Posts Tagged ‘community’
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 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 MoreClimate Chat – A new project
Climate Chat – A new project We are excited to announce that we have received funding from the Scottish Government’s Climate Engagement Fund for a new project, Climate Chat. The project aims to have conversations with communities of interest, focussing on equalities groups, in engagement activities around climate action. We will be hosting community sessions,…
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 MoreSummer sessions and Marie McNair MSP visit
Summer sessions and Marie McNair MSP visit At our latest Moments of Freedom session we met again in the fantastic Centre 81. This also happened to be last day of the summer kids camp and the centre was full of excitement and laughter. Group session The women have been working on bunting and a banner…
Read MoreCoastal Connections update
It has been a great year for Coastal Connections, though we did have to adjust our plans a bit to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and Covid recovery. We have been working closely with Zero Carbon Moray (ZCM) and their plans for community energy – they had a second great energy fair in Elgin Town Hall…
Read MoreCould you be a Borders Buddy?
Could you be a Borders Buddy? Do you have a few hours to spare to support someone to get out a bit more? Maybe you could be a volunteer Buddy for Borders Buddies. Borders Buddies is a project of Outside the Box, which after running a pilot project now has Lottery funding to work for…
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…
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