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  • Pride Picnic 2024

  • Jubilee Tea party

  • Intermission at Kilbarchan's Book Club Film night

Kilbarchan group was established over 40 years ago and currently consists of members living in Kilbarchan and surrounding towns. These include Kilmalcolm, Bridge of Weir, Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew.

We are a busy group of 17 members and rarely have a week without a meeting, whether it is a topic based meeting in a member’s home or via Zoom, a book group meeting, a visit to a place of interest, a theatre or cinema visit, a walk with the walking group or just a coffee get-together in a local coffee shop. We try to offer something for everyone and welcome new ideas.

Occasionally we have joint meetings with other local groups, especially if there is a guest speaker, to help ensure we have a good number attending. The day/time of meetings can vary to try and accommodate everyone’s schedule and in the winter months we might meet in the afternoon or use Zoom for meetings to avoid driving in the dark on country roads.

Our programme runs from mid August until the end of June with a break for Christmas and New Year. During our summer break we meet up occasionally for coffee and/or walks if there is enough interest.

We have several WhatsApp groups. As well as one for the whole group there are also dedicated groups for members of the Walking Group and Book Group plus the occasional short life group for specific visits.

Your are welcome to download a copy of our current programme (see the Downloads section further down the page) to see what our plans are for the current session. You can also see each upcoming meeting listed in date order in “Upcoming Events” which is at the end of the “Latest Updates” section.

As well as providing you with access to your own group meetings, membership of NWR also allows you to access on-line talks, exercise classes, virtual book clubs and various NWR Facebook groups, all provided by our Head Office.

We welcome new members so please get in touch through the “Contact Kilbarchan Group” link above and Susan our Local Organiser will be in touch for a chat over a coffee and to invite you to our next meetings or event.

We’re a friendly bunch – see for yourself by clicking on the download button below (you might have to go to your download folder to find the video clip) and watch a short montage of Kilbarchan Group members out and about in various places over the last few years.

Post walk lunch

Latest updates from Kilbarchan

Upcoming events at Kilbarchan

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Zoom Call, KILBARCHAN group

Iconic Photographs from around the World

18 Feb 2026

Linda is hosting this talk on zoom. Members should send their photograph of choice to Linda before the meeting. Tell…

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Bellahouston Park Glasgow, KILBARCHAN group

Celebrating International Women’s Day

6 Mar 2026

Once again we’re celebrating IWD and everyone is invited to join the members of the book group for lunch at…

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Paisley Renfrewshire, KILBARCHAN group

House Renovations

20 Mar 2026

Share with us any stories of renovations you have been involved with. Marion is hosting this meeting. Please let her…

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Kilbarchan, KILBARCHAN group

Different Festivals

1 Apr 2026

Jenifer is hosting this meeting at her home. Tell us about the different festivals (religious or otherwise) from around the…

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Kilbarchan Renfrewshire, KILBARCHAN group

“Hat Night”

15 Apr 2026

Isobel is hosting this meeting. Please bring along a piece of paper with a topic for the group to discuss.…

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Kilbarchan , KILBARCHAN group

Famous Women from 1926

29 Apr 2026

Elizabeth is hosting this meeting at her home. Research someone either born in 1926 or just news worthy. Meeting starts…

The Commonwealth/ Olympic/Paralymplic/ Deaflypic Games

13 May 2026

Glasgow is hosting the Commonwealth Games in July this year. To celebrate this and other international sporting events please choose…

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Bridge of Weir, KILBARCHAN group

Talk by CRUSE Bereavement Support

27 May 2026

Irene is hosting this meeting at her home. We will hear from a speaker from CRUSE – members of other…

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Kilmacolm, KILBARCHAN group

Research someone with the same name as your Mother

10 Jun 2026

Ethna is hosting this meeting. Members should research someone with the same name as their mother – could be their…

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Paisley Abbey, KILBARCHAN group

Guided tour of Paisley Abbey

18 Jun 2026

Linda is organising a guided tour of historic Paisley Abbey – time tbc nearer the date. Tickets are £5. Lunch…

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Kilbarchan, KILBARCHAN group

Annual Review Meeting (ARM)

1 Jul 2026

Fiona is hosting our ARM this year at her home. This afternoon meeting starts at 1.30pm

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Bellahouston Park, KILBARCHAN group

NWR’s Big Read “Woman, Captain, Rebel

14 Aug 2026

We’ve chosen Margaret Wilson’s “Woman, Captain, Rebel” – the extraordinary true story of a daring Icelandic Sea Captain. We will…

Autumn Programme Planning Meeting

21 Aug 2026

Susan is hosting this meeting at her home. Meeting time tbc.

Downloads

2508 Knwr Programme August-Dec 2025 V1.0

2601 Knwr Programme Jan-Aug 2026 V1.0

KNWR Book Group Programme 25_26

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