Children and young people

Proposals for gradual reopening of Edinburgh’s Libraries and Community Centres are announced

23 July 2020 By EVOC Communications Team

The Council will start a three-stage phased plan for the reopening of its libraries and community centres from tomorrow, with the second and third stages being subject to committee approval. The new plans outline that some community centres could open in the coming days to enable groups to get access to the buildings to run […]

Parental Employment Support Fund: now open for applications

22 July 2020 By EVOC Communications Team

The City of Edinburgh Council’s Business Growth Inclusion department is now accepting applications to their Parental Employment Support Fund (PESF) Grants Programme. Awards will be made for up to 18 – months subject to performance. Applications are invited for the provision of services that will support parents to progress into employment or to progress within […]

SW Edinburgh: A Community Wealth Building Locality, supported by GoBeyond.

15 July 2020 By EVOC Communications Team

SW Edinburgh: the first people led Community Wealth Building Locality, supported by GoBeyond and a raft of Community Grants July 2020 What is GoBeyond? Working across local neighbourhoods in South West Edinburgh, GoBeyond is a network of trusted local voluntary sector partners with over 130 contributors. We’ve already got a great record of working together […]

Trustee Recruitment for Canongate Youth

14 July 2020 By EVOC Communications Team

Canongate Youth are seeking new trustees to join it’s Board and help shape the future of the organisation.

Online Emotional Resilience Workshops for Young People

10 July 2020 By EVOC Communications Team

Cyrenians are delivering ‘Emotional Resilience Workshops’ for young people aged 14-24 online and completely free of charge.

JASS Award scheme to help the recovery process within youth organisations and schools

6 July 2020 By EVOC Communications Team

JASS is an accredited award scheme that acknowledges wider achievement. As we move forward to the recovery and renewal phase of Covid 19 JASS is provi

Support for children & young people during coronavirus

6 July 2020 By EVOC Communications Team

People Know How have adapted their Positive Transitions Service in light of the coronavirus outbreak, to continue to support children and young people

Further Learning in Child Protection E-Module

23 June 2020 By Katherine Anderson

Edinburgh Council have made some resources available online that may help with staff and/or volunteer training. It is all freely available at the Edinburgh Compact website. There is also a very good child protection video that might be useful in staff and volunteer training which has been up for a few months.