PDP Positive Health Group for Women (50yrs+)

Meets weekly on a Monday afternoon

This lively and friendly group of women do a range of different activities, such as Trips Out, Arts & Crafts, Gentle Seated Exercise and so much more.

PDP aims to improve the range and provision of services with older women (50+) which maintains and improves the quality of their lives and enable them to remain independent and active for as long as possible in the community.

To find out more contact Pilmeny Development Project

North East Edinburgh Older Men’s Mental Health & Well Being Project (50yrs+)

Meets weekly on a Wednesday afternoon.

This lively and friendly group of men do a range of different activities, such as Trips Out, Gentle Seated Exercise, Quizzes, Pie & Bean afternoons and so much more.

PDP aims to increase the social integration of older men (50+) in NE Edinburgh area, by developing opportunities for isolated older men and by providing activities which promote their mental health and wellbeing.

To find out more contact Pilmeny Development Project

NEECAG – Forum of Older People in North East Edinburgh

Each month, a friendly group of older adults gather together to discuss different topic and have different speaker come to the Forum meetings. Previous topics/ speakers include:

• Police Scotland on Community Safety
• Energy Advice from Home Energy Scotland, Changeworks, SP Energy Network, etc
• Consultation on issues/ concerns which impact older adults e.g. Edinburgh Libraries, Digital Inequality, etc
• Local organisations/ services e.g. Edinburgh Carer Support Team, Edinburgh Community Food, etc
• PLUS: CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR SOCIALS, T-DANCES, etc

NEECAG (North East Edinburgh Elderly Care Action Groups) was formed in 1995.  NEECAG aims to enable older people to exchange points of view about Community Care by gaining information about services, discussing these services, consulting older people locally and raising issues and concerns with relevant professional bodies to help people get services – by giving advice, help and encouragement to apply.

To find out more contact Pilmeny Development Project

PDP Re-Connect Programme
Funded by Scottish Government’s Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund.

PDP in partnership with Leith Timebank and local organisations, have develop 6-week programmes of activities targeted at socially isolated, inactive older people on low incomes in Leith and NE Edinburgh. Each 6-week programme, we do different activities in a different venues each week e.g. New Age Kurling, Gentle Seated Exercise, Tai Chi, Quizzes, etc, plus followed by good chats and light refreshments.

PDP seek to reduce loneliness and social isolation by reconnecting vulnerable older people, experiencing multiple barriers to participation, to reconnect with wider community activities which would build social capital, enhance health and wellbeing. Our project used a socially inclusive approach, with a primary focus on prevention and early Intervention to enable older people to begin to restart more active lives in their wider local community. We wanted to create bridges between older people, their carers and those who work with them to access support or services to help them to re-engage in community activities – preventing the need for high cost interventions of and contributing towards positive health outcomes.

PDP Re-Connect Programme is funded by Scottish Government’s Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund.

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PDP provide a range of services for older adults living in North East Edinburgh

• Newsletter/ Activity Packs for Older People
  PDP Newsletter/ Activity Packs are posted out quarterly to local older people in North East Edinburgh. They provide useful information about local groups and services, articles on safety and health issues, crossword, home based activity ideas, handy tips, jokes, etc.Please click on link to view the most recent PDP Newsletter/ Activity Pack
  If you would like to receive a PDP Newsletter/ Activity Pack, please contact Pilmeny Development Project
• PDP In-reach/ Befriending service
  PDP’s In-Reach/ Befriending Service supports socially isolated and/or housebound older people. The service is a personalised, person-centred service which seeks to meet the needs, wants and capabilities of each individual older person, through the support of PDP Staff and Volunteers, whether in-person or over the phone.
• Practical Support/ Foodbank Deliveries
  PDP Volunteers and Leith Timebank members can assist with daily practical tasks for older people who are unable to go out and/or have no one to help. These tasks included lifts to medical appointments, gardening, pharmacy prescription, shopping, foodbank deliveries, etc.

To find out more contact Pilmeny Development Project

PDP Social Activities / Groups

Here at Pilmeny Development Project we have a range of Social Activities, Groups and Events for Older People.

Examples include: Newhaven Friendship Group, Monday MatchDay at Hibernian Community Foundation, Social Activities at Local Sheltered Accommodations, Christmas Parties, Beat the January Blues Event, Intergenerational Workshops, In-Person Coffee groups, Virtual Groups, Multicultural Cook-Along Groups, etc.

To find out more contact Pilmeny Development Project