Retrofit coordinator, Matthew Clubb, talks through benefits and options of the retrofit project for Torry in Aberdeen. This is a recording of a talk from GO Torry! event in June 2024.

Credits

Recording and edit: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Listen to "GO Torry - growing resilience one year after peoples' assembly" https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-736yg-16bfd67

Community-driven regional retrofit support services:

• Edinburgh: https://www.edinbric.scot/

SCCAN Members Skillshare presentation: https://youtu.be/6vP8lU_ZykA?si=26qExfvvdq3SBWOQ

• Aberdeenshire: https://nesfit.org/
• Glasgow: https://locohome.coop/

SCCAN Members Skillshare videos: https://youtu.be/AjQLdnk82Vo?si=KQSG93qfrsO2yXEJ

Our Everyday Changemakers interview with Tom Nockolds Loco Homes https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nf6kq-1493f27

Our Story Weaver, Kaska, revisits Torry in Aberdeen for a GO Torry event, celebrating community's growing resilience in the wake of People's Assembly and its Declaration last Spring. We hear of RAAC and retrofit, outdoor classrooms and stealthy resistance, poetry and community with a heart.

Credits

Production: Kaska Hempel

Resources

1000 Better Stories podcast episode about Torry Peoples’ Assembly of May 2023 – putting “just” back into “just transition” https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5q33x-14be025

NEW! Torry Assembly website – with:

• Tullos poetry zine from GO Torry event https://www.torryassembly.net/tullos-poetry-zine-1
• Declaration of Torry Peoples’ Assembly 28th of May 2023 (PDF) https://www.torryassembly.net/s/Declaration-of-Torry-A6-booklet-v1-2.pdf
• Updates on the retrofit project https://www.torryassembly.net/about-retrofit

Information about Torry Peoples Assemblies on the Grassroots to Global website https://www.grassroots2global.org/torry-peoples-assemblies

Communities Assembly training by Grassroots to Global, early 2024 – SCCAN video series https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL727H-1nm_P25ueYx18ikvYroPMTGZ91-&si=dfN-nYxvbbaKQ3Ra

Just Transition Communities Project (NESCAN Hub) https://www.nescan.org/just-transition-communities

Station House Media Unit https://www.shmu.org.uk/

Friends of St Fittick’s Park https://saintfittickstorry.com/

Aberdeen Ethnic Minority Women’s Group https://www.abdn-emwomen.org.uk/

North East Scotland Mammal Network (FB group)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/335588875705435/

The Bridge Centre, Torry FB page https://www.facebook.com/thebridgecentretorry/

Social Juice https://www.social-juice-cic.co.uk/

St Fittick’s Park court appeal fails https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/aberdeen/news/st-fitticks-lose-legal-challenge-over-park-development/

Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Gareth Allenby from YMCA Glenrothes about weaving climate action into life journeys of young people experiencing homelessness and the joys of judging coleslaw competitions.

YMCA Glenrothes Healthy Living Garden project was one of the community groups that received a small community grant from the Fife Climate Action Hub last year. Apply for your grant here: https://fccan.org.uk/community-climate-grants/

Listen to our story about First Year of Fife Climate Action gathering https://scottishcommunitiesclimateactionnetwork.podbean.com/e/year-one-of-fife-climate-hub-deepening-the-network-for-action/

Transcript

See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-gareth-allenby-ymca-glenrothes/

Credits

Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel

Resources

Healthy Living Garden at YMCA Glenrothes https://www.ymca.scot/glenrothes/garden-open/

Sustainable Growing Event, Fife Climate Festival, at the Healthy Living Garden https://fccan.org.uk/events/ymca-glenrothes-fife-sustainable-growing-event/

Seed and Development Fund, Fife Climate Hub https://fccan.org.uk/community-climate-grants/

Climate Hubs Across Scotland https://sccan.scot/network-building/

Year One Of Fife Climate Hub - deepening the network for action (1000 Better Stories episode): https://scottishcommunitiesclimateactionnetwork.podbean.com/e/year-one-of-fife-climate-hub-deepening-the-network-for-action/