Annual Review 2011/12 - Glasgow Life

22 Glasgow Life Annual Review 2011/12
Glasgow Life continues to improve services
delivered for young people in the City and
there are almost 38,000 Glasgow Young Scot
Card holders and more than 42,000 Kidz
Card holders. On average, 20% of all card
holders used their cards to access services
every quarter. Card holders can access services
such as free CD/DVD hire at libraries, discounts
to the Junior Great Scottish Run and free films
at the Glasgow Film Theatre and Cineworld at
Parkhead, among others.
38,000
YOUNG SCOT
CARD HOLDERS
42,000
Kidz Card
HOLDERS
Glasgow Young Scot & Kidz Card holders
took advantage of the half price offer at
the 2011/12 Irn Bru Carnival advertised in
the Grid and Wee Grid magazine. Almost
18,000 young people presented their cards for
discounted access and during the year 70,000
copies of the magazines were issued three
times to cardholders.
A new ParentZone section was launched
within The Wee Grid Magazine and Wee
Grid online. ParentZone allows direct
communication between parents and carers
across the City, and also allows parents and
carers a platform to have their say on issues
and Glasgow Life services affecting them and
their families within the City.
The South Women’s Voices Event held in
March 2012 at the Burrell Collection is an
excellent example of local partnership work,
grounded in community participation and
the culmination of three years of cooperative,
professional experience. The community events
included creative writing, music, arts, photography
and discussion events to broach the subject.
The event at the Burrell Collection, in front of a
targeted audience of 120 people, marked the
end of a year-long project to raise awareness of
gender based violence in the south side of the
City which included a schools programme, across
six schools, that used drama led by Confab
Theatre and discussion to highlight the issue.
In October 2011, Glasgow Life launched
‘Playing For Real’, the City’s Play Strategy. The
event was held at the Riverside Museum and
was attended by local primary school children
from across the City. Playing for Real sets out
why play is important and Glasgow’s priorities
for play for the next three years. The strategy
underpins every child’s right to play and details
how the City will protect and promote that
right, through an improved understanding of
play and its benefits. Glasgow Life is focusing
on making sure outdoor and environmental
play is accessible for children. This is achieved
through provision of play sessions and work
with parents, communities and educational
establishments.
Play@home is a support programme for
parents/carers to maximise their child’s
development through a structured play
programme that promotes positive interactions,
physical activity and healthy eating. The
play@home programme was established in
May 2011 in response to the need for pre-5
provision and support for vulnerable families in
the Govanhill area. Glasgow Life works closely
with the EU Health Care team in the Govanhill
Health Centre and families are referred
depending on their individual needs. The
programme, which takes place two afternoons
every week, supports Romanian and Slovakian
families.
Castlemilk Family Learning Centre is a preschool
education establishment and at its
open day in March 2011, a group of parents
expressed interest in improving their reading,
writing, spelling and number skills. Glasgow
Life, in partnership with the Centre, designed
a literacy programme which was delivered
during 2011 and at the recent Education
Scotland Conference in Edinburgh, two of
the learners reported on the positive impact
learning has had on their confidence and skills
development. The group has now enrolled
in a computing class run in partnership
with Glasgow Life and the local housing
association.