Community projects benefit from new Queens Cross initiative

Feeding families during the summer holidays and creating community growing spaces are some of the projects in north west Glasgow that will benefit from a new Queens Cross Housing Association scheme.

Four projects received a share of £15,000 through Queens Cross Connected; a participatory budgeting project funded by Glasgow City Council’s Communities Fund and Queens Cross Community Involvement Groups.

The scheme was created to encourage people to come up with ideas for community projects that would have a positive impact in their community. Grassroots organisations rose to the challenge and submitted funding proposals that would promote health and wellbeing in the north of the city.

The projects include:

• Gathering Ground Community Growing Space. A community garden will be created near Applecross Basin that can be used for growing, and a pond to allow for biodiversity & education.

• Learn, Cook, Eat at The Courtyard Pantry. A project that will see food bags containing fresh ingredients and recipe cards delivered to families during the summer holidays to allow them to cook healthy meals at home.

• The Neighbourhood Food service, a partnership involving Woodlands Community Development Trust, Community Central Hall and Queens Cross, also received an allocation of funds which helped support people with emergency food provision until the end of May.

• The Hamitonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve is the final recipient of the fund. The Garden Shed project will allow the team to carry out planting, habitat improvements, litter picking and basic general maintenance of the area.

More about the new Queens Cross Housing Association scheme here.