Background The Scottish Government launched a public consultation on its new draft Fuel Poverty Strategy on the 9th of November. The strategy looks at current legislative framework, and sets out detailed proposals for a new fuel poverty strategy in Scotland. Community organisations such as ours were invited to feed into the public event consultations.  The consultation is currently open till the 1st of February 2018, and responses can be

West of Scotland Regional Equality Council (WSREC) were awarded a grant from the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) grant to run Let's Cook, Grow and Sew Together.  The project helps ethnic minority communities across the West of Scotland to increase home energy efficiency, grow local produce and reduce the amount of food and household items being sent to landfill. You can view a downloadable

Let’s Cook Grow & Sew Together participated in a food waste competition late last year. I am very excited to announce that the project’ staff and our colleagues hard work has resulted in us being one of the finalists in this competition. The competition is called REFRESH FOOD WASTE contest.  The Public Award winner will join two winners selected by the jury and will have the opportunity to present

Guess what? We have 3 MILLION PALLETS* *exaggeration possible It's no secret that pallets are a creative, sustainable gardener's dream item, given their versatility, sturdiness and general ability to be freely sourced from factory backyards everywhere. We have been using them to build planters for next season, our goal being to increase square-footage by THREE MILLION* before the end of January. We would like to sincerely thank Gregor & Co

Napiershall Street Garden Open Day & Glasgow Wildfest We will be celebrating all things wild at Napiershall St Garden on Thu 29th September, 2pm – 6pm Let’s Cook, Grow & Sew Together will be working with RSPB to bring a variety of  nature, gardening and wildlife related activities together, free for all! Including; herbal tea tasting – windowsill gardening – free vegetable seedlings – garden tours – wildlife area creation

for booking, email; mhickey@wsrec.co.uk