EAST Inspiring Glasgow’s citizens to lead richer and more update active lives The East Area Service Team covers the following areas: Dennistoun, Calton, Bridgeton, Haghill, Carntyne, Riddrie, Cranhill, Parkhead, Dalmarnock, Easterhouse, Ruchazie, Garthamlock, Springboig, Barlanark, Tollcross, Shettleston, Baillieston and Garrowhill. For more information call the Area Manager East on 0141 276 1785 or email communitieseast@ glasgowlife.org.uk In this issue: There’s a lot going on in the East for you, your friends and family Culture and Sport Glasgow is now Glasgow Life! We hope this newsletter will give Although our name has changed, the work we do, has not. What we do has you a flavour of the services we never been more important, nor been more valued particularly in these turbulent provide in the communities across Activities for Young economic times. As a charity Glasgow Life is charged with the delivery of the the East of the city and to find People city’s sport, leisure and cultural services. This includes Kelvingrove Art Gallery and out more, please visit our new Museum, and the Mitchell Library, the Concert Halls and community facilities. website www.glasgowlife.org.uk/ We stage major events and festivals, such as the World Pipe Band communities Championships, and Celtic Connections. Glasgow Life delivers a varied and exciting range of services and facilities The East Area Team provides the in East Glasgow. Our dedicated Area Team deliver services near you, in line following services: with Glasgow Life’s aims and objectives. • Play Services We work with local organisations to develop • Youth Services and run cultural and sporting activities that • Community Based Find out what’s on at reflect local needs. Adult Education the People’s Palace To discover Glasgow Life and get up to • Health and Physical date information visit www.glasgowlife.org.uk Activity Services The Glasgow Club is Scotland’s largest • Community Services health and fitness club offering a fantastic variety of activities including fitness classes, In addition Glasgow Life offers the swimming, gyms and sports halls, tennis/ following services in East Glasgow: badminton courts and on-site crèches and • Arts Development cafes in most centres. There are five Glasgow • Sport Clubs and Volunteer Club facilities in East Glasgow. Development For more information on the • Glasgow Club Leisure Centres Free swimming at programmes and facilities, please visit • Community Facilities your local pool www.glasgowclub.org or email • Glasgow Libraries [email protected] www.glasgowlife.org.uk Youth Achievement Awards Glasgow Life is co-ordinating the Youth Zest Achievement Awards to recognise the Zest is Glasgow’s citywide achievements and everything that is positive about activity programme for young people in the East End. The Awards are 5 - 18 year olds. Activities designed to encourage young people to take include everything from more responsibility in selecting, planning and arts to athletics; storytime leading activities that are based on their interests. to streetwork; ducklings to dance and lots more. School Work Most activities are free with Em-prove and XL programmes are supported a Glasgow Young Scot or and delivered by Glasgow Life Youth Services Kidz Card. Find out more at and Glasgow Secondary Schools. Topics www.zestweb.org include: communication, team work, organising, improve learning, self-awareness, taking Glasgow responsibility, self confidence, motivation, presentation, citizenship, creativity, risk and Young Scot / enterprise, preparing for work and leadership. Kidz Card Shop with it, win with it, get Youth Work fit with it! Here’s a few great Youth Activity Programmes include: ways to use your Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card. Whitehill Youth Group (at Whitehill Youth Wing) Tuesdays and Fridays 6.30 – 9pm Riddrie Youth Group (at Smithycroft School) Free Cinema Mondays and Thursdays 7 – 9pm Young people from St. Mungo’s Academy and Did you know that every Dalmarnock Community Centre worked with Saturday morning at St Aidens Youth Group (at St Aidens School) a visual artist and a singing tutor having fun, 11.30am you can take your Wednesdays 6 – 8.30pm gaining confidence and working as a team. card along to Cineworld Parkhead or The GFT Cranhill Youth Group (at Cranhill Beacon Centre) They performed along the route of the 5K Fun in City Centre and you and an accompanying Fridays 6.30 – 9pm Run whilst promoting their banners, singing adult get in to see films for FREE! Tickets are The Connie Youth Group at Provanhall talents and generally encouraging the runners available on the day on a first come first served Fridays 6 – 9pm before taking to the stage in Tollcross Park to be basis, so make sure you queue up early! Check thanked for their contribution to the day. out what’s on at www.gft.org.uk Barlanark Youth Group (at Barlanark Centre) Monday 7 – 9pm The artwork explores what it’s like to live in their area at the time of building work and Get Fit With It Ruchazie Youth Group (at Ruchazie Centre) regeneration linked to the Commonwealth Did you know that with your Glasgow Young Tuesday and Thursday 7 – 9pm Games. Scot Card you can buy a six month Glasgow Carmyle (at Carmyle Centre) They displayed their banner, a photography Club Fitness Unlimited membership for only Monday 4.30 – 6.30pm. exhibition and visual art at the official opening £32.50! A bargain at just over £5 a month! of the Bridgeton Cross Redevelopment, and Glasgow Young Scot Card and Kidz Card sang for family and friends in the City Chambers. holders in the East also enjoyed over 35,000 Youth Literacies For more information about our wider Arts free swims in 2009/10. Programme Development work in the East, please phone Youth literacy programmes are offered to young 0141 287 4350 or email glasgow.arts@ people with low levels of skills in reading and glasgowlife.org.uk The Duke of writing. Edinburgh’s Award Skills are developed using animation, A challenging programme of activities for young interview techniques, creative writing, web people aged 14-24. Participants design their page design, comic strip creation and rapping. own programme and complete their activities Learning programmes are negotiated and with the aim of gaining a Bronze, Silver or Gold designed to reflect and develop the learners’ Award. The programme focuses on helping skills and preferred learning style. The Youth young people to improve existing skills, gain Team in partnership with the Adult Learning new talents and explore their potential. There Team have delivered training to partner is an open group on a Tuesday evening which organisations to raise awareness of integrating meets in John Wheatley College (Haghill youth literacies into youth work programmes. Campus), 5.30pm – 8.30pm. Professional Young Musical Development Award Stars are Born Glasgow Life East Youth Team in partnership The East End Music Group nurtures budding with John Wheatley College are currently young musicians by providing access to quality delivering a new Professional Development performing and recording facilities and informal Award (PDA) in Youth Work - one of the first of tuition into all aspects of sound production. its kind in Scotland. This nationally recognised Regular opportunities are arranged for the SQA programme provides candidates with the young musicians (aged between 12 and 19) opportunity to link theory into practice and is to perform live in the East End and at City aimed at volunteers or workers involved in Youth Centre venues. The group is supported by John work. Wheatley College and Greater Easterhouse For information on Youth Group Programmes Arts Company. please call 0141 276 1785. Glasgow Life is always looking for volunteers. If you would like to find out more VolunTEErS about our city-wide volunteering opportunities please call 0141 276 1330 wAnTEd or email [email protected]. The City of Glasgow owns one of the richest Community Facilities offer collections in Europe, displayed in 10 museums a valuable resource and across the city. Visit www.glasgowlife.org.uk/ are the hub of social life, museums for more information. catering for weddings, christenings, dances and other family and community events. They provide space for sport and leisure activities such as indoor bowling, exercise classes and youth clubs. Some facilities offer educational, cultural and lifelong learning opportunities, including computer courses, photography classes, language tuition, art classes and drama groups. A number of centres and halls offer drop-in cafes and organise lunch clubs for the elderly and housebound. For more information on Community Facilities near you please telephone People’s Palace and 0141 276 1785 Winter Gardens Your Community Adult Literacy and Find out about the history of Glasgow and its people – visit the People’s Palace on historical Needs You Numeracy Sessions If you need, or know someone who needs Glasgow Green. Great displays will show you Would you like to help to decide what happens support to develop reading, writing or numbers how Glaswegians of the past lived, worked and in your local community centre? then contact Glasgow Life staff at your local played – you’ll see everything from a 1930’s Many community centres have active Advisory learning centre, Eastbank Conference and one-room tenement flat to Billy Connolly’s Committees made up of local volunteers. They Learning Centre or East End Healthy Living Centre. famous Banana Boots! aim to promote community involvement, and Call the Glasgow’s Learning helpline on Weekends @ the People’s Palace - There is help decide on what activities, events and 0800 027 6402 for more information on literacy a varied programme of activities for adults and celebrations take place. and numeracy learning opportunities in your area. families on Saturday and Sunday afternoons at We are keen to welcome and support new the Peoples Palace.