Monday 3rd April 2017
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Polling Date: Thursday 4th May 2017 10am-10pm
Election fever is upon us.
Local SYP Results
Polling day for Glasgow City Council elections is Glasgow Shettleston Thursday 4th May 2017. Plus the Scottish Youth Par- Suki Wan MSP liament has a new intake of democratically elected Lewis O’Neill Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament. The Scottish Youth Parliament is the democratically elected voice of Scotland's young people.
Glasgow Provan Jason Black MSYP Mashaim Bukhari MSP
Elections are held every two years, in which young people from all across Scotland stand as candidates Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn to become Members of the Scottish Youth ParliaCalum MacLeod MSYP ment (MSYPs). Keiran O’Neill MSYP MSYPs range in age from 14 to 25 and represent Rutherglen constituencies in all 32 local authorities throughout the country, and several national voluntary organisa- Amy Lee Fraioli MSYP tions. SYP was established on 30 June 1999, making the organisation one day older than the Scottish Parliament. That’s young people taking the lead.
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Update from Us We have new projects launching this month and throughout the summer months. We are launching four Glasgow Futures Youth Hubs in the month of April 2017. Dalmarnock - Youth Hub Calton - Youth Hub Parkhead - Youth Hub Reidvale - Youth Hub These youth hubs will support the publication of Community Matters and will be the Launchpad's for our flagship Traders Initiative. Our Pathways to Construction course will start in June and is targeted to young people from Calton, it is supported by ÂŁ2,000 grant funding from Spirit of Calton a Foundation Scotland managed fund and ÂŁ500 of corporate sponsorship from City Fix (Maintenance) Limited. It will be delivered by Think Youth Enterprise Services SCIO, East End Carpentry Studios and First Steps Future Training. Our corporate sponsors for the upcoming financial year:
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We would like to thank Clyde Gateway URC for their decision to become an anchor sponsored advertiser for Community Matters. In our next issues we will be featuring a story from a resident from within the Clyde Gateway area and discussing the physical and social transformation being achieved by Clyde Gateway. We are always keen to hear from any potential anchor sponsored advertisers who make the printing of this paper possible.
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Spring Activities We are proud to promote the great work of organisations such as Possibilities for Each & Every Kid. We provide 80% of this newspaper for free to local community organisations to promote free activities, services and events in the community. Feel free to contact us via email, social media or telephone to share any FREE events, activities or services. Our next issue is Summer 2017 that will be published in June. Our Anchor sponsored advertisers such as Stewart (Glasgow) Group Limited & Clyde Gateway URC make printing this paper possible and we thank them for their support in spreading Community Matters. Happy Easter from everyone at Think Youth Enterprise Services SCIO.
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Our 15th Annual General Meeting takes place on Wednesday 5th April 2017, commencing at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the LHM building, 35 East Campbell Street, Glasgow G1 5DT. As well as the formal business, we hope to update you on other activities taking place on a day to day basis. The obligatory cup of tea/coffee will of course be available. All welcome
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Stewart (Glasgow) Group Limited is a Glasgow based consultancy that specialises in businesses start-up and growth. We currently have clients in the public, private and third sectors and are always interested to hear of new or expanding projects within the Greater Glasgow area. We can assist with:
If you would like to find out more about how Stewart (Glasgow) Group Limited can help your business expand please contact us on:
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Road to 2021 - Strategy
Our four Glasgow Futures - Youth Hubs in Dalmarnock, Calton, Parkhead & Reidvale will support the future publication of this Think Youth Enterprise Services SCIO FREE newspaper, encourage educational launched their ‘Road to 2021’ Strategy at the attainment through Youth Achievement Legacy Hub, Dalmarnock on Wednesday Awards and Dynamic Youth Awards and 29th March 2017 alongside Cllr. Frank engage young people in a range of local, McAveety (Leader of GCC) & Cllr. Susan Ait- city-wide and national opportunities. ken (SNP GCC Group Leader). Our Ambassador & keynote speaker, John White of our member group the John White Little Star Foundation was heralded an example for other young people to follow by elected members and national charity leaders alike.
Our flagship Traders Initiative will be based within the Barras Market and will support young people from our Glasgow Futures Youth Hubs to be enterprising towards, education, employment and life.
Glasgow Futures is the overarching Youth Voice & Participation project of Think Youth Enterprise Services SCIO. Previously known as Dalmarnock Futures Forum, the project was heralded winners of the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards, ‘Truth About Youth Award’ 2011 for their innovative work in the East End of Glasgow for tackling the common negative stereotypes of young people.
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John White is an inspiring young man from the East End of Glasgow, having juts turned 14 his charitable endeavour, The John White Little Star Foundation is going from strength to strength. Key Updates: John recently met George Galloway who gave his support to the foundation in the form of a small donation and John present- Key Dates: ed George with a John White Little Star Foundation t-shirt. Their Manifesto Launch will take place at Fuse Youth Café on Tuesday 11th April from 7:15pm. Their first Birthday Ball will take place at Shettleston Juniors on 15th July 2017.
John White Little Star Foundation was recently named Stewart’s Catering Limited’s Charity of the Year and will receive support throughout this year from the catering company for events. John was keynote speaker at the Road to 2021 Strategy Launch of Think Youth Enterprise Services of which he is the ambassador, at this event Cllr. Frank McAveety reaffirmed his support for young John’s brave endeavours on behalf of his peers.
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Susan Wilson of Tesco Parkhead has continued to deliver for the communities of North East Glasgow. Susan organised a community clean up at Parkhead Community Garden alongside local group Save Our Service Veterans, local politi- To keep up-to-date with the work of Sucians and businesses including Natalie san please check out her dedicated FaceMcGarry MP, City Fix (Maintenance) Limited book page: and Stewart’s Catering. Tesco Parkhead Forge Community.
Save Our Service Veterans would like to thank Jewsons, Bridgeton for donating much needed wood for the renewal of the garden and A&S Scaffolding for donation 60 scaffolding boards which will support the creation of new allotment beds.
Fundraising Target Surpassed Susan fundraising campaign for John Stoddart surpassed the £2,800 target by reaching a total of over £3,000. This has meant that John’s family have been able to purchase the adapted car seat. Susan would like to thank the community and local businesses for all their support in this endeavour.
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Page 11 Continued form back page: The group were keen to highlight how they had adopted healthy lifestyles since the Rocks visit.
Cosmos Football Academy
The vast majority of the children also highlighted that they spend more time playing outside as a result of advice given to them by the Glasgow Rocks players.
Cosmos Football Academy formally known as Budhill Football Academy is taking things to the next level. The participants’ favourite part of the programme to this point seems to be attending They have applied for Charitable Status and the regional tournament. When one girl was are exploring the development of their very asked why this was the case the simple reply was “just love it”. own football enterprise centre in the East End of Glasgow to accommodate their many junior, youth and senior activities across Glasgow’s East End. They have also launched a new interactive website at: www.cosmosfootballacademy.co.uk
Finally the children seem to have retained lots of key information relating to the ‘Bouncing Back’ module with 5 pupils stressing the importance of never giving up, while one pupil states “it is not that you cannot do it you just cannot do it yet”. Jump2it is a Scottish Sports Futures project.
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Jump2it Working in partnership with the Glasgow Rocks, the Jump2it programme has been able to deliver education through sport workshops and basketball coaching sessions within over 110 primary schools across six local authority areas, reaching over 9400 children. The main aim of the Jump2it programme over the last year has been to create opportunities for improved education, health and citizenship within young people, whilst also facilitating wider community development across Scotland. Jump2it has effectively demonstrated itself as a vehicle for community development by providing wider societal opportunities for improved education, social inclusion, volunteering, active citizenship and community well-being.
FREE In order to facilitate these opportunities, Jump2it have focused on creating and improving social networks in each local authority in which it operates. This has largely been accomplished by working collaboratively in partnership with a variety of wider stakeholders including Active Schools, local councils, clubs, teachers, police and the young people themselves. The development of these support networks has allowed the Jump2it programme to use sport as an effective tool to engage with young people and bring excluded groups together. This has allowed us to bridge gaps within communities whilst promoting a ‘sport for all’ environment. We recently asked a group of Glasgow participants for their feedback on their experience of the Jump2it programme. All of the participants were keen to highlight how much they enjoyed taking part. Some of the participants have highlighted that the Jump2it programme has helped them to make new friends and how it has helped them to gain an understanding of what makes good teamwork. One particular quote from the pupils reads ‘I have made more friends since the basketball club started’. All of the children also enjoyed their Roadshow visit from the Glasgow Rocks and stated how they had fun while learning about various subjects such as Healthy Eating, the Dangers of Smoking and Alcohol. Continued on Page
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