Climate Chat in Moray We have been very busy over the past few months in Moray with our Climate Chat project. We have been working with communities of interest, focussing on equalities groups, having discussions, hosting community sessions, attending events and creating accessible resources. Burghead and Cummingston Community Council Community Engagement (Nov 23)   In November…

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A Climate Chat with Moments of Freedom

A Climate Chat with Moments of Freedom Over the last few months we have been having some informal Climate Chats with the women of Moments of Freedom during their group sessions. The women decided to do a climate audit to find out what small changes they could make to ensure the group is more environmentally…

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Reduce, Recycle, Reuse – an interactive session with Zero Waste Scotland Last week as part of our Climate Chat project, in partnership with Miriam Adcock from Zero Waste Scotland, we held a Reduce, Recycle, Reuse session in the Fraser Centre Tranent. 14 people joined us to hear about the importance of reducing our waste before…

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Healthy Ageing in a Changing Climate A guest blog by Pat Scrutton, Intergenerational National Network and Ryan Woolrych, Heriot-Watt University Agnes, Babet, Ciaran, Debi, Elin, Fergus, Gerrit, Henk and most recently Isha and Jocelyn; we have had ten storms since late September. We all know that our climate is changing. We see it in our…

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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…

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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…

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A day with the New Beginnings Club Human Rights and Responsibilities 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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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