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Community Fridge
The Community Fridge is open tonight 5pm - 6pm...A huge thanks to all the local organisations that support our fridge with food donations....Please do not sit hungry, come along and see if we can assist you.
The Smelly Welly Club is back for 2023
The Smelly Welly Club restarts back again for the Easter Holidays on Tuesday 4th April at 1.00pm. During school holidays we are open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays and serve lunch for members from 12.30am with funding provided by Glasgow City Council Holiday Food Program.#HoFoP
Happy Chinese New Year 2023
A Happy Chinese New Year from everyone at Shettleston Community Growing Project
Community Fridge
Community Fridge will be open on Fridays only from 5pm - 6pm until further notice.....Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.
Scotland Climate Week
Like many other allotments, community gardens and green spaces in Scotland we are supporting Scotland’s Climate Week. But we don’t just do this one week a year, we do this every single day.Read more
RSPB Awards 2022
We are chuffed to have been shortlisted for the Community Initiative Award sponsored by GreenPower (International) Alloa. Read more
Arts and Crafts
Another great day at our Arts and Crafts Club on Thursday...lots of chatting, lots of arts and crafts and no doubt...LOTS OF EATING ANN'S LOVELY CAKES......Every Thursday 11.00 am - 1.00pm.
Model Making every Wednesday 10.30 - 12.30.
Mental Health Week
Today is the start of #MentalHealthAwareness Week, with this year's theme being loneliness - its effects on our mental health and how everyone can reduce loneliness within our communities.As a project we know the effects that every day life has on peoples mental health and wellbeing and with funding provided by The Scottish Government every Wednesday from 10.30 am - 12.30 pm we have our model aircraft making group and on Thursdays from 10.30 am - 12.30 pm we have Arts and crafts....open to anyone, any skill level over 16 years of age....This week we also have the RHS doing comfort welcome packs from 11.00 am - 1.00 pm on Thursday ...Everyone is Welcome.
Mental Health affects everyone, any age, any background....Whilst we cannot help the whole world we can do our bit to help, so if its just popping in for a wander round the community garden or for a cup of tea and a chat, please don't just walk past, come on in and say hi...😄
Happy Easter
We would like to wish all our colleagues, friends and supporters of the project a Happy and peaceful Easter and hope to welcome our volunteers and Smelly Welly Club members back when the project re-opens again on Tuesday 19th April ...
The Smelly Welly Club is back for 2022
The Smelly Welly Club is back for 2022....The Easter Club restarts back on 5th April at 1.00pm....We hope to see you there for another fun filled 2022.
Please Help us raise funds for the project
Every time you shop online at selected retailers we receive free donations....it's that simple Read more
Merry Christmas
Everyone at Shettleston Community Growing Project would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas when it arrives....May you all have a peaceful festive season and everyone...Stay Safe xxx
Page Updates
Please visit our Facebook page and twitter page @ShettlestonCommunityGrowingProject@shettlestongrow
for more up to date news on our project.
Arnold Clark Community Fund
A HUGE thanks to Arnold Clark Community Fund for the very kind donation of £750 to be used between The Smelly Welly Club and Growing Project..The money will be put to great use. Read more
A huge thanks to our volunteers
The Warm Sunny Weather certainly brought out the volunteers today...A huge thanks to everyone that came down today to help keep the project going and it was lovely to see some new faces....without them all we would never exist..Thanks to Cian, Jamie and Lee Anne from Community of Helping Hands - Baillieston, Lu from Tesco Shettleston and Joe, Wullie ,Gerry, Kenneth, Philip, Angie, Maria and Debbie.
Also a HUGE thanks to all the unseen volunteers who come down at night to water, weed and look after the project when we are all away home.....YOU all know who you are
Bug Hotel Makeover
The bug hotel in the wildlife garden getting a long overdue makeover from Jessica and Jessica...thanks to everyone from SWC for making a great place for all the insects, amphibians and other wildlife that regularly visit our project....😁
Be Safe
For anyone visiting site please remember to follow Covid 19 Guidelines and be extra careful in Icy/Wintry weather....Please Keep Safe...
Happy New Year
Everyone at SCGP hopes that you have a safe and Happy New Year when it eventually arrives...Let us all hope that 2021 is a better one for everyone
Fresh Fruit and Veg and Seed Packs
Congratulations to Jessica for being our first Smelly Welly Club member to receive our fresh fruit and veg from the project...Happy Growing with your seed kits as well everyone and hopefully see all your smiling faces soon....Stay Safe everyone
Great news for Shettleston Community Growing Project
The Shettleston Community Growing Project is delighted to report that the National Lottery Community Fund has awarded the project follow-on funding for the next three years. The award will pay for the project coordinator post, which is central to allow the good work to continue: helping local people grow food for their families, getting children involved through the Smelly Welly club after- school and holiday programme, running a volunteer programme, working with local schools and delivering a programme of special events for the whole community. Exciting new work we will be getting involved in will be helping to establish a community pantry in the local area that will give people access to low cost food, including fresh fruit and vegetables. The Lottery funding is great news for the project and as we look forward to our 10th anniversary next year we are confident we can continue to make a difference for people in our community.At the moment, of necessity, many of our...
Shettleston Community Growing Project
Some photos from the project to hopefully cheer you up. Read more
Open Gates in August
Fancy a cuppa and a wee cake, why not pop down to Shettleston Community Growing Project. Read more
A great day for Direct Line Volunteers to help at allotments
Another Great Day of volunteering from our friends at Direct Line. Read more
VOLUNTEERING MATTERS ACTION EARTH GRANTS 2019
Action Earth 2019 Grants now Available - Better be quick Read more
Time to start thinking about your plots....
The Sun is out and temperatures are on the up.... Read more
Evening Times Streets Ahead Awards 2018
Finalist in the Best Community Garden category for the Evening Times Streets Ahead Awards 2018 Read more
Brighter and Better
A huge thanks to everyone that helped paint the containers at allotments. Read more
David Linden MP visit to site.
David Linden MP visiting site today to present us with the Early Day Motion. Read more
Cultivation Street 2017 Scottish Community Garden Winner
Monday 11th September is a special day for our Community Garden and Allotments. Read more
Family Fun Day 2017
A small selection of photos from our Family Fun Day 2017.....We would like to take this opportunity to thank Shettleston Housing Association, Lovell, Tesco Parkhead, Langmuir and Hay,MCN Ltd and Structural Partnership for their financial support for this year's Family Fun Day and for McVities for the kind donation of Biscuits. Read more
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