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Sighthill / Gorgie; Fountainbridge / Craiglockhart; Colinton / Fairmilehead South West NP Pentlands NP SW LOCALITY SERVICE AREA SIZE OF SECTOR/CHALLENGES /ASPIRATIONS FOR SERVICE USERS SOUTH WEST Total population: Smallest 16+ population: 94,093 109,245 Health Wards: Age: 0-15: 17,381 Relatively low proportion of residents with long term health problems that limit day to day Pentland Hills; Sighthill / Age: 65+ : 15,310 activities Gorgie; Highest percentage of residents economically inactive due to limiting long term illness (15%) Fountainbridge / Relatively high rates of women with dementia, but low concentration among men Health and Social Care Craiglockhart; Highest proportion of Health and Social care open cases in under 24 year age group Colinton / Fairmilehead Low take up of direct payments. Lowest concentration of people providing unpaid care NEIGHBOURHOOD Highest concentration of people who cycle to work PARTNERSHIPS (2) General South West NP Most like Edinburgh as a whole Pentlands NP Most deprived individual ward (Sighthill / Gorgie) High proportion of council tenants Lower than average proportion of social renters VSF Most deprived single ward (Sighthill / Gorgie) Significant levels of localised income inequality SW and Pentlands High proportion of economic inactivity due to long term limiting illness Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council is a company limited by guarantee – No SC 173582 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC 009944 Registered Office: 14 Ashley Place, Edinburgh EH6 5PX Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council is a company limited by guarantee – No SC 173582 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC 009944 Registered Office: 14 Ashley Place, Edinburgh EH6 5PX Neighbourhood Organisation Organisation Email Phone Partnership 10th Edinburgh & Lothian Girls Brigade Company Pentlands [email protected] 0131 449 4441 Abbeyfield Scotland Limited South West [email protected] 0131 225 7801 Abercorn Nursing Home South West 07920 804 757 Aberlour Family Outreach Edinburgh Pentlands [email protected] 0131 453 9110 Access To Industry South West 0131 442 1042 Activate Supernatural South West N/A Adult Learners' Forum In Edinburgh (ALFIE) Pentlands [email protected] 0131 449 2107 Adult Learning Project Association South West [email protected] 0131 221 5800 All Nations Christian Fellowship Pentlands [email protected] 0131 441 2020 All Pakistani Women's Association Pentlands 0131 557 9262 All singing All Dancing South West [email protected] 0131 443 3837 / 07917201315 All Together In The Park South West 0131 ALP Association South West [email protected] 0131 221 5800 Antolia Cultural and Youth Association South West [email protected] 07771554546 Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming Memorial Fund Pentlands [email protected] 07733330495 Artists Unlimited South West [email protected] 0131 458 3267 Arty Party South West [email protected] 0131 458 3267 Back Care Lothian Pentlands [email protected] 0131 441 3611 Balerno Bowling Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 Balerno Bridge Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 449 3527 Balerno Chess Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 623 0451 Balerno Community Centre Pentlands [email protected] 0131 451 5756 Balerno Community High School Pentlands [email protected] 0131 477 7788 Balerno Library Pentlands [email protected] 0131 529 5500 Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council is a company limited by guarantee – No SC 173582 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC 009944 Registered Office: 14 Ashley Place, Edinburgh EH6 5PX Balerno Monday Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 449 4751 Balerno Parish Church Pentlands [email protected] 0131 449 7245 Balgreen Library South West [email protected] 0131 529 5585 Balgreen Playgroup South West [email protected] N/A Bangladesh Samity South West 0131 220 2273/0131 337 5828 Barnados - Scotland National Office South West [email protected] 0131 446 7000 Barnardo's Scotland Fostering, Edinburgh South West [email protected] 0131 453 8420 / 0131 228 4121 Barony Housing Association South West [email protected] 0871 700 7777 Bayrd Roy Pentlands N/A Bespoke Organic Events South West 07946 226208 Better Gorgie Dalry Campaign South West 0131 Bield Housing Ass - Canalside Day Care South West [email protected] 0131 458 9860 Big Hearts Community Trust (Tynecastle Stadium) [email protected] 0131 200 7265 Birth Resource Centre South West 0131 229 3667 Bits And Bobs Scrapstore South West 0131 443 9490 Blackwood Foundation South West [email protected] 0131 317 7227 Bookstart South West [email protected] 0131 529 5566 Brahma Kumaris Centre South West 0131 229 7200 Brook Advisory Centre South West 0131 Broomhouse Ark Group South West 0131 Broomhouse Befriending Service South West 0131 455 7731 Broomhouse CLD Base South West 0131 443 4886 Broomhouse Health Strategy Group South West [email protected] 0131 467 7678 Broomhouse Primary School South West 0131 Broomhouse Tenants & Residents Association South West [email protected] 0131 455 7541 Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council is a company limited by guarantee – No SC 173582 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC 009944 Registered Office: 14 Ashley Place, Edinburgh EH6 5PX Broomhouse Youth Befriending Project South West [email protected] 0131 455 7759 Bucksone Youth Club Pentlands [email protected] 07931 927 616 Buckstone Youth Project Pentlands [email protected] 07931 927 616 Cab Gorgie/Dalry South West 0131 Caledonian Foundation South West [email protected] N/A Cap Project South West 0131 Carrickvale Community Centre South West [email protected] 0131 443 6971 Carrickvale Sequence Dance Class South West [email protected] 0131 620 4505 / 07811 896 866 Castle Rock Edinvar - Dundee Terrace Amenity Housing South West [email protected] 0131 657 0600 CDI Development Trust Pentlands 07961036962 Centre For Health And Well Being South West [email protected] 08451 559 559 ext 264 CHAI - Head Office South West [email protected] 0131 442 2100 CHAI - Oxgangs Office South West [email protected] 0131 441 5985 CHAI - Wester Hailes Office Pentlands [email protected] 0131 442 2465 Children & Families Wester Hailes Pentlands [email protected] 0131 459 9100 Children'S Hospice Association Scotland South West [email protected] 0131 444 1900 Church of Saint Joseph South West 0131 443 3777 Church of St John Ogilvie South West [email protected] 0131 453 5035 Citizens Advice Bureau Gorgie Dalry South West 0131 474 8081 Citizens Advice Edinburgh - Gorgie/Dalry Citizens Advice Bureau South West 0131 474 8081 Citizens Online South West [email protected] 0775 495 1019 City Of Edinburgh Council South West City Of Edinburgh Council South West 0131 443 4886 City Of Edinburgh Council South West 0131 527 3800 City Of Edinburgh Council South West 0131 529 7408 Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council is a company limited by guarantee – No SC 173582 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC 009944 Registered Office: 14 Ashley Place, Edinburgh EH6 5PX City Of Edinburgh Council South West 0131 458 5082 Clovenstone Amatuer Boxing Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 453 4561 Clovenstone Boxing Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 453 4561 Clovenstone Community Centre Pentlands [email protected] 0131 453 4561 Colinton Amenity Association Pentlands [email protected] Colinton Garden Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 445 2745 Colinton Library Pentlands [email protected] 0131 529 5603 Colinton Local History Society Pentlands [email protected] 0131 441 4915 Colinton Mains Bowling Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 441 6744 Colinton Mains Community Centre Pentlands [email protected] 0131 441 6597 Colinton Mains Hostel Pentlands Colinton Parish Church Pentlands [email protected] 0131 441 2232 Colinton Scout Hall Pentlands [email protected] 0131 229 3756 Colinton Townswomen Pentlands 0131 441 6426 Community Empowerment Project South West [email protected] 0131 453 5535 Community One Stop Shop South West [email protected] 0131 443 6223 Compass Playgroup Pentlands [email protected] 0131 449 4530 Confidential Information - 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All rights reserved. Cornerstone Community Care 0131 458 9860 Craiglockhart Parish Church South West [email protected] 0131 455 8229 Crescent Café South West 0131 455 7731 Crescent Kitchen South West [email protected] 0131 455 7731 Crossroads - Edinburgh South West [email protected] 0131 346 1596 Crossroads Edinburgh South West [email protected] 0131 346 1596 Currie & District Local History Society Pentlands 0131 449 4349 Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council is a company limited by guarantee – No SC 173582 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC 009944 Registered Office: 14 Ashley Place, Edinburgh EH6 5PX Currie Baptist Church Pentlands [email protected] 0131 447 2722 Currie Bowling Club Pentlands [email protected] 0131 449 2668 Currie Community High School Pentlands [email protected] 0131 449 5922 Currie Day Centre Pentlands [email protected] 0131
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