Free Stuff! Big Swap Event

Come along Saturday 4th February 2023 at St Martins Church (232 Dalry Rd, Edinburgh, EH11 2JG) to find some great clothes, toys, books, DVDs, kitchen utensils, and other stuff for FREE!

Grab your free ticket asap: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/big-swap-shop-event…

All welcome!! At the event, you will find clothes and other useful items in need of a new home. Everything will be available at NO COST.

You will find a great selection:

• Women’s, Men’s & Children’s clothes

• Toys

• Books, CDs & DVDs

• Kitchen utensils

..and more!

Bring your own bags and help us reduce waste.

**** Please note that we will not accept donations on the day. If you wish to donate items pop in at ELREC Office (14 Forth Street EH13LH) on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd February from 10 am to 5pm. ****

If you have any queries please contact: cfc@elrec.org.uk or anna@grantongoesgrenner.org.uk

Please, confirm your presence here: https://fb.me/e/2AM1WtnIz and share it with your family and friends.

This event is brought to you by Communities’ Reduce Reuse & Recycle (ELREC), Granton Goes Greener and NKS – Networking Key Services and funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland.

Come along Saturday 4th February at St Martins Church (232 Dalry Rd, Edinburgh, EH11 2JG) to find some great clothes, toys, books, DVDs, kitchen utensils, and other stuff for FREE! 1pm to 4.30pm

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Grab your free ticket here: https://swapshopfebruary.eventbrite.co.uk#circulareconomy#reuse

Indian Dance Workshop at Granton Parish Church next week

GRANTON Goes Greener are very excited to be hosting an Indian Dance Workshop at @GrantonParish next Thursday (2nd February).

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. The workshop is delivered in partnership with “Open Arms” project @ELRECUK.

Check the poster for booking details or email: anna@grantongoesgreener.org.uk

Finding My Place: Celebrate Book Week Scotland at ELREC event

This year ELREC are celebrating Book Week Scotland by organising an event, reading and sharing short stories, including some around moving and migration.

Come and join us on Saturday, 19 November and read the story of your own, or listen to the others. Maybe you get into the spirit of reading and you want to buy some books 😉So, a gift card to help you buying them is on us thank to a grant from #ScottishBookTrust

Places are limited and early booking is encouraged to avoid disappointment. Please reserve your free ticket via this link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1059801658050615

#BookWeekScotland

Tomorrow: BIG Swap Event

One more sleep until our BIG SWAP event, which we are organising in partnership with Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) and NKS – Networking Key Services at St Martin’s Community Resource Centre, Edinburgh this Saturday (29/10).

We have few basic rules, which we would be grateful if you could follow:

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  • Big Swap is just a name, but it is really a FREE clothes/ shoes/ toys/ household items, etc. giveaway.
  • EVERYTHING given away on the day will be absolutely FREE and there is no need to bring/ swap anything
  • We WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY DONATIONS on the day, so please, do not bring anything to donate on Saturday,
  • Bring your own bags,
  • Be respectful and mindful of others,
  • Help us to extend our invitation to your friends and family.

Windrush Information Event

Citizens Rights Project and Edinburgh and Lothian Regional Equality Council would like to invite you to the free information session about the Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme.

We are happy to announce the special guest – Prof. Sir Geoff Palmer who will take part in the event.

We will present the details of both Schemes available for migrants who arrived in the UK before 1989, that provide a physical document to prove the right to reside in the UK, as well as the financial compensation for the past troubles caused by the lack of such document.

We would like to use this opportunity, to speak with people from Commonwealth communities in Scotland to hear their voices about their difficult experiences of dealing with the UK immigration system. We would also like to listen about their views on the Windrush Compensation Scheme and the Government actions to rectify their past mistakes.

Prof Sir Geoff Palmer is ELREC Honorary President. He became the first black professor in Scotland in 1989 and then a Professor Emeritus after his retirement in 2005. In 2014 he was knighted with New Year Honours. Jamaican Honorary Consul. Chancellor of the Heriot- Watt University. Jamaican Commander of Distinction. Chair of Edinburgh Council’s Slavery Colonialism Group. Chair of the Scottish Museum Group. Chair of University’s Colonialism and Race Group.

Citizens Rights Project is a charity which has a long history of supporting EU nationals with applying to the EU Settlement Scheme and dealing with the Home Office on behalf of vulnerable individuals. We strongly believe that there is a need to talk more about the Windrush Generation and Commonwealth communities, but any action should be linked with the people affected. Let us know your view!

Join us:

19/10/2022, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Broughton St Marys Parish Church

12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh EH3 6NE

Big Swap Event

SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER 12 – 4pm at ST MARTINS CHURCH DALRY ROAD

We are very excited to be involved in another BIG SWAP event at St Martin’s Community Resource Centre, Edinburgh in partnership with our colleagues from Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) and NKS – Networking Key Services💚💚💚

Few key rules before the event:

-Big Swap is a FREE GIVEAWAY of second hand clothes, shoes, books, toys and household items,

-we DO NOT ACCEPT ANY DONATIONS ON THE DAY,

-the event is ABSOLUTELY FREE and everyone is welcome to attend,

-bring your own bags on the day and be respectful of others as all our Big Swaps are really busy and we are trying to accommodate all our service users

Any questions-email: anna@grantongoesgreener.org.uk

Plant wildflowers at Lauriston Farm

Join us to take action in protecting wildflowers meadows in Edinburgh!

On Saturday 22nd October 2022 at Lauriston Farm. From 11am to 1pm.

Grab your free ticket here: …https://wildflowersplantingevent.eventbrite.co.uk

ALL WELCOME!! FREE EVENT!!

#biodiversity

#ClimateAction

#conservation