A community campaigner in Rosneath is launching a new effort to bring more pride to the village - hot on the heels of her wedding.

Autumn Jenkins recently relaunched a Facebook page that previously focused on events in the village and is now aiming to improve the area.

During the pandemic lockdown, Autumn, then under her maiden name of Autumn Brown, ran Rosneath Events and organised activities for children and families in the area, as well as fund-raisers supporting those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Now Rosneath Proud is seeking ideas for how to improve the village - and is calling for entries to its first event, a gardening competition.

Autumn, who got married to Bryan on June 1, said it was an opportunity for residents to help gardens for neighbours who might struggle to do so because of age or health difficulties.

There are prizes for the top three adult and top three children gardeners.

Anyone from Rosneath, Clynder and Castle Isle can enter for £5, which goes towards the prizes. Youngsters can enter for free.

Autumn, 49, said it was part of rediscovering the pride in the village and community support that marked the pandemic.

She told the Advertiser: "I will fight for what the community wants.

"Especially during lockdown, there was so much positivity. Everybody was so happy and working for nothing, and putting in their time and you saw the pride come back into the village.

"I want that feeling back, and the village wants that back."

Autumn said there were many people proud of their village, but needed someone to coordinate efforts, such as litter picks or when community activities need insurance cover.

"The village is raring to go," she said. "But you can't go around and do simple litter picks. People want to make their village nice.

"Rosneath doesn't come on the agenda when it comes to giving out money, and we have accepted that. We come bottom of the list.

"But we cannot just go ahead making this nice, because we need all these permissions.

"The positivity is still there; the village pride is still there."

Autumn said the Rosneath Proud team is still taking ideas on how to focus their efforts, and there will be a get-together on July 24 for residents to make suggestions.

The community looked after each other during lockdown, she said, but a little bit of that had been lost since then.

"But the structure is still there," she added.

"It's a lovely village. There's enough spirit and pride."