Glasgow will host a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) conference on City Living between 11-13 September. This is significant as the UNECE – as one of five global economic and social commissions within the United Nations – is very influential in terms of contributing to major UN policy documents such as the 2015 Paris Agreement, […]
The completion of Glasgow’s first Passivhaus development for social rent has been celebrated with an opening ceremony hosted by Shettleston Housing Association. The new development at Cunningham House was formally opened today (30 August) by Councillor Chris Cunningham, former Director of Shettleston Housing Association, who pioneered the project prior to his retirement in 2017. […]
I work Brain Tumour Research and on the 28th September we organising a series of walks around the UK to raise money and awareness of our cause. In Scotland we’re going up the Cobbler in Argyll. It would be great if you’re able to post/promote or even join us. We’re meeting at the Slanj pub in […]
A new communities fund, designed by Glasgow City Council in partnership with the city’s third sector moved a step closer to operation today (29 August 2019). The Council’s City Administration Committee agreed a report outlining the fund’s aims, three year budget and a new approach to allocating grant funding at a city and local level. […]
Glasgow City Council today (29 August) approved just over £3million funding for a number of projects which promise to regenerate a number of town centres in the city. These projects see a new community model of tackling food inequality, the renewal of historic buildings, and locally-led regeneration amongst the social and economic benefits that this […]
A Glasgow City Council report outlined the continuing progress that is being made in the city in bringing vacant and derelict land back to productive use, with the equivalent of 90 full-sized football pitches coming back to use over one year in the latest (2018) figures. The council will spend a £3.5million Scottish Government funding […]
Glasgow is set to become the latest city to sign up to the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) to develop fair and sustainable food systems for all its citizens. The city joins other major international destinations such as New York, Beijing, Paris, Barcelona, Moscow and Toronto in committing to and adopting the principles of […]
10.30am, Tuesday 27 August 2019 – St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, 112 Mitre Road, Glasgow G14 9PP A multi-million pound IT contract that will benefit almost 70,000 children and young people in Glasgow schools and nurseries has begun the roll out of pupil iPads that will empower our pupils to embrace the digital age, improve […]
Glasgow’s Climate Emergency Working Group has delivered a report with over sixty recommendations that provides a pathway to a carbon neutral city. The working group, which included representation from all four political groups at the council, citizen activist groups and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, has set Glasgow a target of carbon neutrality by the year […]
New traffic measures that will ensure priority for buses on two of the busiest bus routes in Glasgow city centre will come into effect on September 2 this year. Amid steadily falling bus passenger numbers, the new measures will improve journey times and reliability of bus services on the north and southbound routes either side […]
