Glasgow Eco Trust update

Virtual Kiltwalk 2021 fundraiser - we are taking part in this year's Kiltwalk so if you fancy doing a fun challenge to raise funds for our work then please sign up! The event takes place on 23/24/25 April.

De'ils On Wheels - we are in desperate need of donations of adult bikes if anyone has any lying about. We are also still offering repairs via the Scotland Cycle Repair Scheme however the funding is coming to an end soon! We have repaired nearly 350 bikes so far! You can find out more and book via our website.

Low Carbon Food City - Glasgow Community Food Network have completed the recruitment for the Low Carbon Food City project and we will soon be hosting one of the Community Activators. If you are involved in or looking at starting a food growing project then please get in touch.

New volunteer roles - we are currently looking for volunteers for our Community Map Making team and our Heritage Trail team. Find out more and get in touch if you are interested.

Food banks and food pantries in G14 - we have put together a list of all the food banks and food pantries in the G14 area on our community calendar where you can also download a PDF poster.

Adult led cycle rides - we are still delivering led rides on a 1-2-1 basis but hoping this will be able to increase with the recent easing of some lockdown restrictions. Check out the dates of upcoming rides or check out the routes where the rides have gone!

Safer School Run school streets project - we are currently running a short survey to gather views from teachers, parents, pupils, local people that live near schools and others about their experience of travel to and from school.

Online services survey - let us know what online services you are looking for in our short survey.

Glasgow City Food Plan - many thanks to everyone that joined our online discussion which we ran in partnership with LINKES and Glasgow Community Food Network. The responses were submitted to the consultation and the responses are being collated and analysed. 

AGM and COP26 discussion - many thanks to everyone that came along to our AGM. Our annual report and accounts are now available on our website. We are looking for new Board members too so if you are interested please get in touch. We also had a great discussion about how we can get involved in COP26 and will be sending out more details about this soon!

No Gasification Plant campaign update - there has still been no decision on the planning appeal for the gasification plant on South Street. By the time of the Scottish Parliament elections in May it will be 6.5 years since the process started and 5 years since the appeal was submitted.

Yaldi Glasgow Community Lottery - do you want to be in with a chance to win £25,000 and support the work we do? If so then sign up to the new weekly Glasgow Community Lottery. For every £1 ticket sold 50p goes direct to us to support our work!