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Creating community spaces Garden Centenary Orchard Hub

Our objectives education citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration) the relief of those in need environmental protection or improvement

Introducing the Hub Our hub started life as a converted post office. Originally we focused on Climate Change, sharing information on ways for locals to reduce their carbon footprint. This included: Growing food at home Growing together at community garden & orchard Composting at home Buying local and seasonal Reducing food waste Recycling

Food waste facts Did you know? ⅓ of food produced in the world (approximately 1.3 billion tonnes) is wasted every year In Scotland alone we’re wasting around 1.35 million tonnes of food and drink every year. Avoidable food waste is equivalent to £470 per household per year, or £39 per household per month.

Dairy – Every year, Scotland’s households throw away £93 million-worth of dairy waste. That's enough for everyone in Scotland to have milk on their cereal for the next six months.

3rd Real Junk Food Project in Scotland https://therealjunkfoodproject.org/news/

Real Junk Food Project We are a global, organic network of Pay As You Feel concepts. We divert surplus edible food destined for waste and make it accessible for human consumption.

Suppliers: Fareshare, Tesco, Greggs, Farmfoods, Stephens, M&S, wholesalers, residents, allotments And our own garden

SHARE COOK AND EAT TOGETHER Data collection.. We weigh every kilo of food we intercept. We count the number of meals we share, both at meal time and throughout the week from our shelves. We track numbers of people attending events. We carefully record our donations and spending. COOK AND EAT TOGETHER SHARE

Surplus food collected and distributed to local community via food parcels and community meals since we started 6.6tonnes! 6600kg

In some areas of Fife 1 in 3 children live in poverty Dline Foodbank stats from 2017/18 Over 3000 adults, nearly 2000 kids 1 in 10 in work 50% single people Less than 3% homeless Food poverty Providing dignified solutions to food poverty and supplementing work of Foodbank

Made from 90% intercepted food Thurs evening 3 course Real Junk Food meal 5-7pm Made from 90% intercepted food Tip How creative can we be? How can we save our ingredients from going to waste? How can we use leftovers?

Friday Frank’s Healthy Alternative Takeaway

Pizza night! Saturdays 5-7pm

Rosyth Community Garden provides fresh veg all year round All needs to be shared, cooked and shared or preserved and stored

Our beautiful orchard and outdoor classroom

We even have beehives! And make our own honey & beeswax wraps.

Volunteers! Lots of them! Developing skills, gaining qualifications and confidence..

Thank you for listening, please come and visit!

Group discussion How can you engage your community by creating spaces for people to come together? What do you think the challenges are when creating community spaces? Focus on community garden.. What outcomes could you measure to see if your project is being effective?