FREE Introductory workshop | Circular Economy | Highlands |19 September

**Please note new venue: Merkinch Community Centre, Coronation Park, Inverness, IV3 8AD**

Who is this workshop for?

This new FREE workshop on September, is for people living in the Highlands of Scotland (or with links to the area), wanting an introduction to the relationship between consumption (the things we buy and use) and climate change.

The workshop will also introduce positive actions you can take to reduce consumption and help Scotland move towards a more Circular Economy.

We developed the workshop in partnership with Circular Communities Scotland, and it is funded by The National Lottery Climate Action Fund as part of the legacy of the Highland Community Waste Partnership.

The workshop also introduces case studies from local community-led projects to highlight local action and inspire positive change in your own community.

Please note: You must be aged 18+ and live in the Highlands, (or have links to the area) to be eligible to attend this workshop.

What type of certification will workshop participants receive?

Workshop participants will receive a certificate of attendance from us.

How long will the workshop take?

This workshop is 2.5 hours of learning in total, at in-person training session.

When and where will the in-person workshop take place?

Please note new venue: Merkinch Community Centre, Coronation Park, Inverness, IV3 8AD

You must register via Eventbrite to attend the training. Please contact climate@keepscotlandbeautiful.org if you require assistance with registration.

Are we running any other FREE Circular Economy training?

Yes. In addition to this workshop, we are running FREE Carbon Literacy Training on 9 September at the Merkinch Centre in Inverness, which provides the opportunity to become certified as Carbon Literate.

You can find out more and book via our Eventbrite Collection here. Or please contact climate@keepscotlandbeautiful.org if you require assistance with registration.

What other training like this do we have available?

Our full range of Climate Emergency Training includes a variety of Carbon Literacy Training, plus shorter introductory options, and can viewed via our website here or in our brochure here.

How is this Circular Economy Workshop funded?

Thanks to National Lottery players, The Highland Community Waste Partnership project, led by Keep Scotland Beautiful, has brought together experienced grassroots community groups across the Scottish Highlands to reduce consumption and waste. The project has received almost £1.5 m from The National Lottery Community Fund. This grant comes from the Climate Action Fund, a £100 million commitment over 10 years from The National Lottery Community Fund to support communities across the UK to take action on climate change and involve more people in climate action.

Data Protection Act 2018

This Circular Economy Introductory Workshop has been funded by The National Lottery Climate Action Fund as part of the legacy of the Highland Community Waste Partnership.

We (Keep Scotland Beautiful) will hold the information you have given us via Eventbrite in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.

We will use the information you provide to process your registration for the workshop, send you communications about the workshop, including relevant follow-up information and for monitoring and reporting. We will use anonymised data for purposes including marketing and promotion.

If your attendance at the workshop has been organised by an organisation or company, we may share relevant information with them.

The workshop is funded by The National Lottery Climate Action Fund as part of the legacy of the Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP), and we may share anonymous information with The National Lottery Climate Action Fund as they have a legitimate interest in the training. This information may include the number of registrants that:

• Have registered to attend the workshop

• Have engaged previously with the HCWP

• Live, work or volunteer in the Highlands (or have links to the area)

We will not record any of the workshop in full, however, we may take short video clips and images for use in marketing and promotion of the workshop. We may use the video clips and images for future promotion of our activities. This includes, without limitation the right to use the recordings in publicity materials, newsletters, newspapers, magazine articles, exhibitions, films, television and online (web and social media). The video clips and images may be made available for others to share, including partners and the press. We will give you notice in the workshop before we take videos or images, so you can choose whether you want to be involved in them. We will use the video clips/images for approximately four years and then archive them securely for possible future use. We cannot withdraw images / recordings already published, but media consent for future use can be changed or withdrawn at any time by notifying us. Please reference this workshop and write to Keep Scotland Beautiful, Glendevon House, The Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TZ or email: data@keepscotlandbeautiful.org

We will store the information you provide to us via Eventbrite for four years. We will then delete your information.

You can read our Privacy Notice on our website: www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/privacy

You can read The National Lottery Climate Action Fund’s Privacy Notice on their website: www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/about/customer-service/data-protection