'At time to close up, half the community stayed to sweep the floor and to empty the bins.'
A charity’s plans for a community centre in the north east of Glasgow are a “shining example” of how a council scheme to empower city residents can work, it has been claimed.
The aim, according to Cllr Kelly, is to empower Glasgow’s communities. After listening to Neil, it appears the programme’s goal is being reached in Blackhill. Molendinar Community Centre, on Royston Road, was one of many council-owned venues, most managed by Glasgow Life, which had to close at the start of the covid pandemic.
Deals have happened “fast in terms of how the public sector moves”, he added. “There is that element of it might not succeed but I think people are willing to take that risk. Neil said initially his organisation would “never have wanted a lease on this building because of the responsibilities of that”. However, the “beauty of the PMGC model is it is one where hands are held”, he said.
“We’ve got almost double the staff that Glasgow Life had in here because we’ve been able to attract that extra funding,” Neil said. Families can also pay “a couple of pounds a week” towards a birthday party for children. “You don’t pay on the month of Christmas and the month of the birthday,” Neil said. “What you get is a big bouncy castle, a sound system, a cake.”
Cllr Kelly said the PMGC process has made community takeovers “a lot less complicated and daunting”. There have been around 600 expressions of interest from groups for venues across the city.
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