The national gathering took place at the end of January and marked seven years since the, now famous, group of women from Glasgow first went on that trip to India.  Elaine, who had travelled with that group, joined us and we heard from the Maryhill group, one of our most ‘senior’ SRGs.  There was... Read more

Self Reliant Young People in Inverclyde and Dundee Inverclyde hosted a Fires Starter event on January, 31^st at the new Inverclyde Hub.  We invited young people from the ages of 16-30 to come and grow £10 while learning the SRG way of working.  The group shared lots of different thou... Read more

WEvolution is looking out for three resourceful, influential and imaginative people to join our Board of Trustees in 2018. WEvolution is not in the business of doing ordinary work. It has sparked off the imagination of people in communities, groups and agencies with its unique Self-Reliant Gro... Read more

Wow, we are going to be able to get really creative in this space.’ – Christine Thompson, new member ‘I am so happy I can bring the kids and they have their own space, so I can get on and work.’- Lorraine Edwards, Outside the Box SRG Groups gathered together for the Regional gathering in In... Read more

This November at the Paisley hub we combined our endless interest in grabbing every opportunity to learn new skills with our concern about the lack of decent splashback in the kitchen area and hosted a tiling workshop. Cameron Bauer from Building Futures (www.building-futures.org.uk) joined us in... Read more

The Church of Scotland has continued to be one of our biggest supporters and advocates for the Self-Reliant movement across Scotland and Last week the SRGs were delighted to welcome the Moderator for the Church of Scotland, Dr Derek Browning. Our hosts for the afternoon were two SRGs who organise... Read more

Our new SRG hub in Paisley is close to completion following a flurry of activity with help from our friends, the Edinburgh Tool Library, and much wielding of paint brush, rollers, hammers and saws by SRG members and volunteers. We transformed twenty grubby looking pallets into smart retro tables ... Read more

One of the challenges for any new business is finding time to think about your business while also keeping the momentum of growth, being creative and running the business. The saying is you end up working in the business and not on it. You initially have lists of things to do, such as buyin... Read more

Castlemilk in Glasgow has seen huge growth in recent months with 13 local people now involved in SRGs. We are delighted to welcome on board the all male, Castlemilk Woodworking Group who will be working on creating handcrafted Christmas decorations to sell from November 2017... Read more