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Committed to Excellence Award for MECOPP

9 March 2011

Following a year's intensive work MECOPP has received "Committed to Excellence" Accreditation through the European Framework of Quality Management. This work was supported by CEMVO. It involved the staff team and Board working on three priority courses of action to improve the way MECOPP operates as an organisation. These actions related to the areas of Strategy, Process, Customer Care. The actions which we chose were:

  • Improving assessments of proposed projects/programmes (Strategy)

  • Imroving the way we review existing projects/programmes (Processes)

  • Enabling overall client and professional feedback (Customer Satisfaction)

Initially, it was very challenging for staff and board to grapple with different ways of developing and reviewing the way we work. However, by trying practical changes, it became clear how it is possible to improve levels of involvement, scrutiny and effectiveness regarding decision-making and feedback gathering. The Committed to Excellence accreditation lasts for two years. in the next year MECOPP will work to fully embed in our work practices the improvements we have developed in the three areas of action. After that we will decide what level of accreditation we should seek over the following year.

John Macdonald
Assistant Manager

MECOPP wins European Award in Brussels

12 February 2011

MECOPP are the first winners of the "European Local Authorities Competition on Good Practices on the Support for Migrant Elders' Initiatives". The competition awards municipalities for their innovative initiatives in the mutual integration of migrant elders.

Health and Social Care leader Councillor Paul Edie said "MECOPP plays a very important role in supporting carers of frail older people from the BME community"

Suzanne Munday, Director of MECOPP, highlighted the honour of being recognised at a European level for the work that MECOPP does. "It's testament to all our hard-working staff and the support from the City of Ediburgh Council and NHS Lothian that we have achieved so much in such a short space of time. This award also recognises the ongoing support we have had from the communities that we work with."

Democracy Matters, It's Your Vote

Make sure you are on the Electoral Register

There will be Scottish Parliamentary Elections and a Referendum on the UK voting system on 5 May 2011. If you're not registered you cannot vote. If you are registered but are unable to vote in person you can apply to vote by post or proxy. The last date for the receipt of postal vote applications is 5.00pm on Thursday 14 April. The last date to register is Friday 15 April 2011. The last date for the receipt of proxy applications is 5.00pm on Thursday 21 April. To check if you are registered, or for more information, call 0131 344 2500. Don't miss out, register to vote. You can make a difference

MECOPP Annual Report Published

29 November 2010

Our annual report for the year 2009 to 2010 is now available to download.

Download 2009-2010 Annual Report (2.1mb)

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