GREENOCK Baptist Church in St Andrew Square, Carnock Street is holding a Macmillan Cancer Support World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event on Friday (28 September) from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Donation tickets are £2, payable at the door.

A WALLET was found on Saturday night near Orangefield Cafe, Greenock. It has been handed in at Greenock Police Station.

PHOENIX Car Club's Inverclyde Cycle Safe event is on Saturday (29 September) at St. Patrick’s Primary, Broomhill, Greenock, between 10am and 1pm. It is open to children in primaries six and seven. Those from schools that haven't registered a team who are interested can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

THE World Ship Society Firth of Clyde branch holds the opening meeting of its new session on Thursday (27 September) when John Morgan from Ferguson Marine Engineering will talk about the Port Glasgow shipyard. The meeting is at Cedars School, 31 Ardgowan Square, Greenock, at 7.30pm. New members are welcome.

THE Friends of Ardgowan Hospice are holding a coffee morning on Saturday (29 September) from 10am to noon in Westburn Church hall, Nelson Street, Greenock. Entry is by donation of £2 at the door.

ST Andrew's Church in Princes Street, Port Glasgow is holding a good-as-new sale from Monday 24 September to Friday 5 October, open 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Hot rolls and tea and coffee will be served from 11am to 1.30pm.

COMMUNITY organisation Your Voice is holding a two-hour walk at Loch Thom near Greenock on Tuesday (25 September) on well-established paths. Walkers meet at Overton Cottage, Greenock at 11:15am. (A bus to Overton leaves Kilblain Street, stand seven, at 10:30am.

THERE will be overnight closures of Cumberland Road, Greenock, between Inverkip Road and Stafford Road, from 8pm to 6am each night from Tuesday 25 September to Friday 28 September for resurfacing. Drivers will be diverted via Auchmead Road.

INVERCLYDE Ramblers have two walks to choose from this weekend -- a Munro climb or a riverside excursion.  |  Read more

HOME-Start Inverclyde is looking for volunteers with parenting skills to help families with young children deal with the challenges they face.  |  Read more

THE first in a series of Inverclyde-wide events inviting people to discuss the idea of communities having more decision-making powers takes place in Inverkip this weekend.  |  Read more

MEARNS Street, Greenock will be closed between Roxburgh Street and Wellington Street from Monday 24 September to Friday 28 September for carriageway resurfacing by Inverclyde Council.

INVERCLYDE Libraries welcome prolific cook book writer and chef Christopher Trotter to Port Glasgow and Greenock Central Libraries later this month.  |  Read more

MOORFOOT Primary School, Gourock, is hosting a community open day on Saturday (15 September).  |  Read more

VOLUNTEERS are needed for a beach clean-up being held by Clyde Muirshiel Park rangers at Lunderston Bay, Cloch Road, near Gourock, on Saturday (15 September), 11am to 1pm. For more information call 01475 521458.

INVERCLYDE Ramblers head to Kilsyth on Saturday (15 September) for a 12-mile walk featuring the Antonine Way, heading on well-established paths to Banknock, returning via the Forth and Clyde Canal. Walkers meet at Brymner Street, Greenock at 9am.  |  Inverclyde Ramblers 

INVERCLYDE Council is calling for volunteers to play a key role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people in the area.  |  Read more

GREENOCK Camera Club members will be available at their 130th anniversary print exhibition at Beacon Arts Centre, Customhouse Quay today (Monday 10 September), 7 to 9pm, to meet anyone interested in the club, photography or information about any of the prints.

HILLEND Bowling Club, Hillend Place, Greenock is having a fete on Saturday (8 September) from 11am to 2pm. There will be various stalls, bric-a-brac, a raffle and crafts.

NEW singers are welcome to go along to Greenock Philharmonic Choir's open evening and first rehearsal.  |  Read more

THE next Inverkip and Wemyss Bay Community Council meeting is on Thursday (6 September) at 7pm in Inverkip Primary School. It is open to the public. The community council is seeking new committee members. Anyone interested should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

A COFFEE morning due to be held at St John's Church, Gourock on Saturday (8 September) has been cancelled because of preparations for the visit of the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland who is preaching on Sunday (9 September).

OLD Gourock and Ashton Church in Royal Street, Gourock will be open to the public as part of Doors Open Weekend, from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 8 September and from noon to 2pm on Sunday 9 September. Members will be giving tours of the building.

MOVING On Inverclyde, which helps recovering addicts, is holding its annual general meeting on Monday 17 September at 5:15 at its base in Kingston House, 3 Jamaica Street, Greenock. The meeting is open to the public.  |  Moving On Inverclyde

GREENOCK Sea Cadets are looking for young people to join the unit, and for volunteers to help run it.  |  Read more

INVERCLYDE Ramblers head to Hunter’s Quay on Saturday (1 September) for a seven-mile walk, mostly on track, to Dunoon. Walkers are catching the 907 McGill's bus, from Port Glasgow at 8:46, Greenock at 9:03 and Gourock at 9:13.  |  Inverclyde Ramblers