Too Good To Waste

Bikes, children’s clothing and homeware. Learn how social enterprises across Scotland are providing community-based solutions that repair, repurpose or reuse items that are too good to waste. Discuss ideas for Dunoon sparked from the talks and conversations.

Featuring:

• Sam Moir from the early years reuse enterprise Merry-Go-Round,
• Jamie Joyce from rural bike enterprise reCycle,
• Hannah Clinch from Social Enterprise Academy and Dunoon Community Development Trust,
• Information about Moray Waste Busters in Forres, a community reuse centre.

Our speakers

Sam Moir is the founder of Merry-Go-Round in Glasgow, a social enterprise that supports families through its boutique charity shop and community events space. It’s grown over the last 12 years from one volunteer to 15 paid staff and over 10,000 customers per year. Sam has almost 20 years experience of in the community reuse sector, from providing development support through a national membership body, setting up Revolve, which is Scotland’s reuse quality standard, and now as the prevention and reuse manager at Zero Waste Scotland.

Jamie Joyce manages several projects for ACT, Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust, including the reCycle Community Bicycle Project, Outdoor STEM Learning, and the Argyll & Bute Climate Action Network. Jamie has lots of useful insights to share around the practicalities of setting up and running projects like reCycle, from funding to partnerships, and the national circular community networks for cycling. Jamie is a qualified Bikeability Instructor, Cycling Scotland Adult Cycle Trainer and Velotech Cycle Technician.

Hannah Clinch is a designer and Social Enterprise Academy learning facilitator who works with  Dunoon Community Development Trust. Hannah has many years of experience working in the circular economy developing business models that encourage reuse including as operations manager for Glasgow Wood Recycling. To support circular thinking, Hannah published Glasgow’s first Green Map of charity shops and has volunteered in community-run reuse projects in New Zealand and the UK.

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This is an online Microsoft Teams event hosted by Dunoon Community Development Trust and the Social Enterprise Academy.

About Second Hand September in Dunoon

Second Hand September Dunoon is a partnership project led by Dunoon Community Development Trust. It is designed to spark ideas and inform the development of a Local Place Plan for Dunoon. Our lead partners are Oxfam, Third Sector Interface, POP shop enterprises CIC and the Social Enterprise Academy.

This work is funded by the Scottish Government’s Investing in Communities Fund, Argyll and Bute Council’s Supporting Communities Fund, Argyll and Bute Climate Action Network and the National Lottery Community Fund.