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Cathcart, Merrylee & Muirend Community Council, established October 2022.

20/08/2026

Join us for a free film screening of the Scottish classic ‘Local Hero’ as part of Glasgow’s Doors Open Days Festival!

The film will be screened in the atmospheric main hall of the Couper Institute in partnership with Glasgow Life. Experience our new and improved screen and speaker equipment for the first time, generously funded by CALA Homes!

You are welcome to bring your own snacks, soft drinks or alcoholic drinks (18+) to enjoy during the film.

📍 The Couper Institute

📅 Saturday 19th September

🕚 Doors open 19:00. Film starts 19:30

🔞 Ages 10+

🎟 Free tickets available on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/local-hero-film-screening-at-the-couper-institute-tickets-1994995899439?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Local Hero (PG)

Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. It stars Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, and Fulton Mackay. Riegert plays an American oil company representative who is sent to a village on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property to build an oil refinery. The musical score was composed by Mark Knopfler.

"a fragment of cinematic whimsy—a genial dramatic comedy that defies both our expectations and those of the characters" - James Berardinelli

"Genuine fairy tales are rare; so is film-making that is thoroughly original in an unobtrusive way. Bill Forsyth's quirky disarming Local Hero is both." – Janet Maslin

"After making the grade internationally with the sleeper hit, Gregory's Girl, Scottish writer-director Bill Forsyth has broken the sophomore sesh jinx the only way he could, by making an even better film ... Given a larger canvas, director Forsyth has in no way attempted to overreach himself or the material, keeping things modest and intimate throughout, but displaying a very acute sense of comic insight." – Todd McCarthy

18/08/2026

Our Summer Fete is nearly upon us, taking place this Saturday from 10:30am to 1pm!

It promises to be a belter of a day, with loads to keep you entertained so come along and meet your Community Councillors or just for a fun family day out.

⭐ Balloon Modelling
⭐ Face Painting
⭐ WILD Outdoor Crafts
⭐ Homebaking Bring and Buy - please do not use nuts in any bakes you are donating
⭐ Book Swap
⭐ Storytelling
⭐ Fire Engine
⭐ Childrens Games
⭐ Live Music
⭐ Market Stalls:
💫 Southside Soaps
💫 Jessica Chau Art & Crochet
💫 Guides Candles

We will be selling tea and coffee along with the homebaking - cash and card payments acepted.

Amongst all of the festivities and fun, we are also collecting for Glasgow South West foodbank, so please bring along a tin, packet, or jar if you can spare any. Attached is a shopping list of required foods.

We hope to see you there!

📆 Saturday 22nd August
⏰ 10:30 - 13:00
📍Orchardlea Community Church, Merrylee Road/Coylton Road

17/08/2026

BOOKWORMS
With our Summer Fete just days away, a reminder that there will be a book swap stall, so bring along any books you no longer need or want and swap them for something new.

Any books leftover once the event comes to an end will be donated to charity.

BAKERS
We will also be selling homebaking to raise funds for further community events. Any donations of homebaking will be very gratefully received. Anything is welcome from fairy cakes and gateaux to biscuits, pastries, tarts, pies, brownies or whatever your speciality is! All we ask is please do not include any nuts in your recipes.

📍 Orchardlea Community Church
📆 Saturday 22nd August
⏰ 10:30 - 13:00

FREE ENTRY for all!

11/08/2026

A wee reminder of TWO events taking place at the Couper Institute this Thursday 13th August:

1) FREE Chair Yoga
Join Aletia Crichton for the second of 3 accessible community chair yoga sessions open to all no matter what your level or ability.

📍 Auchincloss Room
⏰️ 18:15 - 18:45

Free tickets available on eventbrite.co.uk: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/chair-yoga-sessions-4859172

2) Couper Institute - Public Consultation
Reconnect Theatres are holding their second public consultation session on their proposal to create a community theatre at the Couper Institute.

📍 Main Hall
⏰️ 19:30

As part of the public consultation, Reconnect Theatres have also opened an online survey to gather the views of the public. Please complete the survey even if you attended or plan to attend one of the in-person sessions at the Couper.

Survey:
https://forms.gle/Nipdy6F9xiRMkMrm7

06/08/2026

🎊 Summer Fete 🎊

In its fourth year, our summer fete has a new location, but you can still expect all the fun of previous years! Including FREE face painting, games, outdoor crafts, book swap, homebaking bring and buy* and more!

Donations for the local food bank are also welcome.

*If donating homebaking please do not include nuts

05/08/2026

FREE Chair Yoga this Thursday!

Join Aletia Crichton as she leads accessible community chair yoga in the Couper Institute.

After the amazing turnout at our Doors Open Day event last September, the Community Council are delighted to invite back Aletia and her chair exercise class this August. The sessions are open to all no matter what your level or ability, and will be held in the Auchincloss Room in the Couper Institue.

The 3 sessions will be held on:
Thursday 6th August at 18:15 - 18:45
Thursday 13th August at 18:15 - 18:45
Thursday 20th August at 18:15 - 18:45

FREE tickets available on eventbrite.co.uk: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/chair-yoga-sessions-4859172

01/08/2026

On your marks, get ready, go!

The Clarkston Road discovery trail starts today and runs until 15th August.

You can pick up an entry form from the Couper Library or download it here.

29/07/2026

👀 Summer Event - Clarkston Road Discovery Trail
1st - 15th August
Clarkston Road

A fun, free activity for families.
Something is amiss in the windows of our local businesses...

Take a walk up Clarkston Road and see if you can spot the unexpected items being displayed in the windows.

Competition forms detailing all the businesses taking part will be available to collect from the Couper Library from 1st August, or you can download here!

Return them to the Couper Library or by emailing [email protected] by 15th August detailing all the odd items you spotted for a chance to win a prize!

05/07/2026

Couper Institute - Public Consultation

Thanks to everyone who came along on Thursday 2nd July for the Reconnect Theatres public consultation session on the future of the Couper Institute. The proposal is to create a community theatre at the Couper Institute, as part of the People Make Glasgow Communities property leasing programme.

If you weren't able to attend last week, a second session is being held on Thursday 13th August at 7:30pm.

As part of the public consultation, Reconnect Theatres have also opened an online survey to gather the views of the public. Please complete the survey even if you attended or plan to attend one of the in-person sessions at the Couper.

Survey:
https://forms.gle/Nipdy6F9xiRMkMrm7

Next In-Person Consultation Session:
📍 The Couper Institute
📅 Thursday 13th August
⏰️ 7:30pm

04/07/2026

📢 SUMMER EVENTS ANNOUNCEMENT

The weather may be doing it's best to convince us it is NOT summer, but that hasn't stopped us from organising our summer events! Full details for each event will follow in the coming days and weeks, so mark the dates in your diary and keep an eye on our facebook/instagram for more details soon.

1 - 15 Aug - Discovery Trail, Clarkston Road

Sat 22 Aug - Summer Fete, Orchardlea Church

Dates TBC - Chair Yoga, Couper Institute

Sat 5 Sep - Micro Talks, Couper Library

17 & 19 Sep - Doors Open Day, Couper Institute

Sat 19 Sep - Film Screening, Couper Institute

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Website

https://cathcartdistrict.org.uk/

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