We are very excited to announce that the Scottish Land Fund has awarded us a grant to cover 90% of the (£45,000) purchase price for Belhaven Community Garden! They will also be contributing towards other costs including legal fees, some urgent repairs and the future employment of a short-term development worker, totalling a further £24,594…
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Tuesday 12th January 2027, 8pm, Hallhill Sports Centre Bar At our next ‘green drinks’ and discussion evening we will be discussing Robert Macfarlane’s 2026 Reith Lectures. Please put the date in your diary now. “At a time of ecological crisis, extreme weather events and a rapidly heating climate, Robert Macfarlane’s Reith Lectures will examine what…
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Data Centre Concerns
Jo McNamara writes: In late 2025 a newly formed company based in Glasgow, Thistle Sands Data Limited, presented a scoping paper to East Lothian Council outlining a proposal for construction of a massive data centre on a 60 hectare site of prime agricultural land just to the south of the A1, stretching from the Spott…
Normally on the Second Wed of the month 12.30-14.00 In St. Anne’s Church, Westgate, Dunbar, EH42 1JL Next café, Wednesday 11th November, 2026 An open, inclusive, café space for people to get together to talk, share concerns and ideas and plan action in the context of the climate and nature emergencies. Everyone is welcome to…
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Postponed
Given the inclement weather forecast, we are postponing the planned, celebration event to mark the approval of our asset transfer request. This will now take place on Saturday 7th November, 2-4pm at the garden. We’ll hope for better weather then! It will still be an informal, drop-in event and an opportunity to raise a glass and…
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Rivers Project
Invitation to a meeting of the project advisory group Wednesday 28th October, 5-7pm, Spott Village Hall We are pleased to invite you to the second meeting of the Project Advisory Group, taking place on Wednesday 28th Oct in Spott Village Hall from 5pm-7pm Over the past 18 months, Sustaining Dunbar and Forth Rivers Trust have…
Action Planning Workshop Sunday 1st November, 2-5pm, West Barns Village HallWe want your input!Our Local Resilience Action Plan was first published 15 years ago. As climate breakdown and collapse of ‘business as usual’ becomes more and more evident, and as part of a process to create a new vision and plan for local action, we are…
Saturday 31st October, 2-4pm, John Muir Country Park An invitational call to Earth Council on the Celtic festival of Samhain -marking the beginning of winter. A collaboration between Sustaining Dunbar and Wendy Robertson Fyfe Free but booking essential and donations welcome. We will be meeting in the dunes, between the salt-marsh and the sea at John Muir Country Park (detailed…
Friday 6th November, 7-9pm, Dunbar Townhouse, EH42 1ER Expressing the Earth -a poetic and reflective documentary that invites a quiet reimagining of our place in the living world. We are delighted that this film screening will be introduced by the director, Glenda Rome, and will be followed by a Q&A session. Through rugged coastlines, ancient forests,…
At their meeting on Wednesday this week, the NHS Lothian Board unanimously approved our application to purchase Belhaven Community Garden at our valuation of £45,000. Craig Marriott, Finance Director at NHS Lothian, said: “The Board’s approval of the Community Asset Transfer is an important milestone for Belhaven Community Garden and the local community. We are pleased to…