Projects | Gorebridge Community Cares

Our projects include:

The Auld Gala Park
Poodunnit? Dog Poo Detectives
Food from Around the World
Annual 'Santa Event' - free for the community
Annual 'Big Lunch/Volunteer Event' - free for the community
Working with Gorebridge PTA/Primary School cooking and other training services as part of the Cost of the School Day.
Study Club for P7s and Secondary Pupils - free
Support Group for Parents/Carers of Children with ADHD, behaviour, diagnosed or not - free
Food for Thought - a Project supported by a grant from the Armed Forces Covent Fund Trust -

Project Aim:

This project will deliver cooking, "talking and doing" and informal educational workshops to veterans, Armed Forces personnel, their families, partners and the wider community. The aim is to improve physical and mental health and employment opportunities through cooking, communication, positive listening skills and building confidence in a friendly, holistic environment.

A Community Asset Transfer for Gorebridge Police Station. We are delighted to have acquired the land and building through Grant Funding from the Scottish Land Fund.

Project Aim:

The aim of the project is to acquire the Gorebridge Police Station Building as a base for GCC to set up a centre for families and young people to promote emotional, physical and mental well-being, in a holistic and friendly environment that includes informal learning skills within our community of Gorebridge

Monthly Hero Award to Gorebridge Primary School for their work in PooDunnit? Dog Poo Detective Campaign. St Andrew's Primary School also won an award as did Gorebridge Community Cares for organising the Campaign.

Entrance to the Auld Gala Park - opened 2016

Alistair, Borthwick and District Pipe Major plays for the first time in the Auld Gala park for many years.

Santa gives one of our children a present at our Annual Free Santa Event

Mary and Elsie help children make their lanterns at the Santa Event as part of the Torch Light parade to switch on the Christmas Lights.

Singing at the Christmas Tree switching on of the lights.

We have started a Parent/Carer Support Group to help families with ADHD, Autism or behavioural issues, diagnosed or not

St David's Brass Band help at the Santa Event and also at the Christmas Light Switch on

Children and parents who took part in our Food from Around the World Workshops - they had a great time.

Bouncy Castles at the Big Lunch/Volunteer Fair. Great fun.

Study Club - One of our young P7 students shows off her artistic talents - she is finding out information on Robert Burns and Winston Churchill.

Study Club - Lorna one of our maths tutors explaining the Tables Bingo!

Study Club - you can see how pleased one of our students was when he got all his maths right :-)

Gorebridge Police Station - our Community Asset Transfer project

Cooking in Gorebridge Primary School as part of the cost of the School Day money through the PTA. Pancakes and chocolate marshmallow sauce, what else today!

Mhairi, our Development Officer is very intense showing all her young students how to cook.

Auld Gala park - planting with P4s for spring. They helped plant daffodils for 2019. It was a beautiful day.

Gorebridge - a village with a past and with a future

Vogrie Countrypark is just up the road

Arniston Rangers Youth Teams

Anne Maher, one of the railway station volunteers

Aerial picture of Gorebridge by Man Caemara

Aerial picture of Gorebridge by Man Caemara on a sunny morning

Looking down The Nancy Teuch