Our Services

Community Development Work

• Three Youth and Children's Clubs catering for children from Greater Pilton, North Edinburgh.

• Weekly children's mulicultural club.

• Weekly basketball club for 11 to 18 year olds.

• Fortnightly group for minority ethnic families.

• Monthly World Cafe.

• Men's Weekly Football Sessions.

• Weekly Mums Support Group.

• Women only Keep Fit class.

• BME Education and Employment Skills training courses.

• Beginners English Classes.

• BME Forum.

Advice and Information

• One to one confidential advice and information, advocacy and support to visible minority ethnic communities experiencing direct or indirect discrimination, racism or harassment including advice on welfare benefits, health, education, basic immigration, housing and employment issues.

• One to one confidential advice and information for children and young people.

Partnership Work

• CORE works with a range of agencies both local and citywide to take forward issues identified by the community that we work with. We are also represented on a number of forums that work towards assisting statutory and voluntary agencies in the development of effective strategies that address the needs of visible minority ethnic communities.

Research

• CORE (formerly BCDP) conducts research on a number of issues affecting minority ethnic communities. Most recent research conducted in February 2009: Talking about our health: A participatory research project into the health needs of the Black and Minority Ethnic community in Greater Pilton. In collaboration with PCHP.