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Glasgow Times
08-08-2025
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- Glasgow Times
Glasgow dream for 'new museum' one step closer for community champions
A community-led board has been established, explains Louise Nolan of Make It Glasgow, a driving force behind the ambitious project. 'The plan is to have it open by 2029, so there is a long way to go but it's really exciting to have the board in place,' she says. Make It Glasgow founders Louise and Ruth Impey were given the Lord Provost's Special Recognition trophy at last year's Glasgow Community Champion Awards. The Make it Glasgow team at the Glasgow Community Champion AWards (Image: Colin Mearns/Newsquest) Make It Glasgow is working hard on the banks of the canal to create a resilient community bringing ceramics manufacturing back to the city, and the Scottish Pottery Museum is part of that story. As the Glasgow Times, in association with Vertu and supported by Glasgow City Council and Allied Vehicles Charitable Trust, launches the 2025 awards, Louise says winning in 2024 was a fantastic boost. 'It has been a whirlwind of a year for us since then, the support and coverage it generated just opened so many doors for us,' she says. 'I think the awards plant the seeds in people's heads about what's really possible in this city." Louise adds: 'To be a member of the audience hearing about all these brilliant things that people are doing, quietly just getting on with it, was really amazing.' READ NEXT: The search is now on for nominations to the 2025 Glasgow Community Champion Awards, and we want to hear who you think should be in the mix. The awards are a chance to celebrate the people of the city who go the extra mile for others. You have until the closing date of September 14 to nominate via our website at There are 10 awards up for grabs this year: Community Champion; Champion Team; Sporting Champion; Champion School of the Year; Youth Champion, for young people at secondary school; Little Champion of the Year for children at primary or nursery school; Senior Champion for those aged over 60; Health and Wellbeing Champion; Green Champion and Arts Champion. You can nominate anyone, from an inspirational teenager to a campaigning pensioner, from a neighbour or family member to a colleague or friend. Tell us why they should win and remember to include lots of detail and photographs to support your entry. For more information, call 0141 302 6046.
Glasgow Times
12-06-2025
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- Glasgow Times
Pam Duncan-Glancy praises Glasgow Tool Library initiative
Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for the Glasgow region, visited the Glasgow Tool Library in Maryhill on Monday, June 9, to learn about the work underway to make equipment accessible to everyone. The Glasgow Tool Library operates by lending members expensive equipment, such as power tools and camping gear, in exchange for a small membership fee. (Image: Supplied) The equipment, 99% of which is donated, forms a circular economy that makes equipment available to the community and reduces waste. The MSP presented a framed parliamentary motion to the Glasgow Tool Library, congratulating its contribution to revamping a rundown portacabin for Make It Glasgow, a North Glasgow project teaching skills through clay projects. Read more: 'Special moment' for Glasgow nurse who now leads national charity as she receives OBE 'Special moment' for Glasgow nurse who now leads national charity as she receives OBE Investigation launched after person struck by car Ms Duncan-Glancy said: 'It was a joy to visit Glasgow Tool Library on Monday to hear more about the work they're doing to make equipment available to those who need it. "The initiative is not only good for the environment because it reuses tools and equipment, but it also has significant social and economic impacts, allowing people to save money, learn new skills and meet new people. "The Glasgow Tool Library is a great example of the community coming together to help each other." Chris Strachan, co-founder of the Glasgow Tool Library, said: "Our staff and volunteers put so much energy and passion into community build projects in support of other grassroots organisations across Glasgow, so we were delighted when Pam championed the initiative in parliament. "We jumped at the chance to show Pam around our base in Firhill, and to discuss our ambitious plans to provide even more equipment, training, and community ties for North Glasgow's residents. "Pam's enthusiasm for our vision is a great motivator to continue building the future of the service."
