Muirhouse Millennium Centre faces closure without £40,000. Locals feel ignored, leading to fundraising and petitions.
Muirhouse Millennium Centre faces closure without £40,000. Locals feel ignored, leading to fundraising and petitions.
Edinburgh Community Feels Ignored Due to Working Class Background
The community owns the center, not the council. They fundraise and seek outside funding. Campaigners feel the council ignores them because of their area, a working-class community.
LIFT runs many services from the center, including help for moms with trauma, a food pantry, and activities for kids. Users describe LIFT as life-saving.
Staff pleaded their case to the council. Danielle Leadbitter asked for £40,000 to help. She felt councillors did not listen, saying they looked at phones and iPads.
Danielle said the center needs to fundraise as working from home would not work. They need the center for programs, including trauma groups, toddler activities, and one-to-one services.
Losing the building would hurt the area. The money covers running costs and repairs, allowing fundraising proceeds to help more people. The food pantry and kid’s activities would benefit.
One mom said she would be dead without the center. Another called LIFT her lifeline. This shows how crucial the center is, and how heavily it is relied upon by the community.
A meeting discussed residents’ fears. One woman found help after losing her husband and now volunteers. A man with dementia can always find the center. Danielle says the council is short-sighted.
LIFT helps people with council-related issues. They assist with housing and other needs. They work without payment and save the council money. Closing the center would worsen everything.
Crime would likely rise without this center and poverty would get worse. More people would need the council’s help. The councillors did not listen to their presentation, it felt like they did not care.
People feel overlooked because of their location. Wealthier areas get what they ask for, while they are forced to beg. A wealthy library gets £15 million, but they can’t give £40,000?
LIFT delivers services every day for the people, and others even come to learn from them. They believe they are treated unfairly because of where they live.
LIFT invited locals to a meeting. Only Norman Work and Lezley Cameron attended. Others apologized for not being able to attend. Three teddy bears replaced absent councillors.
Both councillors support the center and will try to get funding. Councillor Cameron said finding £40,000 is crucial; they should be ashamed if they can’t.
LIFT started a fundraiser and a petition to sign. These actions help keep the center open.
The community owns the center, not the council. They fundraise and seek outside funding. Campaigners feel the council ignores them because of their area, a working-class community.
LIFT runs many services from the center, including help for moms with trauma, a food pantry, and activities for kids. Users describe LIFT as life-saving.
Staff pleaded their case to the council. Danielle Leadbitter asked for £40,000 to help. She felt councillors did not listen, saying they looked at phones and iPads.
Danielle said the center needs to fundraise as working from home would not work. They need the center for programs, including trauma groups, toddler activities, and one-to-one services.
Losing the building would hurt the area. The money covers running costs and repairs, allowing fundraising proceeds to help more people. The food pantry and kid’s activities would benefit.
One mom said she would be dead without the center. Another called LIFT her lifeline. This shows how crucial the center is, and how heavily it is relied upon by the community.
A meeting discussed residents’ fears. One woman found help after losing her husband and now volunteers. A man with dementia can always find the center. Danielle says the council is short-sighted.
LIFT helps people with council-related issues. They assist with housing and other needs. They work without payment and save the council money. Closing the center would worsen everything.
Crime would likely rise without this center and poverty would get worse. More people would need the council’s help. The councillors did not listen to their presentation, it felt like they did not care.
People feel overlooked because of their location. Wealthier areas get what they ask for, while they are forced to beg. A wealthy library gets £15 million, but they can’t give £40,000?
LIFT delivers services every day for the people, and others even come to learn from them. They believe they are treated unfairly because of where they live.
LIFT invited locals to a meeting. Only Norman Work and Lezley Cameron attended. Others apologized for not being able to attend. Three teddy bears replaced absent councillors.
Both councillors support the center and will try to get funding. Councillor Cameron said finding £40,000 is crucial; they should be ashamed if they can’t.
LIFT started a fundraiser and a petition to sign. These actions help keep the center open.