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Christmas Cheer

Nearly 70 little and big people joined in the sharing of food and music at our Early Years Christmas party this year with, of course, a special appearance from Santa. A special thank you goes to the multi-talented guest musician, Einiri, for her beautiful flute-, guitar playing and singing, as well as for mesmerising the children with her balloon tricks.

We wish all of our families, friends and supporters  a peaceful and joyful festive period. Stay safe and stay warm. We’ll be back on 7th January 2019.

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Goodbye Rosie

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.

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Dreaming, Perseverance, Resilience: 20 Years of MCFB.

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Multi-Cultural Family Base marked its 20th anniversary last night with an event at the Scottish Parliament named “Transitions into Primary School”. The event, hosted by Angela Constance MSP, was an opportunity to hear about the experiences of migrant and refugee children starting school as well as showcase the work of MCFB in a new documentary film called “Dreaming, Perseverance, Resilience – the story of Multi-Cultural Family Base”, created by film company duo, Written In Film.

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Supporting Migrant and Refugee Children with School Transition

I love school, migrant children, refugee children, starting school, transitions.

Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, senior lecturer in social work from the University of Edinburgh is unveiling research on the experiences of migrant and refugee children starting school in a free public lecture on 10th November from 1.30 pm to 3pm at MacDonald road library in Edinburgh as part of an exhibition running until 10th November 2018.

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Safe Haven Wins Excellence in Children's Services Award

SSSA 2018 award certificate

Multi-Cultural Family Base  is celebrating after having won an award at the 2018 Scottish Social Services Awards (SSSA) for 'Excellence in Children's Services" for its Safe Haven project, which supports newly arrived children and families who have come to Edinburgh under the United Nations Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.

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