Category: Travel
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Funding: New funding available for EV charge points in rural Scotland
Churches in rural and island areas of Scotland can now apply for a grant to install electric vehicle (EV) charge points on their premises.
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Story: St John’s Green Ticket Scheme
St John’s Perth, are using the Green Ticket Scheme to encourage their congregation to strive towards sustainable living in their day-to-day lives.
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Event: Active Travel Active Hope
Iain Johnstone recently attended the Active Travel, Active Hope event at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, taking part in a relay around the perimeter of the cathedral.
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Event: Active Travel, Active Hope
St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh is hosting an Active Travel, Active Hope event in conjunction with A+E (a socially engaged art project) and supported by the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans).
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Story: Walking the St Magnus Way
Earlier this month, Jack Nevin (Net Zero Innovation Coordinator primary contact for the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney) visited St Mary the Virgin in Stromness and St Olaf’s in Kirkwall, Orkney.
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Funding: Sustainable Travel Grant awarded to Isla Spey Deveron
The first Sustainable Travel Grant for a Scottish Episcopal Church was awarded to the Isla Spey Devron Group of churches.
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Story: The Primus and his EV Car
“If you, the Primus can live with an electric car, what an example that could be for others”. So my journey began.
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Funding: New Provincial Sustainable Travel Grant
The Scottish Episcopal Church have opened a new Sustainable Travel Grant, which is now available for charges and dioceses to apply for.
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Story: An Interrailing Holiday
Continuing the theme of recent posts on sustainable travel, Bethany Nelson reflects on using the train to travel across Europe with her family.
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Story: Cycling and A perspective towards sustainable travel
Bishop Rob Hardwick from St Ninian’s, Glen Urquhart describes how he has uses cycling throughout his ministry.
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Story: Visiting churches in the Highlands
Daniel Prince describes his recent trip around the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.
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Story: Cycling around Edinburgh for work (and Christmas shopping)
It started when my father launched me across the back garden and I pedalled frantically until crashing into the fence at the far end.
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Story: Living with an electric vehicle – the reality
In 2021 our old diesel C Max finally became unbearably unreliable and we decided it was time for a replacement.
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Story: The Blessing of a Bike Rack
Last Thursday, 3 October, saw a first for the Edinburgh Diocese – the blessing of a bike rack.
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Case Study: St Fillan’s Buckstone receives funding to create a snug space
St Fillan’s, Buckstone has successfully unlocked National Lottery Community Funding to make their building warmer and more accessible for worship, and as a community space.
