GOINGS ON, NEWS & VIEWS FROM CaVCA WORLD
Good To Grow – new video featuring 60 local voices
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
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Community Power In Scarborough – insights from over 1300 voices across three years of conversations
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 Trust, participation and systems effectiveness It also aligns closely with national thinking (the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK Government’s Pride in Place Strategy, and the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods, amongst others) providing a grounded....
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Local people invited to shape change in Scarborough through new Community Power Project
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 from the National Lottery Community Fund – the largest community funder in the UK. This truly life changing funding comes from the first phase of its Community Power Fund – to support underserved....
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Street Rocks Journey To the Moonboard
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, so we thought we’d try again – lets try and raise £10k to buy a Moonboard for Street Rocks. So on the Weekend of 25/26 October 2025 20 intrepid climbers set out to....
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Good to Grow – helping local people to grow food
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 10 minutes of your time and your response will be enormously helpful. https://lnkd.in/eh5U6F79 Scarborough is home to some fantastic community food growing groups and projects including From our Garden to our Table, GROW....
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Scarborough Climbers Go Beyond the Moon To Support Street Rocks
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 distance around the moon. By the end of the challenge, they had achieved an extraordinary 30,833 metres — equivalent to 2.8 times around the moon’s circumference. The event was organised to raise funds for the installation....
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Circular Garden, circular world – welcome to our Community Mosaic
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 vibrancy and unity of the community garden at The Street. Each piece of the mosaic tells a story, embodying the spirit of togetherness and the importance of green community spaces in Scarborough. The....
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Back Alley, Big Impact: Scarborough Neighbours Unite
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 to life. But perhaps the most powerful change was the sense of community, neighbours who had never met before shared stories, laughter, and a renewed sense of pride in their shared space. A....
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