244 January 2015 - Gryffe Advertizer

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LEAP - Bridge of Weir and
Kilbarchan
LEAP Eco Shop
LEAP are now selling a variety of reasonably priced draught proofing and energy
saving materials from our drop in centres in Lochwinnoch and Bridge of Weir,
including draught excluding strips, pipe lagging, chimney balloons, low energy
LED bulbs and all sorts of things to make your home more comfortable and
keep energy bills down. Take a look at our window display, get updates on our
Facebook page (LEAP-Local Energy Action Plan) or drop in to find out more.
Car Club in Kilbarchan
Get your discounted £15 membership! If you haven’t yet considered how the
car club might work for you why not drop in and discuss it with us. We still
have capacity for more members in Kilbarchan. So far the feedback from
our members in Kilbarchan has been great, no we just have to increase the
membership and help more people save on their motoring costs.
Contact Mike on 01505 842530 or email Mike@myleapproject.org to find out
more about how you could drastically reduce your costs of driving and still have
a car when you need it.
Tom Weir Statue Campaign
“Where there’s a Weir there’s a way”
Glasgow based design company ‘Eat Haggis’ have been working with the ‘Tom
Weir Stature Campaign’ to raise money for the construction of a statue tribute
to Tom Weir to erected at Loch Lomond. To help raise the funds Eat Haggis
created a stylish contemporary t-shirt and a limited edition print celebrating
everyone’s favourite bobble hatted hill walker. Through the T-shirt, ‘Eat Haggis’
have helped to bring attention and direct donations to the campaign and have
raised an additional £525 so far with the sale of the T-shirts.
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
The ‘Tom Weir Statue Campaign’s’ aim was to raise around £50,000 for the
creation of a bespoke
sculpture of the late
Scottish climber and
much loved TV presenter.
29th December 2014
would have been
Tom’s centenary and
the campaign will
commemorate this date
with the installation of
the statue near to where
Tom lived in the National
Park. The statue has now
been secured and the
finishing touches are being applied but with the success of the campaign the
team are now also able to do the next phase and have the area around the
statue landscaped and they still need your help.
Tom was best known for his long-running STV show Weir’s Way, as well as his
trademark woolly red hat and fair-isle jumper. Tom is probably most famous
for his long running STV show Weir’s Way in which
he wandered the hills, villages and glens of Scotland
meeting its people, exploring its landscape and
passing on interesting facts about its history in his
soft gentile way. He was also an active campaigner
for the protection of the Scottish environment and
the first recipient of the John Muir Award for Lifetime
Achievement.
Tom passed away in July, 2006 and is buried in the
grounds of Kilmaronock Parish Church, near Drymen.
Car Club at Bridge of Weir
Bridge of Weir car club has been growing in membership. The key benefits
include that the members of the car club get: reduced motoring costs, only pay
for the cars as you use it and access to our fleet of cars including an Electric
Vehicle (Nisan LEAF).
Energy & Money Saving in Bridge of Weir
A Recent Home Energy Check has helped one local resident save 30% on their
bill and remove a standing charge that they should no longer be billed for by
their energy company who were charging a rental fee that no longer applied.
This is just one example of ways the energy advisors can help you out this
January.
If you are clever with your finances, why not invest in the future while also
reducing the amount of money wasted through taking simple efficiency
measure with our qualified energy advisors. Whatever you are looking do to
invest in your homes energy efficiency we are here to help.