Join us at our Big Blether to celebrate another year of climate action.
📅 24 Apr, 6pm-8pm
🗺️National Mining Museum of Scotland
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What to expect:
🎨Creations Competition Exhibition.
🤝 Community Updates
🌱 Seedcorn Announcement.
🍽️ Free Meal
♻️ Stuff Swap.
🌳 🦔Fun fact: Did you know Britain's hedgerows stretch over 700,000km? This is 1.5 times the distance to the moon!🌿 🌲
Recently we hosted our very first Hedgelaying workshop for our Community Garden Network.
#MidlothianBiodiversity #MidlothianConservation #Hedgelaying
A little look back at our last community meal as we get ready to do it all again next week 💚
Next one happening next week!
📍 St Matthew’s Church, Rosewell
📅Thursday 12th March, 3–5pm
Everyone is welcome.
🌳 🦔First session of our Hedgelaying training today 🌿 🌲
Hedgelaying improves hedgerows, helping them become vital wildlife corridors and improving the health and resilience of growing spaces.
#MidlothianBiodiversity #MidlothianConservation #Hedgelaying
🦔 Nature Conservation Learning Day 🍄
Join us at Vogrie Country Park on Sat, 11th of April (10am–4pm) for a full day of workshops on conservation skills!
Most workshops will be outdoors in the habitats we’re learning about.
🥗 A free vegan lunch provided
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-con...
Thank you to all who shaped our response to the Climate Change Plan consultation 🙏
We couldn’t have done it without our brilliant network of of groups working towards a fairer, more sustainable and resilient Midlothian.
🔗 Short and full response: www.midlothianclimateaction.org.uk/2026/02/03/c...
🥗🌿 Rosewell Free Community Meal 🌿🥗
Come Along to our community meal to meet new people and have a chat.
📍 St Matthew’s Church, Rosewell
📅Thursday 26th September, 3–5pm
Simply drop by on the day!
Everyone welcome!
Want to help cook?
Get in touch with midlothianwildflowers@gmail.com
🛠️Moving beyond “take, make, waste.” ♻️
The Scottish Government recently published their draft Circular Economy Strategy for consultation. Last week we’ve submitted our official response.
Read our full response here: www.midlothianclimateaction.org.uk/2026/01/21/o...
Help us shape Scotland's Climate Change Plan!
We’re gathering input to shape our network’s response to the draft consultation, and we’d love to hear your views.
This is OUR chance to influence policy and government action in Scotland!
🔗 www.midlothianclimateaction.org.uk/2026/01/08/h...
🌿Rosewell Free Community Meal 🥗
Come Along to our community meal to meet new people and have a chat.
📍 St Matthew’s Church, Rosewell
📅Thursday 26th September, 3–5pm
✨ Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/free-commu...
Or simply drop by on the day!
We had a lovely time popping into the Dalkeith Men's Shed Open Day last week.
Huge thanks to the Men’s Shed for the warm welcome and well done for everything they do to support connection, skills, and community wellbeing here in Midlothian.
📨Our latest newsletter is out now!📨
Highlights:
🗳️ Shape the next chapter of Scotland’s Climate Action Hubs
🍽️ Our upcoming Members’ Meal
🥗 Food Circle’s free community meal in Roslin
📢 Scotland Demands Better & the Glasgow Climate March
…and more!
Read it now: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/8498...
Last weekend we joined thousands at the Glasgow Climate March, the biggest since COP26 🌍💚
It was powerful to see so many voices calling for the same thing: a better world is possible ✨
Photos by Gerard Puigmal / Friends of the Earth Scotland
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Join us for a free, delicious meal, swap ideas, and connect with others.🥗🍚
You don't have to bee part of the network to join. Come introduce yourself!
🕒Mon, 1st December 6-8pm
📍St James the Less Church, Penicuik
Children welcome! We will have some activities.
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What a brilliant day we had at Vogrie Country Park for our Nature Conservation Learning Day last month! 🌿🦔🍄
Huge thanks to all the workshop leads and everyone who joined us and made it a fantastic day. 💚
👉 More on what we’ve been up to:
www.midlothianclimateaction.org.uk/2025/10/21/f...
🗣️ Shape the next chapter of Scotland’s Climate Action Hubs
The Scottish Government is evaluating the Hubs programme.
If you have worked with the Hub this is your chance to share what’s working, what’s not, and what kind of support communities really need!
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At the end of October we joined @povertyalliance.org and
thousands of people in Edinburgh for #ScotlandDemandsBetter, marching of groups from all of Scotland💚
We marched for fair work, better social services and more investment in people and planet, because a just transition must work for everyone.
Part of the Riverwoods Blueprint Project, the Hub and Buglife invite you to our Riverwoods Film Screening!
️Discover the importance of woodlands along rivers and hear about the work Buglife and the Hub are doing.
🗓️Sat, 8th Nov 2-4pm
🗺️One Dalkeith
👉 Register: www.buglife.org.uk/events/river...
Lovely afternoon in Rosewell, bringing people together over good food and conversation at St Matthew’s Church.🍲💚
A huge thank you to Katy (Growing Families) and Julia (Midlothian Wildflowers) for making the meal happen.
👉Read for more on what we’ve been up to recently!
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📢 On Sat 15th Nov join Scotland’s Climate March in Glasgow to demand a better world for all on the COP30 Global Day of Action.
Global Solidarity. A Fair Transition. Caring For Our Planet.
Join the action: climatemarch.scot
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
We're ready for #ScotlandDemandsBetter! Will you join us?
This Saturday 25 October in Edinburgh we march for better social security, better jobs, & better services. Look out for our 'Midlothian Demands Better' signs!
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#WeDemandBetter
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📨 Our latest newsletter is here! 📨
This month’s highlights include:
⚡Exciting news for community energy in Midlothian
🤝 Guides on adaptation and climate funding for Third Sector Organisations
🌊Riverwoods film screening
💬 Circle Updates
📢 Scotland Demands Better and Climate March
… and more!
👉 Read our latest post for more updates
on what we’ve been up to!
www.midlothianclimateaction.org.uk/2025/10/21/f...
We had a fantastic time at the Community Energy Scotland Members Conference, joining others working to make community energy thrive across the country. 🌞
With new funding and projects underway across
Midlothian, it’s an exciting time for community-powered
renewables.
#CommunityEnergy
#CommonWatt
🎨Before the big day, let's get creative!
Join us and MCA for a Banner-Making Session
📅 Thurs 23 Oct, 11am–1pm
🗺️ One Dalkeith
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It’ll be a relaxed, creative session to share ideas, chat over tea & coffee, and help us amplify Midlothian’s voice. Everyone’s welcome!
✊ Change happens when people stand together.
We’re proud to stand with Scotland Demands Better
📅 Sat 25 Oct, 10:30am
🗺️ Scottish Parliament, then march to The Meadows
Why we're marching: mca.scot/2025/10/midl...
#ScotlandDemandsBette #MidlothianDemandsBetter #WeDemandBetter
@povertyalliance.org
We joined other Climate Action Hubs to amplify four key asks:
💚 Tackle climate change while reducing inequality and improving health
⚡ Deliver a fair transition to clean energy with good green jobs
🌏 Show global leadership on climate justice
🌿 Restore nature and build resilience to climate impacts
Last month, we joined hundreds of people from across Scotland at the country’s largest ever Climate Lobby, calling on MSPs to take more ambitious climate action!
Organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, the event brought together over 500 attendees and, all focused on building a greener future.
⚡🌞Exciting news for community energy in Midlothian!🌞⚡
Together with West & East Lothian Hubs, we've been awarded a grant to explore community-owned solar energy.
This will support feasibility studies to explore community-owned solar energy, reducing emissions and keeping profits locally!