Posts by Freya
LINKS Scottish-themed upcycling session
LINKS Scottish-themed upcycling session The LINKS after-school club supports families in the Eyemouth area to share healthy cooking and other energy-saving ideas. Last week we took part in a Burns upcycle and creative session, having some delicious oat cakes with cheese and berries for snack. It was lovely to see our families return and take…
Read MoreMultiply sessions in Eyemouth
Multiply sessions in Eyemouth Our LINKS Eyemouth project has been very fortunate to receive funding from the Multiply Programme, which is a UK Government funded programme, launched as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to run a series of courses supporting adult learners to improve their numeracy skills through cooking! So far, we think…
Read MoreNBC Planning Day
NBC Planning Day For the last 18 months or so Outside the Box has been providing support to New Beginnings Club (nbc) members. nbc is a member led charitable organisation, offering friendship, activities, fun and adventure to people with disabilities throughout East Lothian. The ethos of nbc has always been about using people’s talents, skills,…
Read MoreCoastal Connections Film
Coastal Connections Film Outside the Box has been working on the Moray Coast for a few years and one of the things we wanted to do as part of Coastal Connections was to work with the young people living in the villages along the coast. After lockdown there had been quite a bit of tension…
Read MoreRecycled Piggy Banks
Our Climate Chat team were in East Lothian with New Beginnings Club (nbc) this week for a chat about climate action and to turn old juice bottles into piggy banks with their Pick & Mix group. nbc is a group for adults with a learning and physical disabilities but unlike most other organisations that support…
Read MoreRecycling and climate action
Recycling and climate action Recycling For the last couple of months, we have been looking for responses to a survey to gauge people’s knowledge and habits around climate action. To date 40 people have responded to the survey from Moray down to Dumfries & Galloway and many areas in between. All age groups over 16…
Read MoreLINKS: Christmas for less
LINKS Eyemouth: Christmas for less The LINKS Eyemouth project addresses issues around waste or surplus food, uses local produce and low-carbon transport for local shopping and delivery via an e-cargo bike. This winter LINKS has been delivering community cooking sessions in Eyemouth and in December four families in the Eyemouth area took part in our…
Read MoreEast Renfrewshire Equalities Forum Planning Days
East Renfrewshire Equalities Forum Planning Days We have been working with community groups, organisations, and service providers across East Renfrewshire to encourage and support local people to participate in the new Equalities Forum. We held 3 community events in East Renfrewshire in November and December to bring people together to discuss how a forum could…
Read MoreCase Study: a recipe for LINKS
Case Study: a recipe for LINKS The LINKS project began in the coastal town of Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders. It started as a small NHS-based project to support families to learn ways of eating healthily with the challenges of busy family life, low budgets and reduced access to facilities. Local families soon embraced the…
Read MoreHuman Rights Day
Connecting Equalities and Human Rights The 10th December 2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. We support the joint letter from Human Rights Consortium Scotland, and other civil society organisations, to urge the Scottish Government to make the upcoming Scottish…
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