Permaculture Scotland Gathering 2014

Permaculture Scotland Gathering 2014

The next Permaculture Scotland Gathering will take place at one of our new ScotLAND Centres – Urban Roots, in the South-East of Glasgow – on Saturday 7th June from 10am to midnight.

With workshops, kids activities, general meeting, networking, a pot luck lunch, meeting old friends and new, and a delicious local, organic evening meal put on by Urban Roots, it's going to be a great day! After some delicious Cairn o Mohr wine you'll be wanting a dance or a song, so our illustrious permaculture ceilidh band will delight your ears and your dancing shoes, and you can even take a turn on the stage too.

All the info is at www.permaculture.org.uk/scotland/gathering14

Food growing: a tool to engage your community!

FEVA Forum Exchanges - Food growing: a tool to engage your community 

Free event, lunch provided

May FEVA Forum Exchange will be held in Glasgow on Wednesday, 21 May 2014. The event will be co-hosted by Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens and the Glasgow Local Food Network and will be held at the Concrete Garden. This event aims to bring together people who would like to use food as a tool to bring people together and engage communities. The Forum will highlight a range of different ways this can be done by showcasing and sharing the stories of particular examples of good practice.

The programme will include the following themes which demonstrate how food can be used creatively to achieve a different aim or outcome:

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• Foolproof food! How to grow food that works! ie the really easy stuff.
• Food as sustenance - eating what you cook on outdoor projects – experimenting and making food fun
• Food for celebration - learning about mixed communities and how you can organise events using food as focus
• Food as an educational resource – learning about new fruit and veg and how to grow them
• Food as skills share – building literacy and numeracy skills around food growing
• Growing food in small places - sprouting, windowbox food and herb growing

To book the May Forum Exchange please contact Tricia Burden on 01786 476170 or t.burden@tcv.org.uk. Places are filling up so book your place now by clicking here

Feva Forum Exchanges are free half day events facilitated by TCV Scotland for people working and volunteering in environmental and related sectors. Funded by SNH, each themed event provide opportunities for participants (30-40) to learn from each other, share experiences, network and overcome barriers to developing new areas of work. Feva Forums are free and lunch is provided.

Job Opportunities - Urban Roots and Drumchapel LIFE

The following job opportunities are currently available:

Urban Roots Manager - Urban Roots is looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual to take the organisation forward into its next exciting phase. Salary is £25,173 for a full time position (35 hours/week). Closing date: Friday 16 May 2014 More details on Good Moves website

Urban Roots Market Garden Coordinator - Urban Roots is looking for a motivated and experienced Coordinator to develop Polmadie Plots as a community food hub and social enterprise. Salary is £21,500 pro-rata for 21 hours/week (£12,900). Closing date is Friday 9 May 2014 More details on Good Moves website


Drumchapel LIFE Volunteer Coordinator (part time) - this is a short term project which aims to develop a core team of regular volunteers to the stage where they will have the capacity to run the Fruit and Veg Barra themselves. 224 hours in total, at a freelance rate of £12 per hour (roughly 8-14 hours per week). Closing date Monday 12 May 2014, 5pm.Interviews scheduled for Wednesday 14 May. Email
Veginout.drumchapel@gmail.com for more info.