We are moving the BTCV Edinburgh blog to a new home with all the rest of the BTCV office blogs so they can all live together in harmony. Plus you can catch up on what all your fellow volunteers around Scotland are up to at the same time!
Please copy and paste the link below into your browser to hop over to the new blog!
http://blogs.btcv.org.uk/btcv_scotland/
See you there!
Posted by BTCV Edinburgh at 16:31 0 comments
Labels: Announcements
We're now in our super new office in Wester Hailes which means we have a new address and phone number:
BTCV Scotland
12a Dumbryden Road
Edinburgh
EH14 2AB
Tel. 0131 442 4930
Our email remains the same - edinburgh@btcv.org.uk
Posted by BTCV Edinburgh at 08:50 0 comments
It's been a while but we're back!
Well, how to sum up the last month in a concise way? We've moved office to an actual building made of bricks which those of you familiar with our old office will know is to be very welcomed. I will publish our new contact details separately.
Project wise, the big news is we've finished Newhaven Church! 18 days of hard work have really paid off and it looks amazing and the Church are overjoyed with their new deck. Everyone involved should be very proud of the work that we've done, it's a testament to what volunteers can achieve! Check out the photos to see the finished article!
We've also been building some more jigsaw shape raised beds (last seen at Gardening Scotland 08) for Strathesk Primary School in Penicuik, erecting a greenhouse and shed for the Orchard Clinic at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and pulling up Himalayan Balsam with the Countryside Ranger Service.
On the Volunteer Officer front it's been all change again as Alaitz has returned to Spain and Ianire has arrived to take up her 4 month post with us. We've also been joined by Vicks and soon David will return from his month away in Slovenia. Alan is dipping his toe in the water of being a VO to see how it suits him. It's great to have a team of good VOs working with me to make our projects run better and make sure I don't forget anything!
We'll be back to regular postings from now on, so keep an eye on us!
Chris
Posted by BTCV Edinburgh at 08:36 0 comments
Labels: Hermitage of Braid, Newhaven Church, Royal Edinburgh
We finally made it to Gardening Scotland. So we didn't help build it we just ripped it apart but it looked great before we destroyed it so well done to Heath and everyone who helped. Then on Wednesday we were back at Newhaven Church doing much the same stuff.
Posted by BTCV Edinburgh at 14:00 1 comments
Labels: Gardening Scotland, Newhaven Church
For the last couple of weeks we've all become regular churchgoers as our presence at Newhaven Church is almost constant. The results of our commitment are showing as the deck and ramp are looking great and even the picket fence is springing up. Everybody involved should be very proud of the project! We do edge ever closer towards completion as the final deck board was laid today on the ramp so now it's just handrails, planting and extending the fence around the garden (I'm sure we'll be finished in no time at all).
We did manage to squeeze in a different location on the 27th as we headed over to the Hermitage of Braid to clear and re-edge some paths and cutback some vegetation. We even got in some Himalayan Balsam removal, obviously a sign of Summer coming! It was great to see the Blue Tit nest again on the live video link. Last time we visited there were eggs and now there are many hungry mouths to feed, the adult birds are being kept very busy providing food.
Posted by BTCV Edinburgh at 17:25 0 comments
Labels: Hermitage of Braid, Newhaven Church
The group spent the whole week at newhaven church. We painted the hand rails, cemented posts, constructed joists for the the ramp, laid the first section of decking, broke lots of stones, Nicky had lots of frustration trying to break one very tough rock whitch eventualy turned into a very nice looking bear, put up fenceing on the main part of the decking whitch we attached rope to for climbing plants.
So all in all a very productive week and things are shapeing up really nicely
p.s thanks to chris and the cafe for the lovely cakes.
Posted by BTCV Edinburgh at 11:23 0 comments
Labels: Newhaven Church
Last week was unfortunately Anna's last week as a VO with us before she heads off to Iceland for 4 months to move rocks around.
Anna has been a great VO and I would like to thank her for her enthusiasm and commitment to the role, not even letting a broken finger suffered in the line of duty slow her down. I know she will be missed greatly as will her eclectic CDs, delicious cakes and games.
Posted by BTCV Edinburgh at 11:15 0 comments
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