Glasgow Allotments Forum

31/05/2026

Download the poster for our resource bank launch event and pritn it for your allotment site notice board

More event details: https://fb.me/e/4ikOKE4Yn

27/02/2026

Working with a school or community group in Glasgow? Want some potatoes for your garden? Or even for a patio?

£3 for a planter bag and a handful of spuds - one day only! Just add your own compost. We've got a range of types to choose from - see our Potato Day page for the latest list: https://glasgowallotments.org/potatoday

Collect at 10am tomorrow, Sat 28 Feb, to Safestore on Charles Street, by the Royal Infirmary - https://maps.app.goo.gl/BuDrf2nY1VQJJyZA8

We'll be inside on level 4, so message us here and we'll come down and let you in.

We'll probably be gone by 11am, so come quick!

06/02/2026

Funding Opportunities – 6 Feb 2026

👑 King Charles III Charitable Fund 💰 Funding Amount: Up to £3,000 per year (for up to 3 years)📅 Deadline: Apply between 28 January (9am) and 11 February (noon) For UK-registered not-for-profit organisations with an annual income of £25,000–£500,000. Focus areas: Social inclusion – projects relieving poverty, loneliness, and social exclusion Health & wellbeing – improving physical and mental health…...

👑 King Charles III Charitable Fund 💰 Funding Amount: Up to £3,000 per year (for up to 3 years)📅 Deadline: Apply between 28 January (9am) and 11 February (noon) For UK-registered not-for-profit orga…

24/11/2025

We had a brilliant night at the City Chambers last Thursday, celebrating the New Plotholder Award winners and going into our AGM for 2025. Read on for more...

We had a brilliant night at the City Chambers last Thursday, 20th Nov 2025 New Plotholder Awards A huge thank you to Deacon Commander Nick Parry for presenting the awards with warmth and style. The…

05/11/2025

Our most recent open meeting was a discussion between interested plotholders on the topic of preventing and dealing with conflict, led by invited guest facilitator Verene Nicolas.

We've written up the discussion into a short (1.5-page) report:

- if you're a committee member, perhaps this could help you think about the way things are managed on your site
- if you're a plotholder, maybe it could help you think about other ways to communicate with people around you, or it might give you suggestions you could take to your committee!

The recent open meeting focused on conflict prevention and resolution, facilitated by Verene Nicolas. Participants identified various types of conflict and shared strategies for management. A conci…

27/05/2025

Come to the GAF session on Thursday June 12th at MILK community space 7-8 pm (318 Cathcart Rd G42 7DF) to hear from people using No Dig techniques, Composting, and Forest Gardening approaches on Glasgow’s allotment sites. Chip into the discussion with your own experiences and questions. Print the poster for your noticeboard Whet your appetite... Here's a recording of a talk from FebFest a few years ago....

Come to the GAF session on Thursday June 12th at MILK community space 7-8 pm (318 Cathcart Rd G42 7DF) to hear from people using No Dig techniques, Composting, and Forest Gardening approaches on Gl…

18/03/2025

This month's funding bulletin from across Glasgow...

The Parks4Life Community Fund offers up to £1,500 for park revitalization. BBC Children in Need provides £1,000 – £15,000 for projects supporting racially minoritised youth, while Heart Resea…

08/03/2025

This month's funding opportunity updates (via Glasgow City Council's funding update email)

Opportunities from the Imperial Polythene Fund (£500-£1000 by March 20) and the Barcapel Foundation (up to £100,000 by March 21). Other notable funds support heritage, mental health, and environmen…

02/03/2025

Trialing something new... Glasgow City Council send us regular updates on funding opportunities every few weeks.

We occasionally get plotholders telling us they wish they knew where to get money to develop their allotment sites, especially for their communal areas, or to support annual events.

We'll try summarising these bulletins for everyone - but we're volunteer-led, so forgive us if we don't keep on top of this all year-long. We'll post them on the GAF Website alongside our own two awards - the New Plotholder Awards and the (upcoming, inaugural) Plotting On Awards:

https://glasgowallotments.org/awards-and-funding/

Key grants include the Glasgow 850 Festival Fund for community events (up to £850), University of Glasgow’s GRID Civic Grants (up to £5,000), Ofgem’s Energy Redress Scheme for renewable…

28/02/2025

Last chance today: https://glasgowallotments.org/excess-stock

Grab a sack and distribute them at your own allotment site, maybe? Varieties you won't get at the big shops!

What’s left? We sold most of our stock at Potato Day, but some was left over. Take a sack and go wild on your plot – or even have a mini Potato Day of your own. Buy it by Friday 28 Feb …