This article is an offshoot of Edinburgh community action focusing on community resources and assets. Resources such as networks, events and community involvement (people and relationships) can be considered as primary resources. Also resources are the activism and physical assets (or what citizens value), such as green spaces, biodiversity and cycle lanes, from the other Edinburgh community pages.
Food activism[edit | edit source]
- Granton Community Gardeners, Local people growing, cooking and eating food together. Community led charity based in North Edinburgh. added 11:44, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- The Food Assembly - Edinburgh - Leith Food Assembly
Community energy[edit | edit source]
- Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative, owns and operates 30 solar panel installations throughout Edinburgh including on Edinburgh Council schools, community centres and leisure facilities. After providing a fixed return on member’s investments, excess profits are invested in community projects throughout Edinburgh that promote sustainability and renewable energy. added 11:33, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
Community resources[edit | edit source]
The Bridgend Farmhouse Community Project in Edinburgh, Scotland is a community-owned and community-run charitable organisation. The project restored an 18th-century farmhouse to provide a community meeting place, café, garden and workshops. The project runs classes, workshops and training courses in a variety of crafts and skills aimed at all age groups. It also provides facilities for performances, gatherings, talks, entertainment and small conferences. Given charitable status under the title Bridgend Inspiring Growth (BIG), the project was one of the first in Scotland to achieve community ownership in an urban setting. In 2018 it became the first organisation in Scotland to transfer from a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) to a Community Benefit Society with charitable status.
- Bridgend Farmhouse, Video: Bridgend Farmhouse channel on youtube.com
According to a news item on ACE's website (October 25, 2023), "The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh continues our activity, though currently we are without premises. ACE is working with other groups to form a new Edinburgh Social Centre with new longer-term premises which will be big enough to house the Scottish Radical Library and have more room for meetings, gatherings and organising." autonomous.org.uk
The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, also known as ACE, is an infoshop and autonomous social centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1997, although it follows on from previous groups.
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle[edit | edit source]
The Edinburgh Remakery is a social enterprise that teaches repair. The shop sells refurbished computers and furniture, and hosts workshops where people can come along and learn how to repair their own things. There's a big vision behind it: "we want to generate a repair revolution. This means changing the way people use and dispose of resources, encouraging manufacturers to build things to last and to be fixable, and making sure the facilities are in place to allow people to repair and reuse."
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