What we do

REAP promotes sustainable development by supporting local enterprise, environmental action and a community’s capacity to identify and meet its own perceived needs. Broadly speaking REAP’s three core activities are:

• Promoting and supporting equitable economic solutions
• Promoting community cohesion to ensure a capacity to meet identified needs
• Raising environmental awareness and promoting action to enhance our shared environment

REAP sees the economic dimension to sustainable development as supporting and investing in local social enterprises. Much staff time and effort has been applied to this cause and REAP is proud to be associated with Moray Social Enterprise Network (MSEN). This strand of REAP’s work will become increasingly important as the current recession bites hard. Read more about REAP’s social enterprise work here.

A cornerstone of REAP’s work has long been to support and encourage local community groups to identify needs, gain funding, plan training and independently manage their own project. REAP has the capacity to engage with small and large organisations alike but is particularly keen to support those which have an environmental challenge ahead. Read more about REAP’s community work here.

Similarly, sustainable development’s environmental factor, particularly reductions in carbon, have come to the fore and will dominate much discussion and action in the future. REAP has for many years explored different ways of engaging with the community at all levels to get home the environmental message including the use of a thermal imaging camera, school based education packs and energy advice sessions. In recent years REAP has enjoyed a constructive relationship with the Climate Challenge Fund to make the broadcast of the environmental message possible. Read more about REAP’s environmental work here.