GRANTON GOES GREENERTHE PROJECT IN NUMBERSAugust to September 2019 10 kG Total weight of clothes donated to the Swap Shop 1 kG Total weight of clothes that we have reused - that's almost the whole of last year's target in just 3 months! 20 Number of women using our sanitary products 1 kG Total weight of bread saved from landfill and used  0 New volunteers - ...

Our Share 'n' Wear project, run by Granton Goes Greener, goes from strength to strength. One of the most popular services is the bread rescue - between April and June this year we saved nearly 90kg of bread from going to landfill, by making it available to people in our community. Granton Goes Greener; update in numbers Dan picks up nearly every Thursday afternoon, but can't always do so, so we are looking for people to help out occasionally. can you drive and have access to a ca...

Anyone interested in #ReusableSanitaryProducts? Anna, our Community Engagement Officer, says "Why not to come to a session run by Rachel from #FareShare at #GrantonChurch on Friday 11th October between 10-11 and find out more what is on offer?" All participants will get free products of their choice at the end of the session.

This Saturday - 21st September - is our FAMILY FUN DAY celebrating SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ☀️☀️☀️at the church. Join us on Saturday-21/09 between 12-3 PM for FREE environmental family workshops, face painting, FREE bike repairing session🚲🚲🚲 and many others. We still have stalls available for table top sale (5£/table).

Our Share 'n' Wear shop is on the road! On Saturday 12th October we'll be setting up at the Communities for Conservation event at the Drill Hall (Out of the Blue). Anna, our Community Engagement Officer, says "All these swaps run by Communities for Conservation are very busy and attract people from all over Edinburgh, lots of students, refugees and people interested in environmental aspects of recycling, so we thought it would be nice to join them and promote both Granton Goes Greener and...

We are holding a Family Fun Day on Saturday 21st September and are looking for folk to get involved in helping. The event will run from 12 noon - 3pm and we are looking for help with tombola, face painting, teas and coffees. Anna, our Community Engagement Officer, says "the Family Fun Day will be similar to the one we had few months ago at the church, and if anyone is free to help on the day or a day before with the set-up, do let me know". Look out for more details soon.

GRANTON GOES GREENER THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS April to July 2019 10 kG Total weight of clothes donated to the Swap Shop 1 kG Total weight of clothes that we have reused - that's almost the whole of last year's target in just 3 months! 1 kG Total weight of clothes recycled and dropped at council recycling site. 1 kG Total weight of bread saved from landfill and used  between 31/3 and1/7