the Waterfront Developments to ensure community aspirations are met - We are endeavoring to change people's lives for the better.
http://www.near.org.uk
info@near.org.uk
North Edinburgh Business Incubator Unit
A free and confidential service to help residents of North Edinburgh explore their options for self employment, and help them get set up if they decide to go ahead. We offer one to one advice together with a wide range of training sessions to help you get the best start for your business. Advice on all aspects of business from discussing early ideas to ways of marketing the business, accessing start-up funding and planning your business. Training and advice is also available for existing North Edinburgh businesses and projects, their owners and staff.
http://www.northedinburghbusiness.co.uk
info@northedinburghbusiness.co.uk
North Edinburgh Childcare Centre
North Edinburgh Childcare provide high quality childcare for pre-school
children and out of school services in our various satalite clubs.
Childcare Creche Services division which provides both building based
and mobile childcare.
http://www.northedinburghchildcare.co.uk
North Edinburgh Drug Advice Centre (NEDAC)
NEDAC serves the North West Sector of Edinburgh, providing Harm Reduction Interventions for those affected, directly and indirectly, by drug and/or alcohol use.
mail@nedac.co.uk
Pilton Citizens Advice Bureau
http://www.adviceguide.org
Pilton Community Health Project
http://www.pchp.org.uk
Working Links
Are you out of work and living in North Edinburgh? If so, heres something that could really help a free programme from Working Links designed to give you all sorts of help to find a job, and keep it.
http://www.workinglinks.co.uk
catherine.cranmer@workinglinks.co.uk
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