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We are community and local energy specialists, based on Constitution Street, Edinburgh. We have been working on local and community energy projects since 2011, including electricity and heat generation, energy efficiency, carbon footprinting and net zero strategy development, amongst much else. Our aim is to deliver greater local control of energy generation and supply, allowing communities to benefit from lower energy bills, lower carbon emissions, and long-term energy security.

An informal group for residents of Willowbrae to communicate local news, events, community efforts, tips to lead a more sustainable life, crime watch, and to offer mutual aid and support. This includes a Transition Streets group and Mothers CAN group, and links to the Eco group at the local Primary School. Community efforts include activities such as hand weeding streets to prevent Council from spraying glyphosate.

Causey Development Trust works to transform West Crosscauseway from a vehicle dominated street into a safer, more attractive street for people that incorporates a new public space respecting the heritage of its surrounding buildings on the boundary of the World Heritage site. It will reduce through vehicle traffic and support people’s health and well-being, encourage more walking , cycling and wheeling and create a space for community events.

Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC), founded in 1971, is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity made up of individual members and representatives from a wide range of organisations. ELREC is a member of the Scottish Alliance of Regional Equality Councils and has a remit to work across the areas of City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian Councils. ELREC runs the Communities’ Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Project which is funded by Climate Action Fund (CAF), The National Lottery Community Fund. The aim of the project is to encourage and support BAME communities in Edinburgh to reduce waste, increase reusing and repairing and to shift to a more sustainable consumption.

Our Communities team in Scotland support locally based community groups and organisations to develop and run programmes encouraging the people they work with to walk, wheel and cycle more. We do this in partnership with other teams in Sustrans, and with other organisations such as Paths For All, Forth Environment Link, Living Streets, Cycling Scotland and Cycling UK in Scotland. We have a specific mission to support those who experience inequalities, and we know that walking, wheeling and cycling may be a means to an end, not the main purpose of your activity. Contact us for advice on running a community based project that includes an element of walking, wheeling or cycling, or for ideas on how you can support your local community to walk, wheel or cycle more.

​Bridgend Farmhouse is a sustainable community-owned centre for learning, eating and exercise in South Edinburgh. We aim to grow together to develop a flourishing community and place.

Cargo Bike Movement is a charity that was established, initially informally, in April 2020 in response to the first UK Covid-19 lockdown. Since then, we have gone through the journey of being a Community Interest Company (CIC) and now a registered charity (SC051593)!

In summary, with our activities centred on Leith Community Croft at the NW corner of Leith Links, we connect people with each and the land/nature and promote responsible global citizenship.

Edinburgh Climate Cafe principly acts as an information providers and offers a space for people to take time and explore the various conepts, ideas and solutions in relation to climate change. We offer this mostly through street provision but also respond to information requests to attend events galas or as a supporting role to similar provision.We deliver works

Portobello based group working to reduce carbon emissions associated with Transport and Energy in our Community. We run a Cargo Bike Library, a Peer to Peer Car Club and Retrofit events/workshops in collaboration with Edinburgh Tool Library.

Edinburgh Tool Library is the UK’s first tool library, promoting sharing as a way of reducing our environmental impact. We lend our members tools for DIY, gardening, decorating, and machine repair, so tool ownership is not a requirement to making. Not only does this collaborative approach make sense environmentally, it also helps our members financially. We have two wood workshops in Leith and Portobello, a dedicated repair space, a pop up location, and an electric van. We run an employability programme, a series of volunteer builds, and a residency programme for young artists. Alongside borrowing tools to use at home, our members access our workshops several times a week, usually evenings and weekends, and join us for making workshops and training. Community is central to everything we do.

University research institute focused on the development of sustainable urban planning interventions.

The main aims of BANZAI are to:

Primarily awareness raising, community litter picks, occasional community information events and climate cafe info points