NHS Volunteering opportunities
Life is Good in Scotland’s 29th of November session was about NHS volunteering opportunities. We thank guest speaker Kasia Czarnecka for presenting this topic and thank you to all participants for attending the session.
Fair Start Scotland’s Refugee Employability event
On the 22nd of November, the attendees and the organiser of Life is Good in Scotland visited Fair Start Scotland’s Refugee Employability event.
Energy Price increases
Thank you to the participants and the speaker, Ewelina, for an eventful session on the 15th of November within the Life is Good in Scotland’s project. We could learn more about the energy price increase and the financial support available to help with rising costs.
Life is Good in Scotland first session – Civil Rights
Life is Good in Scotland’s first session on the 1st of November was held with guest speakers. Law students from the University of Edinburgh were invited to do a presentation about civil rights and the stop and search procedure.
Edinburgh Climate Festival
Our stall was buzzing on the 3rd of September at the Edinburgh Climate Festival! The event was a huge success and it was brilliant to see many initiatives and local communities coming together to celebrate and inspire climate action. A big thank you to our funders The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland and The Climate […]
Litter picking at Granton Beach
On the 13th of August, we had a very successful litter picking session at Granton Beach. Thanks to our partner Granton Goes Greener who helped us organise it. And a massive well done and thanks to all the participants and our funder The National Lottery Community Fund for supporting this activity. We managed to gather […]
Pilot testing of SOMRA
On the 9th of August, the participants to the pilot testing of our SOMRA training course found it informative, inspiring, and professional. The training course, which is an intellectual output of our SOMRA project, funded by #ErasmusPlusUK , will be available on our project website – https://somra.eu – before the end of this year. SOMRA […]
ELREC Supporting Syrian Community in Edinburgh
Delivering Digital Learning sessions We have been delivering Digital workshops in Arabic to a group of 20 Syrian refugees living in Edinburgh for nearly a year now. We teach digital Driving Theory questions and applying for services online. We also have an English teacher who volunteers with us on a weekly basis to teach English. […]
March 23 National Day of Reflection
‘National Day of Reflection’ marks the anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown. It is a day to support the millions of people in the UK who’ve been bereaved during the coronavirus pandemic and to reflect on the lives of the people we’ve lost.Today, let’s take time to connect, supporting the millions of people who are […]
ECO-FAYRE! 🌳
ELREC will be participating in this years Eco-Fayre!There will be free sewing and up-cycling workshops as part of #climatefestivalscot We hope to see you there! #openarms#communitiesforconservation#grantongoesgreener#elrec#edinburgh#ecofayre#greenworkshops#upcycling#climateaction#netzeroscotland#greenscotland#zerowaste
