Round-Up of w/b 18-8-25
🥌New Age Kurling w Multicultural Group w @FeniksCentre & PDP Women's Group
🗳Voting for PDP in Greenlight Funding - link in comments
✊️Vol Induction
🌹Wellbeing Arts & Craft session @EdinRemakery
PLUS Leith Timebank Advisory Group, carers support, etc
Brilliant Wellbeing Art Session at @EdinRemakery
Great chat, laughter, hugs and even a 💋 🤭
As part of #Edinburgh900
'O my Luve is like a red, red rose...'
🌹🌹🌹
Dear @Beathhigh
We are crafting tiny coffins & primitive peg dolls in honour of ‘The Falls’ (Don’t worry it’s arts & crafts, not a crime scene cleanup😁)
Fancy dropping by on Aug 12th? Even a cameo? Just long enough to solve who nicked all our biscuits?🫣
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Join our team and help us keep our space sparkling clean and welcoming!
We are looking for a reliable and detail-oriented cleaner💚
📍13A Newkirkgate Centre, Leith EH6 6AD
Girls were eager to learn crocheting 🧶
Thanks to @EdinRemakery for helping us achieve our goal. Girls were very motivated to learn.
We started with the basics with hopes to make necklaces, bracelets and even animals in the future🐬
Partners YMCA🤝
#newskill#wellbeing
We are on the lookout for a Tech Repair Technician at Edinburgh Remakery! If you have experience in repairing laptops, tablets, and other devices and want to help tackle e-waste while providing top-notch service, this is your chance! 💚
Apply now: edinburghremakery.org.uk/opp…
Retro tech, sometimes called 'dumb tech' (not 'smart') has almost a detox allure. 💾
Tried out a slow game of Trivial Pursuit on this 1980s Amstrad - and talked with Elaine Brown from @EdinRemakery about how their auction has geek and planet appeal 🌎
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Last week, two officers had a great chat with our CEO, Elaine, about making NewKirkgate a safe space for all. They listened to our concerns & loved our work! Just like us, they've got old tech gathering dust and can’t wait to donate it to our Tech Donation Box! 💚
@PoliceScotland
Our Tech Donation Boxes continue their adventure into schools as we delivered five of our boxes to five schools, spreading the message of sustainability and digital inclusion 🙌
Here’s a picture of a couple of pupils proudly posing with their new Tech Donation Box! 💚
We’re proud to have won the VIBES Scottish Environment Business Award in the Service Scotland category! This recognises our commitment to reducing e-waste, supporting sustainability, and helping our community. Together, we can #RemakeADifference!
#VIBESAwards#SustainableScotland
ALT Two people - Elaine Brown -CEO of Edinburgh Remakery and Asrar Qazi, Project & Marketing Executive from Edinburgh Remakery are standing in front of a sponsorship board holding the VIBES award and framed certificate
ALT Edinburgh Remakery's Vibes Award tropy sitting on a table. The award is curvy glass with varying green horizontal stripes
Is your business looking for a greener, more impactful way to dispose of old tech? Look no further than our Tech Disposal for Business service! 💚
Get in touch with us by dropping us an email at hello@edinburghremakery.org.uk to learn how your old tech can #Remakeadifference 💚
During #ChallengePovertyWeek, we welcomed @GillianMSP , Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero & Energy, to see our impact reducing e-waste & tackling digital exclusion. Inspired to share our mission, and we look forward to more work together to fight digital poverty! 💚
Fixing damaged or broken items like clothing or electronics cuts waste and saves money.
To mark #CPW24 Acting Net Zero Secretary @GillianMSP visited @EdinRemakery a social enterprise which refurbishes donated computers and gifts 20% of these devices to people in need.
ALT Gillian Martin (right) with Barbara Hamilton, Remakery’s Funding and Partnerships Manager
Tomorrow is International Repair Café Day! Celebrate repair and sustainability with us at Edinburgh Remakery!
Drop in Friday (11am-1pm) at 13A Newkirkgate Shopping Centre for FREE textile and tech repairs—no appointment needed! 💚
We’re thrilled to share that our Tech Donation Box has successfully completed its journey at @George_Heriots 💚
Thanks to the amazing efforts of pupils, staff, and families, they collected 347 devices in just two weeks, saving them from landfill 💚
Today is International E-waste Day!
At Edinburgh Remakery, we diverted 44.9 tonnes of e-waste in 2023!
77% was repaired & reused, and 23% responsibly recycled!♻️
Every device saved means less landfill and more affordable tech for our community.
Join us & #Remakeadifference! 💚
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we’re proud of our Community Clubs at Edinburgh Remakery! Our free sessions offer a safe space to connect, enjoy tea & cake, and get creative 🎨
Proven to boost mental health, we run community clubs across the city to ensure everyone feels included! 💚