About the Hub
Leading change together in Dundee
Dundee's Changemakers Hub
Imagine there was...
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Practical action happening in every street, in every neighbourhood across Dundee, driven by many to improve tomorrow...
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Support to test community member’s ideas and dreams which explored what sustainable, happy communities look like...
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Community groups and the third sector's capacity to drive change was strengthened, bringing together efforts by many organisations…
These are some of the long-term ambitions of Dundee’s Changemakers Hub which is being designed and delivered by a collective of five local community organisations: Transition Dundee, The Maxwell Centre, ScrapAntics, and Uppertunity. Over the months ahead, from April 2024 onwards, the Hub will offer support, events, workshops and micro-grants to connect and amplify collective community action.
With a deep understanding and commitment to the people of the city, Dundee’s Changemakers Hub will respond to the needs of local communities through amplifying exciting local networks and action, and testing new ways of connecting and working together. Ideas could include community street meals, new wildlife spaces, school cycle buses, or young community journalists reporting from their local areas about climate issues.
The Hub is part of a growing national network funded by the Scottish Government’s Climate Action Fund, Climate Action Hubs aim to build local awareness of the climate emergency, develop local plans, help groups take up funding opportunities, and contribute to a Just Transition which is fair and leaves no one behind. Read the media announcement for Dundee’s Changemakers Hub here.
This is just the beginning. Dundee Changemakers Hub has so far identified community needs in consultation with over 40 groups across Dundee, including community groups, gardens, food hubs, cycle groups and more.
To get involved please sign up for our Newsletter and see our Opportunities page to find more details of upcoming events and activities.
The Network of Changemakers
Dundee Changemakers have shared values and bring distinctive expertise and understanding of communities across Dundee. The core partners will connect up great climate action practice taking place already, and support scaling up and embedding to benefit even more communities.
The Pilot Projects
The Hub will support three communities in Dundee to co-design their own models which explore how to build sustainable places to pilot ideas, test scalability, connect and showcase initiatives, then learn from these experiences.
Active listening and community voices
We value active listening to what communities need to enable participation and access for everyone. By designing and delivering creative social activities which build relationships and care for each other, we’ll also learn, share and improve practice as the project develops.
Meet the Core Partners
Transition Dundee
Transition Dundee is a community-led social enterprise which aims to make Dundee a healthier, happier and more sustainable place to live through various climate themed projects. Dundee West End Community Fridge which has now saved 1/4 million kgs of surplus food from going to waste, The Gleaning Project which collects excess produce from farms to redistribute around the city, a reuse and repair project now known as The Wardrobe and a busy programme of events and workshops to upskill our community and bring people together around all things sustainability.
ScrapAntics
ScrapAntics is a social enterprise with four core impacts of community, art, recycling and education. We create playful and artistic opportunities for members of the community who have least access to creative experiences.
ScrapAntics runs an educational programme in schools, supports a number of volunteers and offers a range of play sessions, events, workshops and creative community projects. We have now diverted over 100 tonnes of waste back into the community as resources for creative and play-based projects.
Uppertunity
Uppertunity is a Dundee based charity, working with individuals (16+) with learning disabilities, autism and mental health barriers. Since 2015, we have been working to help those in our community to feel more empowered, have increased self-worth and develop growth-focused mindsets. We create social change by demonstrating that everyone has strengths and skills to offer. Everything we do is underpinned by our aim to create environmentally sustainable communities through partnerships, creative waste reduction methods and educating people about their role in the world. We believe that everyone has a part to play in shaping and building our community.
The Maxwell
The Maxwell's community garden project was originally funded by the Climate Challenge Fund and our climate action is focused on delivering innovative and successful services for the environment and community wellbeing through holistic support services, youth work and our community garden outreach.
We empower local people to grow and share food, connect with their natural environment and people to live healthy and happy lives.
Action for climate and sustainability is embedded within all our activities.
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