Picture: Evelyn Tweed MSP with members of the Transition Stirling team: (from left) Ayo, Gavrielle, Kate and Emma.
Stirling MSP Evelyn Tweed recently visited the Transition Stirling premises on Wellgreen Lane, to meet with team members to discuss the organisation’s activities.
Running an excess food distribution centre, a Tool Library, repair and wood reuse operations – and with hopes to open a full-scale Reuse Hub – Ms Tweed was extremely impressed by the level of enthusiasm and community spirit as demonstrated by the Transition Stirling team.
The charity recently moved to Wellgreen Lane, from their previous premises in the Stirling Arcade. As Covid-19 health restrictions have eased, the group hopes to resume more of its core activities, including community education lessons in raising awareness of climate change and the actions people can take.
Through the pandemic, the group responded to the rise in homeworking by organising online IT drop-in repair sessions, where volunteers would assist members of the public in cleaning, maintaining and speeding up their IT devices.
More information can be found on their website here: www.transitionstirling.org.uk
Evelyn Tweed MSP said:
‘We don’t have to look far to see the clear connection between excess consumption and waste, and damage to the climate, environment and planet. Stirling has high levels of recycling, but charities like Transition Stirling have a huge role to play in promoting more sustainable living and helping reduce our carbon emissions and impact on the planet.
‘I was hugely impressed by how Emma, Carly, and the team had adapted to the pandemic to keep visitors and service users safe – as well as how community needs have been identified and met at a time where more Stirling residents than ever have remained vulnerable to social isolation and food insecurity.
‘Stirling will come back stronger from the period of turmoil we’ve experienced, and it’ll be groups like Transition Stirling who will lead the push to a greener, more sustainable future.’
