Edmonton Community Partnership (ECP) had the pleasure of meeting the Bulgarian Ambassador, (His Excellency) Marin Raykov, at the Civic Centre in Enfield alongside council leaders. The meeting was organised by the Mayor of Enfield, Cllr Sabri Ozaydin and the Leader of Enfield Council, Cllr Nesil Caliskan and the purpose was for the ECP and the council to present […]
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Kate Osamor MP for Edmonton, secured a debate at Westminster to discuss the suspended over 140,000 Universal Credit claims under the justification of fraudulency. Kate mentioned that she had received contact from 29 Bulgarian constituents who have has their Universal Credit payments suspended in the worst case for 11 months. Despite their UC status being
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Last Thursday we had the privilege of watching Platinum Performing Arts perform their show Fairytale High at the Millfield Theatre. Created especially for our Dream, Believe, Succeed project and performed for our schools, Fairytale High reflects real life problems facing our students. A team of familiar fairy tale characters embark on a journey through the
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In a recent article by Enfield Dispatch, they highlight our work at ECP to aid non-English speaking Bulgarians in receiving health and care services through hiring our Bulgarian support worker, Nishan Dzhingozyan. The article explains the issue with many Bulgarians living here which is that they can only speak Bulgarian and not read it, so
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Recently, we had the absolute pleasure of seeing both of Platinum Performing Art’s ‘Power to Make a Change’ short films – including the world premiere of the second! What is ‘Power to Make a Change’? Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, the project aims to identify important topics exposed to children and young people
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We were delighted to be visited by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan recently for a showcase of our ‘Dream, Believe, Succeed’ project. There is a concern that youth violence could spike as we begin to ease out of lockdown and young people begin to spend more time in the community again. City Hall’s Violence Reduction
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We’re donating Raspberry Pi personal computers to those in need. One of the things we’ve learned over lockdown is how important it is for young people and their families to have digital access at home. If you or someone you know is under 18 and in need of a computing device, fill out
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The Census 2021 is underway and we’re encouraging anyone from the Bulgarian & Roma communities to take part. Completing the census is a very simple process, and it is required by law that everybody takes part. Enfield coucil have created this video to share with Bulgarian & Roma Communities: https://youtu.be/smY5U-1RpB0 Please share with your
Edmonton Community Partnership have received just under £10,000 from Wave 5 of the London Community Response fund. We’ve teamed up with Enfield Children and Young Persons Services (ECYPS) to provide food parcels to families in need. ECYPS already run a busy food bank twice a week and their volunteers are now providing six fortnightly
Yesterday we were fortunate enough to receive a £3k donation from EMR Edmonton! This money will go towards our #SkillsForLife project, aimed at getting NEET young people aged 16-24 back into the workforce. EMR Metal Recycling is a global leader in metal recycling, whose mission is to help the world use its precious resources more
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