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Photo: Police Scotland officers. Source: The Bellman

Seasonal safety tips from Police Scotland

Police Scotland have released their top tips and guidelines for staying safe during the winter ...
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Photo: young child engaged in planting using pots and soil, learning gardening basics. Source: Anna Shvets (Pexels)

A Focus on Food: sustainable gardening projects for young people in the Glenkens

The Glenkens has traditionally been a farming area, so a focus on and understanding of ...
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Photo: Radiant & Brighter 12 year anniversary celebration. Source: Migrant Women Press

Radiant and Brighter celebrates 12 years of uplifting Scotland’s migrant communities

Since its establishment, Radiant and Brighter has been a guiding force for Scotland’s migrant communities, ...
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Bellsmyre Community Garden from above, by Harvey Smart.

10 Year celebrations for Bellsmyre Community Garden in Dumbartonshire  

This summer saw 10 year anniversary celebrations for Bellsmyre Community Garden. In this article Harvey ...
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Photo: Gordon alongside our fantasticteam of volunteer gardeners. Source: Kyle Chronicle

Bonar Bridge Community Kitchen Garden

It will grow fruit and veg to supply the community café By Kyle Chronicle What ...
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The Just Transition Commission launches its report weeks after the controversial Viking Energy wind farm was switched on. Photo: Shetland News

Community empowerment key to just transition

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission is set to call for the introduction of the statutory right ...

By Hans Marter, Shetland News

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The jumbo 'Thank You' card delivered to the Pollok Burgh Hall.

Shawlands GoBike and Bike Bus celebrate Glasgow’s ambitious cycle lane plans with heartfelt ‘Thank You’ card

Cycling groups in the Southside are celebrating a major milestone in the city’s cycling infrastructure. ...

By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill

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Compost Soil Used in Gardening

Tackling carbon footprint through community composting 

For many, composting can seem like a daunting task to get right, requiring specialised knowledge ...

By Samar Jamal, Greater Govanhill

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Some Kendoon residents alongside members of the St John Scotland team during a defibrillator training session

Kendoon’s lifesaving solar solution

With only a small number of permanent residents, the tiny hamlet of Kendoon is one ...

By Jamie Rose, Glenkens Gazette

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River Guardians volunteers. Photographed by Harvey Smart.

River Guardians: Guarding the Leven

It’s an overcast, warm and muggy day and the River Guardians volunteer group is down ...

By Harvey Smart, Clydesider

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No M77 treehouse in Pollok Free State

The lasting legacy of the Pollok Free State

A couple of miles from Govanhill, in a small room in the attic of a ...

By Katherine Mackinnon, Greater Govanhill

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Photos by Caroline Finn

Little Threads of Joy: Meet the ladies making a difference one stitch at a time

If Mags Reid’s actual smile was as wide as her phone smile, I was looking ...

By Annie Jordan, The Clydesider

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