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Adult Protection is Everyone’s Business

5 November 2024 By EVOC Comms

Across the city, day in and day out, voluntary organisations are keeping people safe from harm.

The worker at a lunch club who is concerned that an older client is being financially exploited by a neighbour; the volunteer at a community garden who notices another volunteer is out of sorts and has unexplained bruises; the volunteer at a foodbank who is suspicious of the intimidating partner who accompanies a client each week when she collects food but ensures she does not chat with anyone…

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New Project Supporting the Future of 41 Community Centres

16 August 2023 By EVOC Comms

We’re leading a new project to help Community Centres across Edinburgh build sustainable plans for the future and increase their capacity to provide activities and services for people in their communities.

Part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the project will work with 41 Community Centres – 34 are run jointly by City of Edinburgh Council and a Management Committee and 7 by a Management Committee alone.

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