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Community Learning Exchange Visit
This month, a small delegation of us went on a Community Learning Exchange Visit to Linlithgow Community Development Trust to find out more about what it means to be a Development Trust, which is what we aspire to become. After…
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Introducing: Gryffe Growing Grounds
As the Houston Community Growing Association, a great deal of time was spent exploring what might be possible, learning about community growing, understanding the land and working through the practicalities of establishing a community growing project. That groundwork has been…
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A visit to Holyrood
We were delighted to attend the first Holyrood Repair Café event at the Scottish Parliament on 6th October 2026 which was sponsored by Lorna Slater MSP, and hosted by Circular Communities Scotland. In the last session of parliament circular economy…
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Creative Workshops landing!
We are giddy with excitement that thanks to funding from Renfrewshire Climate Action Network (RenCAN), we are able to offer a series of creative repair workshops which will be running alongside our Repair Cafe from October. The first workshop will…
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Annual General Meeting
We’re pleased to announce our AGM which will take place on 19th June 2026 from 18:30 – 20:00 at the Cargill Hall, Bridge of Weir. Everyone with an interest in our work in 2025 and our future plans is very…
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Be part of Sustainable Gryffe!
Newsflash: Creating a Sustainable Gryffe has become a membership organisation. We were keen to offer more routes for the community to get involved in what we do, and to have ways for the community to inform what we focus on…
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Balsam bashing for biodiversity
On Saturday, we supported the Himalayan Balsam bashing session organised by Houston 2050. Himalayan balsam is an invasive species not native to the UK and is particularly prolific, with each plant responsible for hundreds of seeds. It spreads very quickly…
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A year of our Repair Cafe
We launched the Gryffe Valley Repair Cafe in January 2025 so it’s high time for an update on how our first year went! We held 11 regular Repair Cafes in 2025 and continue to run monthly on the second Saturday…
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- Community Learning Exchange Visit
This month, a small delegation of us went on a Community… Read more: Community Learning Exchange Visit - Introducing: Gryffe Growing Grounds
As the Houston Community Growing Association, a great deal of time… Read more: Introducing: Gryffe Growing Grounds - A visit to Holyrood
We were delighted to attend the first Holyrood Repair Café event… Read more: A visit to Holyrood - Creative Workshops landing!
We are giddy with excitement that thanks to funding from Renfrewshire… Read more: Creative Workshops landing! - AGM 2025
2025 has been a busy year for us with lots of… Read more: AGM 2025