Edinburgh Settlement Projects

General information

The Edinburgh Settlement is a multipurpose organization with a rich history spanning more than 100 years of active local involvement. We are part of the international settlement movement; a global network of social action centres which aim to work closely with communities, representing and responding to their different needs and aspirations to promote social and environmental welfare and help bring about effective and lasting community development.

Throughout its long history, the Edinburgh settlement has been instrumental in developing many significant initiatives in community welfare, innovations in adult education, support for people with disabilities & other disadvantages, community volunteering, and the provision of much needed community resources. We hope to bring the same enthusiasms to our Leith shop!
In late 2010, difficulties forced the Edinburgh University Settlement charity into financial receivership with the resultant loss of many valuable community projects, such as the settlement’s Community Learning Centre and its Stepping Stones art therapy projects, and such valuable local community resources as the Roxy Art House and the Forest Café.

Through our unique community shops we hope to continue our positive and forward-looking response to the present challenge. Income from our shops enables us to further increase our capacity to help develop multi-purpose and multi-disciplinary community support and development projects through our parent charity: the International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres - Europe (SC033309)