Strolling Through Lockdown (Video)
Join our Development Worker Craig and Sally from Seafield Environmental Group as they discuss how walking has helped them during lockdown at our Strolling Through Lockdown event.
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Strolling Through Lockdown (Video)
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Climate Action Fife
We’re very excited to announce that we’re going to be leading a new Fife-wide partnership to tackle climate change in Fife, thanks to National Lottery funding.
Climate Action Fife is the first project in Scotland to be funded by the National Lottery Community Fund’s new £100 million Climate Action Fund. 14 grants have been awarded across the UK this summer, totaling over £14 million.
We’ve been awarded £197,289 to deliver an 18-month cross-sector climate action project in partnership with Fife Council, Fife College and Fife Communities Climate Action Network. Starting in September, we’ll be piloting a range of activities to build capacity in communities across Fife to take action on climate change, engage people from all backgrounds and sectors, tackle carbon emissions and deliver ambitious longer-term plans.
Project activities will include climate change communications, training and engagement events, and innovative behavior change activities encouraging climate-friendly businesses, climate-friendly homes and gardens, climate-friendly food and climate-friendly holidays. We’ll also carry out studies into the potential for a Fife community renewable energy project, a community tree planting strategy and a community cycling manifesto, as well as testing different approaches to getting more community groups across Fife involved in action on climate change.
Christine May, Chair of the Greener Kirkcaldy board, said:
“We are extremely thankful to the National Lottery Community Fund for this funding to deliver an innovative and ambitious climate action project for Fife. We are thrilled to be the first project in Scotland to be part of this exciting new fund, which will empower people and communities across the UK to take the lead in tackling the climate emergency.”
“This is a key step towards our vision of a Fife where everyone is working together towards a low-carbon future. We’d like to say a big thank you to all National Lottery players for making this happen. We are very excited to be part of this new national movement for change.”
The ideas in this project come from our community. You’ve told us that you want to see ambitious action on climate change and that individuals, communities, government and business should work together to make this happen. In March 2020, we commissioned the Fife People’s Panel, a market research service provided by Fife Council’s research team, to carry out a survey about local attitudes towards climate change. 416 people took part online from all parts of Fife and a wide range of backgrounds. According to the survey, 83% of Fifers believe that climate change is an immediate and urgent problem, whilst 88% feel that individuals, communities, government and businesses will need to work together to tackle climate change.
The Climate Action Fund is the newest fund from the National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. The new fund aims to enable people and communities to take the lead in tackling the climate emergency by building a network of people and communities, well-placed to drive change, between and beyond their community.
Climate Action Fife will be starting in September – watch this space for more information!
|Roasted Beetroot Salad
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Roasted Beetroot Salad
The latest in our “How To Make” series from our Community Chef Iain is Roasted Beetroot Salad. Iain will take you through step by step how to make Roasted Beetroot Salad.
Our Community Chef Iain loves beetroot as it is an amazing and versatile ingredient. “It is great raw, pickled, roasted, and even smoked. There are different varieties of beetroot with red being the most common. Golden beetroot is a vibrant yellow colour, and candied beetroot has a red marbled pattern. The flavours don’t differ too much, but a mixture of different varieties makes for a colourful dish.”
Method
Use as many beetroots and varieties as you want.
To roast the beetroot
- Turn the oven on to 170C.
- Peel (I suggest using gloves as stains hands) and cut beetroots into equal-sized chunks, then put on a roasting tray. You can add any herbs and spices you like to the roasting tray – rosemary works well, and fennel seeds are also great. Also, basil, caraway, chives, cloves, coriander, cumin, dill, ginger, fennel, allspice, sage, thyme and tarragon suit it’s sweet and earthy flavour. Just scatter over the beetroot.
- Then drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and roast for approx. 45mins.
- Every 15 minutes give the tray a shake. Keep cooking until tender and then leave to cool.
- Keep the cooking juices for your salad dressing.
Salad dressing
- Drain the cooking juices into a jug.
- Add a splash of balsamic vinegar, a teaspoon of mustard, and 1 teaspoon of sugar.
- Blend and mix while slowly adding olive oil until the dressing thickens slightly.
- Taste and season for a nice beetroot dressing.
To make the salad
Use whatever salad leaves and ingredients you have to hand. Iain’s choice would be walnuts, goats cheese, orange segments, and sometimes smoked bacon.
- Place all the salad ingredients in a bowl including the roasted beetroot.
- Add a little of the dressing to the bowl and stir all the ingredients gently with a large spoon.
- You can add more dressing when you serve it on a plate.
Enjoy!
|Cycling Observation Skills (Video)
Fife Coastal Path
Fife Coastal Path
Our Marketing and Communications Assistant Steven shares his experience of walking a section of the Fife Coastal Path in his latest blog.
For the past couple of years, a friend and I have been talking about walking the entire Fife Coastal Path in small different stages. We decided last week to stop talking about doing it and just go and do it.
About the Fife Coastal Path
The Fife Coastal Path is split up into eight different sections –
- Kincardine to Limekilns
- Limekilns to Burntisland
- Burntisland to Buckhaven
- Buckhaven to Elie
- Elie to Cambo Sands
- Cambo Sands to Leuchars
- Leuchars to Wormit Bay
- Wormit Bay to Newburgh
You can find all the information you need to plan your own walk at the link. There are many stunning places to visit on the Fife coast.
Section 1 – Kincardine to Limekilns
We decided to start from the beginning of the path and do the Kincardine to Limekilns. The Kincardine to Limekilns stretch of the coastal path is 11 miles long or 17.5km. The Fife Coastal Trust website estimates the walk to take around four and a half hours but we are pretty fast walkers and it took us 3 and a half hours to complete.
It was a cloudy start to the day but the sun was trying to sneak its way out. Can just imagine how beautiful the image below would be on a nice summer’s day.
As the morning went on it did start to brighten up.
We reached the historic village Culross where you get a little bit of a view of the Culross Palace.
Torry Bay Meadows and Torryburn were the next stops on the path. So very nice views as we sat and had lunch.
After lunch we set off again, making our way through Charlestown and then finally getting to Limekilns around 2pm after setting off around 10am.
Even though this part of the walk isn’t the most picturesque part of the Fife Coastal Path it is still an enjoyable walk and you still get to see some stunning scenery. It was tough on the legs and feet especially so if you do decide to do this then make sure you are prepared properly with the correct footwear. Despite it being hard on the body doing a walk like that really helped the mind. It was nice to get away from being indoors and on phones and laptops for a few hours and just enjoy the fresh air and surroundings.
We will hopefully do another section of the coastal path in the near future.
|The Lang Toun Larder – A Community Pantry
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The Lang Toun Larder – A Community Pantry
We are delighted to have launched a new project called The Lang Toun Larder. It’s a community pantry based at 8 East Fergus Place. We collect food that is unsold or surplus from local businesses.
How does it work?
People can apply to become members and ‘shop’ in the pantry once a week. Members pay a weekly fee of £2.00 which is used to help run the pantry. Members receive points which can be used to ‘ spend’ on fresh, frozen, and store-cupboard ingredients. We also have a ‘pick and mix’ refill station to top up basic essentials such as flour, tea, coffee, rice and pasta. Greener Kirkcaldy provide members with a shopping bag, a cool bag, and refill containers to use each week. We’ll have weekly ‘special offers’ like 2 for 1 or meal kit offers.
When is it open?
Thursdays 11am – 2pm. Once we have confirmed membership, members will be given an allotted time to come along to the pantry.
Location
Greener Kirkcaldy
8 East Fergus Place
Kirkcaldy
KY1 1 XT
Who is it for?
The pantry will help our community access food in a dignified way. Membership of the pantry is a low cost way to add to a weekly shop of good food. Membership is open to anyone with an address in Kirkcaldy (including Dysart). At the moment we are accepting applications for one person per household.
Signing up
We have 50 memberships available on a first come, first serve basis. Call 07551325548 to apply to become a member. We also have a pantry agreement to help run The Lang Toun Larder smoothly, and ensure that everyone gets equal access to food items.
What food can I get?
All the food is checked for ‘use by’ and ‘best by’ dates. We will have fresh and frozen food like meat, chicken and fish, fresh and frozen vegetables, chilled, tinned, and packaged foods. We’ll be making fresh bread and bakery items for the Pantry as well as collecting rolls and other goods from local bakeries. Iain our Community Chef will be on hand to provide recipes and ideas for using food items in the pantry. We also have lots of information on storing food safely when you get home.
Who runs The Lang Toun Larder?
Greener Kirkcaldy runs the community pantry in Kirkcaldy. A fantastic team of Community Food Volunteers help to collect and sort food, set up the pantry, create food displays, serve members, and advise people on anything to do with food.
COVID – 19
To ensure everyone’s safety while visiting the pantry, Greener Kirkcaldy are complying with Scottish Government and Public Health guidance:
- We have completed risk assessments
- We have regular cleaning and handwashing procedures in place
- We have taken reasonable steps to help people maintain a 2m distance
- We have signage displayed to help people move around safely in the building
The pantry has been funded by Fife Council and by Greener Kirkcaldy’s existing funding from the Big Lottery Fund
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