We are delighted to announce the appointment of Struan Johnston as The Green Team’s newest member of staff. Struan will be working with Margon on our Green Schools programme delivering environmental education and outdoor learning, mainly to primary schools in Edinburgh. This increased Schools work comes thanks to funding
GREEN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR20 hours a week / £30,732 pro rataCLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 5pm, Friday 16th February 2024We are looking for someone with experience of delivering outdoor and environmental sessions with schools and communities, working with children and young people in outdoor learning settings and supporting volunteers.The
As of 1st January 2024 we will be applying a price increase to our main programmes. Prices have remained at the same level for 10 years and we continued to keep our prices static during covid and the ensuing cost of living crisis. Unfortunately it remains untenable for our
We're a Volunteer Charter Champion! At The Green Team we place considerable value on our volunteers and recognise the enormous contribution they make to the success of our organisation and to the lives of the young people involved in our programmes. That is why in October this year we
It was great to publish our 2022 Impact Report full of inspiring stories and statistics of the transformative power of our work. The 16 page document shares the outcomes of each of our programmes in words, pictures and quotes. Last year was one in which some of the challenges
The Thrive Team receiving their Nature of Scotland Health & Wellbeing Award Photo Credit: Mike Wilkinson, RSPB The Green Team's Thrive Programme won the Health and Wellbeing Award at RSPB Scotland’s Nature of Scotland Awards 2022 announced at a glittering event on 17th November at the Edinburgh International Conference
Winners of the Scottish Power Foundation Awards will be announced on 1st November 2022. We are absolutely delighted that we have been shortlisted for the Education Award at the Scottish Power Foundation Awards. This recognises the amazing work our Green Schools programme has been doing for 10 years to facilitate
Winners of the Nature of Scotland Awards will be announced on 17th Nov We are delighted that our Thrive programme has been shortlisted for a Nature of Scotland Award in the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ category. We found out this great news at a ceremony at the Scottish Parliament on
Do you work with young people aged 12-17 who self-identify as struggling with their mental health? Glasgow Caledonian University are currently recruiting young people who meet this description, for a research project exploring how young people with poor mental health are treated. If you know a young person who
Edinburgh Volunteer Manager of the Year - Mandy Craig We are delighted to announce that Mandy Craig, The Green Team's Volunteer Co-ordinator, was awarded the Paul Bennett Volunteer Manager of the Year earlier this month. The Volunteer Edinburgh Awards were held on 1st June at the City Chambers