How about that New Year's Resolution to get fitter and look after the environment? If you'd like to cycle but don't have a bike there are some great options for you. We have a few bikes available in the church - some free and some at a small cost. There is also a recycling project near us in North of Edinburgh with a lot of FREE ladies' and children's bicycles. To se them and grab one for yourself, friends or family, just get in touch with Derek Nicol - hsc.brakethecycle@edinburgh.gov.uk. For more details about either of these options have a word with Anna - anna@grantongoesgreene...

We had more than 50 people attending the swap on the day (4th January), quite a few from different areas like Leith Walk, Old Town, Gorgie or Meadowbank. We had some students as well as staff from other eco projects. Our publicity is working well, and the living posters in the Forrest Cafe at Tollcross, along with promotion by ELREC has helped to get us more young people and students from outside our area. On the day we received donations of 83.5kg of clothes - and a children's bicycle. We saved 265.5kg from landfill by having people take away clothes for re-use. 111 kg of that was baby clo...

Bike repairing session and cycling tour. We had a very successful bike repairing session on the 18th October followed by a cycling tour to Cramond on the 21st. 13 bikes in total have been checked and minor repairs conducted. For those of you that have had no chance of joining us on the day, we are arranging another session with Grease Monkey in about 4 weeks’ time as well as another bike ride to Granton hub and Walled Garden. Keep an eye on our social media for further updates. We would also recommend to everyone to get a bike helmet and bring it along on the ride. Children under 14 would...

This week's update from our Climate Change project Clothing Swap Shop and Volunteering. Thank you for all your generous donations. We are still looking for volunteers to help us organise the storage space and sort out all the clothes that are still in the bags. Even if you only have 1-2 spare hours a week or can help once a month, please do get in touch. The Swap Shop is going to be volunteer led in the future, so we really need residents involved. We are also looking for donations of winter clothes, evening dresses and Christmas jumpers as well as some spare clothes hangers. If you know a...