Grassmarket Community Project
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Multi award-winning Scottish charity supporting Edinburgh's most vulnerable through reconnection & social enterprise. #charity #SocEnt #NotForProfit
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Support our
#SocialEnterprises
🙂 People choose GCP's
#SocEnt
because of the quality of our products and service. It’s also a great way to support our
#socialpurpose
Every penny you spend today supports our essential work all year round. Thank you ❤
#shoplocal
#stoppoverty
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John Swinney chose Grassmarket Community Project as the venue to make his announcement today, paying tribute to our essential work. We hope this signals continued commitment from the Scottish Government to support
#inclusion
#socialjustice
#socialenterprise
#stoppoverty
'I want to unite the SNP, and unite Scotland for independence'
John Swinney announces bid to become First Minister.
Live updates:
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As you can see our cafe supervisors John & Janie are utterly delighted to have won- yes won the BEST NOT FOR PROFIT CAFE in SCOTLAND! We are all ecstatic here at the Grassmarket Community Project and we are very proud of our team!
#CafeAwards
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And it’s our beautiful Greyfriars Tartan!🥰
#RoyalVisitScotland
Prince William received tartan gifts for his family today in Edinburgh.
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We're great
#Outlander
fans & John (on the left) is 1 of a handful of members who are also
#Outlander
extras.
@scottjkyle1
@Outlander_STARZ
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We won! really chuffed for our team
Our
#ECCAwards21
Employer of the Year goes to
@GCP_Edinburgh
. Well done team 👏🍾
#BestConnected
#EdinBusinessFest21
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This was the reaction of our audience tonight when we told them we'd won the
#UKFilmSocietyofTheYear
#Community
Award 2019
@cinemaforall
- thought we'd let you know. We think they were just a tad happy for us!
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We did it!! Two awards
@SocEntScot
#SocEntAwards22
@coffeesaints
won one to watch and our amazing
#SocEnt
Director won
#socialenterprise
champion ! So proud of Catherine Jones and our team
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We are sorry to see him go. He has had a profound impact on thousands of people over 16 years. He was co-founder of our flagship
#socialenterprise
#GrassmarketFurniture
He is of course the legendary Tommy Steel, who leaves us for sunnier climes !
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If you are having a lunch delivery from us, then this has left the building - just like Elvis but macaroni cheese!
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Pls RT This is so distressing for the people we support. They have tended this garden as volunteers for over 10yrs. The herbs, plants & bulbs were donated out of the kindness of
#Edinburgh
s public. They have been pulled out & binned with no warning by
@Edinburgh_CC
Heartbreaking
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Our CEO
@JonnyKinross
will be speaking to the Scottish Parliament Committee tomorrow on social enterprises' place in Scotland's economic performance.
We would like
#socialenterprise
to be part of a new, inclusive economy that puts people and planet first.
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Our superb Burns Night Supper is on 26th and our special guest is
@Scottishyogaboy
! 🎉
You can dance💃🕺
You can eat & drink 🥃🍷🍸
& you can bid to win the kilt on the right as worn by
@kiltedyogis
!
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And these are the hands
That stop the leaks
Empty the pan
Wipe the pipes
Carry the can
Clamp the veins
Make the cast
Log the dose
And touch us last."
By Michael Rosen
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Baking is good for your wellbeing. (Our bread class is most popular!) Psychologists explain the benefits of baking.
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So today our amazing volunteer delivery team delivered 1 lunch, 2 bags of essentials, and 2 additional meals for the weekend for each person on our delivery run!! Fantastic or what!!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️
#DreamTeam
#lockdown
#communityresponse
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So lovely to see our beautiful hand made benches, raised beds and planters in their new home
@corstorphineps
- every customer, from the youngest to the oldest is highly valued for their capacity to change peoples lives and support the most vulnerable - thanks to the
#SocEnt
model
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We are very proud to launch today our 6th
#SocialEnterprise
- A canteen at the
@Laing_ORourke
#StJamesDevelopment
. Our team will feed up to 800 contractors breakfast & lunch 6 days a week! Fueling
#Edinburgh
s largest development & supporting our most vulnerable at no extra cost
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#ThrowbackThursday
to when
@kiltedyogis
visited us in our Grassmarket Tartan kilts made by
@21STCENTURYKILT
& photographed by
@TheFotoSpace
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We won
#UKFilmSocietyofTheYear
Community Award ! Totes chuffed! Thx to our amazing volunteers, partners and supporters but most of our audiences every monday after our open door community meal. Love you guys!
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Looking for an
#ethical
#Christmas
stocking stuffer? Pop into our cafe for one of these £5 vouchers which will buy food for a
#homeless
or vulnerable person who otherwise might not eat.
#charity
#socent
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This is what a totally excited bunch of people leaving
#Edinburgh
for a week at the
@ionacommunity
's
#CAMAS
centre on the
#IsleOfMull
looks like. In case you were wondering.
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Woo hoo ! That's the foundations of our new cafe and community programme space laid. Not long now. Thanks
@ColoradoConstr
and
@Hoskins_Arch
for getting us this far.
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So that’s our first food delivery left the project for our members who requested a hot lunch delivered. We will be delivering Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. Please text us on 07860 021262 if you would like a lunch delivered.
#community
#someonesknockingatthedoor
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It has been a very long time coming, but we are delighted to announce that we reopened one of our social enterprises today!!!! Welcome back to all of our staff and Customers at St. James, it’s great to see you again!🤗
#backinbusiness
#buildersbreakfast
#wearamask
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#SQAresultsday
2 'O' Levels, Ordinary degree in Business Studies, SVQ's & 6 yrs Carework, City & Guilds and 6 yrs as Plumbing & Heating Engineer, qualified in Social Work before becoming CEO of the Grassmarket charity
#NoWrongPath
Good luck with the results Pls
#BeKindToYourself
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We did it!!!! 96 miles. 8 members (sorry, couple not in the pic!) And finished the
@WstHighlandWay
in 6 days. A huge well done everyone. An amazing achievement including months of training and fundraising.
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@GreyfriarTartan
will never look the same as on
@kiltedyogis
@Scottishyogaboy
Please note other methods of wearing your kilt are available.
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We're great
#Outlander
fans & John (on the left) is 1 of a handful of members who are also
#Outlander
extras.
@scottjkyle1
@Outlander_STARZ
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We have returned from London! What an incredible experience for our Members. Thank you so much to
@TommySheppard
for your extremely insightful and welcoming tour of Parliament, thank you
@LNER
for treating us like heroes on the way! We will be talking about this trip for ages!
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Out for a wee morning stroll and came across a sign that was made in our woodwork shop! Seeing this makes us very proud! 😁
#socent
#proudaspunch
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Our amazing Tartan manager Marta has been busy getting this ready! A retail space within the new wonderful
@scotdesignex
shop which opens TODAY! Get yourself down there and support the GCP and the Scottish design exchange and get yourself a bargain!
#retailtherapy
#socent
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Can't believe it. After 4 years of dreaming, visioning, designing, fundraising, planning, collaborating and engaging stakeholders its finally happening. We're building. We're expanding. We're extending. We're going to be more sustainable and supporting more people. Exciting times
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So pleased our CEO Jonny Kinross was Highly Commended at the
#SocEntAwards19
last night at the Scottish Parliament as
#SocialEnterprise
Champion - pictured here looking chuffed and feeling a champion with Agnes & Michael from our Members Steering-Board advisory group!
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The fabulous Choir Master
@GarethMalone
bumped into our
#CommunityChoir
today and met our fabulous Choir Master
#MorganGilday
. Great end to a lovely singing together session (first time for many of us in 18 months!) and he liked our sound!
#StBridgetsKirk
#DalgetyBay
#TrySinging
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Did you know the Herb Garden we manage in Greyfriars Kirkyard was an apothecary garden run by Franciscan friars prior to the Scottish Reformation? Herbs have been grown on this site for 100s of years. Now we use them in cooking for members & our cafe Grassmarket Cafe.
#charity
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Week 1 of
#lockdown
and despite 26 staff fuloughed & 4 working from home we: called over 100 of our most vulnerable, ran 4 support groups online, posted 6 video messages, fed 25 homeless people & delivered 70 lunches. Pls help us keep going DONATE NOW & RT
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Well I don’t know about you............but we’re all ready for a Zoom PARTY !!!!! 🥳 🎈 🎉 Not long now see you all at 4pm!
#GCP10YEARS
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We won!!!! Digital Participation Award in the UK Film Society Awards
#FSOY2021
#CinemaForAll
among amazing film societies and community cinemas. Thank you to the judges and
@cinemaforall
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It's here. 145 days of closure. 5,643 delivered meals and approx 9,450 phonecalls to members later we are sooooooo looking forward to seeing eachother socially distanced today and eating together in community.
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It's amazing what you find in cafe windows these days.
@kiltedyogis
#charity
#Edinburgh
@21STCENTURYKILT
@TheFotoSpace
@finlay
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Just 1 of 15 online activities we run every week. Learn how to cook simple healthy affordable meals in the very place you'll cook them again - your bit. Every Wednesday. We supply all the ingredients. You just give it a bash, enjoy the banter and your own delicious home cooking
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And they are off! Today 6 of our team head to Zambia to build a school inspired by the girls who will benefit so much. Good luck team, journey well and see you in a month!!
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Building an inclusive community. Helping people re-connect to themselves, others and society through creativity, classes,
#art
gallery trips, teas, coffees, lunches & blue-roll. When it comes to improving
#MentalHealth
in
#Edinburgh
thats how we roll.
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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We are super excited to announce that our newest Social Enterprise Coffee Saints is opening tomorrow!!! We are so very proud of our teams effort to get this up and running. Find them at Little King Street.
#AreyouaCoffeeSaint
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Fantastic launch event with
@rickyaross
celebrating the opening of our new Pavilion events/cafe space. Huge thanks to our donors, funders, customers, partners, design team, board, staff, volunteers & Members who came. Everything we do we do to support
#Edinburgh
s most vulnerable
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Celebrating our win as Scottish Social Enterprise of the Year in the midst of a strategy meeting this week, courtesy of the wonderful
@olivierodining
#socentawards17
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If you do not want to see what an Award Winning Team looks like then, please, look away now ! Scotland's Social Enterprise of the Year 2017 - thanks for everyone's congrats & support
#SocEnt
#SocEntAwards17
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A huge, huge thanks to Simon and his colleagues from
@DigbyBrownLLP
for their huge donation of essential items for our members. We are so very grateful! Our members will be delighted!
#Covid_19
#communityspirit
#communityresponse
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Our auction for the unique Greyfriar Tartan kilt handmade by wonderful kilt maker to the stars
@21STCENTURYKILT
& worn by
@kiltedyogis
is now live! 👍
Bids accepted until tomorrow evening.
All to charity.
Our superb Burns Night Supper is on 26th and our special guest is
@Scottishyogaboy
! 🎉
You can dance💃🕺
You can eat & drink 🥃🍷🍸
& you can bid to win the kilt on the right as worn by
@kiltedyogis
!
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Huge congratulations to
@SimonCommScot
on winning Scottish Charity if the year. Well deserved. Amazing work. Fantastic partner! Well done to the entire team.
🏆And finally, the winner of this year's Charity of the Year award is…
@SimonCommScot
! It's a doubler! Congratulations!
#ScotCharityAwards
🏆
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So after a very long time and lots of building works out cafe has reopened! 😊 It may be called
#CoffeeSaints
now but it’s still us! Pop in and say hello 👋 we’d love to see you!
#Socent
#EdinburghCafes
#EdinburghOldTown
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So excited to see a new
#SocEnt
#partnership
between
@uoedivinity
/
@EdinburghUni
and ourselves where drinking coffee, eating delicious cakes and lunches in the beautiful
#rainyhall
will transform the lives of many of
#Edinburgh
's most vulnerable.
#IsThereAnythingSocEntcantDo
?
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So proud of our members, customers, volunteers, staff, board, funders and partners for making this possible
#ECCAwards18
#Edinburgh
#SocEnt
- still floating !
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They're back ! What an incredible experience for 6 of our team that went to Zambia for a month. Well done team. You contributed to the building of a school and brought clean water for the first time to the village. We are so proud of you & looking forward to your amazing stories.
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If you have booked one of our Valentines afternoon teas for delivery either today or tomorrow.....you have this to look forward to.....we hope you’ve not had breakfast! 😋❤️
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Thanks to all our supporters, team, members & volunteers for enabling us to win
@EdinChamber
's Best Business Award (11-50) last night.👏
We're happy & proud & we are a great big community team working together. 💪💪
We couldn't do it without you.💜
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Even our youngest customers benefit from our Member's
#Woodwork
skills. The lucky kids at
@Edinburgh_CC
's schools will soon enjoy this gorgeous waneyedge cupboard fitted with bespoke cotton reel holders whilst transforming lives of vulnerable adults. Creating a fairer safer world
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Every Monday we hold Open Door Meals for homeless or vulnerable people who otherwise may not eat. Food, refreshments, music & a good chat are all available, often along with free haircuts & advice. Plus dogs are welcome to with
@All4PawsEdi
running a much-needed clinic.
#charity
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Hazel our finance assistant, passed her 2 book keeping exams yesterday! Congratulations Hazel, we are all so very, very proud of you! x 🥳👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#whatastar
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It's Monday, so it's Drop-In day. A free meal of soup, sandwich & hot drink is available to anyone in need.
#community
#socialisolation
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So what did our CEO Jonny Kinross have in common with Neil Armstrong, Annie Lennox. Archbishop Desmond Tutu et al?
He has today been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from
@EdinburghUni
for his services to charity.
We're very proud! 😁💐
Very proud to have been Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from
@EdinburghUni
better pics to follow !
#humbled
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On this day in 2018, we, the Grassmarket Community Project won
#Edinburghs
Best Performing Business with 11-50 employees. We were the first charity to win this award EVER!!! Very proud moment for us! 😁🏆🙌🏻
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Thank you so much to Tommy Steel (our Senior Manager), his friends who slept out all night and the
#Edinburgh
public who donated an incredible £10,462 for our appeal to send over a group of our members & staff to Zambia to build a new school (reducing child marriage/pregnancy)
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This is the table that was designed by a customer that was made by our team that is loved by children that are cared for by the nursery that is run by the council that requested the job that paid the costs that generated the profit that funded the community that we built
#SocEnt
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We're at
#SocEntEx19
today doing a show and tell. Come talk to us about how we can support your business! STAND 13
#socent
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Massive smiles (some behind masks)as we're totally overwhelmed by the amazing support of an award from
#JohnLewisFoundation
@JohnLewisRetail
@jlpartnership
enabling us to expand our offer & support to our trainees. Thank you John Lewis & Partners for helping us transform lives🙏
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Let us introduce you to our new Woodwork Manager Jon!
Jon started with us on Monday and has spent his first week getting to know our members, staff and the project. He’s very excited to be working with our members and passing on his skills and making beautiful furniture!
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Happy Birthday to the Grassmarket Community Project!
Ten years ago on the 30th of June, the Grassmarket Community Project was founded. Celebrate our 10th anniversary with us, and share your best memories about the GCP.
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@kiltedyogis
admiring the
@GreyfriarTartan
kilt which will be yours free if you do the Edinburgh
@thekiltwalk
for us & raise £500+
#charity
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Check out this gorgeous bespoke bench made by our amazing woodwork team! It’s looking super stylish! 😎 If you would like a beautiful piece of furniture made just for your home get in touch jon
@grassmarket
.org
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@tora_burns
PM us. We can look at something - we haven't any current Joinery Apprenticeships but can potentially offer longer-term work experience, pre-apprenticeships (paid) and volunteering which will help him towards his goal. It might not be what you're looking for but give us a shout
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Jonny with a wee video message - checking in - with our members.
#AGoodPlaceToBeInTouchWith
during
#CoronavirusLockdown
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A message from Tommy about
#PlanC
at the
#Grassmarket
#Edinburgh
#AGoodPlaceToBeInTouchWith
- we are still here for you
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From the same hoose. Keeping the drivers (lovely that they are!) out of the building. Keeping safe & prep 74 meals as well as giving out
#BagsOfBasics
- team Thursday. Supporting some of our most vulnerable
#CommunityResponse
#BeingAloneButNotFeelingAlone
#SocialDistanceNoObject
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It's
#CharityTuesday
. Why not think about donating time, money or goods to a charity to help with the valuable work they do.
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Feeling so
#grateful
to be distributing 10 refurb laptops donated to our Members by
@EdinRemakery
- a shining example of a grassroots
#SocEnt
driving
#EdinNetZero
#Zerowaste
initiatives -making our economy greener, more circular & inclusive. Thank you lovely lovely people
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What's the furthest away from the Grassmarket that your
#GrassmarketCafe
100% biogradeable reusable mug
#noplastic
can be seen? This one is at Crainlarich on
@WstHighlandWay
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So pleased that one the hardest working most committed team members who volunteered right through the pandemic delivering online engagement for our audience won Peter Cargin Award for outstanding Individual Award! 👋👋🍾 At tonights UK Film Society Awards
#FSOY2021
#CinemaForAll
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Happy New Year from everyone at the
#GCP
! We wish a wonderful
#nextdecade
to all of you in our
#community
: our members, volunteers, staff, partners, founders, customers, followers and supporters!
#happynewyear
#newyear
#nextdecade
#Goodbye2019
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Tommy & Brillo (kinda looking like the blues brothers 😎😎) sent us this photo to show us how well they are settling into their new life and well deserved retirement in spain. We’re not jealous at all.......👿
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When
@TomKitchin
visited Grassmarket Community Project to open our new cafe.
#ThrowbackThursday
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So we didn’t win, but Catherine Jones was Highly Commended in the Women’s Social Enterprise Award-in the UK!!! So we are delighted to take second place and Janie enjoyed the free wine!
#SocEntAwards2022
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Our fabulous CEO
@JonnyKinross
when he received his honorary degree from
@EdinburghUni
at the weekend.
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Like this table, we are in it for the long hall. Like the
#upcycled
wood it once was, we transform the lives of
#youngpeople
thanks to
@BuildingBFF
#HubFoundation
's
#BuildingABrighterFutureFund
which gives 4 Apprentices in woodwork/catering the start they need and deserve.
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Very excited for tonight! We're proud to be finalists, and we'll be in great company whatever the result!
#ECCAwards18
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Every week twice we organise safe socially distanced walks in
#Edinburgh
in small numbers as well as bespoke
#VirtualWalks
[where you walk alone, on the phone to a volunteer also walking] Stay connected. Stay healthy.
#Excerciseworks
. We are part of the
#MovementForMovement
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What an amazing weekend. Our senior Manager Tommy & friends raised over £6k from street collection alone ! Plus more to come from sponsored sleepout. Funds raised will support GCP building a school in Zambia.Thank you to the Edinburgh public/Welsh fans who gave so generously!
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We're so proud of Graham, who joined us as a teen. We soon realised he was a woodwork natural & he has just graduated in furniture design!
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Our workshop team have been very busy lately making commissions - check out the beautiful tables they produced for
@EdinChamber
#handrafted
#MadeInScotland
…
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#PhysicalActivity
is the most effective & affordable treatment and prevention. Join our FREE exercise & Pilates classes
#MovementForMovement
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Team GCP setting off for the Mighty Stride!
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