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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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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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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…
