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Celebrate wildlife at Queen’s Drive Lane, Saturday 18th July

Come along, we would love to show you the garden we have built over the last year and a half. Also it is a great opportunity to meet local residents and find out more about South Seeds.

How to recycle wooden pallets safely

Top tips: if you are an organisation collecting pallets it’s important to register with SEPA and everyone should avoid using pallets which contain harmful chemicals.

Fruit at Crosshill Station

Gooseberries and redcurrants on the platform.

We win two Streets Ahead awards

South Seeds is delighted to have won Best Community Initiative and Best Overall Winner at last night’s Evening Times’ Streets Ahead awards.

South Seeds secures £8,000 for two households

Two examples of households South Seeds has supported to get heating systems through the energy assistance scheme.

Time to start composting

We have a film about how to make a composting bin, a fact sheet about how to share composting in a tenement backcourt and a manual showing you how to get started.

Saving energy in a sandstone tenement

One family thought they had done all they could to save energy at home. A South Seeds home energy audit highlighted more that could be done.

New grant and loan help to become more energy efficient

There is a grant available to those properties in council tax band A, B and C to become more energy efficient, and an interest free loan available to all properties to become more energy efficient.