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HOPE Six inspirational environmental films over 6 Weeks followed with Discussion and Action Starts Wednesday 19th of August 2026 7-9pm Hope! Is a documentary series rooted in active optimism. It amplifies the stories of communities worldwide who are regenerating the planet and building a more just future. Filmed across 17 countries on 4 continents, it gathers over 40 solutions already having a positive impact on Earth. The Hub has been given permission from the international transition network, to screen the film series for free to our community, o Each Session will start with a film. All films are around an hour long. As the films highlight inspiration from across the globe, all films include multiple languages and are subtitled. o The films will spark conversation. Following the film there will be an opportunity for everyone to briefly share the elements of the film which inspired them with hope over a hot drink. o Explore Actions which could be taken forward...

What You'll Find out at the hubs Wee (this year) Festival Our festival will feature knowledge-sharing sessions. On our community's shared purpose. 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture · Soil health, biodynamics, syntropic farming, holistic management 🌲 Forests · Agroforestry, community forests, old-growth ecology, reforestation, local forest fungal infections and non native species invasions 🌊 Oceans · whales and salmon recovery, phytoplankton, crustacean recovery, the Forth estuary crises 🍄 Fungi · Mycoremediation, mycoinsecticides, fungi in ecosystems, psilocybe stewardship 💧 Water · Watersheds, raingardens, wetlands, aquifer restoration, SUDS 🌍 Indigenous Leadership · Traditional knowledge, land back, biocultural restoration, sovereignty 🌿 Permaculture · Design principles, suburban to large-scale applications, Biodiversity recovery 🏛️ New Economics · Bioregional finance, ecosystem services, regenerative investment. Introducing citizen coin...

Annual events In May, we have Falkirk Writers Circle annual seminar, this is an event that sees professional and amateur writers from all over the country have their work judged Also, again this year the hub will be powering the flowers by following the No Mow May Campaign Monthly events We are a polling station on May 7, 2026, this coincides with our new monthly event launch, The Gathering Music event; however, your Hub is luckily a large community space, we can be a polling station and still have plenty of space, the only groups that cant use the hub that day are the line dancers and the highland dancers as they need the Muckle halls wooden floor, we will still hold plenty other events on that same day. For example - On may the 7th, we also have open book, monthly creative writing group On Wednesday, May 13, we will have our monthly Hub meeting, with part of it being our quarterly members' formal update The 17th is the tea talk and tech afternoon The 20th is p...

  Screening of the Emergency Briefing A local opportunities to raise a question to election candidates. Sign up here Polmont Community Hub regularly hosts screenings of films related to environmental issues. Unfortunately, these events are not well attended, largely due to the lack of promotion from mainstream media. Many in our community view our sustainability development goals as doomerist and unrealistic. Overall, there is a reluctance among the populace to transition to low-carbon living, especially in this area, where we have long been taught to take pride in our industrial heritage. For the past 250 years, British industrialists launched much of the technology that fueled the global industrial revolution right from here, and as a result, this area tends to lean pro-industry.  Environmentalists are a minority locally, which is why it was essential for us to screen the Emergency Briefing. The hub demonstrates what can be achieved by embracing the transition towards low-ca...

Round the hooses  Its only a mile from the hub to Grangemouth Sports Stadium. This stadium is an amazing local asset that nearly closed down, unlike the hub its still under threat of closure. It was similar to the Hub as regards its energy poverty; its energy performance rating was a huge expense for FDCouncil, as was the Hub's. This Scottish district council of Falkirk suffers from energy poverty,   on the 26th of April 2026 two of the Hub volunteers, and many members of polmont joggers Ran the 60th! round The House's running road race which starts and finniishs at  GrangeMouth Athletics Stadium, one of these volunteers grew up in grangemouth, He was born the same year the stadium was built - 1966 at that time Grangemouth was the most prosperous town in Europe, The energy industry was booming, There was workers coming from all over the country moving to Grasngemouth newtown, with the oil, gas, petrochemical and coal industry, Boomin there was well paid jobs aplenty....

  Growing event by LIOH for our community land   This summer, Land In Our Hands our new nature and biodiversity group, plans to start a few projects in the community hub's garden' , they have made a small start to a few projects in the community hub's window sills and garden, they are now looking to expand and need help from anyone who would like to volunteer some time to help out. You don't have to be an experienced gardener, or even know anything about gardening, just come along and learn along the way. We are also looking for people to help with projects related to the garden that are not necessarily gardening, such as helping to build some benches and planters, decorating bird boxes, among many other fun things. Some of our initial projects are going to be: Building raised beds and planters to get some food growing Making a rock garden Building some benches for seating Getting some polytunnels put up Starting the groundwork for some biodiversity gardens Planting our...