Granton Goes Greener

reduce | recycle | relove

A project run by Granton Parish Church and funded through the Robertson Trust, the Micah Fund and the One City Trust/Travis Perkins. We are grateful to all of our funders, without whom Granton Goes Greener would not be possible..

Working with the local community of Granton to ‘Go Greener’. 

With the weather getting cold, we are trying to get more WARM, WINTER clothes including jackets, scarves, hats etc. If you or your family/friends have any winter clothes or shoes in good condition, we will happily take some donations. Anna, the Project Lead says “unfortunately we can’t take baby clothes or summer items at this […]

CURRENT OPENING TIMES

Share ‘n’ Wear

  • Wednesdays 3pm – 4pm
  • Thursdays 2pm – 3pm
  • Fridays 11.30am – 1pm 

Sewing Classes

  • Mondays 10-12 noon
  • First Thursday of each month 7-9pm

 

Donations
what we need and what we can't take

$ We also ask for all donated clothes to be;
  • clean and in good condition
  • washed
  • no stains, rips, broken zips etc
Nov 2023

WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING

We are grateful for the following items:

ladies and men’s clothing

ESPECIALLY WINTER CLOTHING

children’s clothing 
(from 3 yrs old to teenagers)

good quality shoes
used bras
(for Smalls For All)

new underwear
(for Smalls For All)

WE CAN'T ACCEPT

Unfortunately we are not able to accept the following items:

baby and toddler clothes
toys
household goods
bric-a-brac
buggies and baby/toddler equipment
electrical items

If you have these items we would encourage you to try to have them re-used via the EH5 Community Support Facebook Group

WE CAN'T TAKE ANY DONATIONS AT THE MOMENT

We are sorting through a backlog. We should be able to accept donations again very soon so please get in touch (click the red cross above for contact details). We normally are looking for the following items so please hold onto them for now.

ladies summer tops
summer dresses
children summer clothes
(from 3 yrs old to teenagers)
good quality shoes
used bras (for Smalls For All)
new underwear (for Smalls For All)

WE CAN'T ACCEPT

Unfortunately we are not able to accept the following items:

baby and toddler clothes
toys
household goods
bric-a-brac
buggies and baby/toddler equipment
electrical items

If you have these items we would encourage you to try to have them re-used via the EH5 Community Support Facebook Group

FREE SEWING CLASSES NOW RUNNING

Now running weekly on Monday mornings

Our Impact & Achievements

Since the project began we have saved a mountain of clothes from landfill!! With your help we can keep this number going up…and up…..

last month – JULY 2023

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We are grateful for the financial support of our funders, without whom Granton Goes Greener would not be possible

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Become a Volunteer

Could you join the team?

Meet the team

Project leader and Community Engagement Officer

They Are Helping to Make Granton Greener

Join them and see what you can do.

Volunteer

Dan

Church Volunteer

Church Volunteer

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Church Volunteer

Project Administrator

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Volunteer

We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers! Here at Granton everyone’s gifts are valued and we are looking for  Swap Shop Assistants and Delivery Drivers

Share 'n' Wear

Come along to our clothing Share ‘ n’ Wear event every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday! Bring in clothes you no longer want and take home something new!

Why is the church doing this

We care passionately about God’s world and are motivated by our faith to run this project. 

 

**CHECK THE TOP OF THE HOME PAGE FOR LATEST OPENING TIMES AND IF WE ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS AT THE MOMENT ***

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We are well served by public transport and there is plenty of unrestricted car and cycle parking available.

We encourage visitors to use public transport and cycles to come to our church.

There are Sheffield cycle racks and when these are full there are plenty of railings for locking bikes to.

The church is served by Lothian Buses numbers 8, 14 and 19.

timetable for service 8 | timetable for service 14 | timetable for service 19

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