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New Year, New You

2nd January 2019, by Paul Barclay

What were you doing at the bells? If you’re anything like me you will have course have been sitting in furious concentration studying a year planner, mapping out your route through 2019. And in order to have as successful a year as possible you’ll also have been planning your resolutions, all the ways you’re going to make 2019 the…

Volunteering, Wild Ways Well

Winter words from Wild Ways Well

26th December 2018, by Cumbernauld LL

I can’t help it. I always find beauty in nature, or rather it finds me! What has been soul-lifting these last weeks have been the skies! They were well worth stepping out of the path and away from the skyscrapers: dramatic and full of contrasts, from the darkest of the darker shades intermingled with different and lighter shades of greys,…

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‘Tis the season to be jolly?

19th December 2018, by Paul Barclay

‘Tis the Season to be jolly? for 19 December 2018 Paul Barclay, Community Networks Officer, Cumbernauld Living Landscape At this time of year the message that’s beamed into our homes and bombards us from every advertising channel is to smile, laugh, and be happy. But it’s often not that easy. For many people Christmas can be a tough time. The…

General, Wild Ways Well

Taking time to breathe – how grounding can help combat anxiety

21st November 2018, by Tracy Lambert

While we are waiting to hear whether Cumbernauld Living Landscape’s planned new project has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, I have been visiting high schools to maintain and build relationships to allow a smooth transition for the new project. Each week I test new ideas which we plan to use in future workshops, and each week I have…

Education and community, Wildlife reserves, Wild Ways Well

International Youth Day

8th August 2018, by Paul Barclay

This Sunday, 12 August, has been declared International Youth Day by the United Nations. The theme of this year’s Youth Day is Safe Spaces where children, no matter their background can be assured of equality, respect and self worth. At Cumbernauld Living Landscape we work with children of all ages, from literal babies in arms in our Wild Ways Well…

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Wild Ways Well Blog – A good moan about depression!

14th June 2018, by Paul Barclay

Yes, I am one of these types who do not like being taken for a moaner… I caught myself adding ‘but it’s all good’ or ‘everything will be fine’ after each negative comment I make! Ah yes, because I subconsciously assume that nobody wants to hear some negative comments about my life. Nobody would like to be friend if I…

Guest blog, Inspirational, Wild Ways Well

Wild Ways Well Week 7th July

14th June 2018, by Paul Barclay

The Wild Ways Well Week We’re going to cover a couple of weeks in this exciting episode of the Wild Ways Well blog so please bear with me! We visited a few different places with the various groups, we’ve been down to Cumbernauld Glen sitting by the river and listening to the birds, over by Luggiebank exploring the paths and…

Wildlife reserves, Wild Ways Well

The Wild Ways Well Week 23 April

3rd May 2018, by Paul Barclay

The sun has finally decided to get it’s hat on and make an appearance this year and the Wild Ways Well groups were determined to make the best of it! To be honest I should have had my own hat on as I got my head a tad sunburnt while out delivering some taster activities to a group of teachers…

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Wild Ways Well the Movie?

23rd April 2018, by Paul Barclay

Last week our group had a very different experience. Untypically, the Tuesday group started with a wee drive up to Palacerigg for a film training led by two researchers from the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen. Leaving behind the animals in the cold spring we headed towards the very inspiring long houses which mostly look like upside down Viking ship’s…

Wild Ways Well, Education and community, Projects, Volunteering

Wild Ways Wildlife Detectives

29th March 2018, by Paul Barclay

The Wild Ways Wildlife Detective Agency was out in Seafar woods last week, inspecting the woods for signs of what other inhabitants might be sharing our space with us. No detective force on the planet can run without a brew though so we stopped first to get a cuppa on the go. Just ask Scotland yard, all detective work is…

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