Sustaining Dunbar
Saturday 10th January 2026, 2-4pm, Belhaven Community Garden Wassailing is an ancient winter tradition originating from the Anglo-Saxon toast “Waes Hael” (be well), involving singing, drinking spiced ale or cider, and making a noise in orchards on or around Twelfth Night to bless the apple trees for a good harvest in the coming year, to…
Riverfly monitoring is a UK wide citizen science project which, in Scotland, is coordinated and supported by Buglife. Riverflies are invertebrates that spend most of their life cycle in a river, stream, pond or lake. The three key groups are stoneflies, caddisflies and mayflies. Along with other freshwater invertebrates, they are at the heart of…
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…
Background This project is a partnership between Sustaining Dunbar and Forth Rivers Trust and is being funded by a grant from the Neighbourhood Ecosystem Restoration fund which we are pleased to have been able to match with funding from the East Lammermuir Community Benefit Fund. It is a small project but with the ambitious aim…
Tree Planting in West Barns (16th November 2025) Wild about West Barns joined the East Lothian Countryside Rangers on Sunday 16th November to help plant a whopping 524 young trees in a new community woodland behind West Barns Bowling Club! The woodland planting started in Spring 2025 and has been extended this Autumn with the…
Welcoming our new autumn 2025 volunteers from Dunbar Grammar School We are delighted to welcome on board our new autumn 2025 volunteers at the Beehive Garden and Dunbar Day Centre. Sixteen enthusiastic young people have signed up to volunteer with us in the Beehive Garden, supporting outdoor play and nature-based activities with the nursery children! …
Community arts workshops mapping our local burns Saturday 8th November, 10am-1pm, Stenton Village Hall –book Over the coming months we are planning a series of community arts and other workshops in connection with the Rivers Project, an initiative seeking to kick-start landscape scale action across all five of the short river catchments in East Lammermuir. We…
Normally on the Second Wed of the month 12.30-14.00 – St Anne’s Church Next café, Wednesday 10th December An open, inclusive, café space for people to get together to talk, share concerns and plan Climate Action. Everyone is welcome to join the conversation and get involved. Simple lunch Soup (plant based) & Bread – wholemeal…
A networking drop-in for Sustaining Dunbar members, old and new. Saturday 15th November, 10am-midday, Ramshackle Café, Bleachingfield Centre, Dunbar Meet other members, find out what Sustaining Dunbar is doing just now and share your thoughts and ideas. We know that there is a great wealth of knowledge, skills and experience across our now, nearly 600 members…