Introduction to Permaculture Course
Introduction to Permaculture Course
Jeans Genius Workshop
Jeans Genius Workshop
Monday 28th August, 6.30pm – 8.30pm, Hayfield Community Centre
Learn to care for and repair your jeans and denim at our Jeans Genius “Love Your Clothes” workshop. We’ll teach you how to alter your jeans, repair and upcycle damaged denim into something stunning, and show you the best ways of caring for your jeans to keep them looking their best for longer. We’ll also talk about what you should consider when looking for a new pair of jeans. Tools and materials will be supplied, but if you have a pair of jeans, or denim jacket or shirt, you’d like to work on, please bring it along.
Booking is required as spaces are limited. To book your place or for more information contact us on 01592 858458, email info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk or drop into our High Street Hub at 254a High Street Kirkcaldy, Wednesday to Saturday 10am – 4pm.
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Basic Cycle Training
Basic Cycle Training
Wednesdays, 6pm – 8pm
5-week programme starting Wednesday 16th August, Beveridge Park
Would you like to cycle more, but lack confidence? We’re offering free adult cycle training this year to help people increase their skills, gain confidence, learn new routes, meet other cyclists and get out on their bikes more.
Training will run over 5 weeks, starting with cycling at Beveridge Park, then moving on to road cycling and led rides around Kirkcaldy. We’ll end the programme with a Bike Maintenance class with Dave’s Bike Shed so that you can also be confident about maintaining and repairing your bike yourself. The pace of the course will be set by the participants.
The training is free but spaces are limited so you must contact us to book your place. Call 01592 858458, email info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk or drop into our High Street Hub, 254a High Street, Wednesday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm.
Please note, this training is to increase confidence and skills for people who want to cycle more. You must be able to ride a bike to come along.
|Greener Kirkcaldy awarded National Lottery funding for Community Food Hub
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Greener Kirkcaldy awarded National Lottery funding for Community Food Hub
Greener Kirkcaldy has been awarded a grant of £916,068 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Community Assets programme to take forward our Community Food Hub project.
The Food Hub will be a place for people to come together to grow, cook, eat and learn. It will offer training, volunteer and work experience opportunities, and life-long learning around food production and preparation. It will host a wide range of events, courses and workshops on all aspects of food and drink – plans include Beginners Breadmaking, Indian Vegetarian Cooking and Eating Well on a Budget. The Food Hub will also include a base for a food Coop promoting local seasonal produce, a pop-up community café, and could act as a distribution point for Kirkcaldy Food Bank.
We will use the National Lottery award to refurbish our new town centre building on East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy, and fit it out with a Community Kitchen, event space and as a new base for Greener Kirkcaldy. The building was previously owned by Fife Council and was used for many years as the headquarters of Fife’s library service. It needs backlog maintenance work done, as well as improvements to its energy efficiency, adaptations to make it accessible to people with disabilities. The Food Hub will centre on a fully equipped training kitchen and a small kitchen garden. We’ll be working with Fife architects Signal to take this forward.
The grant will also contribute to the Food Hub project’s initial running costs while we develop it as a social enterprise.
The project will be open to all and we are keen to work with other organisations. Anyone interested in getting involved should get in touch with us. To keep up to date with how the project progresses, please join our mailing list.
We’re also developing a new Horticultural Training Centre at Ravenscraig Walled Garden, to improve facilities for our popular programme of courses, training and volunteer opportunities in gardening and growing your own fruit and vegetables. Our plans are for a simple building created from recycled shipping containers which would give us an indoor classroom, along with a polytunnel and raised beds. We’re currently working with our landlord at the site, Kirkcaldy Community Gardens & Allotments, to secure the final permissions we need to allow us to take this forward.
Background
The grant is a National Lottery award from the Big Lottery Fund. Their Community Assets programme is focused on helping local communities to address specific inequalities or disadvantages through ownership of an asset. It funds work that is “people-led, strengths-based and connected”.
We purchased the property on East Fergus Place in early 2017, with funding from the Scottish Land Fund. The Scottish Land Fund supports rural and urban communities to become more resilient and sustainable through the ownership and management of land and land assets.
|Top reasons for switching energy suppliers
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Top reasons for switching energy suppliers
Switching energy suppliers is one of the easiest ways to save money on your gas and electricity bills. Some people who have never switched tend to think that it will be a painful process, but in this blog, I plan to go through why you should switch and how to switch so you know clearly what you have to do.
Why it is good to switch
Switching your energy supplier will save you lots of money. Which? conducted research and found that more than a fifth of energy customers haven’t switched in the last ten years, even though it could save them hundreds of pounds each year by doing so.
One of the top reasons for staying with an energy company is happiness with the supplier and the hassle of going through switching. Here are four reasons, according to Which? research, why leaving is better than staying.
Reason 1 – Saving you money
The main reason that people don’t change their energy supplier is that they are happy with their current energy supplier. But would you still be happy with your current supplier if you knew that you could be saving £369 each year by switching?
Reason 2 – Differences between energy companies
According to Which? there are over 40 different energy suppliers in the UK. 22% of the people who they asked about switching said that a lack of difference between suppliers stops them from switching. However, Which? found that there are big differences between energy suppliers, in both price and customer satisfaction. In their customer satisfaction survey, they found that there was a 41% point difference between top and bottom scoring UK suppliers. Also, the variable dual fuel tariffs from the Big Six providers were £329 more expensive than the cheapest fixed-rate dual fuel tariffs on the market.
Reason 3 – Not as much hassle as you think
Which? research found that a fifth of people thought there would be too much work involved in switching suppliers and it wasn’t worth the bother. It only takes a few minutes to switch energy suppliers online. You can also do it over the phone, and there’s lots of advice on how to switch.
Reason 4 – Your good deal might not be the cheapest
You might think that you are on a good deal at the moment but when it ends you will automatically go onto your energy supplier’s default variable tariff. On average, the variable tariff is more expensive, so it is important to keep an eye out for a better deal when your fixed tariff is coming to an end.
How to switch
If you do decide to switch suppliers then you can use one of the many energy comparison websites out there. The Energy Saving Trust recommends that you use one that is signed up to Ofgem’s Confidence Code. Find out more information on Ofgem approved energy sites on GoEnergyShopping.co.uk. This means you will get a free, informative and complete view of the energy market that is up to Ofgem’s standards.
Cosy Kingdom’s energy advisors can offer free and impartial advice on switching suppliers, and start the process for you. Either book a free home energy advice visit, or pop into our High Street Hub, 254a High Street, Kirkcaldy, Wednesday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm, and visit our new ‘Switching Station’.
To make sure you get the best deal possible, you will need the following pieces of information on hand:
- Name of your current supplier
- Name of your current tariff (usually found on your bill)
- Your energy consumption (usually found on your bill)
- How you currently pay your bill and how you would like to pay with a new supplier
- Your postcode
- An up-to-date meter reading
The actual process of switching suppliers is quick and hassle-free, and your energy won’t be cut off as you move to a different supplier. Here are a couple of points to remember:
- If you are in credit when you are switching supplier, the money should be refunded to your account, but it’s worth checking for the payment and chasing it up if you need to. Also, it is worth keeping an eye out for any final payments that may be in arrears from your old provider.
- Allow for around 3 weeks for the switch to complete. Nothing will need to be done to your house inside or out in that period and the only difference you should notice is the lower costs. This 3 week period also includes a 2 week cooling off period where you can cancel the switch..
Source: Moneysupermarket
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