Glasgow City Council, with its stakeholders, is producing a Food Growing Strategy as we want to encourage and support current growers and inspire non-growers to consider growing food locally.  To this end, after a number of community engagement events, carried out in communities across the city, we have produced - “Let’s Grow Together” – the draft Glasgow Food Growing Strategy (2020-2025).

This draft strategy contains actions to encourage more growing in Glasgow but also advice on how to get your project off the ground, the support available and how to maintain and sustain your growing project. The strategy will be refreshed every five years and progress on actions will be monitored over this period to ensure we all move forward together.  In addition an online map will be available highlighting potential sites for growing within your area.

Please have a look at both the draft strategy and complete the online questionnaire as we are keen to find out what you think and what your individual priorities are for growing food in Glasgow.

For more information please contact the Glasgow Food Growing Team at glasgowfoodgrowing@glasgow.gov.uk

The City Centre Strategy identified nine City Centre Districts and commissioned design teams to bring forward evidence based Regeneration Framework for each of the Districts. The Blythswood District Regeneration Framework is the fifth to have been completed. While there have been over 5,000 engagements with stakeholders and communities as it was developed this is a formal opportunity to comment on recommended strategies, themes and projects.

As part of the consultation you will be able to give your opinion on the themes and projects as well as indicating how you would prioritise them. 

Once all the feedback has been collated it will be incorporated into the Framework and this will go forward for approval by the Council.

Public Consultation on the next phase of Block B - Avenues in Glasgow city centre – to publicise the proposals for Glassford / Stockwell Street.

What is Glasgow Culture Plan?

Culture is Glasgow’s heart. Making, sharing and enjoying culture is our right, shaping and building the future health, prosperity and sustainability of our world city and its people.

The Glasgow Culture Plan is a framework that supports new ways of doing things and new kinds of initiatives that will enable us to address important challenges.

This plan has been developed as a starting point to give people and organisations something to consider. It needs to be criticised. It needs gaps and deficiencies highlighted. If it gets things right we need to know how, where and why.

Between now and February 2020, we are asking people to tell us what they think about culture in Glasgow, and to respond to this draft document. We invite everyone to work with us to develop a plan to support culture in the city over the next 25 years.

Alternative formats and languages:

The draft plan is available as a downloadable PDF and html for text-to-speech devices from the website. It can also be made available in a variety of alternate formats and community languages on request. If you would like more information about this or would like to request an alternative format or language please contact Andrew Ferguson at, cultureplan@glasgowlife.org.uk, or on 0141 287 0143.

How to tell us what you think:

1. You can submit a written response to the draft plan by 19 February 2019. Where appropriate, please use the section headings to structure your submission. You must enclose ‘About You’ respondent information (see Appendix 3, Part 1 of the draft plan) with your submission. You can send your submission by email to cultureplan@glasgowlife.org.uk or by post to Andrew Ferguson, Business Improvement, Glasgow Life, 38 Albion Street, Glasgow G1 1LH.
2. Engagement activities and events will be advertised through www.glasgowcultureplan.com and Glasgow Life’s social media channels.
3. You can complete a short online survey about the plan at www.glasgowcultureplan.com which will be available to complete until 19 February.

Glasgow Life is required to process personal information in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.  For more information on what personal data we collect, why we need it, what we do with it, how long we keep it, and what your rights are, please see our Privacy Statement and Specific Privacy Notices for consultations, research, statistics and equalities monitoring:- https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/the-small-print/privacy-glasgow-life

The City Centre Strategy identified nine City Centre Districts and commissioned design teams to bring forward evidence based Regeneration Framework for each of the Districts. The Central District Regeneration Framework is the fourth to have been completed. While there have been over 5,000 engagements with stakeholders and communities as it was developed this is a formal opportunity to comment on the recommended strategies, themes and projects.

As part of the consultation you will be able to give your opinion on the themes and projects as well as indicating how you would prioritise them.  Once all the feedback has been collated it will be incorporated into the Framework and this will go forward for approval by the Council.