Community Grows

Craigmillar Community Grows

 

With a head office in Craigmillar, Edinburgh, Carr Gomm is passionate about supporting both our local community and communities across Scotland. We started development work locally eleven years ago.

 

Craigmillar Community Grows (CCG) is a pioneering initiative based in one of Scotland’s most deprived communities.

Our project uses outdoor activities to actively tackle health and social inequalities.  We receive funding from a variety of different sources, including grants, trust funds and corporate donors. Some equipment costs have also come from Carr Gomm’s staff initiative “Futures”, which distributes fundraised money to projects that need it.

 

Community working

This project aims to engage people with their community, build skills and confidence, and reduce loneliness and social isolation. We work in partnership with local people and community groups, building relationships with them, listening to what they want to achieve, and working with them to make it happen.

We welcome everyone living locally, regardless of background, to join us for fun, friendship and learning. People from EH15/16 and 17 can get involved with:

    • Weekly walking and foraging groups
    • A yearly Branching Out group
    • Various outdoor-inspired arts-based workshops with local artists
    • Cooking classes in partnership with Sandy’s Community Centre
    • Gardening for children from local schools and after-school clubs.
    • Developing new areas of open ground

Projects that we have done over the last few years have included:

    • Developing a sensory garden at Caring in Craigmillar
    • Helping with the development of Sandy’s outdoor space
    • Helping Niddrie Primary school to develop a curriculum-based outdoor space for learning
    • Working with many organisations to deliver outdoor projects and enhance their outdoor spaces
    • Working with other organisations to deliver events and fundraise to pay local artists and musicians to be a part of their community
    • Supporting the delivery of the Sandys Multicultural Mini-Festival every year as well as supporting their Christmas events

 

Karin is our local community project worker. She’s passionate about Craigmillar, and encouraging people to work together on a joint mission to support the community and those who live in it. We offer people a safe space – somewhere they can be themselves for a few hours – a place to build connections and learn.

We are extremely grateful to our current funders for their generous support.
More information on our partners can be found here.

Edible stories book, funded by futures
Craigmillar Community Grows: A group of people are standing in a kitchen.
Craigmillar Community Grows: A painting of leaves on a white background.
Craigmillar Community Grows: A group of people sit at a blue table, cutting vegetables and fruit.
Branching out - a poem by the people of CCG
Craigmillar Community Grows: A grow of older individuals walk along a woodland path, smiling.
Craigmillar Community Grows: A group of people are standing round an industrial kitchen counter washing and preparing berries.
Craigmillar Community Grows: Prints of green and yellow leaves on a white background.
Caring in Craigmillar walks and scones/tea
Futures Funded Shelter
Craigmillar Community Grows: Two women are crouched round a small cooking fire in a woodland area
Craigmillar Community Grows: A women reached into a bush to collect vegetables
Craigmillar Community Grows: Two people are cutting vegetables on white cutting boards.
Craigmillar Community Grows: A group of individuals stand under a tree, smiling and laughing.
Futures Funded Shelter
Craigmillar Community Grows: A women sits smiling at the camera holding a bassoon
Craigmillar Community Grows: Two women are standing in a grass area, one is playing the bassoon
Craigmillar Community Grows: Four people stand at an industrial kitchen counter, each rolling out dough.

For more information about how to get involved with Craigmillar Community Grows, contact Karin on 07824838364, or email karinchipulina@carrgomm.org.

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