environment. Facilities Facilities on the site include: An outdoor education workshop A bicycle workshop An arts and crafts workshop A DIY workshop An exhibition/meeting room Outdoor stage and performance area A kitchen garden A mindfulness garden An eco-bothy An outdoor play area External barns A community café A training kitchen Activities Activities and projects include 'Place, Work, Folk' a local history project, which includes creating a collection of oral history recordings from local residents. There are two open volunteer activity sessions every Wednesday and Sunday which involve gardening, building, woodwork, landscaping, arts and crafts, cooking and other group activities. The café kitchen provides training courses which can lead to qualifications in The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS) Food Hygiene, and Health & Nutrition. Courses can be completed toward a Scottish Qualification Award (SQA) in Working With Others. There is also a project called 'Real Fast Food' which involves preparing healthy locally grown food and delivering it to people who are unable to get out of their house, on an electric powered bike and trailer. There have been courses in crafts, such as lime mortar pointing and gardening. Other courses have included "Making natural cosmetics", "Forest skills", and "Intergenerational storytelling" which created a book of shared stories. There are regular community groups and classes, including a weekly singing group, craft club and woodwork club. The project's Acorn Fund supports local people and groups with their own projects on site. These have included "Building a wormery", "Wood carving", "A singing group", "A seed library", "Film & media training for volunteers" and "Medicinal dhal workshops." Partnerships Bridgend Inspiring Growth has, or has had, collaborative partnerships with the following organisations: Charitable organisations Patrick Geddes Centre Health in Mind Arts in Healthcare The Sorted Project Crisis The Welcoming Positive Realities The Real Junk Food Project Edinburgh Caring in Craigmillar Bingham 50+ Bridgend Growing Communities Orchard Project Non-stuff Industries Teens Plus Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland Lone Fathers’ Edinburgh Schools Castlebrae High School Niddrie Mill Primary School Universities and Colleges Edinburgh College Newbattle Abbey College Edinburgh University Others Power of Food Festival Volunteer Centre, Edinburgh Cockburn Association Track Scotland Scottish Ecological Design Association Edinburgh City Council Local Area Coordination teams Governance In 2018 BIG became the first organisation in Scotland to transfer from a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) to a Community Benefit Society with