Hello & Welcome to Community Alliance Trust | Development Trust Organisation
The Community Alliance Trust, commonly known locally, as CAT is a development trust or charity. Its role has evolved over time to meet growing needs in the area. One look at the Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) clearly shows the need on various levels this area (the defined area is noted below) requires, and CAT (through its various guises) has focused on serving and supporting the community for over 34 years.
Multiple Deprivation Map 2020
Explore the latest insights on deprivation indices with this interactive map, providing a detailed look into areas most in need across Scotland.
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Our Events
Know Your Neighbourhood
Join us on 29 June 2024, from 11am to 2pm at the ground floor of the Library and the Neighbourhood Office. Meet 35 third sector organisations, community groups, and statutory bodies delivering vital work in the area.
Community Gardening
Over the last 18 months CAT has taken the time to review its current operations. The result is a new direction which links the work CAT is developing with the needs of the wider community we serve. Anyone who has knowledge of CAT will be familiar with our never-ending focus on addressing social need in the neighbourhoods.
Read MoreThe Greenhouse Pantry
The Greenhouse Pantry gives individuals and families access to an affordable food shop, once per week, with each visit costing £4.50.
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New Partners
We have partnered up with the Edinburgh food Social to deliver a delicious meal each month, which Chef's showing how to create a healthy nutritional meal at reasonable cost for the family. The back-to-basics approach.
What we do
CAT has a long-standing tradition of being an anchor organisation in the area, it means we provide support to other community groups and individuals involved in running them. We share our experience, contacts, knowledge, resources, and expertise with other third sector organisations. CAT listens to the community, shares information, and help create plans to move projects forward. Our ultimate objective is to pull both the third sector and community groups together to form a collaborative body. At this moment in tone this body is called the East Synergy Group, and more information will be released in the coming months.
This collaborative body will add value to the work that is delivered and influence decisions that affect the wider communities. Below is a number of partners that use the White House to deliver essential support in the area.
Supporting Community Groups
The Neighbourhood Alliance has maintained its support function to several community groups. The NA is looking to build social capital in these bodies to move them from being dependant on the NA and other third sector partner, into confident independent groups that can represent themselves and articulate their needs to statutory agencies and local and national level. This shift in the NA's position allows us to work with more community groups, while offering guidance and support when required to existing groups.
By building social capital in each community group ensures key skills are retained and passed on to new members while promoting a sense of unity and shared feeling of responsibility.
You can phone 0131 652 6320 if you want to get in touch about any issues in your community.