This volunteer’s week we’re taking the time to celebrate and thank all our amazing volunteers. We have people behind the scenes helping with fundraising, events and admin, volunteers capturing amazing images and video to portray our work, our board who give of their time tirelessly, our youth panel who
Our thanks to everyone who braved the downpour to join us for our A.G.M. on Thursday, 23rd May at our new home in The Risk Factory. Gregor presenting together with some of our Youth Panel at the 2023 AGM As A.G.Ms go it was pretty exciting... a
Our amazing and unstoppable patron, Peter Wright, is getting back in the saddle this summer to take on another challenge to help young people like Chloe improve their mental wellbeing. "I wish I could be here all week. Usually I have regular suicidal thoughts, but at Thrive I don’t
It is with a real sense of pride that we share the stories and stats from 2023 in our annual impact report. The report highlights the variety of our work and the significant difference it makes to hundreds of young people across Edinburgh and The Lothians. In a year
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
River Feshie Field Studies Residential Join us for five nights in the Caledonian pine forests of Glenfeshie in the heart of the Cairngorm mountains. During this week the mighty River Feshie will be our teacher as it snakes and braids its way through rewilded glens filled with ancient pines.
“It smells like Christmas” Around 100 wreaths were made with The Green Team in November/December by three different organisations. This included Syrian teenage girls from MCFB (multicultural Family Base), a wellbeing greenspaces group from FCCT (Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust) and employees from BlackRock. All individuals enjoyed the mindful, relaxing
We had just the best night on the 1st December at our second Winter Celebration and Awards Night. We sincerely hope that everyone who attended had a great evening too. It was lovely to see so many people there for a very heart-warming event. It was a great opportunity
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
