Author: casgryffe

  • 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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    Annual General Meeting
  • Gala Day

    We are delighted to have a stall at the Gala Day this Saturday, 13th June 2026. We have a range of activities for children who will be able to win a massive teddy (do you call dog teddies teddies, or…

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    Gala Day
  • 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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    Be part of Sustainable Gryffe!
  • 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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    Balsam bashing for biodiversity
  • 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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    A year of our Repair Cafe
  • Retrofit Your Home

    Now that the cold weather is here, drafty homes and high energy bills are on many people’s minds. We were therefore delighted to host a Retrofit hub in November thanks to financial support from Renfrewshire Climate Action Network. The evening…

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    Retrofit Your Home
  • Exciting news!

    We are absolutely delighted to have been selected as one of the chosen community charities by the Co-op. This funding, together with donations received at our monthly Repair Cafes, will enable us to continue the Repair Cafe after our initial…

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    Exciting news!
  • Fixed in Renfrewshire

    We’re looking forward to sharing our journey of setting up a Repair Cafe with RenCan members at Paisley library on Thursday 2nd October at 12pm. This will be an informal session where we share our learning from the past year:…

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    Fixed in Renfrewshire
  • Community Council Environment Forum

    On 3rd September I attended the Community Council Environment Forum. It was hosted by Maggie from Inchinnan Community Council and Inchinnan Community Development Trust. This was our first proper get together and we had a really energising discussion about how…

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    Community Council Environment Forum
  • Good News!

    On Tuesday I attended Renfrewshire Council Planning Board to hear the decision about the proposed housing development off Barochan Road to the North of Houston village. There were 563 objections to this proposal from the local community, but we were…

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    Good News!