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Getting Scotland Self-building

Posted on August 15, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Scottish Self-build Forum are host­ing a one-day work­shop on how to increase the num­ber of people build­ing their own home, on Wednesday 21st September. The day will explore the oppor­tun­it­ies for a more access­ible self build sec­tor through­out Scotland, to help boost local eco­nom­ies and provide bet­ter, more afford­able (and we hope more car­bon neut­ral!) homes. The event is free for up to two del­eg­ates per organ­isa­tion. More inform­a­tion is avail­able here.

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Setting up and Sustaining a Community Garden, Dundee, 18th May

Posted on May 13, 2011 | Leave a comment

This event is organ­ized by Urban Roots, a com­munity led envir­on­mental char­ity. The pro­gramme for the day will depend on par­ti­cipants’ needs – have your say on the Booking Form when you reserve a place.

Booking forms can be down­loaded at  www.farmgarden.org.uk/scotland For fur­ther inform­a­tion please con­tact Naomi Knights, tel: 0131 623 7058 or email: naomi@farmgarden.org.uk

 

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An Introduction to Organic Vegetable Gardening

Posted on April 17, 2011 | Leave a comment

Bridgend Growing Communities

Interested in grow­ing your own fruit and vegetables? Not sure where to begin? This intro­duct­ory course at the Bridgend Allotments will give you a ground­ing in all you need to know to start grow­ing your own food. Continue read­ing →

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Sustainability courses for communities and organisations

Posted on March 24, 2011 | Leave a comment

Changeworks has just released 26 new dates for 14 dif­fer­ent train­ing courses that can help com­munit­ies and organ­isa­tions become more sustainable.

They range from prac­tical tech­niques such as Communicating Climate Change, to tech­nical issues such as an Introduction to Hard to Treat Homes. Take a look at the Changeworks web­site for a full list of courses and dates.

Courses cost from £99 + VAT, but if you apply for sup­port from Skills Development Scotland or the Low Carbon Skills Fund, you can get 50% refun­ded (see below). Please note that the dead­line for both funds is 31 March 2011.

1. Flexible Training Opportunities fund­ing from Skills Development Scotland

This fund­ing gives organ­isa­tions with under 150 employ­ees the oppor­tun­ity to apply for up to £5,000 towards employee train­ing costs. Funding is avail­able for up to 10 employ­ees per busi­ness and the money is not a loan so there’s no need to pay it back. SDS will refund 50% of the cost of up to 10 train­ing courses with a max­imum value of £500 per course. And it’s flex­ible, so 10 employ­ees can do one course each, or one employee can do 10 courses, with any com­bin­a­tion in between.

Click here to find out more. For advice on how to apply, call free on 0800 783 6000

2. Low Carbon Skills Fund from Asset Skills Scotland

The Low Carbon Skills Fund is avail­able to any employer with fewer than 250 staff within Asset Skills’ foot­print, which includes hous­ing, prop­erty, facil­it­ies man­age­ment, sur­vey­ing and energy advice, to access a 50% refund against the cost of train­ing in any aspect of low car­bon technology/energy efficiency/microrenewables. Up to 25 train­ing ses­sions can be fun­ded per employer. The train­ing must be com­plete by 30 June 2011 and applic­a­tions must be received by 31 March.

For fur­ther inform­a­tion about the Low Carbon Skills Fund, click here. In order to apply for the 50% refund, please in the first instance con­tact Tim Pogson.

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Finish Your Food Training Course

Posted on March 7, 2011 | Leave a comment

CHANGEWORKS PRESENTS…

THE SCOTTISH WASTE EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME’S

‘FINISH YOUR FOOD’

One Day Training Course

Reducing Food Waste in Schools and Communities

***HURRY! SPECIAL OFFER***

***ONLY £95!!***

One third of food is wasted when it could be reduced, reused and recycled. This fab­ulous food waste train­ing course will equip you with the skills, know­ledge and inform­a­tion needed to engage schools and com­munit­ies in redu­cing food waste.

You will observe the highly enga­ging ‘Finish Your Food with Mr Silly Sausage’ pro­ject in action and learn about the tech­niques employed to tackle wastage. The ‘Finish Your Food’ pro­ject is an excel­lent way to sup­port Eco Schools ini­ti­at­ives and reduce food waste in school. Learn how pupils become act­ive cit­izens as they raise aware­ness at home with the ‘Plate Pledge’ fam­ily chal­lenge and the whole com­munity is effect­ively engaged in food waste reduction.

About Us:

The Scottish Waste Education Support Programme (SWESP) run by Changeworks has been deliv­er­ing high qual­ity waste edu­ca­tion train­ing courses to the major­ity of Scotland’s local author­it­ies and com­munity organ­isa­tions for the last 5 years.  You too could bene­fit from our unique approach to waste edu­ca­tion through a range of activ­it­ies, tech­niques and top tips based on tried and tested waste edu­ca­tion from exper­i­enced waste educators.

Course:

09:00: Presentation on how to reduce food waste in schools and at home

11:30: School visit

12:00: Visit din­ing hall to see lunch in progress

13:30: Whole school present­a­tion ‘Finish Your Food with Mr Silly Sausage’

13:50: Talk with eco pupils about record­ing food waste as Zero Waste Heroes

14:00: Depart school

14:30: Arrive Changeworks for cof­fee and debrief

For more inform­a­tion see: http://www.changeworks.org.uk/shared/swesp/584/

Previous par­ti­cipants said:

“A good vari­ety of inform­a­tion, prac­tical activ­it­ies and oppor­tun­it­ies to share with oth­ers. Well worth the time and money.”

Date: 21st March 2011

Venue: Changeworks, 36 Newhaven Road, Edinburgh, EH6 5PY

(10 mins from city centre)

Cost: Special rate of £95 + VAT

Included: Lunch, refresh­ments, all train­ing materials

To book your place contact:

Jane Adams, Waste Prevention Administrator,

A: Changeworks, 36 Newhaven Road, Edinburgh, EH6 5PY.

T: 0131 555 4010 E: jadams@changeworks.org.uk

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Free orchard management course

Posted on March 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

Fruitful Skills for a Fruitful Scotland

Interested in set­ting up or run­ning a com­munity or school orch­ard?
Want to know more about caring for trees in an estab­lished orchard?

Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust is offer­ing a free com­munity orch­ards man­age­ment course on Saturday 26th March, 10am — 4pm

Aimed at people already run­ning or think­ing about set­ting up a com­munity orch­ard, for more details see ELGT’s web­site

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Mushroom Growing course

Posted on February 16, 2011 | 9 Comments

There will be a Mushroom Growing Course on Saturday the 19th of February, between 10am and 12 noon. Come along and learn from Dr Neville Kilkenny the fas­cin­at­ing art of grow­ing edible mush­rooms on wooden logs, and take home your own inn­ocu­lated log! This is an indoor course lim­ited to 12 places. The course is free, but we sug­gest a dona­tion of £5. Please reserve your place early to avoid dis­ap­point­ment! (NB This course is now full, but register your interest with us in case we are able to lay on another mush­room event.)

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Faith and the Environment

Posted on February 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

St Philips church are host­ing a num­ber of events dur­ing February and March on the theme of faith and the envir­on­ment. For inform­a­tion take a look at Faith and the Environment or lent lec­tures fliers.

If you would like more inform­a­tion please con­tact either:

Chris Galbraith: chrisgalbraith@phonecoop.coop

Stewart Weaver: stewartweaver@btinternet.com or 669‑2410.

St. Philip’s Church Office: 657‑3401

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Happy Green Cooking!

Posted on February 7, 2011 | Leave a comment

Last chance to book a place on Out of the Blue’s Happy Green Cookery Course which starts tomorrow.

The Happy Green Cookery Course Flyer

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Mushroom Growing Course

Posted on January 18, 2011 | Leave a comment

Learn to cul­tiv­ate your own mush­rooms, such as oyster mush­rooms on logs (as well as other environments/ sub­strates). 19th February 10am-1pm at the por­to­bello com­munity cen­ter.  The course will be led by mush­room expert Dr Neville Kilkenny. Please con­tact us for fur­ther details.

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