PARKLEA Branching Out at Port Glasgow is giving people the chance to try clothes swapping instead of shopping this weekend.  |  Read more

SCOTTISH Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs, in partnership with local people and organisations in Inverclyde, is hosting a family-friendly event on Saturday 27 October in Greenock.  |  Read more

GREENOCK Rotary Club's 2018 charity appeal is in aid of Smalls For All which gives underwear to vulnerable women, girls and boys in Africa. The club hopes community groups and individuals will back the effort. To help or donate, contact Kenny Melville on 01475 781881.  |  Smalls For All 

INVERCLYDE Ramblers head to Kilcreggan on Saturday (20 October) for a seven-mile road walk with views of Lochgoilhead. Walkers meet at Gourock Pier ferry terminal at 09:20 for the 09:36 Kilcreggan ferry.  |  Inverclyde Ramblers

GREENOCK And District Model Railway Club's annual show takes place this weekend. It is being held at Lyle Kirk's Union Street Building, Greenock, on Saturday 20 October, 10am to 5pm, and Sunday 21 October, 12 to 5pm.

INVERCLYDE Christian Initiative (ICI) is having a half night of prayer on Thursday 25 October in Barnard's Court Mission, Greenock.  |  Read more

THIS cat has been missing from his home in the Morton Terrace area of Greenock for several days.  |  Read more

THE Friends of Ardgowan Hospice are holding a coffee morning on Saturday (20 October) between 10am and noon in Westburn Church hall, Nelson Street, Greenock. There will be stalls including home-baking. Entry is by donation of £2 at the door.

OLD Gourock and Ashton Parish Church have their next Messy Church session on Sunday (21 October) from 1 to 3pm in the Arran halls, Binnie Street. There will be a variety of crafts, activities and Messy Kitchen.

CLUNE Park Resource Centre, Montgomerie Street, Port Glasgow is holding a table-top sale and Christmas craft fair on Saturday 3 November from 12 to 4pm. Tables can be booked for £5 by calling 805005 or 804074.

GREENOCK Baptist Church, St Andrew Square, Carnock Street, is running a holiday club for primary school-age children during the October holiday. Epic Explorers is on from Monday 15 October to Friday 19 October, from 1 to 3.30pm each day The cost is £1 per day. Places can be booked online. 

AUCHENBOTHIE Road, Port Glasgow will be closed between Montrose Avenue and Marloch Avenue from Monday 15 October to Sunday 21 October for sewer repair works Traffic will be diverted via Marloch Avenue, Slaemuir Avenue, Pentland Avenue, and Sidlaw Avenue.

THE next health walk being held by community organisation Your Voice is at Kilmacolm on Tuesday 16 October, meeting at the Pullman Tavern at 11am. The two-hour walk will take in Milton Woods and Glen Ross.

INVERCLYDE householders are being advised that the district's garden waste collection service will be suspended for the winter from next month.  |  Read more

LATEST Inverclyde Jobcentre Plus vacancies include part-time receptionist, assistant chef and joiner...  |  Read more

GREENOCK Camera Club's meeting on Thursday (11 October) is in two parts, starting with members meeting at a local location at 6.15pm to take some evening shots.  |  Read more

BETHANY Hall, Drumshantie Road in Gourock is holding a friends and neighbours social evening on Friday (12 October) at 7.15pm featuring the McRoberts Male Voice Choir. Refreshments will be laid on.

THIS cat has been missing from her home in the St Andrew's Drive area of Gourock since 2 October.  |  Read more

GOUROCK library re-opened this morning (Wednesday) following closure on Tuesday because of water leaking through the ceiling, affecting lights and the power supply.  

MESSY Church returns to Westburn Church, Nelson Street, Greenock on Saturday (13 October) between 4 and 6pm. with crafts, stories, singing, refreshments and a meal. New families are welcome to go along.

SKELMORLIE Camera Club starts its weekly Tuesday night meetings on 9 October with a welcome evening. It takes place at 7:30 in the village community centre. New members are welcome.

INVERCLYDE'S annual firework display is on Saturday 3 November at Battery Park, Greenock.  |  Read more 

LATEST Inverclyde Jobcentre Plus vacancies include van driver, recovery development worker and cook at sheltered housing...  |  Read more

INVERCLYDE Ramblers head to St Catherine's on Loch Fyne on Saturday (6 October) for an eight-mile walk on forestry tracks and lochside paths to Cairndow. Walkers meet at Gourock Pier ferry terminal at 08:10 for the 08:20 Dunoon ferry, catching the 486 bus from Dunoon to St Catherine’s at 08:50.  |  Inverclyde Ramblers 

ST John's Church, Gourock is having a Soup Saturday event on this weekend (6 October) from noon to 1.30pm in the church hall. The cost is £2.50 for soup and bread with a cup of tea or coffee. There will also be filled rolls for sale.

THE monthly quiz night at St Joseph’s Church hall on Bow Road, Greenock takes place on Friday (5 October) at 7:30. Entry is £2 for adults and £1 for children.