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Foundations Gardens News Support Training

We have something for you…

If you are a compassionate individual who believes that everyone has something to contribute to their community, if you are committed to social justice, if you are non-judgemental and quite unflappable in a crisis then we want to talk to you. We are currently recruiting a Project Worker to join our Support Team as part…

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Foundations Gardens News Support Training

AGM 2021

Due to circumstances outwith our control  we require to postpone the AGM scheduled for 14th October. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. We will be confirming the new date within the next few days.

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Funding Training

Funding = Training

The Ridge worked with Stirling Community Enterprise and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) in a bid to the Skills Development Scotland to receive National Transition Training Fund (NTTF) monies. The Ridge will be offering NTTF training to individuals from throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians but what is NTTF training? The aim of this training is to…

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Support

Sunny’s Kitchen

After a prolonged hiatus we are thrilled to be working on Sunny’s kitchen once more. For those of you that don’t already know Sunny’s Kitchen is a place to meet and a place to eat. Using local ingredients and diverting food from landfill our cracking group get together to prepare a three course meal and…

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Gardens

Shop local

We are enjoying a bumper season across our two garden sites at the Backlands and Empire Close. Both gardens are supplying produce to the Community Carrot and Empire close continues to supply local florists, Pixie Rose and Seapink Studios with wonderful local blooms. We are thrilled to see our produce, having been lovingly cared for…

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Gardens

Looking good!

Look at our garden and volunteers looking super smart in their new Ridge jackets. We successfully applied to Foundation Scotland’s Recovery and Resilience Fund for money that would allow us to continue to support our volunteers and service users when restrictions meant that activities had to be outdoors. We bought a supply of cosy jackets,…