After a successful 13 years providing real nappy advice and support to families in Edinburgh and the Lothians, Changeworks’ Real Nappy Project came to an end last month. We caught up with Hannah Milne, Real Nappy Project Co-ordinator, who took us...
5 May 2016 Lynne Sneddon Waste
As the City of Edinburgh Council stops trade waste collections, you may be anticipating a period of upheaval as you face a compulsory change to your waste collection service. We spoke to Rebecca Jones, Marketing Manager with Changeworks Recycling (a...
25 Apr 2016 Lynne Sneddon Waste
Here’s how the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh managed their waste working with Changeworks Recycling. Changeworks Recycling is a wholly owned subsidiary of Changeworks. “It was easy to make the separate waste streams work, even in a busy bar...
22 Mar 2016 Jo Mattinson Waste
We frequently hear news reports on the problems people face with their gas and electricity suppliers: high charges, poor customer service and confusion over tariffs. But what about the 200,000 UK consumers whose heating is supplied by district or...
17 Dec 2015 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty
As mentioned in his previous blog, Richard Dryburgh, Business Development Manager with Changeworks Recycling, travelled to Paris with the 2050 Climate Group to attend COP21 in Paris. In his video diary (10 mins) Richard shares his...
15 Dec 2015 Lynne Sneddon Carbon reduction
Richard Dryburgh, Business Development Manager with Changeworks Recycling, is travelling to Paris with member of Scotland’s 2050 Climate Group. Tackling climate change is a cause I’ve been active in since university and has changed the way I...
3 Dec 2015 Lynne Sneddon Carbon reduction
Alex Hilliam, Changeworks Senior Researcher in Behaviour Change, is exploring the challenges of fitting slimline double glazing in traditional properties in Scotland, as part of a project funded by the Scottish Government’s Learning Network...
13 Apr 2015 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty, Carbon reduction
Alex Hilliam, our Senior Researcher in Behaviour Change, fitted slimline double glazing to his Victorian flat in Edinburgh last year. It's now a more comfortable and energy efficient home as a result, but he had restrictions on the type of windows...
15 Jan 2015 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty, Carbon reduction
Fuel poverty is one of the biggest challenges of our time. The latest Scottish House Condition Survey estimates that 940,000 households (39%) in Scotland find it a challenge, or impossible to maintain, a satisfactory heating regime without...
17 Dec 2014 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty
Since the introduction of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme in 2010, there have been half a million installations of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in UK homes – many of them in social housing [1]. A similar scheme, the domestic ...
30 Sep 2014 Lynne Sneddon Energy and fuel poverty
