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Apr
19
9:00 am09:00

East Lothian Cimate Hub: Essential of Fundraising with SCVO

New to fundraising? What you need to know to make a start

Suitable for volunteers, management committee members and staff who are new to fundraising or for those people looking to refresh their knowledge of the basics of fundraising for climate and nature action projects.

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Content includes

Are you ready to fundraise ? – what your organisation needs to have in place to make effective approaches to potential supporters and funders

 

The fundraising landscape in Scotland

·       Who has the money

·       How much do they have?

·       Who gets the money?

·       How much does it cost to raise?

Three models and theories of fundraising

·       The Onion

·       The Pyramid

·       The Seven Steps

Resources to start supporting your fundraising

 At the end of the session participants will have a greater understanding of the fundraising process and can start to raise resources for their organisation

 

At the end of the session all participants will receive a copy of the power-point and supporting handouts

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Mar
30
10:00 am10:00

Sustaining North Berwick

Lil is delighted to be back with Sustaining North Berwick for their Earth Hour day event. Come along and meet many other sustainability organisations helping to save your planet. Get some top tips and find out what changes you can make to reduce your impact.

Lil will have the nude food range - come and fill your containers (or our recycled paper bags) with rice, pasta, nuts, dried fruits, noodles, cereals, chocolate and many other things. We also do refills of Black & Gold Rapeseed Oil and Apple Cider Vinegar. Natural, low impact toiletries, bamboo/recycled loo roll, household products, books & gifts and much more.

Come and find out more about our social enterprise and our click & collect shopping service.

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Mar
12
12:40 pm12:40

Knox Academy Pop Up

Come chat to Sarah and Louise to discover what your next Lil step could be towards Lower Impact Living. Some stock will be on hand to help you immediately invest in your Lil change for the planet. As one of our customers said recently: “It’s good for me, it’s good for my wallet, it’s good for the planet.”

We’ll be bringing toiletries, household products, the out and about range, some food. The refills will be left at home, so please pre-order any food/ refills for picking up at lunchtime for students and staff; or in the evening S2 parents. Open over lunch; and reopening in the evening.

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Lil Explorers Great Nurdle Hunt
Sep
12
10:00 am10:00

Lil Explorers Great Nurdle Hunt

Lil and Little Explorers are excited to host our first Great Nurdle Hunt.

Come along to Yellowcraig Beach on Wednesday 12 September 10am and learn about plastic pellet nurdles, how they get into our seas, how to find them and be part of our citizen science via www.nurdlehunt.org.uk.

Suitable for all ages. Meet in the playground at 10am.

Yellowcraig is buggy friendly (for a beach) and has toilet facilities, including baby changing. Parking is £2. Any late arrivals can find us at the beach by the main path. 

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Lil at ArtPoint@Amisfield Walled Garden
Sep
2
11:00 am11:00

Lil at ArtPoint@Amisfield Walled Garden

A fun creative day of art, environment and outdoor activities in the garden.  Lil will be one of a number of hosts offering activities and we will have a range of stock available including Pick n Mix trail mix and healthy snacks - come along and mix your own :-)

We will be running activities looking at trees, leaves and bark, creating our own sea creatures and nature wands, create your own t-shirt tote or clean up our 'beach'.

We won't have the full range of unpackaged foods available n the day but feel free to order online and collect at the event

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Lil at Magic in the Park
Jul
30
11:00 am11:00

Lil at Magic in the Park

Lil is delighted to be at Magic in the Park, back this year to celebrate National Play Day. Bring all your Elves, Faeries, Pixies, Wizards and wee witches. If you can bring a wooden spoon too!

We will have our mini beach to clean (or just play in!), craft and making table full of fun and games. Lil will also have a range of stock available to buy, including healthy snacks for the kids, bird seed & bee friendly seedbombs.

Bring a picnic & join in the fun - all for free.

 

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