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Harvest Potluck Supper and AGM

Tuesday, 27th September, from 6.30pm Harvest Potluck Supper & AGM We invite all members and friends to the Our Lady of the Waves Hall (Westgate, Dunbar, EH42 1JL) Tuesday Sept 27th 18.30-21.30.  Meal starts at 19.00 AGM and presentations – 20.00 Bring some food to share. We suggest using seasonal fare. There are sumptuous squashes, terrific tatties…

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Summer Social Drinks 2

Sustaining Dunbar, Summer Social Drinks.  Thursday 18th August, 8pm onwards at Station Yard Micropub. Come along to meet others with an interest in local action. How can we get together to support each other and ‘just do stuff’ to create a more sustainable and resilient community in which everyone is able to thrive in a…

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Riverwoods -an untold story

7pm, Friday 19th August, Dunbar Townhouse Film showing (55mins) followed by discussion. Riverwoods -an untold story: the story of a fish that lives in the forest. And in the soil that feeds the forest. And in the predators, scavengers and even herbivores of the forest. Scotland’s Atlantic salmon – the King of Fish – is…

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Summer Social Drinks

Sustaining Dunbar, Summer Social Drinks. Thursday 16th June, 8pm onwards at Station Yard Micropub. Come along to meet others with an interest in local action to address the climate and nature emergencies. How can we get together to support each other and ‘just do stuff’ to create a more sustainable and resilient community in which…

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Belhaven Community Garden News -Spring 2022

This October will mark the 10th anniversary of the Belhaven Community Garden in the grounds of Belhaven Hospital and if you haven’t visited for a while, you need to head over and admire the changes. The Sensory Garden has matured beautifully, the willow and blackthorn hedges are now home to several dozen sparrow families, and…

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Seedling Swap

Seedling swap at Belhaven Community Garden (behind Belhaven Hospital, Beveridge Row, EH42 1TR), Saturday 14th May, 2-5pm. Please bring any spare seedlings you may have to swap or just come along to buy other people’s spare young plants. Plus tours of the garden, home baking and produce, teas and coffees and more…….

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Local Cycling News

Lots of cycling and active travel news in the latest newsletter from Dunbar Community Cycling Club.

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Regional Network Coordinator

Scottish Communities Climate Action Network is currently recruiting Network Coordinators for ten regions across Scotland, including East Lothian. This investment in regional networking is funded by the Scottish Government and it intended to enable consolidation and expansion of the work of existing community climate action networks, such as the fledgling East Lothian Climate Climate Action…

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Wheat 2022

Seeking more (very) small-scale wheat farmers for 2022. Do you have a sunny square metre or more of garden that you could use to grow a patch of heritage wheat this season? I’m seeking more growers to join our existing group of ‘patchwork wheat farmers’ across Dunbar and District in this participatory research project. The…

Letter to Members

February 2022 Dear Sustaining Dunbar Member, The New Year is a time when many of us are looking to the coming months and planning for change. At Sustaining Dunbar this is an on-going and urgent theme that drives our work as a Community Development Trust. In October we joined with other local groups in a…