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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…
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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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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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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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Yarn and Darn Drop in
We had a lovely afternoon today darning and repairing textiles at Linwood library. We were joined by local residents who enjoyed the drop in session and were keen for us to come back another time. A lot of socks were…
