“I think it’s created a real sense of ownership, we’ve got this chance to make it work.”
A charity’s plans for a community centre in the north east of Glasgow are a “shining example” of how aHundreds of people attended a recent open day held at Molendinar Community Centre by St Paul’s Youth Forum, which is now managing the council-owned venue.
And while he said “everybody wants this to work”, the council’s support means “if it doesn’t, it’s not going to sink our organisation”.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.
“The risk of not doing it is just that nothing happens and that’s a much bigger risk to all communities than trying something, working with organisations, empowering local people.” The council’s experience of running facilities for so many years has been invaluable, Neil explained, helping the charity with issues such asIt was hoped the PMGC programme would benefit facilities as charities could bid to funding pots which weren’t open to the council. Money has already been secured by St Paul’s, with further opportunities being explored. “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.
It is being set up to help parents who might struggle to afford a party otherwise, with work ongoing alongside Carntyne Credit Union. “These are things that the council family weren’t able to do because of restrictions and regulations,” Neil explained. Julia Lapthorn, an officer working on the programme, said while not all the organisations will take on facilities, many are benefiting from working with the council and may become tenants.
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