Posts Tagged ‘community building’
Borders Buddies – Multisensory collaborative weaving sessions
Borders Buddies – Multisensory collaborative weaving sessions “I didn’t know what to expect when I came here today”, confided one participant. “Neither did I!”, I told her. The Borders is the home of weaving (Harris Tweed supposedly took its name and origins from this area). It is fitting, then, that the paths of Borders Buddies…
Read MoreCoastal Connections Community Transport
The Hopeman Community Bus The Hopeman community minibus has been a lifeline for so many community members. This valuable service runs solely with the help and support of dedicated volunteers from the Board of Trustees to the drivers. The bus serves a few small communities along the Moray coast- there are only about 1600 people…
Read MoreGlasgow School of Art and Outside the Box
Glasgow School of Art and Outside the Box Back in May Fi from our north team was working with REAP, organising events together to raise awareness of renewable energy and fuel poverty. They put her in touch with a GSA Environmental Design Student called Aarya Kunte who was looking for people and organisations to talk…
Read MoreDrone Hill Community Benefit Fund success
Drone Hill Community Benefit Fund success We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in receiving a grant from the Drone Hill Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, administered by Foundation Scotland for our LINKS project. This grant is to support the delivery of a community health and well-being programme in and around Eyemouth…
Read MoreEyemouth Primary Outdoors Day
Eyemouth Primary Outdoors Day On Thursday 22nd June, we teamed up with local partners as part of our LINKS Eyemouth project, delivering healthy activities for children and families. LINKS Eyemouth is a project for families in the Eyemouth area in the Borders. The focus is on healthy, lower budget eating and wider wellbeing as a…
Read MoreNorth Ayrshire New Scots
Spike Wheat Scots Outside the Box is excited to start working with Spike Wheat Scots. They are a community group of Syrian New Scots who have resettled in North Ayrshire. Over the next year we will be working alongside the women from the group to explore meaningful integration, their valuable contributions to community life, shared…
Read MoreZero Carbon Moray Community Energy and Climate Fair
Zero Carbon Moray Community Energy and Climate Fair For the second year running, Zero Carbon Moray held a Community Energy and Climate Fair in Elgin Town Hall, Moray. There were 14 stalls including Outside the Box, Moray Council, REAP, UHI, Cairngorms Connect, Huntly Youth Climate Activists and tsiMoray. There were Speakers from Moray Council’s Community…
Read MoreFrom Slogans to Sound Strategy? The 2022 SURF Annual Conference
From Slogans to Sound Strategy? The 2022 SURF Annual Conference On the 25th August we attended the SURF annual conference – primarily through our work in our Connecting Equalities project, but also to network and connect across the broader landscape of: “Community Wealth Building”- what is it?? CLES defines it as : “An approach to…
Read MoreUsing a Whole Systems Approach: Eyemouth Gateway to Good Health
Eyemouth Gateway to Good Health (Whole Systems Approach) The Eyemouth Gateway to Good Health is a joint pilot project by NHS Scotland and Scottish Borders Council. It uses a Whole Systems Approach, involving community partners who have been involved in shaping the project from the outset. The overall aim of the project was to address…
Read MoreCreating atmosphere: what makes the Intergenerational National Network unique
Intergenerational Network gathering I joined INN’s first ‘hybrid’ meeting on the 16th February, hosted by the Citadel Youth Centre in Leith. The team from Citadel zoomed in to the gathering with Pat, who co-ordinates the Network. After I wrote about the Intergenerational Climate Action gathering, Pat asked if I could share notes from this session…
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