Crieff charity set to expand sustainability drive with new base

A Crieff-based environmental charity is embarking on an ambitious new project to promote sustainable food choices within Strathearn.

Remake's new ‘Food for Good’ project, which launches this autumn, will see the good cause take over premises in the centre of Crieff for the first time and will be based out of 2-4 East High Street, which was formerly Cee Gee’s clothing shop.

Since 2011, Remake has been championing sustainable living through community reuse and repair and has helped the community to divert more than 237,184 kilogrammes of waste from landfill – more than the weight of the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Building on the success of Remake’s reuse shop at Crieff Visitor Centre and the container based at Crieff Recycling Centre, the charity also delivers a plethora of services focused on helping the community to live more sustainably.

These include a diverse range of reuse, community education events with schools, nurseries and community groups, a donation-based repair cafe where people can have clothing and household items repaired and a free community tool library, with more than 300 items available to borrow.

Remake also runs a volunteer programme which supports more than 40 volunteers, aged between 14 and 85, to undertake 3500 hours of volunteering each year.

The new Remake ‘Food for Good’ adds to the Remake Refills shop, which was added to its Muthill Road site in November 2022.

This is designed to support the community to reduce plastic waste and shop in a more sustainable way by selling local produce, package free wholefoods, hygiene products and eco alternatives.

Remake general manger, Amulree Welch, said: “The refill project has developed a loyal following of customers, but there is a clear need for it to be more visible within the community and to have increased opening hours if we want it to deliver the greatest benefit for community.

“The global understanding of food impact in relation to the climate emergency is now developing and we are aiming to create new, local opportunities for people to get together to explore these ideas, and increase community impact though sharing food skills and learning new approaches.”

It is hoped the upcoming move to East High Street will give the Refills project enhanced scope to place emphasis on environmental education, affordable bulk buying and sustainable food choices.

It will also provide a new home for the group’s Climate Cafe, which is part of a growing global movement founded in Dunkeld.

To drive the project’s development, Remake will be recruiting a project coordinator in the coming weeks and is also looking for volunteers.

For more information or to volunteer, email amulree@remakescotland.co.uk.