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Carts Greenspace can only achieve its aims by building successful partnerships with other people and organisations sharing our aspirations.  We are keen to hear from people, so this page presents some details about our organisation and the people behind it.

Who we are and what we do

Carts Greenspace has been established to help the people of Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire to transform the open spaces that surround their homes, schools and work places into greenspaces that will be cherished by the whole community.

Carts Greenspace delivers the "Central Scotland Green Network" and the "Glasgow & Clyde Valley Green Network" initiatives at a local level. The team's work follows eight guiding principles:

  • Encouraging community participation and ownership
  • Enhancing biodiversity
  • Improving existing landscapes and eliminating degraded ones
  • Encouraging people to use greenspace to improve their health and for informal recreation
  • Fostering understanding and appreciation of the environment
  • Promoting community economic development
  • Creating opportunities for employment, training, work experience and volunteering
  • Developing community pride.

    • Carts Greenspace can become involved in a wide variety of projects, ranging from formal urban gardens to overgrown wildlife wilderness...

    Northern Marsh Orchid
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    just one of many plants that can be encouraged to grow on greenspace sites

    Carts Greenspace publications currently available on request

    • "Carts Greenspace" - full colour introductory leaflet
    • "Greenspace for Communities" - a leaflet designed for community groups wishing to enhance their neighbourhood greenspaces
    • "Paisley Moss Local Nature Reserve" - full colour introductory guide leaflet, revised and reprinted in autumn 2004
    • "Jenny's Well Local Nature Reserve Wildlife Discovery Trail" - full colour printed self-guided trail leaflet.
    • Autumn 2010 issue of the Carts Greenspace Action Update. Also available by e-mail as *pdf file attachment.
    • Carts Greenspace's 2009/10 Annual Statement, a summary version of our Annual Report for the year. Also available by e-mail as *pdf file attachment.
    • "Create an outdoor learning space in your school" full colour leaflet introducing Carts Greenspace's Kingfisher Schools Initiative. Also available by e-mail as *pdf file attachment.
    • "Rouken Glen Park: Exploring its Wildlife and Wilder Spaces". Also available by e-mail as *pdf file attachment.
    • "Newshot Island proposed Local Nature Reserve: an opportunity to explore wild landscapes on your doorstep". Also available by e-mail as a *pdf file attachment.
    • "Durrockstock Park Local Nature Reserve: recreation and wildlife on your doorstep". Also available by e-mail as a *pdf file attachment.
    • "Linwood Lade: exploring its wildlife and history". Also available by e-mail as a *pdf file attachment.
    • "The Geology of Rouken Glen: exploring a land of tro[ical deltas and ice flows". (Leaflet printed by Carts Greenspace on behalf of its authors, Strathclyde RIGS (Regionally Important Geological Sites) Group and the Geological Society of Glasgow). Also available by e-mail as a *pdf file attachment.

    Our Location

    Carts Greenspace, c/o Planning & Transport Department, Renfrewshire Council, Cotton Street, Paisley PA1 1LL