Outside the Box and Spike Wheat Scots North Ayrshire

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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community coffee afternoon

Moments of Freedom community coffee afternoon The women of Moments of Freedom were delighted to host a community coffee afternoon on Tuesday 20 June in the amazing Centre81, Clydebank. This was also coincidentally World Refugee Day!  The women invited local elected members, council representatives, community members and representatives from other Scottish organisations.  Around 60 people…

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Eyemouth Gateway to Good Health: launch of outdoor resources Outside the Box have been very pleased to be part of coordinating and delivering the whole-systems Eyemouth Gateway to Good Health initiative over the past year. Our LINKS project is rooted in the Eyemouth community and, along with other community partners, we supported the delivery of…

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Govanhill Food Stories Community Market

Govanhill Food Stories Community Market Food Stories & Community Learning It started out as a cloudy Saturday morning, but by the time we arrived at Govanhill Food Stories Community Market last weekend, the clouds had cleared and crowds had gathered to enjoy the sun. The theme of the market was ‘Food Stories’, celebrating Govanhill’s multicultural…

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outdoor team day

Outside the Box Staff Outdoors Day Last week we had a wonderful outdoor team day in Peeblesshire.  Christine and Ruth led the fantastic day to show us more about the work they have been doing in the Borders.  The team learned how to carry out outdoors risk assessments, how to make hapazomes, how to make…

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Re-imagining how food connects us. Community food experiences from LINKS Eyemouth and Falkirk Food Connections

Re-imagining how food connects us Food in a changing context We have all felt the effects of Lockdown and the Covid restrictions. Now we can start thinking about emerging gradually, safer, stronger and more resilient before, as individuals and as communities. What has kept people going over the past months? I had a hunch food…

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Wild garlic in a forest

Outdoors for wellbeing #10 – Foraging for Health and Wellbeing We bring you today’s blog courtesy of our friend Lindsay from Wee Folk of the Woods. The Wee Folk offer foraging walks, advice and recipes, you can also find them on Facebook. Foraging for health & well-being Guest blog by The Wee Folk Of The…

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Flour to the people

Flour to the People Supporting local baking connections The Falkirk Food Connections team were recently involved in supporting an exciting project run by Forth Environment Link and Scotland The Bread, called Flour To The People. Scotland The Bread grow heritage wheat varieties and mill it into flour in Scotland. The flour they produce is nutrient…

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Falkirk food connections - bags of fun

FalkirkFalkirk Food Connections Community food projects: bags of fun What an unforgettable year 2020 has been! On one hand it has been very challenging difficult and unpredictable. On the other hand it has shown us just how much good will, love and support there is  in our local communities. People have pitched in and pulled…

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LINKS Eyemouth awarded Scottish Children's Lottery Chance to Flourish funding!

Scottish Children’s Lottery funding for Eyemouth LINKS Eyemouth LINKS awarded a £8441 grant from the Scottish Children’s Lottery Chance to Flourish fund! During lockdown Eyemouth LINKS delivered 375 healthy ingredient bags, supporting families to cook at home and share meals virtually. Now the project will be able to continue thanks to £8441 from Chance to…

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