After 8 incredibly successful years as Chief Executive Officer and 21 years working at Multi-Cultural Family Base, Steve Gowenlock will be leaving. As a founding member of the organization, he leaves behind an impressive legacy, working tirelessly to secure the financial stability of the agency, improving the life and welfare of countless marginalised and vulnerable […]

We are delighted to announce that MCFB was successful in securing 3 years’ funding from the National Lottery Community Fund for the Bright Choices project, which supports FGM survivors and individuals in Edinburgh affected by honour based issues. Bright Choices was originally a partnership project that included SACRO. ELREC and MCFB and first started in 2015. The project provided

All children need a break from school. Summer holidays can be an opportunity for them to spend more time with their families, play with friends and explore outdoor spaces. However, many of the families we support are socially isolated, far away from home, unable to rely on family members for childcare support during the six

We are excited to have started working in partnership with The Yard, introducing BME children from Rowanfield primary school, a school for children with severe and complex social, emotional and behavioural needs to this amazing space. The work forms part of our Footprints Inclusion project, which aims to establish links between Black and Minority Ethnic

We are excited to be involved in two events as part of the Refugee Festival this year.  The first of these events has invovled linking in with the Festival of Cycling for the Scottish premiere screening of the documentary film, Afghan Cycles on 16 June at 7pm.  Afghan Cycles is a feature documentary about Afghan women who are pedalling their own

A typical day for me consists of a home visit or school visit and office work and phone calls regarding case work—mostly it consists of juggling various tasks with a to-do list, upholding social work values and ethics in practice, and making sure to always be culturally sensitive in my work due to the diversity

Since 2017 our ‘Time for Togetherness’ project has hosted a total of 7 multicultural ceilidhs, facilitated a series of 6 music workshops and collaborated with around 4 local musicians and groups. We have brought together around 80 Leith based children and parents from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds at each of our ceilidhs, using music

It is considered to be a mark of success to no longer require a service, if that service has successfully met all of its aims and objectives. Banyan was set up to address the often hidden issues which affect young people where domestic abuse or troubled relationships feature in the young people lives of those

This week, as we approach Christmas and the end of an eventful 20th year for MCFB, we are sad to be saying goodbye to 4corners project leader, Rosie Megginson, who is leaving to take up a new post at the Children’s Hearings Scotland. Rosie joined MCFB as a University of Edinburgh social work student on placement