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Our Previous Projects
Conversation Café ended 2025
Our Hybrid Conversation Café was for Arabic Speaking Young People 12 to 16 years old. It is a one year project funded by Award for All. The purpose of this project was to develop participants communication and social integration skills by offering a wide range of informal learning opportunities. The programme consisted of weekly online conversation cafés on topics such as heritage, climate change, racism and integration. This was in addition to monthly outings and quarterly in-person family cultural events.
Community Youth Ambassadors Voices (12-17yrs) ended 2025
The Community Youth Ambassadors Voices program, generously funded by The National Lottery’s Young Start initiative, empowers young individuals to take proactive roles in fostering anti-racist education. This initiative not only promoted volunteering but also served as a pivotal component of our participants’ pursuit of the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
At its core, the program focused on developing and implementing a peer education curriculum covering essential topics such as racism, race-related crimes, colonization, power dynamics, and privilege. Through interactive sessions, participants engaged in meaningful discussions and cultural exchanges aimed at promoting understanding and respect
Green Futures 2014-2021
SCOREscotland was committed to raising awareness and addressing the effects of climate change. We did this by seeking funding to provide a varied programme to support the local community to learn how they can make a difference, and to take part in activities that reduced their environmental impact. Click the links below to find out more about our our progress and offshoot services.
Green Futures Report 2017-18
ENERGY SAVING SUPPORT WEEK 2021
We took part in Energy Saving Support Week again last 2021 year, in partnership with Prospect Community Housing. People took part by booking a 1-hour individual consultation with an energy advisor or by attending one of our online energy saving workshops.
Cashback Youth X-chang ended 2025
Funded by CashBack for Communities (Scottish Government). The primary aim of the CashBack project was to divert local BME and other young people from antisocial/criminal behavior through different activities as well as raise awareness of the justice system to ensure that YP is less likely to participate in such behaviors.
Our approach involved actively involving local youth in a diverse range of activities, aiming to improve their physical and mental well-being, enhance their educational and employment prospects, and establish training and volunteering opportunities that enhanced their soft skills.
We also offered a series of other workshops such as money management, creative writing, music library, street art workshops as well as outdoor activities.
Ukrainian Group “KOLO” ended 2025
The group was formed on the basis of Ukrainian members who regularly used the services of SCOREscotland. In the multicultural café, the idea was born to create the group “KOLO”, which means “circle” in Ukrainian, and to offer a variety of support options.
We looked at ways in which our charity can support them to overcome these barriers, including language, employability etc. We collated useful information and sent out to these individuals including links to other organisations that can provide specific support.
We also supported our service users with the Mission Christmas campaign and submitted an application to CashForKids who provided gifts to be opened on Christmas Day.
One of our Ukrainian members said: “When I come here and I see Ekaterine, I know that she will do everything to help me, it looks like a light in a dark ”
Wellbeing 2019-2020
Aimed particularly at members of Black and Minority Ethnic communities in the West of Edinburgh.
Our caseworker offered support to enable people to deal with issues such as:
- Racial discrimination, abuse, harassment or attack
- Hate crime, information, and advocacy
- Homelessness, overcrowding or housing matters
- Anti-social behaviour
- Social Security Benefits
- Utility bills disputes
Local CommUNITY Voices 2012-2018
Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government, our Local CommUnity Voices staff continued to engage with colleagues, partners and networks active in broader policy work – so that the Scottish Government and Parliament are sighted on the particular needs of BME communities, particularly in an area of multiple deprivation. We worked on Scotland’s new Hate Crime Bill, and on the Human Rights Committee’s inquiry into the human rights and broader equalities impacts of COVID-19 and the current lockdown, just as the UK Government’s latest Immigration Bill makes its way through the Westminster Parliament.
Our provision continues to grow – we are always happy to speak to communities, partners and funders about emergent needs and how we might meet these needs.
The Diversity Action Group 2005-2008
DAG was a partnership with Lothian & Borders Police which advised on and oversaw the implementation of a Diversity Action Plan for the West of Edinburgh. Recognising the need to go beyond the WEGARAH model and take proactive, innovative actions, the then local Area Commander of Lothian & Borders Police, Chief Inspector John Hawkins, approached us directly. The group published a nine-points action plan with the aim of providing an equal and excellent policing service to the minority ethnic communities of West Edinburgh. As the plan developed, we hoped to see a dedicated Hate Crime Liaison Officer, support for Remote Reporting, and an exploration of restorative justice making a real difference to the quality of life for local people.
Casework Support 2008-2015
As inevitably our vital face to face support work has had to be paused, keeping in touch with our service users/Members and reaching out to the wider community has become even more critical.
We were delighted to launch our Wellbeing Project, funded by the Scottish Government Wellbeing Fund. This project enhanced our capacity to maintain regular contact with our client groups, particularly those more susceptible to COVID-19; to phone and reach out to more local vulnerable families mostly – but not exclusively – from Black/Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and offer a range of personal supports to those in distress.
We were able to extend our provision of Meditation and Mindfulness Group Sessions as well as one-to-one Counselling Sessions to address anxiety and stress. All sessions were delivered by trained and registered specialists. We welcome the collaboration and support offered by the Wester Hailes Health Agency.
This project also enhanced digital inclusion for our target communities and enable more vulnerable people to access devices and support, information, and a variety of services online.