ELREC Food Support

We are delighted to announce that our food donation has increased to around 60 boxes every week. We have completed our first year of running this project which has helped many families in the community. However, we have run out of funding for this project, so we would be grateful if we could get some […]

Edinburgh Climate Festival 2021

SATURDAY, 14 AUGUST 2021 FROM 12:00 UTC+01-19:00 UTC+01 Leith Links, Edinburgh, EH6 7, United Kingdom The Edinburgh Climate Festival is a free, family friendly & community-led event taking place for the first time in Leith Links on Saturday 14th August. It aims at celebrating and inspiring climate action. Featuring performances, stalls, kids’ and adults’ activities, […]

Seaspiracy Film Screening and discussion (online)

Seaspiracy is the groundbreaking Netflix Original documentary which seeks to expose the fishing industries impact on the world’s oceans. About this Event Seaspiracy examines the global fishing industry, challenging notions of sustainable fishing and showing how human actions cause widespread environmental destruction. Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that […]

ELREC AGM

Join in our Annual General Meeting which will be held on Zoom, Wednesday 28th April 2021, 6:00 – 7:00pm. Get your ticket here: https://elrec-annual-general-meeting.eventbrite.co.uk We hope you will be able to join us to hear reports of another year of achievement for ELREC. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting. #online #event #agm […]

KICKSTART PLACEMENTS AVAILABLE AT ELREC

The Kickstart Scheme has been launched by the UK government to create a number of new 6-month job placements for young people who are currently on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment. The job placements are aimed at supporting young people to develop the skills and experience they need to find permanent work […]

MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT ASSISTANT VACANCY

Based at 14 Forth Street/Homeworking Length of post will be 26 weeks Part time 16h Through Community Jobs Scotland (CJS), there are a wide range of jobs with voluntary sector employer organisations for young people aged 16 to 29 years, who are more disadvantaged in the labour market. Young people between the ages of 16 to […]

Big Swap Shop Event

Come along to find some great clothes, toys, books, DVDs, kitchen utensils and other stuff for FREE! About this Event This event will enable you to swap clothes and other items and reduce the amount of textile produced and landfilled. Come and help the planet by reducing waste! Everything will be available at NO COST. […]

Electric Van Hire

You can hireout our electric van via the Hiyacar website from £50 per day. We offer a 30% discount to charities as well as organisations or individuals who can evidence that their trip has an environmental purpose (e.g. redistribute food waste, eco-event, community garden, upcycling project, etc). If that’s your case please contact cfc@elrec.org.uk Thanks to […]

International Mother Language Day Online Event

International Mother Language Day is a day that raises awareness of cultural diversity and promotes multilingualism. It is celebrated worldwide every year to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity as well as multilingualism. It was formally recognised by The United Nations General Assembly in 2002. The idea to celebrate this day was the initiative […]

Are you a pupil in Edinburgh?

If you are a pupil at one of Edinburgh’s high schools, then we want to hear from you! Following alarming media reports of racism and discrimination in some Edinburgh high schools, ELREC is conducting an online survey to try to better understand the nature of the problem. The more information we have, the better equipped […]