Come along to our family-oriented Eco Fayre on Saturday 9th March from 10am - 1pm at Granton Parish Church. With the FREE ENTRY you will get: crafters selling up-cycled art and craft, jewellery, bags etc environmental and eco-friendly projects doing different workshops information about energy saving, recycling and up-cycling free refreshments

GRANTON GOES GREENER THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS 1000 kG Total weight of clothes donated to the Swap Shop during November and Decemember 1 kG Total weight of clothes that we have reused - including 20 kg taken to orphanage in Uganda, 111 kg to Botswana and 59 kg to Gambia 1 kG Total weight of clothes recycled and dropped at council recycling site. 1 kG Total weight of Rescued Bread that we have redistributed 1 kG Of all the bread that we have rescued, only 4kG has ha...

GRANTON GOES GREENER THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS 1000 kG Total weight of clothes donated to the Swap Shop during November and Decemember 1 kG Total weight of clothes that we have reused - including 20 kg taken to orphanage in Uganda, 111 kg to Botswana and 59 kg to Gambia 1 kG Total weight of clothes recycled and dropped at council recycling site. 1 kG Total weight of Rescued Bread that we have redistributed 1 kG Of all the bread that we have rescued, only 4kG has ha...

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....

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 sa...

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 als...