Share ‘n’ Wear donations suspended

Posted on March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 by Charles Macintosh

Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, we have had to close the Share 'n' Wear area in church until further notice. We need to appeal to people NOT to leave donations outside the church, but to try to hang onto them until we are back to normal. We're finding that some people are using their time to clear out their wardrobes and kindly donating items to the project - we will be grateful to start receiving donations again, but urge folk not to leave bags of clothes or other items outside the c...

Free Bike Repair Session – Thursday 12th March

Posted on March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 by Charles Macintosh

Granton Goes Greener is hosting another Free Bike Check session on 12th March from 4pm - 6pm. Free Bike Repairing Session on 12th March in the main church between 4-6 PM. No registration required. We will also have local police officers helping to register/ record any bicycle. It is quite important to register bikes as in case of having it stolen and retrieved by the police - it is the easiest way of tracking the owner.

We are looking for someone to collect from Sandy’s on West Granton Road on Tuesday evenings

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Charles Macintosh

We have been in contact with a local business who have offered us baked goods on a daily basis that they have not sold. If we can collect them they are free for us to distribute and give out to locals. This fits with our outreach to the community and is one of the core activities of our Granton Goes Greener project. We are looking for someone to collect from Sandy's on West Granton Road on Tuesday evenings around 5pm and then take the goods to the church. They can then be distributed at...

Free Bike Repair Session – Thursday 30th January

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by Charles Macintosh

Granton Goes Greener is hosting another Free Bike Check session on 30th January from 4pm - 6pm. Free Bike Repairing Session on 30/01 in West Hall between 4-6 PM. No registration required. We will also have local police officers helping to register/ record any bicycle. It is quite important to register bikes as in case of having it stolen and retrieved by the police - it is the easiest way of tracking the owner.

A big Green Thank You

Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 by Charles Macintosh

It's been a great year for our climate change project "Granton Goes Greener", with our recycling targets exceeded and the number of visitors and volunteers growing. We'd like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has helped in this success story during 2019 - visitors to the Share 'n' Wear, volunteers, drivers, fundraisers and administrators - all under the superb leadership of Anna, our Community Engagement Officer. The Share 'n' Wear will be closed over the Christmas and New Year weeks,...

Granton Goes Greener – update in numbers

Posted on December 7, 2019December 11, 2019 by Charles Macintosh

GRANTON GOES GREENERTHE PROJECT IN NUMBERSOctober to November 2019 10 kG Total weight of clothes donated to the Swap ShopUp on last period 1 kG Total weight of clothes that we have reused - that's almost the whole of last year's target in just 3 months!Up on last period 20 Number of women using our sanitary products 1 kG Total weight of bread saved from landfill and used Up on last perio...

Dignity Boxes now available in the church

Posted on November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 by Anna Baran

As you may have noticed we have a new shelf in disabled toilet with some toiletries and a Dignity Boxes poster. What are they? The aim of the Dignity Box is to promote in a small way, self-worth and dignity by allowing those in need to take what they cannot afford or get access to without having to ask or thank anyone. We are hoping that people in need would use them as we do with free sanitary products. We are not sharing this widely as boxes and products are for those who cannot afford ...

Granton Goes Greener – update in numbers

Posted on October 12, 2019October 22, 2019 by Anna Baran

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 - ...

Thursday afternoon relief drivers needed for bread pickups

Posted on October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 by Charles Macintosh

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...

Granton Goes Greener – Re-usable Sanitary products session

Posted on September 30, 2019October 3, 2019 by Charles Macintosh

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.