Archive
As we move from year to year, this is where you'll find older news and articles. The current year's news will be on the Home page.
22/12/2023
We had a full turnout for an excellent Christmas Lunch in Crofthead Bowling Club and you can read more about that here: Christmas Lunch 2023
15/12/2023
We had out usual bit of breakfast and a chat at Crofthead Bowling Club, then went into Glasgow for a behind-the-scenes tour of the STV Studios - more details here: STV News Studios
12/12/2023
We're delighted to announce that we've received a Magic Little Grant through the partnership between Localgiving and People’s Postcode Trust. Magic Little Grants provides funding for charities and community groups.
People’s Postcode Trust is a grant-giving charity funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
Localgiving is the UK’s leading membership and support network for local charities and community groups. We received £500 to help combat loneliness and promote friendship in our local men's group.
7/12/2023
After a breakfast in Crofthead Bowling Club, we had an enjoyable visit to Glasgow Science Centre - more details here: Glasgow Science Centre
5/12/2023
Just a note of a few upcoming activities for 2024...
In January, we're looking at going to a rugby match at the GHA Rugby Club in Giffnock.
We have a few other ideas brewing, like a tour of the Tennant's Brewery, a train ride to Oban with a visit to the distillery, a tour of the hollow mountain at Cruachan Power Station and maybe even a trip "doon the watter" to Rothesay. Watch this space!
1/12/2023
On the 1st of December we met up for a quick breakfast, then headed off to visit the Mearns Men's Breakfast Club - more details here: Mearns Men's Breakfast Club
17/11/2023
We had another quick breakfast in The Pad and then went for a return visit to the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre in Nitshill where we had a tour of the Art and Paintings and Natural History pods - more details here: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre #2
11/11/2023
We went to Brig O'Lea Park to see Neilston F.C. play at home against Thorn Athletic with an exploratory visit to Crofthead Bowling Club afterwards. It was definitely a game of two halves - more details here: Neilston F.C.
27/10/2023
After a nice breakfast at The Pad, the group went for a visit to the Glasgow Police Museum. More details here: Glasgow Police Museum
03/10/2023
Gillian McPherson from Barrhead News interviewed our chair Raymond Kerr about the group and they've now published a very positive article about us.
30/9/2023
Great news! Our grant application to the Neilston Participatory Budgeting fund operated by the Neilston Community Council has been approved and we've been awarded £3,000.
29/9/2023
June Jones, Secretary of the Neilston Windfarm Legacy, joined us for breakfast in the Parish Church Halls and, from all perspectives, was very pleased by what we were doing in the community. We also had a visit from a photographer from Barrhead News, who took a group shot for an upcoming article. This isn't that though - this one was taken by Anwar Rafiq.
15/9/2023
The group went for a visit to Hampden Park in Glasgow for a behind-the-scenes tour and and visit to the Scottish Football Museum. More details here: Hampden Park
9/9/2023
We've been invited to visit the Mearns Men's Breakfast Club on 1st December...
"Hi Raymond, Hope you're well! I was wondering if the group might want to come visit our Mens Breakfast Club in the Mearns the first Friday morning in December (1st!) if it's feasible for you all to get here. The guys here would be delighted to meet you all. We're at Mearns Kirk Halls, 404 Mearns Rd, G77 5BU. Just an idea! Kind Regards,
Liz Highet"
1/9/2023
Announcements:
From the 3rd of November, we're moving to meeting weekly (same time, same place).
As part of the conditions attached to the £3,000 we're receiving from Neilston Windfarm Legacy, members will be asked for a small, weekly donation of £1.
We've applied for a £1,500 grant from the Neilston Participatory Budgeting fund, where local residents get to choose where the money gets allocated to.
1/9/2023
Jim Renfrew gave 13 of us an informative and entertaining presentation called Norway to Neilston, which was about how 525 Norwegians ended up in Neilston during WWII. More details here: Norway to Neilston
25/8/2023
Our grant funding application to Neilston Windfarm Legacy has been approved, subject to our acceptance of their conditions. The board met this morning to discuss that and we're happy to say that we've accepted their generous offer of £3,000.
18/8/2023
We had an outing to the Dams to Darnley Country Park for a walk round Balgray Reservoir to the Brock Burn Waterfall. More details here: Dams to Darnley Country Park
4/8/2023
A good weather window opened for the day so we visited Harelaw Dam for an outdoor breakfast from the café overlooking the reservoir. More details here: Harelaw Trout Fishery & Café
28/7/2023
We've received a £150 donation from the Neilston Co-Op. Many thanks to Linda Murray for arranging this!
23/7/2023
The group had a successful outing to The Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow. More details here: The Burrell Collection
10/7/2023
Sadly, we've just learned that one of our group members, Billy Fox, has passed away this morning. The funeral will be at 2pm on Thursday, the 20th of July at The Hurlet Crematorium.
23/6/2023
We visited the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre in Nitshill and had a tour of the Transportation and the Arms and Armour pods. More details here: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
2/6/2023
This web site went live.
1/6/2023
The group board had their first meeting and discussed funding applications to be done for 2023 (Neilston Windfarm Legacy, Magic Little Grants and the Co-op).
31/5/2023
Many thanks to Sandra McDermid for her brilliant donation of 18 beautifully filled and decorated plant pots. We're hoping to sell these locally, which should make us £270.
31/5/2023
We have a new home! We've just been informed that Neilston Parish Church have agreed to let us meet in the church halls, which means we'll now have enough space to start recruiting new members.
26/5/2023
We visited the Lochwinnoch RSPB Nature Reserve for a walk in the outdoors and a picnic lunch. More details here: Lochwinnoch RSPB Nature Reserve
17/5/2023
There's a feasibility study being looked at by Community Enterprise and the NDT regarding the future of Crofthead Mill. Includes an online survey and a drop in visit/tour on 25th May at 6pm if anyone is interested. See here
16/5/2023
We've set up an online presence and email address for the group, NeilstonMensGroup@gmail.com, and our bank account is up and running at last.
12/5/2023
We visited the Fairfield Heritage museum to find out about the history of shipbuilding on the River Clyde. More details here: Fairfield Heritage
21/4/2023
We visited the Whitelee Wind Farm for a bus tour of the site and lunch in the visitor centre café. More details here: Whitelee Wind Farm
14/4/2023
There's an Eden Project Communities roadshow on in the church halls on the 29th. so it might be useful for someone to drop in. They might even be open to requests for funding. More info here.
31/3/2023
We're now called the Neilston Men's Group, and we have our group constitution set up and ready for the board to sign off.
29/3/2023
Our WhatsApp group is now live so we can all keep up to date with what's going on...or just chat.
24/3/2023
We had our first meeting at Brig O'Lea Park where we were made very welcome, given a tour of the grounds and facilities and presented with club scarves and season tickets for the rest of the 2023 season.
15/3/2023
Neilston Junior's Football Club have very kindly allowed us the use of their boardroom at Brig O'Lea Park.
24/2/2023
Our first actual group outing was to visit the J&M Murdoch's Transport Museum in what was Crofthead Mill. More details here: J&M Murdoch's Transport Museum