Build your sustainablity skills with Leith Collective

IN collaboration with Ocean Terminal, Leith Collective has prepared a wide range of FREE weekend workshops and initiatives for anyone interested in re-using, recycling, upcycling or learning new creative skills in 2019.

January’s workshops include clothes mending, lampshade upcycling and crocheting using salvaged wool. In addition, a chance to refresh your wardrobe for 2019 comes with Clothes Swap at the Image Gallery Collective Space, again in Ocean Terminal on Saturday 19th January.

Every Thursday in January, from 11am – 6pm drop in to the Leith Collective shop in Ocean Terminal for some Origami bird making.

Sara Thomson, co-founder of Leith Collective, said: “The origami birds are Cranes and symbolise luck and ‘a new start’ which is exactly what we are aiming to do in terms of sustainability and teaching people how they can get involved themselves.

“We want to make the workshops accessible to everybody and we’re offering them free of charge. In addition, people will leave the workshops with new skills e.g. clothes mending which will not only save them money over the months and years to come but also help with sustainability.”

To see the full list of workshops, visit the Leith Collective or Ocean Terminal:

https://www.oceanterminal.com/news-events/

https://www.facebook.com/leithcollective/

https://www.facebook.com/OceanTerminal/

In addition to the workshops, Leith Collective will be presenting a range of art installations with all items made from recycled materials. 

Food Bank – food collection

The Leith Collective Store is now also a new Food Bank collection location in Ocean Terminal. If you are able to donate anything, specific items needed include:

  • tinned meat
  • tinned fish
  • tinned fruit
  • tinned puddings
  • UHT milk
  • fruit juice
  • cereal
  • jam
  • tea/coffee
  • toiletries
  • shampoo
  • shower gel
  • deodorant
  • shaving foam
  • men’s razors

Cclasp

Children with Cancer and Leukaemia Advice and Support for Parents (CCLASP) help children and teenagers suffering from cancer or leukaemia in Scotland.

The team also helps diagnosed families and bereaved families express and share with each other the feelings, anxieties, and horror of having a child with a life-threatening illness and provide practical and emotional support.

If you have any of the following items, Cclasp would be delighted with the donation which will go to help and support those children and families affected by cancer and leukaemia.

  • unwanted Christmas gifts
  • toys
  • bath sets
  • books
  • art sets e.g. pens pencils
  • games
  • vouchers

You can drop items off at the Leith Collective, Ocean Terminal,

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davepickering

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