We’re looking for residents in Elgin to get involved in our food growing, composting and carbon saving project at REAP. If you’ve not been involved in food growing before and would like to get going, we’d love to hear from you. We can help with a food growing pack with …
Grants of up to £500 are available to constituted groups and voluntary groups providing support to their communities during the Coronavirus pandemic. The fund is available to groups providing support within the fund area of benefit (see ‘Who can apply’ below). The deadline for applications is 31st May 2020. Who …
Bulletin 1 – early April 2020 Welcome to the first REAP Grow Elgin Bulletin! We’ll be publishing regularly in these interesting times – we aim to give you wee ideas and inspiration to keep or start growing your own food (and composting) at home, even with limited resources, and even …
You can grow tatties in a bag anywhere, minimum mess and a lovely harvest. Use a compost bag, sturdy old shopper or any other strong bag you have. Kids love digging for buried treasure when harvest time comes. Now is a good time to get planting. Gardeners’ World has a …
REAP are still here to help As the situation around COVID-19 keeps developing, we’d like to reassure you that we’re still here to help with energy advice and worries. Our team is working from home and we’re not offering home visits for the time being, but we can still help …
In light of the most recent UK Government advice, all REAP staff will be working at home/ remotely from Wednesday 18th March. As a result, all home visits and public events are suspended from today and our office closed to the public. However, we are still working to promote our …
We’ll be tending to the edible beds in Cooper Park behind the tennis courts, beside the play park, this Saturday. Feel free to drop in any time to see what’s going on and find out more about the beds, or lend a hand and learn some practical gardening skills. All …
This week is Big Energy Saving Week 2020 and REAP are holding various drop in sessions to offer free and impartial energy advice at the REAP Office in Keith, Moray Citizens Advice Bureau in Elgin and at a pop up café in Burghead. For tips on how …
The latest round of funding is now open, thanks to Hill of Towie wind farm developer, RES. Applications from constituted groups in the fund area of benefit are welcome and the next closing date is Thursday 12th March. Applicants must meet at least one of the fund aims, which are: …
The Hill of Towie Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has awarded almost £50,000 of funding for local projects and groups in the Keith area. The latest round of funding saw 10 local organisations boosted by grant awards totalling £44,585.02 Applications must benefit community/social life or the natural environment of Boharm, …
