ScrapAntics

Dundee Climate Week continues!

Family Club members are invited to join us for a day of local community action taking care of our green spaces.

Please note that you MUST book to attend as spaces are limited. You can email Neil to secure your spot - [email protected]

Hope to see you all there!

Today is the day!

Join us at the Steps Theatre tonight for free screening of the Climate Emergency Briefing. As news of climate disasters continues to come in, it’s now more than ever that we must work towards adaption and resilience.

This is event is taking place as part of Dundee Climate Week, a citywide week of awareness raising and action. Get out there and get involved!

For any further information about the event please get in touch with our team who would be happy to help.

What’s Scrapening! 🍂

It’s officially autumn and we’re loving the changing colours around the city.

As the cooler days roll in, keep yourself busy and cosy with our weekly, free sessions! There’s something for everyone!

If you’d like any additional information please get in touch with our team who are happy to help!

We love popping into our local Community Toolbox! A great way to get the tools or equipment you need without over-consuming.

We don't need every household to have one of everything, we need communities where one of everything can be accessible to everyone!

Every Monday we host a FREE Music Club for anyone over 16 interested in learning a musical instrument.

Our friendly team will help you get confident with the basics for a range of instruments from keyboards to drums, ukelele to guitars.

There’s no need to book, just pop in and be ready to get involved. For more information please get in touch with us via [email protected]

What’s Scrapening?

We have a busy week here in ScrapAntics at the Wellgate Shopping Centre

Whilst Amina MWRC and our Women’s Wednesday sessions are women only, ScrapThursday is open to everyone and we’d love to see you there!

We are in the early stages of our second cohort of Change & Grow which is a 9 month long personal development and employability skills training programme. This is a private group but we are always open to exploring partnership working on this project! Get in touch for more details.

This weekend, Family Club are heading to Forgan Arts Centre to take part in film and arts activities. Places for this session MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE - email Neil for more information - [email protected]

All of our sessions are completely FREE to attend but as a small social enterprise your donations and support is always very welcome ☺️

Thank you so much to everyone who came to our special ScrapThursday session!

We had visits and activities from organisations across Dundee who support recovery from a range of issues. There was opportunity to chat, make keyrings, decorate tote bags, make journals and badges!

We were so impressed with how much empathy and open-mindedness there was on show as people discussed mental health, the recovery process and different social issues affecting communities across Dundee.

Thank you so much to all our partners for attending!

Wellbeing Works
NHS Tayside
HaVeN
Faith in Community
Penumbra Mental Health♾
ART ANGEL
DVVA Communities Team

Nida from our New Scots team and Sandy our Director attended Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council New Scots Gather Event on the 16th of September.

The event brought together organisations from across Scotland to connect, share knowledge and collaborate. This years theme was Stories That Shape Change, exploring how storytelling can influence attitudes and systems.

Nida and Sandy hosted a workshop looking at how volunteers play a role in supporting integration for refugees and asylum seekers. They had a fantastic time and enjoyed a lot of interesting conversations.

If you’d like to find out more about our work with New Scots please visit our website or get in touch!

OUR VISIT TO THE CRANNOG CENTRE

Recently, a group of New Scots from our THREADS project joined celebrations at the Rise and Shine Festival. THREADS connects New Scots with the rich heritage of Dundee and Scotland.

This journey took us through the green of Perthshire (sadly not sailing down the Tay!) to the The Scottish Crannog Centre, where we explored their incredible new Iron Age Crannog and discovered traditional skills, crafts, music and folklore.

Rise and Shine Festival takes place each year, bringing together groups from across Scotland to share and celebrate aspects of culture, race and religion through performance, poetry, food and crafts.

Some of our group settled by the fire to spend time weaving, while others were drawn to music and folklore in the Roundhouse. We left feeling totally energised, full of new experiences and deep appreciation for the cultures and stories shared with us.

A beautiful day of connection and community and a reminder that Scotland’s heritage is a living story, shaped by everyone who calls it home.

Many thanks to the Crannog Centre for hosting us and to DundeeLibraries for their support. We look forward to continuing our valued partnership.

To find out more about THREADS contact [email protected]

Threads project funded by Dundee Historic Environment Trust
Festival hosted by The Scottish Crannog Centre
EVOC event in Edinburgh Scrapantics presented a workshop some great discussions and a great day!