Annual Review 2011/12 - Glasgow Life

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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.
Glasgow Life Annual Review 2011/12 23 Bike Club in Glasgow strives to engage young people and families from deprived communities who may not be reached through more mainstream activities. There are currently 35 Bike Clubs involving over 2,500 young people and more than 50 Bike Club leaders have been recruited and trained delivering sustainable cycle programmes for young people. Bike Club has distributed over £55,000 in grant funding to support the start-up costs of groups in Glasgow and these groups have secured a further £168,000 in match funding. East End Youth Project Reidvale Youth ‘n’ Action Project, which is supported by Glasgow Life youth work staff, has been named UK Youth Club of the Year 2012 by Bike Club and Cycling Touring Club for Britain. A group of Scottish Youth Parliament members (MSYPs) from Glasgow were involved in a Malawi exchange programme for three weeks in June 2011 supported by Glasgow Communities in the north east of the City. They went to assist Malawi’s National Youth Council to discuss democratic engagement that would benefit young people in Malawi. The activities that took place in Malawi were mostly based on developing a Youth Parliament for Malawi and included some team development sessions with their Malawi counterparts looking at democracy, human rights, and government attitudes to young people and whether the young people will be able to shape their own future with support from the government. The MSYPs engaged with various agencies including orphanages, youth offender institutes, the local primary school, the Human Rights Commission of Malawi, the SOS Children’s Village and also the Minister for Youth Justice and Sport and the Speaker of the House. Their experience featured in the 2012 Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival and will be presented to both Scottish Parliament and Glasgow City Council at the City Chambers for International Development Day in 2012. In November 2011, Glasgow City Council established a community, sports and cultural facilities social enterprise fund of £500,000 for community facilities managed by the voluntary sector and a capital investment fund of £2.13 million for the 31 community facilities managed by Glasgow Life on behalf of Glasgow City Council. This significant investment programme will help to sustain the existence of these facilities through their physical upgrade, and promote community management of them. The funding will support the operational and business capacity of communities to manage their venues and projects, as well as supporting local people to develop their creative and entrepreneurial skills. It is hoped that the funding will allow more communities to initiate projects which are designed, managed and run by the communities themselves. Case Study Staff at Glasgow Life have been supporting parents in local communities to deliver safe and fun play opportunities for children in their local areas. In the Gorbals, Patricia recalled that her childhood was one of fun, adventure and laughter. As a mum to three young children, she feels that her kids don’t get the same opportunities, with concerns about safety playing a significant role. Patricia remembers the playschemes that used to run in some parts of the City and along with four of her friends attended a community play training session delivered by Glasgow Life playworkers. Patricia and the volunteers wanted to have a say in how any playscheme was run and learn the necessary skills to make it happen. She said: “The training was so much fun. I forgot how good playing makes you feel and I really want to give the kids in the Gorbals that chance.” The parents are currently volunteering and using their new skills to run a facilitated play club within the local community for the most vulnerable children living within the Gorbals area.
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