A SUCCESSFUL repair workshop marked the culmination of a week-long programme of climate-themed events in Cardross.

The ‘Love It, Fix It, Share It’ event held at Geilston Hall on Sunday saw residents bring along their bikes, books and clothes and learn how to maintain the items that would otherwise be thrown away.

The four-hour session was the final event in the village during Climate Fringe week ahead of the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November - but it won’t be the last event of its kind, with organisers keen to build on the recent success.

Lindsey Young, of the Cardross Climate Action Network (CAN), said: “We felt like it went reasonably well for a first event.

“There was lots of interest in the community garden project which we’re hoping to start up, and we had loads of books donated, so we’d like to thank everyone for that.

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“We’d also like to thank Alice and Chris for their great sewing skills and Thomas from Cardross Cycles for his bike maintenance and repair skills.”

The event was organised by the Reuse, Reduce, Recycle sub-group of Cardross CAN, and the main group will be hosting a beach survey this weekend, with young and old members of the community invited to attend.

Marine biologists will be present for the Cardross bay biodiversity day with a family session taking place from 2-4pm on Saturday, and a full beach survey for those aged over 12 running from 3pm until 5pm on Sunday.

Cardross CAN has received funding from Nature Scot to undertake quarterly beach surveys over five years and identify the species which call the area home.

For more information search for ‘Cardross Climate Action Network’ on Facebook.