NEWS

PROJECT UPDATE MEETING: Wednesday 13th April at 6.30pm

The contractor is now on site and making great progress! If everything goes according to plan then hopefully the raised planters can be allocated and residents can get growing this year.  We are holding a meeting on Wednesday 13th April at 6.30pm at Ruchill Golf Course, Brassey Street, Glasgow G20 9HP.  Everyone who is interested in the project is invited to come along.  Even if you don’t want to grow on site but would still like a say in how the project is run, you are most welcome. The meetings are fairly informal, giving folks the opportunity to have their say and have a chat with others interested in the project.  A rough agenda of the meeting will be as follows:

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Update about progress on site/ photos of work completed so far

3. Establishing a constitution (A group with a constitution is able to apply for a bank account and funding)

4. Developing a policy for how the raised beds will be allocated and how the site will be managed 

5. Ideas for the official opening event – We want to invite the residents in Ruchill to come along to an open day and would love to hear your ideas for what you like to see at this event, when it should take place etc.

If you would like to come along to the meeting please let Ruth Adam, Community Regeneration Manager or Dawn Burns Customer Engagement Officer know by emailing radam@maryhill.org.uk or dburns@maryhill.org.uk or call either of them at Maryhill Housing Association on 0141 946 2466. Don’t worry if you can’t make it along, we will keep you updated by email or post.  If you have any questions or ideas then please don’t hesitate to call or email Ruth or Dawn on the details above.

Here are some before and after shots of the site so far!

 

Update: January 2016

Glasgow City Council has awarded the project approximately £41,000 which is great news!  Residents have met several times now and a Landscape Architect has been appointed.   The money given to the project by GCC has to be spent by March 2016 so it is hoped that the project is complete by then.  For more updates check the Ruchill Pop Up Allotments Facebook page or if you would like to be added to the mailing list please get in touch with Ruth Adam, Community Regeneration Manager or Dawn Burns, Customer Engagement Officer on 0141 946 2466 or email radam@maryhill.org.uk or dburns@maryhill.org.uk.

Community Meeting at Ruchill Community Centre – Monday 26th October at 6pm

 

 

Another Funding Success! 30TH JUNE 15

Glasgow City Council’s Stalled Spaces initiative has awarded Maryhill Housing Association £1725 for the Pop Up Project to help buy materials to make raised beds, soil, water butts and seeds.  Maryhill Housing Association are looking to carry out more community consultation events to help with the plans for the site, so keep your eyes peeled.

Red Nose Community Cash Award MAY 2015

The community council were successful in their application for funding from Red Nose Community Cash and have been awarded £1000 for signage and some materials to get the project started.  A big thank you goes to the organisation!

Pop Up Allotment Community Clear up Day: 20TH APRIL 2015

Thanks to those residents who turned up on Saturday to clear up the allotment site.  Weather was great and a skip was full to the brim with rubbish.  Great job, well done!

 

Pop Up Allotment Community Clear up Day 10TH APRIL 15

Maryhill Housing Association in partnership with Community Safety Glasgow are holding a community clear up morning on Saturday 18th April at 10.30am.  Everyone is welcome.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.

For further information please contact Ruth Adam or Dawn Baird at Maryhill Housing Association on 0141 946 2466.