The people of Govanhill have spoken! Thriving Govanhill Fund results are in…

Your wellbeing – your way! The voting has now closed and we are pleased to announce the projects that the good people of Govanhill have chosen to receive grants of £1,355 from this year’s Thriving Govanhill fund.  In order of most votes received: 

Milk Cafe Tales From the Kitchen 
Cathkin Blazes Winter Pitches 
Feel Good Women’s Group Fitness and Friends 
Glasgow Food Not Bombs Double The Dishes 
Kin Kitchen Winter Wellbeing Food Activities 
Rumpus Room Yard Play: A youth-led Spring Art & Play programme 
Active Life Club Active Communities Project 
Govanhill Community Garden/Community Remembrance Garden Govanhill Community Garden Wellbeing Programme 
MERGE Welfare Group Fitness and Wellbeing programme 
Sahara Heritage Activities For Wellbeing 

The Thriving Govanhill Fund has given the decision making power to local people over funding for local wellbeing projects.  Just shy of 600 people voted, with a total of 523 eligible votes cast to have a direct say in what happens in our community.  Though their votes didn’t count, thanks still to the 60 odd folks from outside Govanhill who were so enthusiastic that they still wanted to take part!

From all at Govanhill Community Development Trust, thanks to everyone voting and to the groups and organisations who applied for funding.   This round of funding formed an inspirational showcase of the creative and impactful work happening in our community every day.  All of the projects applying would have made a positive impact on our community.  However, local people have spoken and congratulations to the ten projects receiving grants of £1,355.   

First of the trio of women’s projects leading the way in this year’s vote were the inspirational folks at Milk Café.  The Tales From the Kitchen project, will be an exciting opportunity for Govanhill residents to gather in the Victoria Road space, and enjoy community meals together.  Tales From The Kitchen will celebrate and explore connection through cookery, examining the links between food, family, identity and storytelling.  New Scots will be invited to bring a dish from their home country and a related story, which they will share with the rest of the room.  Milk Café already hosts women-only Conversation Cafes twice weekly as well as gentle movement/yoga/breathing sessions for women with direct experience of the UK immigration and asylum system.  

In second place, was Cathkin Blazes Community Football Club (CBCFC),  Govanhill’s very own community football team for all women, non-binary and trans adults.  Since May 2021, CB CFC have been running weekly football sessions suitable for players of all abilities including beginners and competing in various tournaments.  This grassroots, inclusive club, forges friendships on the pitch whilst opposing racism, homophobia, transphobia and any other form of social exclusion.   Funding will enable football activities to take place right through to Spring, bringing together around 30 participants every week. 

The Feel Good Women’s Group rounded off the medal positions with an impressive late surge of votes that almost saw them take top spot.  The Fitness and Friends project will pay for more exercise classes three times weekly in Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre. Their hour-long exercise sessions focus on Zumba, Yoga and Pilates are open to any women aged 16 and over. Led by qualified instructors, participants can go at their own pace and/or receive gentle encouragement if they want to progress to another level. Participants say the classes helps boost and maintain their physical and mental health.  

We hope to deliver further rounds of Thriving Govanhill Funding in the year ahead so watch this space for news of that.  We want to offer our sincere thanks to our colleagues in Glasgow’s Health and Social Care Partnership who have kindly provided the funding to enable this year’s vote to go ahead.

Don’t forget to vote!

Our phone lines are open so grab your chance to vote for your favourite wellbeing projects, here in Govanhill. There are 27 exciting community projects in the running for Thriving Govanhill grants. But only ten projects can be awarded funding; the ones which capture the community’s heart and secure the most votes. So make it happen in Govanhill! Send a text to have your say – voting closes at 3pm on 11th December 2023. Click below to find out more.

GOVANHILL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2023

The August Govanhill Newsletter can be found on 5 noticeboards around Govanhill at Samaritan House, Govanhill Park, Locavore on Victoria Road, Dixon Halls and Govanhill Workspace at 69 Dixon Road

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GOVANHILL NEWSLETTER MARCH 2023

The March Govanhill Newsletter can be found on the 5 noticeboards around Govanhill at Samaritan House, Govanhill Park, Locavore on Victoria Road, Dixon Halls and Govanhill Workspaces

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GOVANHILL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2023

The February Govanhill Newsletter can be found on the 5 noticeboards around Govanhill at Samaritan House, Govanhill Park, Locavore on Victoria Road, Dixon Halls and Govanhill Workspaces

Or you can read a copy here

If you would like to receive the monthly Govanhill newsletter or if your organisation would like to contribute to the newsletter, please email communityconnector@govanhillha.org

January 2023 Govanhill Newsletter

The January Govanhill Newsletter can be found on the 5 noticeboards around Govanhill at Samaritan House, Govanhill Park, Locavore on Victoria Road, Dixon Halls and Govanhill Workspaces

Or you can read a copy here

If you would like to receive the monthly Govanhill newsletter or if your organisation would like to contribute to the newsletter, please email communityconnector@govanhillha.org

Govanhill Newsletter December 2022

The December Govanhill Newsletter can be found on the 5 noticeboards around Govanhill at Samaritan House, Govanhill Park, Locavore on Victoria Road, Dixon Halls and Govanhill Workspaces

Or you can read a copy here

If you would like to receive the monthly Govanhill newsletter or if your organisation would like to contribute to the newsletter, please email communityconnector@govanhillha.org

Thriving Govanhill funding awards announced

After an intense public vote, we are delighted to announce the results of the Thriving Govanhill funding awards! Ten local projects are receiving £2500 Action Grants, with another ten receiving £1000 Kickstart Grants. The projects span a broad array of health and wellbeing activity, from ‘soundbaths’ in care home through community gardening, cycling, music projects, arts activities, youth activity and support for Womens’s groups.

The awards also mark a triumph for local democracy and participation, with over 400 local residents casting their votes. We’re delighted that so many have taken part in decision making around how local funding should be targetted.

We are hoping and expecting that there will be a future round of the Thriving Govanhill Fund. Watch this space! In the meantime, thanks to all who have taken part in the voting and congratulations and good luck to the grant recipients in delivering their projects!

Kickstart Awards – £1000 each

Action Grants – £2500 each

Vote Now in the Thriving Govanhill Awards!

Govanhill Community Development Trust (GCDT) is making £35,000 available to the Govanhill community for initiatives to improve local health and wellbeing.  GCDT has been given the funding by the Council and NHS via the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership.

Now it’s your chance to vote for up to 10 projects you want to receive funding. If you live in the G42 7 or G42 8 postcode areas you can vote, by phone, for 5 projects to receive a Kickstart grant of £1,000 and 5 projects to receive an Action grant of £2,500. Details of the projects which have applied for grants plus information on how to vote is in the links below.

Voting has only just opened and already several hundred people have voted! Every vote is going to count so don’t delay, vote today and not later than 5th October at 12pm.

Voting Instructions

Kickstart Grant Project Summaries

Kickstart Grant Full Project Information

Action Grant Project Summaries

Action Grant Full Project Information

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