Social Enterprise for Community and Therapeutic Gardens
 on Wednesday 22nd February 2012 
10am – 4pm with Shona Maguire from SEAM at Govanhill Housing Association, Samaritan House,79 Coplaw Street,Glasgow, G42 7JG.
Shona has a degree in Business Communication, and experience of working in a range ofprivate sector SMEs before migrating to work in the voluntary sector.  The training will include Case Studies and examples of good practise and covers:

•  What is Social Enterprise - Definitions of social enterprise - Different models - examples of each (CIC, Ltd Company & Charity, SCIO, etc) - What are the issues/difficulties?
•  Site Visit and Ideas Generation – a walk to a couple of GREAT Gardens sites.
• Is social enterprise right for you? – look at other models of operation and income generation e.g. if you just need to make some money from your project. Generating income does not mean that you are a social enterprise. - SWOT Analysis Growing Communities in Scotland Supporting Scotland’s therapeutic, community and allotment gardens
• Top Tips to setting up a successful Social Enterprise - Case studies of effective social enterprise gardening projects

Booking Forms are available from www.trellisscotland.org.uk and www.farmgarden.org.uk/events/social-enterprise-training-scotland
For further information please contact Linda Pertula FCFCG, Gorgie City Farm, 51 Gorgie Road,Edinburgh EH11 2LA Tel: 0131 623 7058 Email: linda@farmgarden.org.uk

Training courses from other providers...

2012 Bridgend Growing Communities Allotment Gardening Training This hands-on course for allotment holders and all aspiring gardeners. Provides knowledge and skills needed for a successful growing season. Starting on Saturday Feb 25th 2012, it will take place at both Inverleith Park and Dumbryden allotments in Edinburgh. Course fees £95 (£55 for new plot-holders) For further information,please contact Rob Ford on 07974 077179 or email robf.bgc@gmail.com

Urban Roots, Glasgow - Basic Cookery Skills
If you’d like to improve your cookery skills,  book into the Great Grub Cookery Club held at  Urban Roots, Edinburgh. The first round, especially for families starts on Friday 20th January , 11am - 1.30pm for 6 weeks at Toryglen Community Hall.
•           Share recipes and ideas and make a recipe book
•           Learn about healthy and nutritious food for you, your family and the planet
•           Practical cookery workshops
•           Eating tasty food together
Supervised play will be provided for children under 5.
To book contact Emma on 0141 613 2763 or emma@urbanroots.org.uk.

We've got our fabulous Great Grub workshops coming up, starting next week - planet friendly cooking, healthy recipes, cooking and eating together Great Grub is free, but places are limited:
Great Grub for Families has childcare and is running at the Toryglen Community Halls, Prospecthill Circus, every Friday from 20th January to 2nd March, 11am - 1.30pm.
Great Grub (for anyone) is running at Toryglen Community Cafe, Glenmore Avenue, every Thursday from 19th January - 1st March, 5.30pm - 8pm.To book contact Emma on 0141 613 2763 or emma@urbanroots.org.uk.


Urban Roots, Glasgow -  Grow Your Own course at the Nan McKay Hall in Pollokshields. This 8 week course covers all the basics of designing your growing space to saving your seeds (and everything in between). Again, free but limited places. The course runs from 14th February - 3rd April, 1.30pm - 3.30pm. Contact us to book (Pollokshielders get priority).
To book contact Emma on 0141 613 2763 or emma@urbanroots.org.uk.
 

On 10th March Urban Roots Glasgow are collaborating with others to bring you Queens Park Orchard Care Day, when we'll be pruning, staking, guarding and mulching - and generally taking the opportunity to chat about orchards. Join us at 10am at the Victoria Road entrance, or catch up with us later on in the orchard near the duckpond.

Urban Roots, Glasgow - Malls Mire Community Woodland, Glasgow

The year started with a Prince's Trust community project in Malls Mire Community Woodland, who helped us organise a big litter pick and clean up that focussed on the Rutherglen end of the woods. On Thursday 12th a team of 10 went out, and later that same day South Lanarkshire Council collected 5 van loads of rubbish. The next few weeks will involve coppicing and pathway maintenance - and dealing with some wind blown trees! Regular team out as usual ever Thursday 11am - 3pm, new members always welcome.
We're running a 2 day Living Willow Structures workshop on 18th and 19th February. The course will cover basic willow structure design such as domes and tunnels, and will move onto more complicated structures such as chairs. Taking place at venues around the Southside, the course costs £20 for both days and booking is essential.To book contact Emma on 0141 613 2763 or emma@urbanroots.org.uk.

 

Urban Roots, Glasgow- Sustainable Travel

Earlier this year we heard we were successful recipients of funding from the Cycling Scotland Sustainable Communities Fund. This will support Cycle Trainer Training, Bike Mechanics Training - and delivery of some workshops throughout the year.
We're offering 8 places on Cycle Trainer Training -  a 4 day course that will train you up to deliver Cycling with Confidence courses. A proviso of taking a free place on the course is that you then deliver a 4 session CwC workshop for us at some point in the year. Provisional dates for the course are12th, 13th, 19th & 20th March. If you're interested in this please get in touch. Note - you MUST already be a confident road cyclist to become a trainer.
We'll also have 4 places on Weldtech Gold training - also a 4 day course that'll train you up to run Bike Maintenance workshops. No dates as yet but we're taking notes of interest.To book contact Emma on 0141 613 2763 or emma@urbanroots.org.uk.

 

Urban Roots, Glasgow - Energy

We've got our winter fuel poverty and energy awareness campaign running just now, with a team of energy volunteers surveying local people on their energy consumption, and advising on ways to cut energy costs in the home. If you'd like to join this team we meet up on a Monday from 10.30am, in our office the Toryglen Community Base. We'll have a stall at Asda on January 30th to come and help us with that.
 
We're collaborating with Transition Glasgow and Woodland Community Garden to bring you DIY Draught Busting Workshops. DIY Draught Busting Workshops help you the resident to help yourself stay toasty indoors when its so cold out. Free, easy to learn, install and fun to share with others, these are skills and £ that can pay you back in 1 winter season! Skills to learn include windows, doors (front, back and patio), radiator reflectors and loads of other top tips. Window fittings are suitable for sash/casement windows. Free, but with a £10 returnable deposit - limited places.
Workshops are on Wednesday 25th January 3pm-6pm (Southside, venue tbc), and Wednesday 1st February 6pm-9pm (Westend, venue tbc)
On Thursday 26th January 9.30am - 1.30pm we'll run a DIY Draught Busting Train the Trainers. If you want to learn how to teach others this important skill book yourself onto this. Venue tbc.To book contact Emma on 0141 613 2763 or emma@urbanroots.org.uk.

 

Urban Roots, Glasgow- Low Impact Living

Earlier in January we heard we had been successful with our Zero Waste Scotland funding application. This has given us the flexibility to run workshops in composting, food waste, creative re-use and green housekeeping. Fantastic news we're sure you'll agree. Dates to be confirmed - keep a lookout if you're interested in any of those topics.
In the meantime we can offer you Your Money, Your Planet - our free, popular 6 session course that looks at all thinks climate friendly. Fun, interactive, thought provoking and inspiring, we'll cover climate change (cause and effect), food, energy, travel, waste and consumption. Find easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint without breaking the bank. YMYP runs every Tuesday from 7th February, 6pm - 8pm. Venue tbc, Toryglen or Battlefield.
For those looking for a bit more insight into the world of sustainable lifestyles, we have a couple of places left on the internationally recognised Permaculture Design Course. In depth study of design concepts and practical elements make this ideal for anyone really wanting to transform their lives. Taught over 5 weekends, on the first weekend of each month from February 4th & 5th, to June 2nd & 3rd at the Toryglen Community Base, the course is fee paying on an affordable sliding scale. Very few places remaining so book now if your interested.To book contact Emma on 0141 613 2763 or emma@urbanroots.org.uk.

 

Food Hygiene and Health & Safety
Courses available at reasonable rates from J.Fraser, Faraday Business Centre, Faraday Street, Dundee DD2 3QQ. For more information see www.jfrasertrainingsolutions.com email jfrasertrainingsolutions@gmail.com  or phone 01382 826811.

 

Fife Diet Growing Workshops Autumn/Winter 2011/12

Planning and Designing Your Garden Space, Sunday 22nd of January 2012  11 – 3pm at St. Serf's Hall. Learn about the gardening calendar & principles of organic gardening, inclusion of companion planting, edible flowers and encouraging wildlife. Attendees are invited to bring – or can prepare on the day - informal plans of their garden.

Introduction to Seed SavingTuesday 21st of February 2012  7.30 – 9.30pm  at Fife Diet Meeting Room.  Learn how to get your best produce year after year. Protect old varieties and grow varieties that are most suited to your garden.

Food for Free Sunday 4th of March2012 11 – 1pm at Broomhill Gardens.  How do you find the tasty free food growing in and around your town? We will walk from Broomhill Gardens around Burntisland exploring and discovering what wild food is on offer in the early spring.

The workshops are all free but places are limited so please book a place by contacting Elly at elly@fifediet.co.uk or phoning 01592 871371.


FEVA Organisations - Training Opportunities 2011-12
including Environmental and Community Leaders Training Programme
Bridge the Gap,an awareness-raising training series which aims to increase understanding around mental illness and to bridge the gap between those who experience mental health problems and the therapeutic effects of the outdoors
and Paths for All training sessions including Local People Local Paths, Improving Access to Paths - Accessibility Auditing and Phototrails and Disability Inclusion Training.
Download the new FEVA Brochure,by clicking here which lists all of the courses programmed up until next March, as well as other learning opportunities on offer through the Environmental Leaders Development Project and BTCV Scotland. This "online" brochure will be updated regularly with new training courses, special offers and events.
 

Specialist Equipment for deaf people in Dundee, Angus & Perth & Kinross This includes those who use British Sign Language, are deafened, deafblind and people who are hard of hearing. Deaf Action (Tayside) also carries out training in deafness awareness and sign language as well as the following services- Specialist Equipment loans Our staff can assess your needs and make recommendations to the Council for equipment to be provided and installed on long-term loan. Specialist Equipment sales Our Specialist Equipment Display room at our Dundee office has a range of equipment currently available for sale including BT’s ‘Try Before You Buy’ scheme telephones. Our staff can assist you in seeing, handling and trying out the equipment in a non-sales environment to ensure that you choose the most suitable product to meet your needs. Talks We can arrange to give talks at lunch clubs, church groups, sheltered housing complexes, social clubs etc. These friendly and informal talks help to raise awareness about the equipment available and how it can help to improve quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing people. Contact  Deaf Action (Tayside), 36 Roseangle, Dundee, DD1 4LY Email: taysideadmin@deafaction.org
Tel: 01382 221124 Text: 01382 227052
or online at www.deafaction.org

Lantra’s Women and Work is an employer investment fund, which focuses on career progression, increased responsibility or ability within the same job role, increase in salary for women. Training to be completed before February 2012, for further details see Lantra web pages at www.lantra.co.uk/womenandwork

Community Food and Health Training Sessions. The fully funded CFHS's learning and development programme for 2011/2012 is now available. The programme includes learning and training opportunities on social enterprise, customer care, community engagement, promoting your community food initiative, REHIS Elementary Food and Health course, and a Scottish Grocers Federation 'healthyliving' programme 'training the trainers' session.For further information see www.communityfoodandhealth.org.uk

Mental Health First Aid Training

Scotland’s mental health first aid is a 12 hour training course to teach you to give initial help to someone experiencing a mental health problem,deal with a crisis situation or the first signs of someone developing mental ill healthand guide people towards appropriate professional help.
To increase the number of instructors in Scotland, NHS Health Scotland will be delivering two train the trainer courses during the next six months. To find out more contact NHS Health Scotland on nhs.HealthScotland-SMHFA@nhs.net  or phone 0131 536 8772