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During 2026 CaVCA’s David talked to over 60 people in Scarborough about growing food and....
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NEWS WE ARE SCARBOROUGH
We’re really excited to share our new report bringing together three years of communityconversations across....
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GOOD TO GROW
Growing Our Own Food in Scarborough: Results from our survey In December and January we....
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People living in Scarborough and along the North Yorkshire Coast are being invited to get....
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NEWS Street Rocks
A few months ago a few of our climbers were talking about how great it....
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During 2026 CaVCA’s David talked to over 60 people in Scarborough about growing food and what helps and hinders them. Their voices form the soundtrack of this short film featuring some of Scarborough’s various food growing sites. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/_5cvSguiCEI
We’re really excited to share our new report bringing together three years of communityconversations across Scarborough, hearing from over 1300 local people. The findings offer a clear and consistent message – our communities are not disengaged – they are underpowered. The report highlights the relationship between: Community power and economic security Social infrastructure and resilience….
People living in Scarborough and along the North Yorkshire Coast are being invited to get involved in a new Community Power project, supporting local residents to influence decisions and take action on the issues that matter most to them. Thanks to National Lottery players, Coast and Vale Community Action has received £79768 over 12 months….
A few months ago a few of our climbers were talking about how great it would be for us to have a Moonboard – a technical training board focusing on strength and technique mainly for outdoor climbing. We’d done a sponsored 24 hour Climbathon before, when we were trying to raise funds for Street Rocks,….
CaVCA’s Good to Grow project is working with local groups and individuals in and around Scarborough to explore how we can help more people to start growing food and how we can help those who already grow food to grow more. Please help us by completing this short survey. It should take no longer than….
Scarborough Climbers Go Beyond the Moon to Support Street Rocks A 24-hour climbing challenge at Street Rocks, Coast and Vale Community Action’s (CaVCA) independent climbing centre in Scarborough, has exceeded all expectations — both on the wall and in fundraising. Over the course of the event, 20 climbers took on a sponsored “Climbathon” aiming to collectively scale the….
On Sunday 21st September we were honoured to attend the unveiling of our community mosaic in the Street’s Community Garden. Over fifteen months in creation, with over 80 community members involved, artist Gabrielle Naptali’s beautiful community mosaic has been finally unveiled in the Street garden amidst a gathering of local people. The artwork reflects the….
Back Alley, Big Impact: Scarborough Neighbours Unite What started as a simple clean up turned into something much more. Residents of Scarborough came together to transform their shared back alley and in just a couple of hours, more progress was made than anyone expected. Overgrown weeds were cleared, rubbish removed, and forgotten corners brought back….
The Street Climbers are at it again! Through the power of our climbing community we’ve successfully created Street Rocks at The Street, and it’s been an awesome journey. Following our initial campaign to raise the profile of climbing, to our 24 hour sponsored climbathon in 2023, to persuading CaVCA’s trustees to support the project and….
With the Great Big Green Week 2025 landing on Saturday, we have been starting to think about our Random Acts of Greenness – small things that we can each do to help protect the environment. Here are the first eighteen, from David, to inspire you 🙂 Do let us know about your Random Acts of….
