We have a paid opportunity for Scottish Borders Organisations to support our work with Climate Ready South East Scotland on their story map. Read on to find out more and express your interest before Monday 23rd September.

SPRINGBOARD is a project of Creative Carbon Scotland to run local assemblies for creative climate action.  In the Scottish Borders in partnership with CABN and Connecting threads, SBCAN has been part of organising Springboard event themed on Active travel which was held in Walkerburn on September 5th, following on from an initial event in 2023.

An introduction from CABN, Connecting Threads and SBCAN was followed by an input from Angela at Hike and Bike about the Scottish Borders Walking and Wheeling Festival and a short presentation from Marina from the Tweed Forum on the new Tweed Trail which will go past Walkerburn.

This was followed by workshops which included:

·        Pathways for All- promoting Inclusion in Active Travel with Anneela McKenna

·        A Multi-sensory walk with Robbie Coleman and Jo Hodges- Connecting Threads Artists in residents.

·        Creative Active Travel workshop, led by Emma Whigman, R-Evolve and Kicc cycle club.

·        Funding for Active Travel Projects led by SBCAN.

The day enabled new conversations between people from local networks and organisations working on culture and climate change with the workshops and discussion times offering opportunities to learn together, share knowledge and information, and collaborate.

Forming this partnership to run this event with CABN and Connecting Threads has brought about a joined-up approach between our three organisations with a strong common commitment to Creative Climate Action that will lead to future projects together.

In collaboration with the EastGate Theatre, SBCAN ran a Circular Economy workshop during their Back To Nature Festival.

The workshop was aimed at children and young people and included a creative workshop with Transform Arts, using recycled materials to make paper beads.  We also offered an interactive Quiz and information on the Circular Economy from our team member Ayliffe.

The workshop was well attended, and it was a great way of engaging children and young people on the topic of the Circular Economy.

Ayliffe from our team attended the Berwickshire Marine Reserve’s (BMR) 40th birthday celebrations in St Abbs on the 18th of August 2024.

SBCAN are happy to have been able to support the amazing educational work BMR are doing in Berwickshire.

Well done to the team at BMR at for organising such a brilliant event with an action-packed program of events and activities which showcased what there is to offer along the Berwickshire coast. 

A new report has been published about the health impacts of climate change in the Scottish Borders. This has been produced in partnership with Public Health Scotland and other local and national organisations. Click here to see the full report.

SBCAN were delighted to head along to Brothers of Charity in Tweedbank to check out the garden that the whole team have been very busy working on.

Roamers Wood is a community woodland located beside the Scottish Borders village of West Linton. It has been developed for the community by the charity Sustainable West Linton and District (SWLD), on land gifted to the charity on a 50-year lease. SWLD is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation community group founded in 2019. It was established to promote steps that the village and surrounding district could take as a community to become more environmentally sustainable.

Click through to find out more about plans for an Eco School Green Gathering in September.

Are you part of a community group looking to decrease their heating fuel usage? Do you want a nice cosy house? We have a great opportunity to work with the West Linton Community Heat Team to do just that in your community……

In June 2024 the SBCAN Youth Climate Action Fund, awarded 19 projects working with young people a share of £15633. Read our case study here, which gives more detail on fund, who we funded and our next steps.

SBCAN are delighted to have been selected to work with CEMVO as part of their work plan for this year!

SBCAN were delighted to attend and fund the Crailing Community Orchard Open Day