Links

Links to the websites of friends of Forth & District Initiative and links to websites we feel will be of interest to you, like places where you can find more information on projects similar to our own, or where you can learn more about issues we raise or highlight through our own projects.

Forth District

Forth & District
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Forth Develoment Trust

Forth Development Trust
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Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy Association
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Local Council

South Lanarkshire Council
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Beautiful Scotland

Keep Scotland Beautiful
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Green Space Scotland

Greenspace Scotland
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Latest News

The Caley
We had a wonderful time at the The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society - The Caley awards on 25th March 2026. We were very honoured to receive a Certificate of Merit in recognition of our contribution to horticulture and gardening in Scotland. Thank you to those who nominated us and everyone who has been involved with The Eco Site over the years.

Keep Scotland Beautiful - 2025 an Amazing Year

Flourishing Forth are delighted to have won an outstanding award for sustainable gardening in the RHS Britain in Bloom UK wide awards. This follows on from winning the RHS community award for sustainable gardening in Scotland at 14th October's Keep Scotland Beautiful online ceremony. We have also won Silver Gilt in this years Keep Scotland Beautiful awards, Level 5 - outstanding and certificate of distinction in the It's your neighbourhood award and the RHS Scotland Award for Resilience and Overcoming Adversity. These awards celebrate all the hard work and efforts put in by Forth Initiative and the wider community who help make Forth look as good as possible throughout the year. Thanks to everyone who helps, doing jobs big and small, everyones efforts add up to make our village a great place to live. A massive Thank You to you all.

Christmas Lights

The lights were switched on by Christine Fraser on Sunday 16th November 2025,thank you Christine.
Ten new lights were added in 2022, our 20th Anniversary year as these needed to be replaced.

Volunteering

We work with residents of all ages for the benefit of our community.The group have a wider remit which includes restoration of our parks and regeneration of our village, participating in Beautiful Scotland and other award schemes.
If you have some spare time & could help with weeding at the eco site or around the village, planting our barrels & hanging baskets in the summer or if you could water the ones near where you live, please get in touch.