Sustaining Dunbar
The Dunbar Community Shed are now taking orders for producing hedgehog houses made right on your doorstep. These houses were designed in partnership with Sustaining Dunbar’s Pledgehog Project and are made in a more environmentally friendly way by using recycled heat treated pallets and painted on the outside with eco friendly non toxic wood preservative.…
A massive hyperscale AI datacentre development has been proposed in Dunbar and Sustaining Dunbar are asking you to consider the negative impacts this would have at the local and national level and make your voice heard. Details of the West Barns Mains proposed development can be found here, with new information about the application being…
To celebrate National Hedgehog Awareness Week, (3rd to 9th May 2026), Sustaining Dunbar’s ‘Pledgehog Project’ have announced that they will be putting out 20 hedgehog houses around Dunbar to provide more safe nesting places for hedgehogs. Now that the weather is warming up, hedgehogs will now be out of hibernation and focusing on building up…
A hedgehog-themed evening was enjoyed with the 1st Dunbar Squirrels at the Beehive Garden recently with Jen, our Pledgehog Officer and Carey, our Outreach Officer. We visited the hedgehog shelter and looked at videos of hedgehogs taken by our local cameras, had a bug hunt for creepy crawlies (hedgehog food), made clay hedgehogs, sang songs…
Pupils, parents and staff at West Barns Primary School are working together, with support from Sustaining Dunbar’s Pledgehog Project, to achieve a ‘Hedgehog Friendly School Award’. This involves them protecting hedgehogs, enhancing their habitat and educating others on how they can help. The school aims to complete as many actions as possible from a hedgehog-friendly…
With our minds beginning to turn towards gardening after a long winter, it’s a good time to highlight the very real danger of strimming for hedgehogs. Hedgehogs often shelter in longer grass and don’t run away when they hear loud noises or are frightened, but instead their safety mechanism is to curl up into a…
It’s that time of year when I like to look back and think about how well the past year has gone. We realise that none of our Pledgehog Project could have happened without our supporters and funders to which we are extremely grateful! So today’s blog is to celebrate the continued support there is to…
I thought it might be a nice idea to spread the hedgehog love this Christmas and list some hedgehoggy ideas for Christmas gifts for friends and family. I have picked some of my favourites, but there are a wide variety of hedgehog themed gifts on The British Hedgehog Preservation Society website you can also look…
A fantastic way to encourage prickly visitors into your garden is by embracing the wild! Give a section of your garden back to nature and it can provide natural insect food and nesting materials for hedgehogs. 1. Choose your wild patch It could be a corner at the back or a strip along the side…
The new Dunbar Plant-based Community Kitchen is holding their first evening meal and the great news is that Sustaining Dunbar’s Pledeghog Project has been chosen as the nominated charity for the proceeds to go to from this event. ‘Nooch Spott’ is a brand new venture where you can enjoy a three course plant-based meal in…