The following is a record of what we said we were going to do and is an exact extract from our original project\u2019s CCF application:<\/p>\n
The \u20182025 Vision\u2019 and accompanying \u2018Local Resilience Action Plan\u2019 will provide a framework for Sustaining Dunbar\u2019s future activities. <\/em><\/p>\n Over the coming year we aim to start implementing this Action Plan, building up to meet our short-term goals within the next five years. The key outcomes for this year are:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The next year\u2019s work will be focussed at two different levels.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>1. \u00a0We will work intensively to initiate, facilitate and support the development of very local activity at the household, street, village, school and youth group level. This will include:<\/em><\/p>\n Neighbourhood Transition Groups<\/em><\/strong> \u2013<\/em><\/strong>building on our neighbourhood energy assistant project, this will bring small groups of residents together to develop household and street scale action plans along the \u2018Transition Streets\u2019 model.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n We will work through local facilitators, existing residents associations and other networks to set up and support twenty \u2018transition streets\u2019 groups across the Dunbar and East Linton ward. We will provide practical resource materials and support, including:<\/em><\/p>\n As well as producing significant carbon savings for the participating households, the project should have numerous other social impacts by building community cohesion and support networks.<\/em><\/p>\n Household Food Waste Project<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>– We will build on a successful pilot project run by\u00a0 a member in East Linton Primary School to reduce the amount of household food waste and the quantity going to landfill by promoting the use of worms to produce high value compost from kitchen scraps. The project will be developed by:\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n As well as achieving significant carbon savings by reducing food waste and the quantity of waste going to landfill, this project will deliver many aspects of the Curriculum for Excellence.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018What\u2019s stopping you?\u2019 Project <\/em><\/strong>– We have discovered that many people have bicycles that they don\u2019t use, because they lack basic maintenance skills or the confidence to cycle on busy roads.<\/em><\/p>\n This project will provide cycling confidence training, a bike buddy scheme and a series of led cycle rides to encourage people to use their bikes. It will also set up a weekly bike maintenance facility and bike-recycling project in conjunction with the Countess Youth Group, community police officers and local businesses. People will be encouraged to make a commitment to regular utility cycling by being offered support and incentives.<\/em><\/p>\n Apart from encouraging people to cycle more, this project will provide skills training, particularly\u00a0 for young people, enhancing self-esteem and social cohesion.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>We will continue to put in place the enabling local infrastructure, advice and information services that are needed to support people in our community as they move to a lower carbon lifestyle. This level of work will include:<\/em><\/p>\n [mini_nav]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a record of what we said we were going to do and is an exact extract from our original project\u2019s CCF application: The \u20182025 Vision\u2019 and accompanying \u2018Local Resilience Action Plan\u2019 will provide a framework for Sustaining … Continue reading \n
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