Community Groups and Charities.

The Children’s Wood has officially taken over management

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Children’s Wood Springs Into A New Era Campaigners finally take community control of local meadow Celebrating with Spring Forward 27 March, 2022 After a long battle to protect a West End community greenspace, The Children’s Wood charity has now officially taken over management of the land, ensuring that future generations can keep playing there. Locals, […]

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Kiss the Ground, Film Screening plus Disussion

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Thursday, 3 March 2022 –  5.30 – 8p.m. (6 p.m. start) Woodlands Community Climate Action Team & special guests Flourish House, 23-25 Ashley Street, Glasgow G3 6DR Register for Event – Free About this event Woodlands Community will screen KISS THE GROUND, a documentary that provides a solution to heal our planet and keep our […]

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Greenpeace – Kelvin Way’s Low-Traffic Neighbourhood

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Greenpeace Glasgow Group celebrates Kelvin Way’s Low-Traffic Neighbourhood with community art drop. On Valentine’s weekend 2021 volunteers from Greenpeace Glasgow Group hosted a Covid-compliant community art drop on Kelvin Way. The art drop celebrated Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and twinned the Kelvin Way’s bike lane with the Isle Of Arran to promote better-connected transport routes. People […]

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Light Up Maryhill

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Friday, 6 December, 2019, 6 p.m – 8 p.m. Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10 – 24 Gairbraid Ave, Glasgow G20 8YE A lantern lit night round the Burgh Halls and Christmas tree, with handmade lanterns music and hot chocolate. This is a partnership pilot project supporting local community organisations to celebrate in Maryhill together. Funded by […]

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No Waste Dinner at Project Cafe

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Wednesday 21 August, 2019 . 6.30 – 9.30 p.m. The Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST Join the Townhead Area Foodsharing hub at Project Cafe for a multi-course meal tackling food waste. Every course will be made from commonly wasted food and donations from local food businesses, and there’ll be plenty of resources […]

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Volunteer Action Day, North Kelvin Meadow

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Saturday 6 July, 2019, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Gardening Activity Day Meet friends and neighbours and join in jobs. Come along and work in the labyrinth, it is in need of some tlc, a bit of weeding and sowing seeds. There are other general gardening tasks you could help with. Volunteers very welcome. Any […]

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Wassail Queens Park

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Sunday 10 February, 2019, 3 – 5 p.m. South Seeds, 514 Victoria Road, Glasgow G42 8BG With Propagate and South Seeds Glasgow What’s a Wassail?! It’s a centuries old tradition to wake up apple trees after a winter sleep, chase away bad spirits and ask for a good harvest. Propagate is working with South Seeds and […]

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Music Broth, Musical Instrument Library Launch and Open Day, Govanhill

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Sunday, 2 September, 2018 1p.m. – 5 p.m. Music Broth has a premise!! After 1 year of operating, collecting in hundreds of donated instruments from the community, developing strong partnerships with other organisations, delivering musical instruments to those who need them and getting people excited about music Music Broth is all set to go further.  […]

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Sunday Summertime Litter Combat, Partick

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Sunday 29 July, 2018 – 10.00 a.m. – 12 p.m. KEEP PARTICK PARTICKULAR! Rid our neighbourhood of rubbish! Join your gallant local litter-activists in a Sunday morning litter-swagger. Improve your streets! Prettify Partick’s pavements! Sweep the scum off the sidewalks! Fight filth! Defeat detritus! Wage war on carelessly-discarded waste! All equipment provided! All welcome! FREE! […]

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Saturday, July 7, 2018 | Filed under: Community Groups and Charities

Western Infirmary Public Meeting, University of Glasgow

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 Thursday, May 24, 2018 6.30 – 8.00 p.m. The University is holding a public meeting this Thursday about the future of the old Western Infirmary site. If you are interested… Campus development programme:- Venue: Williams Room, John McIntyre Building, University Avenue (at traffic lights) G12 This building is situated opposite the Security Gatehouse at the […]

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Monday, May 21, 2018 | Filed under: Community Groups and Charities

Kingsbsborough Sanctuary Open Day

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29 May, 2018 Broomhill Hyndland Parish Church, Kingsborough Sanctuary will be open on 29th May to groups/individuals, who would like to make use of a fabulous new rehearsal and performance space in the West End of Glasgow. Broomhill Hyndland Parish Church, 79 Hyndland Road, G12 In the summer, the pews are being removed and the […]

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Family Fun Day, Hillhead Tennis Club, 20 May, 2018

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11 a.m.– 2 p.m. Sunday, 20 May, 2018 Free Lots of sports and activities to try from Hillhead Tennis Club and Community Partners, and a few surprises too! Check out the video for a small taster of what will be on offer…. https://youtu.be/6-tL4-RRvKA Hillhead Tennis Club, 32 Hughendon Road, Glasgow G12

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Concrete Soldiers Scottish Premiere of Documentary, Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow

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Don’t miss out on the Scottish premiere of the documentary ‘Concrete Soldiers’ with director Nikki Woolf and journalist Andy Worthington. A grassroots film about the fight against gentrification and council-estate demolition in London, Concrete Soldiers is also an inspiring call to action featuring the voices of residents who have refused the reality of social cleansing. The […]

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Help the Homeless, Glasgow

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Help The Homeless Glasgow is a non-profit community group founded in December, 2016. The group has expanded quickly and by December, 2017 had reached 7,000 members. Between 30 and 50 people meeting to go out into the streets of Glasgow with sleeping bags, food, clothes and other essentials, which are offered to rough sleepers. Volunteers […]

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Friday, January 12, 2018 | Filed under: Community Groups and Charities, Pat's Home Page Blog

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