Our Beach Cleaning event is only few days away …
Great opportunity to start October break and do something for the environment
We will be meeting by a green feather flag at the Brick Beach across the road from the Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden and next to the pitt on Saturday 12/10 at 11 am.
Free picnic after the event.
Thank you to R2 project for their support and all the rubbish pickers they provided to Granton Goes Greener
LITTER PICK!
The Cramond Association is organising a Cramond, Barnton and Cammo community litter picks on 7 and 8 September!
Saturday 7 September, meet at 2pm at the Haugh Park children’s playground on Brae Park Road
Sunday 8 September, meet at 10am in the public carpark for Cramond Beach.
Everyone is welcome! Equipment provided, please wear a Hi-Vis vest if you have one.
Bring a drink for afterwards, we will provide the biscuits!
Hope to see you there!!
We are very excited to be organising another rubbish picking event at the Brick Beach ( this is the Beach across the road from Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden) next Friday 9 August between 3 and 5 PM.
We will have enough rubbish pickers for everyone and a picnic with some delicious food provided. Huge THANK YOU to R2 for supporting this event and enabling us to buy more rubbish pickers.
Really happy to have some colleagues from Communities’ Reduce Reuse & Recyclejoining us on the day.
Any questions-email: anna@grantongoesgreener.org.uk
GRANTON Goes Greemer are very excited to be involved in another rubbish picking event organised by Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC)
This time, we will be working around Water of Leith and the meeting point is off Coburg Street, opposite Ostara Caf, this Saturday (29/04) between 11 am and 1:30 PM.
We should have enough rubbish pickers for everyone, but you are welcome to bring your own!
. Any questions-email: anna@grantongoesgreener.org.uk
**Leith Links Litter Pick**
Saturday 22nd October 10am til 12 noon
Start your weekend off by taking positive action with others in your area on a community litter pick of Leith Links.
Bring your own litter picker or gloves if you have them, however we also have a supply.
This Saturday!!
Let’s take action for the environment with a #litterpick so that we can leave Granton beach better than we found it. All welcome!
Book your place here: http://northedinburghcleanup.eventbrite.co.uk
For more information contact: cfc@elrec.org.uk #climateaction#climatechange
Our next litter pick is this Sunday 12th June at 1pm,
Meet at the skatepark in Easter Drylaw Park.
Equipment provided – all welcome!
FRIDAY 22 APRIL 10am – 12 noon
Community Litter Pick!
Sunday 10th April 12.30pm
Meet on the Cycle Path at the Red Bridge (Drylaw Side)
Equipment and refreshments provided!
All welcome to come along 
Please comment on Drylaw Telford CC’s Facebook page if you wish to attend.
Does litter bug you? Do you want to do something about it? This spring, environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful is calling for Scotland’s communities to join a Spring Clean challenge from 21 March-21 April to help clean up our country.
Spending more time outdoors was an unexpected benefit of lockdown. But along with our renewed appreciation of nature, many of us realised Scotland is facing a huge litter problem. Our research revealed that 88% of Scots agree that litter is a problem across Scotland. And 70% are concerned about litter in their area.
If you feel frustrated about the litter in your community or the places you visit, you can do something about it. Spring Clean Scotland is the perfect opportunity to make a difference by picking up litter on your local beach, streets, parks and beyond. Get involved and help make the places we care about cleaner and safer for people and animals.
Every action, however small, makes a difference. Just half an hour of picking up litter and disposing of it safely can help an area look cleaner and feel safer, and evidence shows it also prevents more litter being dropped.
Why not organise a litter pick with friends, family, workmates or your wider community? Or find one to join in with on Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Clean Up Scotland map.
We know young people feel strongly about caring for the environment and want to do something about the harmful effects of litter in their communities. Your school can get involved too. As part of Spring Clean, there is a Live Lesson open to all schools across the UK.
Barry Fisher, CEO of Keep Scotland Beautiful said, “Across Scotland we have seen a steady increase in the amount of litter over the past decade. While this is a real challenge, we are heartened by the incredible work of litter picking heroes up and down the country.
“Our communities already play a vital role in taking action to tackle litter, with many people giving up their time to clean up their local areas despite the challenges of the last two years.
“We would love as many people as possible to join in and give Scotland a spring clean this March and April.
“For those that wish to take further action, The Scottish Government is currently consulting on a revised National Litter and Flytipping Strategy and you can still respond until the end of March and have #YourSayOnLitter.”
Inspired to take positive action? Learn more and sign up to join in here:
