{"id":6929,"date":"2024-12-18T13:43:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=6929"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:43:50","slug":"craigmillar-community-hub-impact-report","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/news\/craigmillar-community-hub-impact-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Craigmillar Community Hub &#8211; Impact Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6929\" class=\"elementor elementor-6929\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5164d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5164d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d92189d\" data-id=\"d92189d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79238bba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79238bba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-291f7cf4\" data-id=\"291f7cf4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cde6522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cde6522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240515_110429-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6930\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240515_110429-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240515_110429-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240515_110429-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240515_110429-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240515_110429-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e6efcbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e6efcbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>In August 2023 Edinburgh Food Project opened a new Community Hub at the Thistle Centre of Wellbeing in Craigmillar. The Hub is a partnership between the Edinburgh Food Project and the Thistle Foundation that brings together, under one roof, a suite of support tailored to meet the needs of the local community.<\/p>\n\n<p>It has been an ambitious venture to meet the concerning levels of food insecurity in Edinburgh while also supporting people to break out of the cycle of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>The Community Hub model consists of five core elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seasonal Events that bring the whole community together<\/li>\n<li>Shop style foodbank offering emergency food with choice and dignity<\/li>\n<li>Money Advice Service our in-house service that offers advice on benefits, debt and income maximisation<\/li>\n<li>12 Support Agencies that support people to address poverty, exclusion and disability<\/li>\n<li>Courses such as cooking and digital inclusion courses to help bring the community together and learn new skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We celebrated one year of the Hub this year and we want to share the impact that we have has since we opened our doors in 2023. Please see the below Impact Report which outlines our key partnerships with support agencies, the various courses and events hosted at the Hub, and stories of the real life impact the Hub is having for individuals in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hub-Impact-Report.pdf\">hub impact report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2023 Edinburgh Food Project opened a new Community Hub at the Thistle Centre of Wellbeing in Craigmillar. 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