Saturday, 27th January 2024, 7-9pm Belhaven Church Hall Film show and potluck meal Scottish film curator Jo Reid’s new archive film, The Freedom Machine, celebrates the bicycle and its role in the emancipation of women. The Freedom Machine celebrates both the trailblazing cyclists who changed the world and the ordinary everyday women whose lives were changed by…
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ELCAN Hub, Manager Vacancy
We’re delighted to hear the news that the East Lothian Climate Action Network has had its application to host a Scottish Government funded ‘Climate Hub’ approved and that recruitment for a Manager is now underway. The hub, which will be set up and hosted by LiL CIC, has been awarded an initial grant of £107,864…
Second Wed of the month 12.30-14.00 Next Cafe: December 13th – St Anne’s Church An open, inclusive, café space for people to get together to talk and take Climate Action. Everyone is welcome to join the conversation and get involved. Simple lunch Soup & Bread from Dunbar Community Bakery Optional: Bring cake/ tray bake to share…
Tuesday, 14th November, from 6.30pm With Potluck Supper & AGM & presentations about current projects We invite all members and friends to the Our Lady of the Waves Hall (Westgate, Dunbar, EH42 1JL) Tuesday November 14th 18.30-21.30. Meal starts at 19.00 Bring some food to share (if you can). AGM and presentations from 19.45 There will be…
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Carey’s Autumn news
The Green Team We are very happy to be back at Belhaven after such a long time away. Our first job was helping to build a Scarecrow for the shared beds. We all worked together and had a lot of fun stuffing one of Michael’s old shirts and a pair of Gordon’s old tracksuit bottoms. …
Sustaining Dunbar, Summer Social Drinks. Thursday 31st August, 8pm onwards at Station Yard Micropub. Come along for an informal meet-up with other members of Sustaining Dunbar. How can we support each other to face up to climate breakdown and the nature emergency?What if … we imagined … a future full of possibility … where we focus on…
There was a buzz of excitement at the Dunbar nursery school this week as children’s TV presenter, Rory Crawford, joined the nursery children in their Beehive Wildlife Garden on a bug hunt adventure along with Jen Walker from Sustaining Dunbar’s Pledgehog Project. The children became immersed in the minibeast world as they explored the undergrowth…
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Planning Matters
East Lothian Council (ELC) is currently working on a draft for its latest Local Development Plan which is the document that will set the framework for planning decisions over the next ten years. Planning matters are complex, can be contentious and communities often feel that their voice and views are not heard. At this point…
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Connecting Dunbar
Sustrans’ Places for Everyone funding is enabling Sustaining Dunbar to investigate what is needed to improve cycling, walking and wheeling routes around Dunbar and West Barns. The Connecting Dunbar project aims to create better walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure in wider Dunbar so as to facilitate more active travel and more sustainable local transport, as…
Dunbar Bike Hub, currently located in a converted container at Hallhill, is a three year partnership between Sustaining Dunbar, The Ridge, Dunbar Community Woodland Group, (plus Sunny Soups in year two). It is part of the Dunbar Skills Partnership which is funded by the ‘Investing in Communities’ fund. Initially the project has three elements: We…