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Breathing spaces

Parks, gardens, community gardens, allotments, rivers and lochs all provide spaces in which people can enjoy being outside, exercising, playing, relaxing. They allow residents to escape the noise and activity of the busy city, to take time out from work and perhaps pursue a hobby such as gardening, walking or cycling.

Kelvin Clyde Greenspace works with local community and residents' groups to help improve existing green areas on their doorsteps or create new greenspaces from vacant or derelict land. If necessary we can help you find funding and can lend tools and equipment to groups.

Nature's Places

Glasgow has an amazing variety of wildlife, from mosses to minibeasts, foxes to fish, some of which are locally or even nationally rare or threatened.

kelvin clyde Greenspace is helping develop and implement Glasgow's Biodiveristy Action Plan which focuses on important species such as water voles and reed buntings and habitats such as woodlands and raised bogs. We manage and improve sites which have already been identified as being of particular value for wildlife, such as Hoggenfield Loch and other local nature reserves. we aim to improve the links between previously isolated greenspaces by creating green corridors in the city.

Together with local schools and community groups, we have planted native wildflowers and trees in many Glasgow parks and open spaces.

Going Places

Walking, cycling and riding are effective, healthy and fun ways of getting about the city. A network of quality footpaths allow people to travel from one place to another in a safe and sustainable way.

Kelvin Clyde Greenspace is working with local people to improve access throughout the city and beyond. together we are developing new links to enable everyone, regardless of age or ability, to safely enjoy and make better use of greenspaces.

Learning Spaces

School grounds are often under-used and under-valued resource. They can be attractive places in which children can both play and learn but are often deserts of mown grass or tarmac.

Kelvin Clyde Greenspace can assist with the design, funding and creation of wildlife gardens for schools and other educational spaces. We work with staff, pupils and parents to improve school grounds to meet curriculum needs and to encourage positive play. We can provide advice on play equipment, outdoor furniture, landscaping and maintainance.

We also offer in-service training to teachers to encourage use of school grounds and local greenspaces for science topics.

Working Places

Employment and training are critical in developing any of our projects often involve the training of long term unemployed. where possible we use local contractors or volunteers to implement work.

Kelvin Clyde Greenspace works with a wide range of people to deliver the enviromental improvements which help make Glasgow a more attractive place in which to live and work. This will help to attract new businesses and improve local job opportunities.

Greenspaces are:

Going Places
Breathing Spaces
Nature's Places
Learning Spaces
Working Places

These 5 themes guide the work we do and all of our projects fit into one or more of them.

Our projects involve and benefit local people within Glasgow. If you would like advice or assistance with a project which will benefit your community, just get in touch.
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