Green Group/ Organisation/ Project

Bowden Common dates back to the 12th century when the monks of Selkirk and later

Established in 2020, Sustainable Borders (previously Sustainable Selkirk), provides free and impartial home energy advice to homeowners and tenants, promotes sustainable transport that includes free e-bike trials, and promotes climate awareness through our Community Energy Advice Centre, events, face-to-face activities and support, online discussions and digital media (website, Facebook page and newsletter) – all delivered by our staff and team of volunteers.

Located between the historic fishing towns of Eyemouth and St Abbs, the Berwickshire Marine Reserve was established by the local community to protect the habitats and species found here and to ensure that all users are responsible in their activities.

A part of a Greener Melrose, eBikes for Borderers offers low cost monthly trials of Cube, Trek and Raleigh bikes to people interested in seeing if they could replace car journeys to work, for shopping or leisure with an electric bike as well as improving their overall health and wellbeing by getting out in the countryside and doing some light exercise. Bikes can be tried out, collected and returned to our storage facility near Magnet in Tweedbank. Typical costs for the month is £80 for a Raleigh and £100 for the Cubes and Trek. We have Cube bikes of different sizes to suit everyone.

Home Basics has been supporting and encouraging reuse for over 20 years. We have outlets in Walkerburn and Hawick.

Borders Wheels is a charity based in the Scottish Borders, We provide Community Transport across the Borders and have four locality bases: Berwickshire, Galashiels, Teviot and Tweed.  Borders Wheels is the unification of 4 Community Transport organisations in the Borders, Teviot, Gala and Tweed came together first and we brought in Berwickshire Wheels in April 2024.

Gala Waterways Group exists to encourage access to, enjoyment and interest in and around the watercourses in Galashiels. The Group aims to create walking routes, clean up the environment and protect the industrial heritage.

Fair Trade Coffee House & Kitchen with Re-fill station and Fair Trade Shop

The Larder is now in its “forever home” at the Community Annexe in the grounds of the primary school where we have fridges and freezers to stock perishable items that we collect from the following supermarkets- Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Asda, Lidl and Marks and Spencers. Please come and help us reduce food waste that would otherwise go to landfill. You can have up to 10 items, as many items from the “rumble box”as you want and we even have pet food. All are welcome.

A local voluntary group raising awareness of climate change, and taking action in the  Berwick area to improve the environment. Monthly Repair Cafe - last Saturday every month.  Lots of opportunities to volunteer.