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Save Lightburn HospitalMarch Saturday 10th September

East End Housing Feature

Parkhead HousingDelivers Again

MANY familiar councillors in the east end are set to disappear from the political map as the Labour party continues to compile their list of prospective candidates for the forth-coming council elections.

Following their dismal performance in the Scottish Parliament elections in May and a though investigation into why they did so badly top brass in the Labour Party have had an in-depth look at the sitting councillors and prospective candidates that were applying to stand in the next round of local elections and the results left many sitting councillors stunned and shocked when their findings were revealed.

Two of the main casualties in the de-selection cull are long term councillors Catherine McMaster (councillor for the North East of the City taking in

the Garthamlock area) and Ruth Simpson (Councillor for Calton). Both are senior members of the Labour party and served on various committees throughout their terms in office. Catherine McMaster chaired the Community Planning Partnership in the Baillieston area and Ruth Simpson is a former City treasurer. Other sitting councillors who have not made the final list as prospective candidates are Euan McLeod (Carmyle/Shettleston), Patricia Chalmers (East Centre/Dennistoun) and Andy Muir (Baillieston).

At present Pat Chalmers is the Chair of the re-organised Glasgow Regeneration Agency (GRA). Stepping into the breach as new candidates for the list are former leader of Glasgow City Council and Ex MSP Frank McAveety, Easterhouse woman Maureen Burke, Russell

Familar faces set to go as Labour cull continues

Ruth SimpsonFrank McAveety Andy Muir Catherine McMaster Euan McLeod Patricia Chalmers

Robertson , Ann Simpson , Yvonne Kucuk and Cecilia O’Lone. Labour seem to have really looked at themselves and have geared up for what promises to be a bitter fight for control of the largest local authority in Scotland.

The shake – up has created ructions in the City Chambers - Now let the fight begin.

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Local people from East Glasgow, who have ex-perienced first hand, the effects of alcohol and drugs on their lives, will deliver a drama per-formance at Platform, the Bridge, Easterhouse on Wednesday 14th September 2011 and on Thursday 15th September at The People’s Palace and Winter Gardens. These events are part of the Glasgow wide GRAND (Getting Real about Alcohol and Drugs), week 2011 which takes place from Sunday 11th to Saturday 17th September 2011. The Lodging House Mission (LHM) Drama Group will be performing their new production “Wendy’s World” on Tuesday 13th of Septem-ber at 2pm in the LHM premises. Over the past six months and with the assis-tance of a professional drama coach the group have rehearsed the play. This performance gives participants the opportunity to build confidence, develop new skills and showcase their many and varied talents. Wendy’s World is an east end take on Romeo & Juliet and was written by Peter McDonald who has worked with LHM service users for many years. The next event is on Wednesday 14th Sep-tember at The Platform, Easterhouse between 2.30pm-5pm will focus on a vibrant promotion of recovery, through drama, dance & art. Local groups ADD-art in partnership with GEAPP and Playbusters will perform short drama sketches and some of the Drama Champions will pre-sent their experiences. This will be followed by display of Zumba and Hip Hop by Visual Statement dance groups. There will also be a fantastic pho-tographic display by GEAAP and SAMH. The Ripple Effect volunteers will be asking peoples views on how alcohol affects their neighbour-hoods and the Recovery Walk will be shown on the Big Screen. On Thursday 15th September from 5pm to 6pm there will be tours around the People’s Palace. This will be fol-lowed by “The Barras” animation, then Glasgow Council on Alcohol perform “One Night In” exploring 100 years of women’s changing relationship with alcohol. Finally there will be a perfor-mance of “Wendy’s World” by Lodging House Mission drama group. The event

will close at 8pm. On Saturday 17th September from 1pm-3pm Springburn Academy will host a family Fun day focusing on children, young people, preven-tion, education and diversionary activities. Lots of activities available including bouncy castle and face painting. Maggie Milne, ADD-art Co-ordinator said “ADD-art is a drama and art based project which promotes Recovery from addiction to individuals, families and communities our

work is innova-tive community drama at its best. “ “ADD-art is a partner led initiative and teams up with local addiction projects such as

the talented GEAAP Befriending Service who provide stimulating and thought provoking drama performances.” Add-art is managed by the Glasgow EAST Arts Company (GEAC) with partners North East Sector of Glasgow City Community Health partnership and Glasgow Life. Jim McBride, from Glasgow Addiction Ser-vices will introduce the Wednesday Showcase He said: “Once again the NE of Glasgow demonstrates a genuine commitment to promoting the message of recovery by bring-ing together an array of positive examples that are written, performed and delivered by those most affected by the effects of alcohol and drugs. “The GRAND event helps showcase the considerable effort, talent and partnerships that are needed to promote genuine hope and aspirations. It allows staff, families, friends and service users to come together to celebrate

that recovery is real and achievable. “It is an honour and a privilege for me to be able to show my support for such an occasion especially as I know how much energy and enthusiasm has gone into the planning and preparation of the all the separate events. I wish everyone success and thank all those involved in planning and managing everything associated with the week.” Rowan Anderson, Health Improvement Sen-ior, Glasgow City Community Health Partner-ship (North-East Sector), said ““Creative arts offers a number of useful benefits; it provides a focus and a group commitment within addic-tion projects contributing to a higher level of attendance and retention of clients; it is also an excellent vehicle to work with individuals on confidence and allows them to explore emotions in a safe environment.”. More information on any of the events from Rowan Anderson on 0141 201 9826.

A Celebration of Recovery from Addiction – North East GRAND Events Parents BewareStrathclyde Police can confirm that officers in the East End of Glasgow are investigating 3 separate reports of young children being approached by 2 men in a car. On each of these occasions the child’s attention has been drawn to a puppet held by one of the men. To be clear, on no occasion has there been any suggestion of an attempt to abduct the child however, officers are Shettles-ton are currently investigating each of these reports. As a preventative meas-ure, Police in the East End of Glasgow are in the process of contacting local primary schools with a view to school staff highlighting the dangers of speaking to strangers. We are well aware that this is being discussed extensively on many social network sites. We would stress again that on no occasion has there been any attempt to abduct a child. Anyone with any information which can help the investiga-tion should contact Shettleston Police Office on 0141 532 4800

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Margaret Curran MP and Frank McAveety MSP high-light the proposed changes to vital community lifelineMargaret Curran and Frank McAveety visited Baillieston post office at the weekend to congratulate Mark Adrian and his staff on the service run from and the success of Baillieston Post Office. They know how valued the local post office is to the people of Baillieston. This is great news in Baillieston but legislation recently passed in the House of Commons will mean the privatisation of Royal Mail. This leads to doubts over the future of the Post Office network which can no longer be guaranteed in the years to come. Margaret who spoke in the debate made clear that the legislation is a big mistake and is not supported by the public. Margaret and Frank took the opportunity to make passing shoppers aware of the change to legislation and asked for them to pledge the support by signing a petition. Barlanark Post Office is currently for sale and unless a buyer is found its fate remains uncertain. Margaret Curran says “

Urban Post Offices often face different challenges from those in rural communities, they too deal with isolation and represent a lifeline to their communities. We need to take action now to ensure that we do not end up in a situation on which a large retailer steps in and takes over the service. An elderly

person living in Barlanark may be unable to get to any of the large retailers in the community. A single mother with 3 children and without a car relies on local services that the Post Office provides. This legislation is a forerunner of many Post Office closures because we are not taking the necessary

steps to protect the service.”Frank McAveety says “ Privatisation of the Royal Mail has the long term threat to jobs and services at a local level. I will be working with Margaret to ensure the voices of the east end are heard and all the local post offices are protected”.

AMAZING WINS FOR GLASGOW DENTAL PRACTICE AT TOP UK INDUSTRY AWARDS

The team at Spring Grove Clinic in Barrachnie Road Garrowhill is celebrating the fantastic achievement of winning two of the top UK Private Dentistry Awards of 2010, namely Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care. It was also awarded runner up in Best Community Charity Project and Outstanding Individual of the Year along with being shortlisted for Most Attractive Practice and Best Team. Winning the Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care Awards is a great endorsement of the Spring Grove Clinic teams’ commitment to providing affordable, value for money, community based, professional family oral and dental health care, advice, support and treatment to an exceptionally high standard. The award winning practice prides itself on its patient focussed approach which is always courteous, efficient and friendly, set within surroundings that are luxurious, comfortable and welcoming. Heading up the clinical team is Dr David Cunningham who established his practice in Garrowhill over 14 years ago. Winning these two Awards recognises his firmly held belief that a community based dental practice, where patient relationships and trust are key, using the latest dental technology,

can provide the same level of treatment options, care and surroundings as a large city centre based dental practice. Commenting, David Cunningham said, “The team has worked incredibly hard to make Spring Grove Clinic a fantastic place for our patients. I am delighted that our efforts have been recognised by the top UK industry professionals.” “My focus has always been to provide excellent patient care with the very best dental advice and treatment. I believe in spending time with my patients, fully explaining preventative and treatment options to them and supporting them as they choose their treatment plans. I am very grateful to our patients for their fantastic comments in support of our Awards application.” At the Awards presentation, the Spring Grove Clinic team were commended for excellence across all of the categories, for the state of the art facility, and being a team who strive to provide excellent patient care. Its’ efforts in raising funds to support Yorkhill Children’s Hospital ECMO Unit won the runner-up award for Best Community Charity Project. Spring Grove Clinic is a leader in providing dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, invisible braces, tooth whitening and family dentistry.

McAveety Slams SNP Games Funding DecisionGlasgow Shettleston MSP Frank McAveety has hit out at a decision by Scottish Enterprise to slash Commonwealth Games legacy funding by almost half. Clyde Gateway, the body responsible for regenerating the East End of Glasgow, has been hit with a 46% cut in funding for urban regeneration in 2011/2012. The agency has been told it will share around £6.8 million with five other agencies, instead of the £7 million it was initially promised. Frank said: “The Enterprise Minister seems to be more interested in facilitating meetings for his friend the Education Minister, who he wants to succeed him as an MSP than he is in the well being of the people of the East End. At this very moment he should be pulling a meeting together with Scottish Enterprise to demand that they withdraw this ridiculous proposal and get around the table with all the partners to fulfil the promises made.”Frank added: “Unlike any other renewal programme in the country commitments were made to ensure that Glasgow could make the best of the opportunities for the Games and regeneration investment. There is no better case for having an impact on Scotland’s economic performance and I am demanding an urgent meeting with the Scottish Government to urge them to ensure Scottish Enterprise withdrawal the proposal to make a massive cut in their previous commitments to the area.”

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Margaret Curran MP and Frank McAveety MSP high-light the proposed changes to vital community lifelineMargaret Curran and Frank McAveety visited Baillieston post office at the weekend to congratulate Mark Adrian and his staff on the service run from and the success of Baillieston Post Office. They know how valued the local post office is to the people of Baillieston. This is great news in Baillieston but legislation recently passed in the House of Commons will mean the privatisation of Royal Mail. This leads to doubts over the future of the Post Office network which can no longer be guaranteed in the years to come. Margaret who spoke in the debate made clear that the legislation is a big mistake and is not supported by the public. Margaret and Frank took the opportunity to make passing shoppers aware of the change to legislation and asked for them to pledge the support by signing a petition. Barlanark Post Office is currently for sale and unless a buyer is found its fate remains uncertain. Margaret Curran says “

Urban Post Offices often face different challenges from those in rural communities, they too deal with isolation and represent a lifeline to their communities. We need to take action now to ensure that we do not end up in a situation on which a large retailer steps in and takes over the service. An elderly

person living in Barlanark may be unable to get to any of the large retailers in the community. A single mother with 3 children and without a car relies on local services that the Post Office provides. This legislation is a forerunner of many Post Office closures because we are not taking the necessary

steps to protect the service.”Frank McAveety says “ Privatisation of the Royal Mail has the long term threat to jobs and services at a local level. I will be working with Margaret to ensure the voices of the east end are heard and all the local post offices are protected”.

AMAZING WINS FOR GLASGOW DENTAL PRACTICE AT TOP UK INDUSTRY AWARDS

The team at Spring Grove Clinic in Barrachnie Road Garrowhill is celebrating the fantastic achievement of winning two of the top UK Private Dentistry Awards of 2010, namely Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care. It was also awarded runner up in Best Community Charity Project and Outstanding Individual of the Year along with being shortlisted for Most Attractive Practice and Best Team. Winning the Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care Awards is a great endorsement of the Spring Grove Clinic teams’ commitment to providing affordable, value for money, community based, professional family oral and dental health care, advice, support and treatment to an exceptionally high standard. The award winning practice prides itself on its patient focussed approach which is always courteous, efficient and friendly, set within surroundings that are luxurious, comfortable and welcoming. Heading up the clinical team is Dr David Cunningham who established his practice in Garrowhill over 14 years ago. Winning these two Awards recognises his firmly held belief that a community based dental practice, where patient relationships and trust are key, using the latest dental technology,

can provide the same level of treatment options, care and surroundings as a large city centre based dental practice. Commenting, David Cunningham said, “The team has worked incredibly hard to make Spring Grove Clinic a fantastic place for our patients. I am delighted that our efforts have been recognised by the top UK industry professionals.” “My focus has always been to provide excellent patient care with the very best dental advice and treatment. I believe in spending time with my patients, fully explaining preventative and treatment options to them and supporting them as they choose their treatment plans. I am very grateful to our patients for their fantastic comments in support of our Awards application.” At the Awards presentation, the Spring Grove Clinic team were commended for excellence across all of the categories, for the state of the art facility, and being a team who strive to provide excellent patient care. Its’ efforts in raising funds to support Yorkhill Children’s Hospital ECMO Unit won the runner-up award for Best Community Charity Project. Spring Grove Clinic is a leader in providing dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, invisible braces, tooth whitening and family dentistry.

McAveety Slams SNP Games Funding DecisionGlasgow Shettleston MSP Frank McAveety has hit out at a decision by Scottish Enterprise to slash Commonwealth Games legacy funding by almost half. Clyde Gateway, the body responsible for regenerating the East End of Glasgow, has been hit with a 46% cut in funding for urban regeneration in 2011/2012. The agency has been told it will share around £6.8 million with five other agencies, instead of the £7 million it was initially promised. Frank said: “The Enterprise Minister seems to be more interested in facilitating meetings for his friend the Education Minister, who he wants to succeed him as an MSP than he is in the well being of the people of the East End. At this very moment he should be pulling a meeting together with Scottish Enterprise to demand that they withdraw this ridiculous proposal and get around the table with all the partners to fulfil the promises made.”Frank added: “Unlike any other renewal programme in the country commitments were made to ensure that Glasgow could make the best of the opportunities for the Games and regeneration investment. There is no better case for having an impact on Scotland’s economic performance and I am demanding an urgent meeting with the Scottish Government to urge them to ensure Scottish Enterprise withdrawal the proposal to make a massive cut in their previous commitments to the area.”

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Margaret Curran MP and Frank McAveety MSP high-light the proposed changes to vital community lifelineMargaret Curran and Frank McAveety visited Baillieston post office at the weekend to congratulate Mark Adrian and his staff on the service run from and the success of Baillieston Post Office. They know how valued the local post office is to the people of Baillieston. This is great news in Baillieston but legislation recently passed in the House of Commons will mean the privatisation of Royal Mail. This leads to doubts over the future of the Post Office network which can no longer be guaranteed in the years to come. Margaret who spoke in the debate made clear that the legislation is a big mistake and is not supported by the public. Margaret and Frank took the opportunity to make passing shoppers aware of the change to legislation and asked for them to pledge the support by signing a petition. Barlanark Post Office is currently for sale and unless a buyer is found its fate remains uncertain. Margaret Curran says “

Urban Post Offices often face different challenges from those in rural communities, they too deal with isolation and represent a lifeline to their communities. We need to take action now to ensure that we do not end up in a situation on which a large retailer steps in and takes over the service. An elderly

person living in Barlanark may be unable to get to any of the large retailers in the community. A single mother with 3 children and without a car relies on local services that the Post Office provides. This legislation is a forerunner of many Post Office closures because we are not taking the necessary

steps to protect the service.”Frank McAveety says “ Privatisation of the Royal Mail has the long term threat to jobs and services at a local level. I will be working with Margaret to ensure the voices of the east end are heard and all the local post offices are protected”.

AMAZING WINS FOR GLASGOW DENTAL PRACTICE AT TOP UK INDUSTRY AWARDS

The team at Spring Grove Clinic in Barrachnie Road Garrowhill is celebrating the fantastic achievement of winning two of the top UK Private Dentistry Awards of 2010, namely Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care. It was also awarded runner up in Best Community Charity Project and Outstanding Individual of the Year along with being shortlisted for Most Attractive Practice and Best Team. Winning the Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care Awards is a great endorsement of the Spring Grove Clinic teams’ commitment to providing affordable, value for money, community based, professional family oral and dental health care, advice, support and treatment to an exceptionally high standard. The award winning practice prides itself on its patient focussed approach which is always courteous, efficient and friendly, set within surroundings that are luxurious, comfortable and welcoming. Heading up the clinical team is Dr David Cunningham who established his practice in Garrowhill over 14 years ago. Winning these two Awards recognises his firmly held belief that a community based dental practice, where patient relationships and trust are key, using the latest dental technology,

can provide the same level of treatment options, care and surroundings as a large city centre based dental practice. Commenting, David Cunningham said, “The team has worked incredibly hard to make Spring Grove Clinic a fantastic place for our patients. I am delighted that our efforts have been recognised by the top UK industry professionals.” “My focus has always been to provide excellent patient care with the very best dental advice and treatment. I believe in spending time with my patients, fully explaining preventative and treatment options to them and supporting them as they choose their treatment plans. I am very grateful to our patients for their fantastic comments in support of our Awards application.” At the Awards presentation, the Spring Grove Clinic team were commended for excellence across all of the categories, for the state of the art facility, and being a team who strive to provide excellent patient care. Its’ efforts in raising funds to support Yorkhill Children’s Hospital ECMO Unit won the runner-up award for Best Community Charity Project. Spring Grove Clinic is a leader in providing dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, invisible braces, tooth whitening and family dentistry.

McAveety Slams SNP Games Funding DecisionGlasgow Shettleston MSP Frank McAveety has hit out at a decision by Scottish Enterprise to slash Commonwealth Games legacy funding by almost half. Clyde Gateway, the body responsible for regenerating the East End of Glasgow, has been hit with a 46% cut in funding for urban regeneration in 2011/2012. The agency has been told it will share around £6.8 million with five other agencies, instead of the £7 million it was initially promised. Frank said: “The Enterprise Minister seems to be more interested in facilitating meetings for his friend the Education Minister, who he wants to succeed him as an MSP than he is in the well being of the people of the East End. At this very moment he should be pulling a meeting together with Scottish Enterprise to demand that they withdraw this ridiculous proposal and get around the table with all the partners to fulfil the promises made.”Frank added: “Unlike any other renewal programme in the country commitments were made to ensure that Glasgow could make the best of the opportunities for the Games and regeneration investment. There is no better case for having an impact on Scotland’s economic performance and I am demanding an urgent meeting with the Scottish Government to urge them to ensure Scottish Enterprise withdrawal the proposal to make a massive cut in their previous commitments to the area.”

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Margaret Curran MP and Frank McAveety MSP high-light the proposed changes to vital community lifelineMargaret Curran and Frank McAveety visited Baillieston post office at the weekend to congratulate Mark Adrian and his staff on the service run from and the success of Baillieston Post Office. They know how valued the local post office is to the people of Baillieston. This is great news in Baillieston but legislation recently passed in the House of Commons will mean the privatisation of Royal Mail. This leads to doubts over the future of the Post Office network which can no longer be guaranteed in the years to come. Margaret who spoke in the debate made clear that the legislation is a big mistake and is not supported by the public. Margaret and Frank took the opportunity to make passing shoppers aware of the change to legislation and asked for them to pledge the support by signing a petition. Barlanark Post Office is currently for sale and unless a buyer is found its fate remains uncertain. Margaret Curran says “

Urban Post Offices often face different challenges from those in rural communities, they too deal with isolation and represent a lifeline to their communities. We need to take action now to ensure that we do not end up in a situation on which a large retailer steps in and takes over the service. An elderly

person living in Barlanark may be unable to get to any of the large retailers in the community. A single mother with 3 children and without a car relies on local services that the Post Office provides. This legislation is a forerunner of many Post Office closures because we are not taking the necessary

steps to protect the service.”Frank McAveety says “ Privatisation of the Royal Mail has the long term threat to jobs and services at a local level. I will be working with Margaret to ensure the voices of the east end are heard and all the local post offices are protected”.

AMAZING WINS FOR GLASGOW DENTAL PRACTICE AT TOP UK INDUSTRY AWARDS

The team at Spring Grove Clinic in Barrachnie Road Garrowhill is celebrating the fantastic achievement of winning two of the top UK Private Dentistry Awards of 2010, namely Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care. It was also awarded runner up in Best Community Charity Project and Outstanding Individual of the Year along with being shortlisted for Most Attractive Practice and Best Team. Winning the Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care Awards is a great endorsement of the Spring Grove Clinic teams’ commitment to providing affordable, value for money, community based, professional family oral and dental health care, advice, support and treatment to an exceptionally high standard. The award winning practice prides itself on its patient focussed approach which is always courteous, efficient and friendly, set within surroundings that are luxurious, comfortable and welcoming. Heading up the clinical team is Dr David Cunningham who established his practice in Garrowhill over 14 years ago. Winning these two Awards recognises his firmly held belief that a community based dental practice, where patient relationships and trust are key, using the latest dental technology,

can provide the same level of treatment options, care and surroundings as a large city centre based dental practice. Commenting, David Cunningham said, “The team has worked incredibly hard to make Spring Grove Clinic a fantastic place for our patients. I am delighted that our efforts have been recognised by the top UK industry professionals.” “My focus has always been to provide excellent patient care with the very best dental advice and treatment. I believe in spending time with my patients, fully explaining preventative and treatment options to them and supporting them as they choose their treatment plans. I am very grateful to our patients for their fantastic comments in support of our Awards application.” At the Awards presentation, the Spring Grove Clinic team were commended for excellence across all of the categories, for the state of the art facility, and being a team who strive to provide excellent patient care. Its’ efforts in raising funds to support Yorkhill Children’s Hospital ECMO Unit won the runner-up award for Best Community Charity Project. Spring Grove Clinic is a leader in providing dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, invisible braces, tooth whitening and family dentistry.

McAveety Slams SNP Games Funding DecisionGlasgow Shettleston MSP Frank McAveety has hit out at a decision by Scottish Enterprise to slash Commonwealth Games legacy funding by almost half. Clyde Gateway, the body responsible for regenerating the East End of Glasgow, has been hit with a 46% cut in funding for urban regeneration in 2011/2012. The agency has been told it will share around £6.8 million with five other agencies, instead of the £7 million it was initially promised. Frank said: “The Enterprise Minister seems to be more interested in facilitating meetings for his friend the Education Minister, who he wants to succeed him as an MSP than he is in the well being of the people of the East End. At this very moment he should be pulling a meeting together with Scottish Enterprise to demand that they withdraw this ridiculous proposal and get around the table with all the partners to fulfil the promises made.”Frank added: “Unlike any other renewal programme in the country commitments were made to ensure that Glasgow could make the best of the opportunities for the Games and regeneration investment. There is no better case for having an impact on Scotland’s economic performance and I am demanding an urgent meeting with the Scottish Government to urge them to ensure Scottish Enterprise withdrawal the proposal to make a massive cut in their previous commitments to the area.”

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Margaret Curran MP and Frank McAveety MSP high-light the proposed changes to vital community lifelineMargaret Curran and Frank McAveety visited Baillieston post office at the weekend to congratulate Mark Adrian and his staff on the service run from and the success of Baillieston Post Office. They know how valued the local post office is to the people of Baillieston. This is great news in Baillieston but legislation recently passed in the House of Commons will mean the privatisation of Royal Mail. This leads to doubts over the future of the Post Office network which can no longer be guaranteed in the years to come. Margaret who spoke in the debate made clear that the legislation is a big mistake and is not supported by the public. Margaret and Frank took the opportunity to make passing shoppers aware of the change to legislation and asked for them to pledge the support by signing a petition. Barlanark Post Office is currently for sale and unless a buyer is found its fate remains uncertain. Margaret Curran says “

Urban Post Offices often face different challenges from those in rural communities, they too deal with isolation and represent a lifeline to their communities. We need to take action now to ensure that we do not end up in a situation on which a large retailer steps in and takes over the service. An elderly

person living in Barlanark may be unable to get to any of the large retailers in the community. A single mother with 3 children and without a car relies on local services that the Post Office provides. This legislation is a forerunner of many Post Office closures because we are not taking the necessary

steps to protect the service.”Frank McAveety says “ Privatisation of the Royal Mail has the long term threat to jobs and services at a local level. I will be working with Margaret to ensure the voices of the east end are heard and all the local post offices are protected”.

AMAZING WINS FOR GLASGOW DENTAL PRACTICE AT TOP UK INDUSTRY AWARDS

The team at Spring Grove Clinic in Barrachnie Road Garrowhill is celebrating the fantastic achievement of winning two of the top UK Private Dentistry Awards of 2010, namely Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care. It was also awarded runner up in Best Community Charity Project and Outstanding Individual of the Year along with being shortlisted for Most Attractive Practice and Best Team. Winning the Practice of the Year and Best Patient Care Awards is a great endorsement of the Spring Grove Clinic teams’ commitment to providing affordable, value for money, community based, professional family oral and dental health care, advice, support and treatment to an exceptionally high standard. The award winning practice prides itself on its patient focussed approach which is always courteous, efficient and friendly, set within surroundings that are luxurious, comfortable and welcoming. Heading up the clinical team is Dr David Cunningham who established his practice in Garrowhill over 14 years ago. Winning these two Awards recognises his firmly held belief that a community based dental practice, where patient relationships and trust are key, using the latest dental technology,

can provide the same level of treatment options, care and surroundings as a large city centre based dental practice. Commenting, David Cunningham said, “The team has worked incredibly hard to make Spring Grove Clinic a fantastic place for our patients. I am delighted that our efforts have been recognised by the top UK industry professionals.” “My focus has always been to provide excellent patient care with the very best dental advice and treatment. I believe in spending time with my patients, fully explaining preventative and treatment options to them and supporting them as they choose their treatment plans. I am very grateful to our patients for their fantastic comments in support of our Awards application.” At the Awards presentation, the Spring Grove Clinic team were commended for excellence across all of the categories, for the state of the art facility, and being a team who strive to provide excellent patient care. Its’ efforts in raising funds to support Yorkhill Children’s Hospital ECMO Unit won the runner-up award for Best Community Charity Project. Spring Grove Clinic is a leader in providing dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, invisible braces, tooth whitening and family dentistry.

McAveety Slams SNP Games Funding DecisionGlasgow Shettleston MSP Frank McAveety has hit out at a decision by Scottish Enterprise to slash Commonwealth Games legacy funding by almost half. Clyde Gateway, the body responsible for regenerating the East End of Glasgow, has been hit with a 46% cut in funding for urban regeneration in 2011/2012. The agency has been told it will share around £6.8 million with five other agencies, instead of the £7 million it was initially promised. Frank said: “The Enterprise Minister seems to be more interested in facilitating meetings for his friend the Education Minister, who he wants to succeed him as an MSP than he is in the well being of the people of the East End. At this very moment he should be pulling a meeting together with Scottish Enterprise to demand that they withdraw this ridiculous proposal and get around the table with all the partners to fulfil the promises made.”Frank added: “Unlike any other renewal programme in the country commitments were made to ensure that Glasgow could make the best of the opportunities for the Games and regeneration investment. There is no better case for having an impact on Scotland’s economic performance and I am demanding an urgent meeting with the Scottish Government to urge them to ensure Scottish Enterprise withdrawal the proposal to make a massive cut in their previous commitments to the area.”

LAST week a group of workers from ASDA Superstore inParkhead set off on a trek to the top of Scotland’s highest mountain Ben Nevis to raise money for the annual “Cash For Kids” appeal. ASDA Parkhead are renowned for raising cashand helping projects in the area and as usual there were many

volunteer colleagues from the store willing to climb Ben Nevis if it helped raise moneyfor a good cause. The Re-Gen was delighted that one of the intrepid climbers Annmarie Rock offered to wear a Re-Gen T shirt when she reached the top of the mountain as long as we sponsored her so we gladly did and likewise she gladly

did as well. ASDA colleagues will continue to raise cash for “Cash for Kids” in the run up to Christmas so when you’re in doing your weekly shopping don’t be afraid to get involved as all the money goes to help those less fortunate than us. The Store total at present stands at £9000 so let’s help them get a record amount this year

ASDA Colleagues Reach The Top

Helping hands from the G.E.S.H.

PUPILS, staff, friends and families of Croftcroighn school wish to say a huge Thank You to volunteers from the Greater Easterhouse Supporting Hands who worked tirelessly over recent weeks to help restore our campus garden to its former glory. On a recent visit to the campus, Margaret Curran, M.S.P.,

thanked the community helpers personally for the effort and attention they put in to the gardening project, stating that the entire campus community will benefit form the work undertaken. Ave. End Campus is situated on Mossavale Road in Craigend and is home to three establishments:Croftcroighn Primary, Ave. End Primary and

Kincardine Nursery. The community garden at the Campus provides all three establishments with areas for planting and growing fruit and vegetables and is an excellent resource for helping pupils develop knowledge and understanding about growing and also encourages positive attitudes towards looking after the environment .

Former Rab C Nesbitt star and East End resident, Elaine C Smith, officially opened Glasgow Shettleston MSP, John Mason’s, new Parkhead Con-stituency Office last week. The SNP MSP who pledged to open a shop front Constitu-ency Office if elected, said he saw the new office as part of his “open, accessible and available” agenda. During his two years as the Member of the Westminster Parliament for Glasgow East, John Mason opened a highly visible shop front office on Shettleston Road, where he and his team of staff dealt with over 2,000 constituency cases. In campaign-ing to win the city’s East End seat at Holyrood, John Mason pointed out that local Labour politicians often stand for election, and then quickly disappear into a business centre where no-one can see them. The MSP’s new office is at Parkhead Cross, right across

the road from St Michael’s Church. Prior to the opening Mason was subjected to a demonstration by members of the Gay Young Libs who were protesting about his views on civil marriages and give him his due he spent around thirty minutes discussing their

views. (He even sent out sand-wiches out to them). Speaking at the official opening of his of-fice, John Mason said: “My new, fully-staffed, Constituency Office is open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, and open until 7pm on a Friday for constituents who wish to attend my evening surgery. “During the election, I pledged to be open, accessible and avail-able to my constituents. Every constituent can phone me at the office or on my mobile and anyone can visit my Constituency Office during the week. “It is a privilege to be the local MSP for Glasgow Shettleston and I am here to serve the people as best I can. We all know the East End has its problems and people need help with a variety of is-sues, be it housing, social work, education or health. My office is open and my staff and I are here to help”.

MARY DOLL OPENS NEW MSP’S CONSTITUENCY OFFICE

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By Anne SmithAries (21 March - 20 April)

Taurus (21 April - 21 May)

Gemini (22 May - 21 June)

Cancer (22 June - 23 July)

Leo (24 July - 23 Aug)

Virgo (24 Aug - 23 Sept)

Libra (24 Sept - 23 Oct)

Scorpio (24 Oct - 22 Nov)

Sagittarius (23 Nov - 21 Dec)

Capricorn (22 Dec - 20 Jan)

Aquarius (21 Jan - 19 Feb)

Pisces (20 Feb - 20 Mar)

Things seem to be settling now and those plans you put into action at the beginning of last month seem to be coming into fruition. You will soon be feeling more settled and will be able to take the foot of the gas for a while, some of you feel in need of a break and may plan in some down time!

There has been a lot of unsettlement around you in the last few months, your energy has been pulled one way then other, the time has come to take heed of what you have learned from this testing time and put plans into action for the future.

You have had things on hold of late unable to make decisions as your mind was working over time, you can now breathe a sigh of relief as the fog has lifted from your mind and new and exciting opportunities are on the horizon, try to believe in yourself, as we do!.

At last you can begin to make progress as Mercury completes its cycle within your sign from Friday communications are clearer and family life settles as well as work and a new boss may have a new project for you which will help you to get noticed. !

Seem to me as if you are allowing other peoples situations get on top of you which is causing you stress. Time to let go you can’t solve the problems of the world, focus on what’s right for you this week and you will take a big leap forward.

Memories of those who are no longer around you are on your mind as you always get nostalgic around your birthday, can I reassure you that death is only a transition and those you lobe are nearer than you think! Push those plans that have been on the shelf forward now.

Come to my home to find peace and balance I will help you with arbitrations and decisions although I will not judge you or others! My you are in full swing Libra opening your heart to all those in conflict, try looking to help those closer to home and you will feel the benefit too.

Open my eyes that I may see what the future holds is in front of me, open my ears that I may hear words of wisdom that are given to me! Yep that right everything you are looking for is right there in front of you so what’s stopping you? Go get it!!

Time to get back to reality as all this fantasy will cause trouble no end, trust me! Practicalities and loyalties need to be looked at as some commitments are for the long haul. Once you can see this then your life will be a lot smoother and a lot less complicated!

A difficult week with Mars and Pluto in your sign this week for the full moon on Sunday.will push you well and truly out of your comfort zone, so buckle up and get ready to let go and tell people what you truly think! Be brave!

The beginning of the week may be a little difficult you will feel as if you are hitting a wall at times, but by the end of the week everything goes swimmingly and you will receive that well deserved pat on the back as you will have made a great breakthrough!

A great week to trust your intuition as we are heading into a full moon and your sixth sense is at an all-time high, try to make sense of a little dispute around those close to you as you may be able to help them sort it out. Try to pay attention to detail at work as it is important.

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Right, hands up all of you who turned your heating full blast on last week,? Me too. I also dug out my winter woollies and thermal tights only to leap up like a fiend last night and turn the heating back off. It’s this time of year when you don’t know from one minute to the next how the day will turn out. Not to worry winter will be here before you know it. Only yesterday I spotted Christmas wrapping paper in Tesco’s. The clocks haven’t even gone back! Surely they could at least let September weekend go by before they start pressuring the poor consumer. So here are a few dishes of comfort food to cheer you up.

Chicken and Sweet Potato Pie

Cooked roast chicken cut into chunks 1 small onion sliced finely1 sweet potatoes cut into small chunks1 can of condensed mush-room soup1 pack of ready rolled puff pastry

Fry off the onion and sweet potato in a little oil to lightly soften. Transfer to an oven proof dish. Add the chicken and mushroom soup. Stir well and top with the pastry. Bake in a hot oven 200c for 25 min until pastry is well risen and golden brown. Serve with mashed potatoes and green beans.

Crispy Steaks

Allow 2-3 slices of quick fry steak per person1 drum of breadcrumbs2 eggs beaten3 tbsp of plain flour.

Bash the steaks really flat and pat dry. Dip into the flour, then the egg and into the breadcrumbs. Allow to rest in the fridge for 20 mins before frying in a little oil for 3 mins each side or until golden brown and crispy. Delicious served with green veg and chips.

Baked Bananas

4 large bananas2 tbsp of golden syrupSqueeze of lemon.

Split the bananas and drizzle with the syrup add a squeeze of lemon and wrap loosely in foil. Bake in a hot oven 190c for 10 min. Serve with ice cream

Enjoy ,

Love Susie x

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A new partnership launched last week between The Open Univer-sity in Scotland and John Wheat-ley College will give local people access to one of the country’s most flexible and comprehensive learning packages.

The partnership agreement links up John Wheatley College’s suite of higher education qualifi-cations to The Open University’s extensive range of courses and qualifications to create progres-

sion routes between the two learning providers. This means that local people will be able to benefit from multi-optional learning programmes that offer them a range of ways to develop their skills at the different stages in their lives.

Anyone studying HNC or a range of other courses at the col-lege will be able to count credits from their studies towards an Open University degree. This will

help them to build on the knowl-edge and skills they’ve already gained, and in many cases to reduce the length of time it takes to get a degree.

Dr James Miller, Director of The Open University in Scotland, explains the rationale behind the partnership. “In today’s economic climate lifelong learn-ing is an essential tool in helping people to stay one step ahead in the labour market. They need to

have access to flexible, affordable ways of up-skilling and re-skilling in order to ensure their compe-tencies stay current and relevant.

“This partnership gives us the opportunity to bring together Scotland’s leading provider of part-time university education with the college at the heart of the east Glasgow community,” he said. “This gives us the reach and the expertise to contribute directly to the skills and learning

needs of individuals and employ-ers throughout the area.”

Many college/university progression partnerships link to a limited number of specific learning pathways. The OU/John Wheatley College agreement gives current and former college students access to the OU’s entire range of nearly 600 modules. From this they have the option of working towards a degree in a specific subject area, or they can tailor a qualification profile to suit their individual interests.

The flexibility of OU study means that it is likely to offer particular benefits to people who have studied part-time at the college to fit round their other commitments, or who are looking to commence or remain in employment while they work towards a degree. The progression opportunities offered through the new partnership are open to former John Wheatley College students irrespective of how long it is since they studied at the college.

The partnership also offers considerable benefits for local

employers, by offering a one-stop-shop for many of their train-ing needs and supporting their employees to develop their skills ‘on-the-job’.

Acting Principal of the College, Alan Sherry, told the Re-Gen, “We are very pleased to be entering into this agreement with the Open University. For many of our learners, especially those from part-time programmes, establish-ing a progression route to more advanced qualifications can be quite a challenge due to family, work and other commitments. The flexibility available through Open University qualifications will prove to be an ideal way to work towards degree-level while building their study around other responsibilities.”

Andy Woolley, Chair of the Board of Management of John Wheatley College, agreed, “The College is delighted to formalise its links with a respected institu-tion like the Open University and we are looking forward to the future opportunities this will create for our students, past and present.”

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A support group for people living with Parkinson’s has been informed that they are no longer able to meet at Lightburn Hospital, despite the fact that Health Secre-tary Nicola Sturgeon has not yet given NHS Manag-ers permission to close the hospital. Members of the group which represents 350 families with Parkinson’s and pro-vides vital friendship and support to local people with the incurable neurological condition, were informed that they would have to cancel their forthcoming meetings because the venue had been cordoned off and the power supply disconnected. The Parkinson’s support group has spearheaded a campaign to keep the facility in the East End of Glasgow open. The Save Lightburn Campaign argued that Lightburn provided a vital local service that

helped frail older people with a range of conditions to remain part of their local community while receiving excellent care. However, despite a 14,000 signature petition, the support of local consultants, nursing staff, GP’s, MPs, MSPs, council-lors and the local community, the NHS Board voted to close the hospital. The Save Lightburn Cam-paign will hold a march and rally on Saturday 10 Septem-ber at 10.45 am at Lightburn Hospital, to signal commu-nity opposition to the closure plans. Gerry McCann, who leads the Parkinson’s group and the Save Lightburn Campaign told the Re-Gen: “The lights are out at Lightburn, and we are being kept in the dark. It is shocking to learn that the Health Board is shutting down the hospital site piece by piece even before Nicola Stur-geon has had the opportunity

to confirm the Health Board’s decision. “The arrogance of the Health Board is absolutely staggering. They did not listen to the local community and now they will not wait to listen to the Government. We will march through the area on Saturday to show how much people value this hospi-tal and want it to stay open. “We have fought hard to stop this closure. Now we have no place to meet, even though the hospital is still officially open. Our group provides valuable support to people from throughout the East End of Glasgow, but it seems that the Board does not value the health and wellbeing of people living here.“ NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board voted at its August meeting to transfer all inpatient services provided at Lightburn to Stobhill Hos-pital, and move all outpatient and day hospital services to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Lightburn is the last surviv-ing hospital in the East End of Glasgow, which has the low-est life expectancy in the UK. Local people have highlighted very poor public transport

links to the new services, and fear that many disabled older people will be unable to make the journey to get the care that they need. REMEM-BER:- The Save Lightburn

Campaign march will meet at Lightburn hospital at 10.45am on Saturday 10th September, and proceed to Budhill Park for a rally. All are welcome to attend.

SAVE LIGHTBURN HOSPITAL MARCH THIS SATURDAY PARKINSON’S GROUP BARRED FROM HOSPITAL SITE BEFORE CLOSURE CONFIRMED

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Scottish National Party

David Turner Councillor Baillieston Ward

Local Surgeries Held at:

Garrowhill Community Hall, 35 Maxwell Drive - 7pm, first Monday each month

St Bridget’s Primary School, Camp Road - 7pm, 2nd Wednesday each month

Caledonia Primary School, Calderwood Drive, Baillieston G69 7DJ - 6pm, 3rd Monday each month

Barlanark Community Centre, 33 Burnmouth Road - 7pm, 4th Tuesday each month

No surgeries held during school holidays

Councillor Turner Can be contacted: phone: 0141 287 3592 fax: 0141 287 4927 mobile: 07776 488103 email: [email protected]

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Dalmarnock Futures Forum Easter Timetable - Week 2:

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Tricia Clint (Climate Challenge Officer)

EACH year in the UK, uninsured drivers are responsible for, in the region of, 160 fatalities and 23,000 injured road users. The estimated annual cost to the economy is £500 million, which includes every legitimate and law abiding motorist having to pay an extra £30 per annum on to their premium. The Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) conservatively estimates that 1 in 20 cars are not insured, which potentially equates to in excess of 32,000 uninsured vehicles being used on the roads within Strath-clyde each day. The criminal fraternity usually pay little attention to the requirements of Road Traffic legislation and, therefore, officers have an op-portunity to target and disrupt local and organised criminality by seiz-ing, and immediately removing, illegally driven motor vehicles from the roads. Over the last two years alone in Strathclyde, 8,559 vehicles have been seized from drivers who were driving without insurance. As part of the ‘Denying Criminals the use of the Roads’ strategy, Strathclyde Police joined the other Scottish Forces to participate in the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland Uninsured Drivers and Vehicles Weekend of action between Friday 26 and Monday 28 August 2011. Within B’ Division alone robust enforcement of the legislation resulted in 6 vehicles being seized

for Insurance offences and all the vehicles were affixed with the “NO INSURANCE, SEIZED BY POLICE” sticker. Police Sgt William

Graham who was leading the op-eration within the North and East End of Glasgow stated “Strath-clyde Police regard Road Crime

as a very high Force priority, therefore if you have a vehicle on the road that is not insured, expect it to be seized”.

No Insurance - No Vehicle

Pictured outside London Road Police Office with vehicles seized in the Operation are from left to right Superintendent Eddie Smith, Divisional Road Policing Unit Sergeant William Graham and Chief Inspec-tor Pat O’Callaghan

CHILDREN’S favourite Peppa Pig took a trip along to ASDA at Parkhead recently to meet her young fans and while she was there launch a new exciting range of Toys and Children’s Clothing in the store. Pictured here is young Kara McMullen from Riddrie who was delighted to meet Peppa and have a wee chat with her.

Peppa Pig visits ASDA

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Milnbank Housing Association53 Ballindalloch Drive

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Monday to Friday(8:30am - 5:00pm)

AT an eventful meeting held in Whitehill School last week local residents in the Dennistoun area were up in arms over complaints about certain factors who they feel are not complying with their contracts to maintain the houses in their care. The meeting called by local councillor Elaine McDougall and attended by MSP Paul Martin, Milnbank Housing Association’s, Alan Benson and Brian Parr of Development and Regeneration Services, was to hear the numerous complaints from local residents regarding both, the problems of absentee landlords and the lack of quality

service from their factors. Both Paul Martin and Alan Benson explained to the meeting just what a decent factoring company should be expected to do and just what these companies were getting away with in their opinion. Many of those attending the meeting raised very salient points of concern and these were answered by the panel. Councillor McDougall called for volunteers to form a Steering group which would address the points raised and there were 9 local residents who immediately volunteered such was the feeling of frustration in the hall. The

factoring problem has grown arms and legs over the past few years so much so that MSP Patricia Ferguson was successful in raising a Bill in the Scottish Parliament to legislate factors making them answerable by law. The first part of the Bill was passed unanimously by those sitting in Holyrood and the second part of the Bill will be heard before next autumn (such is the speed of things in Parliament). Councillor McDougall is at present arranging a Steering group meeting prior to calling a further public meeting (Look out for details in the Re-Gen).

Dennistoun Residents in outrage over Factoring

A variety of different cycling activities will be on offer that will cater for experienced cyclists or be-ginners. There will also be an opportunity for kids who have outgrown their bike to take advantage of the bike swap scheme. For anyone interested in cycling, this event is not to be missed. The full list of activities that will form the cycling gala are detailed in the adver-tisement opposite. The new Alexandra Park cycling track was officially opened on 1 September. It was funded through a grant from the Climate Challenge Fund and delivered as part of Milnbank Housing As-sociation’s Carbon Reduction Project. Milnbank HAs Direc-tor, Alan Benson, told the Re-GEN. “The new cycling track is certain to be a great

addition to the facilities available at Alexandra Park. The Cycling Gala aims to promote the track and highlight to children and

adults alike the advantages of cycling. We’re grateful to the organisers of this event which promises to be a great day out”.

Glasgow East End Cycling GalaTO celebrate the opening of the new cycle track at Alexandra Park, an East End Cycling Gala is to be held in Alexandra Park, Dennistoun on Saturday 17 September.

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Easterhouse Housing AssociationsWorking Together – Achieving More

EHRA -Working Together For Easterhouse CommunitiesEHRA (Easterhouse Housing and Regeneration Alliance) is an alliance of eight independent, community based housing associations and co-operatives in Greater Easterhouse. We have worked together since 1991 and our members own and manage around 3,000 homes in local neighbourhoods throughout Easterhouse. We work together to lobby for resources, campaign for initiatives and share expertise, staff and information. The eight associations and co-operatives are Blairtummock Housing Association, Calvay Housing Association, Easthall Park Housing Co-operative, Gardeen Housing Association, Lochfield Park Housing Association, Provanhall Housing Association, Ruchazie Housing Association and Wellhouse Housing Association.

Provanhall Housing Association is proud to play a continuing role in EHRA to support and improve the local communities of Easterhouse.

We look forward to another successful year of partnership working.

Provanhall Gardeen Housing Association ‘Gardeen Housing Association recognises the benefits that can be achieved through working in partnership with

EHRA. We are working together to lobby for more resources for our communities.’

Rena Quinn Chairperson

Gardeen Housing Association

Lochfield Park Hannah McDonald, Chairperson, Lochfield Park

Lochfield Park is pleased to be part of EHRA, working in partnership for the regeneration of the Greater Easterhouse area”.

CalvayPeter Howden, Chairperson, Calvay Housing AssociationHere in EHRA we are lucky to have the ability to work together for the good of a common theme which is simply, for the betterment of all neighbourhoods

across Greater Easterhouse. Working together gives us access to a huge range of skills and experience. We realize there will be tough decisions ahead which will test our abilities however we are confident in our past record of not only meeting the challenge but surpassing it.”

The purpose of Easthall Park is “making a difference to our community” which involves more than providing good housing and high performing management and maintenance services.

For example this month we have started 15 training places for young people in the Glenburn Youth Development Project, 12 students on the HNC Working with Communities/Housing course all of which receive a training allowance and in

partnership with our Maintenance Contractor Raymond Bremner, aged 18, a local resident of Easthall has commenced employment with MITIE Property Services in the post of an apprentice joiner.

Easthall Park Housing Co-operative

Wullie Mulligan, Chairperson, Wellhouse Housing Association.

“Housing Associations are about more than just bricks and mortar. We are the only organisations that are owned and managed by local people. Our main concerns are to make our communities attractive and popular by raising the aspirations of local people and assisting them to meet their potential’

Wellhouse

RuchazieQuote from Ann McDonald, Chairperson Ruchazie Housing Association

Ruchazie Housing Association has completed almost all the homes in our area. We need a final push for resources to complete and maintain a sustainable place community.

‘In these difficult financial times we need to continue working together to deliver good services for tenants at affordable prices’

Cathie Mulligan, Chairperson

Blairtummock

Christine MorrisChairperson, Provenhall

“making a difference to our community”

“We wish to thank all our partners who support this work”

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MAKING LIGHT WORK OF SAVING ENERGY New jobs for east end as housing association helps families cut billsTWO new housing association staff are brimming with bright ideas as they launch a drive to help east end families do their bit to cut energy bills and tackle climate change.

Clare Bell and Marie Hannigan are the face of Thenew Housing Association's pioneering energy saving campaign to help local people in Bridgeton.

The Bridgeton Energy Efficiency Project known as BEEP is now in full swing after Thenew won £95,000 from the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund.

The cash boost means Thenew can implement a series of initiatives to inform Bridgeton residents of how to reduce bills which in turn cut down carbon emissions.

Clare and Marie were appointed to the year long project following careers which have had a strong focus on community based activity related to housing associations.

Clare said: “This is an important initiative because it will allow us to inform and educate people about saving money on energy, And the more money they save, the more they will have to spend elsewhere.”

Marie added: “It’s another example of a housing association like Thenew helping communities like Bridgeton. We believe the project will get real results and both of us are looking forward very much to working in the community.”

The Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund has so far helped 345 Scottish communities paying out £37.7 million.

A key part of the campaign in Bridgeton will be to issue smart meters to people so they can keep a close watch on how much energy they are consuming.

Volunteers have already been recruited from the local area to spread the word about the project.

Lawrence McCabe, Thenew’s Community Regeneration Manager who was involved in the successful bid for funding, said: “Fuel poverty is an issue for some tenants in Bridgeton and with soaring energy bills now a way of life for many people, this funding could not have come at a better time.

“Clare and Marie will contribute greatly to the Project. The fact that some suppliers have recently announced increases in energy costs means this project could not have come at a better time.”

*The BEEP Project was formally launched at a ceremony in the Bridgeton Community Learning Campus attended by local councillors Ruth Simpson and George Redmond

At the event Councillor Redmond praised the initiative saying it was a worthwhile project which would undoubtedly help local people.

A HELPING HAND TO GET JOBLESS BACK INTO WORKThenew Housing Association extends pioneering scheme to help city communities

A CITY Housing association has unveiled a pioneering new approach to helping get its long-term unemployed tenants back into work. Thenew Housing Association has launched an extension of its money advice initiative and called it Money Advice Plus. It has secured funding of £80,000 to pay for the year long project which it says will provide a helping hand by encouraging people back into work while also giving practical help.One of the key benefits is a free course at John Wheatley College in the city to equip individuals with skills needed to seek work.Thenew is based in the east end but also has homes across the city in areas like Cranhill and Blackhill, Baillieston and Castlemilk. Lawrence McCabe, Community Regeneration Manager at Thenew said: “Our Money Advice project helps tenants with debt issues and a range of money-related problems.“We accept that these are issues which don't exist in isolation and are often made worse by unemployment and lack of income. To extend the idea to helping people find jobs is a natural and sensible way of providing further help.“It is being done in a way that

will not affect benefits and we are working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions. The overall aim is to encourage long term unemployed tenants to seek work and give them the skills and confidence to make employment happen.”Thenew has an impressive track record in helping tenants on money-related issues which goes beyond the usual housing association role of collecting rent.It is deeply involved in the communities where it has homes and last year it provided money advice that led to a staggering £207,000 being claimed or backdated in State benefits. The previous year the figure was £149,000. The John Wheatley College course at its Haghill campus will focus on building confidence, how to go about looking for work and IT skills.Some of the funding will pay for two new members of staff to co-ordinate the project – a money advice worker and an employability support worker. Clyde Gateway - the urban regeneration area covering the east end of Glasgow - contributed £60,000 of the total funding while the Scottish Government came up with the remaining £20,000 from its “Wider Role Fund”

BRIGHT IDEAS......Marie and Clare at the well known east end landmark - the Bridgeton “Umbrella”.

www.thenewhousing.co.uk

Registered & Calton Area Office83 Green StreetCaltonGlasgow G40 2TGTel: 0141 550 3581E-mail: [email protected]

Bridgeton Area Office2 Main StreetBridgetonGlasgow G40 1HATel: 0141 554 5245E-mail: [email protected]

Caslemilk Area Office49 Blaeloch DriveCastlemilkGlasgow G45 9QLTel: 0141 634 7000E-mail: [email protected]

Cranhill Area Office11 Ruchazie Place,CranhillGlasgow G33 3HATel: 0141 774 3030E-mail: [email protected]

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Parkhead Housing Association Summer 2010

www.parkheadha.org.uk

PHA is coming home!Parkhead Housing Association will open forbusiness in their extended and refurbishedoffice at 40 Helenvale Street on Tuesday 17thAugust 2010.

The works, which saved over £1 millionagainst the other option of a new build office,have produced a building which is now fit forpurpose and will provide a base for theAssociation’s operations for years to come.

The office extension has resulted in a newboardroom being created and additionalspace to accommodate the staff team.Tenants coming through the front door willenjoy the refurbished reception andinterview areas.

John Ferguson Chair of the Associationcommented “It will be great to move back.The fact that over two thousand people havebeen through our temporary office at theGallowgate since we moved out in Januaryproves just how integral our office is to thelocal community”

Chief Executive Jim Strang was equallydelighted “We made the decision to extendthe existing building rather than incur theadditional cost of a new build. Having seenthe completed works it justified our decisionand will provide quality accommodation forour quality service. We look forward to seeingall our customers from the 17th of Augustback at 40 Helenvale Street.”

The telephone number remains the same0141 556 6226.

The timetable for the move back is afollows:

Thursday 12th August 2010

• Gallowgate office closes at 3pm

• Phone lines close at 5pm

Friday 13th August 2010

• Gallowgate office and phone lines closed toallow removal

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Monday 16th August 2010

• Office and phone lines closed to allowcompletion of removal and set up

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Tuesday 17th August 2010

• Office at 40 Helenvale Street opens forbusiness at 9.30am

NB the Gallowgate office will closepermanently at 3.00pm on Thursday 12thAugust 2010.

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www.parkheadha.org.uk

PHA is coming home!Parkhead Housing Association will open forbusiness in their extended and refurbishedoffice at 40 Helenvale Street on Tuesday 17thAugust 2010.

The works, which saved over £1 millionagainst the other option of a new build office,have produced a building which is now fit forpurpose and will provide a base for theAssociation’s operations for years to come.

The office extension has resulted in a newboardroom being created and additionalspace to accommodate the staff team.Tenants coming through the front door willenjoy the refurbished reception andinterview areas.

John Ferguson Chair of the Associationcommented “It will be great to move back.The fact that over two thousand people havebeen through our temporary office at theGallowgate since we moved out in Januaryproves just how integral our office is to thelocal community”

Chief Executive Jim Strang was equallydelighted “We made the decision to extendthe existing building rather than incur theadditional cost of a new build. Having seenthe completed works it justified our decisionand will provide quality accommodation forour quality service. We look forward to seeingall our customers from the 17th of Augustback at 40 Helenvale Street.”

The telephone number remains the same0141 556 6226.

The timetable for the move back is afollows:

Thursday 12th August 2010

• Gallowgate office closes at 3pm

• Phone lines close at 5pm

Friday 13th August 2010

• Gallowgate office and phone lines closed toallow removal

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Monday 16th August 2010

• Office and phone lines closed to allowcompletion of removal and set up

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Tuesday 17th August 2010

• Office at 40 Helenvale Street opens forbusiness at 9.30am

NB the Gallowgate office will closepermanently at 3.00pm on Thursday 12thAugust 2010.

Parkhead PostParkhead Housing Association Summer 2010

www.parkheadha.org.uk

PHA is coming home!Parkhead Housing Association will open forbusiness in their extended and refurbishedoffice at 40 Helenvale Street on Tuesday 17thAugust 2010.

The works, which saved over £1 millionagainst the other option of a new build office,have produced a building which is now fit forpurpose and will provide a base for theAssociation’s operations for years to come.

The office extension has resulted in a newboardroom being created and additionalspace to accommodate the staff team.Tenants coming through the front door willenjoy the refurbished reception andinterview areas.

John Ferguson Chair of the Associationcommented “It will be great to move back.The fact that over two thousand people havebeen through our temporary office at theGallowgate since we moved out in Januaryproves just how integral our office is to thelocal community”

Chief Executive Jim Strang was equallydelighted “We made the decision to extendthe existing building rather than incur theadditional cost of a new build. Having seenthe completed works it justified our decisionand will provide quality accommodation forour quality service. We look forward to seeingall our customers from the 17th of Augustback at 40 Helenvale Street.”

The telephone number remains the same0141 556 6226.

The timetable for the move back is afollows:

Thursday 12th August 2010

• Gallowgate office closes at 3pm

• Phone lines close at 5pm

Friday 13th August 2010

• Gallowgate office and phone lines closed toallow removal

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Monday 16th August 2010

• Office and phone lines closed to allowcompletion of removal and set up

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Tuesday 17th August 2010

• Office at 40 Helenvale Street opens forbusiness at 9.30am

NB the Gallowgate office will closepermanently at 3.00pm on Thursday 12thAugust 2010.

Parkhead Post

PHA is coming home!Parkhead Housing Association will open forbusiness in their extended and refurbishedoffice at 40 Helenvale Street on Tuesday 17thAugust 2010.

The works, which saved over £1 millionagainst the other option of a new build office,have produced a building which is now fit forpurpose and will provide a base for theAssociation’s operations for years to come.

The office extension has resulted in a newboardroom being created and additionalspace to accommodate the staff team.Tenants coming through the front door willenjoy the refurbished reception andinterview areas.

John Ferguson Chair of the Associationcommented “It will be great to move back.The fact that over two thousand people havebeen through our temporary office at theGallowgate since we moved out in Januaryproves just how integral our office is to thelocal community”

Chief Executive Jim Strang was equallydelighted “We made the decision to extendthe existing building rather than incur theadditional cost of a new build. Having seenthe completed works it justified our decisionand will provide quality accommodation forour quality service. We look forward to seeingall our customers from the 17th of Augustback at 40 Helenvale Street.”

The telephone number remains the same0141 556 6226.

The timetable for the move back is afollows:

Thursday 12th August 2010

• Gallowgate office closes at 3pm

• Phone lines close at 5pm

Friday 13th August 2010

• Gallowgate office and phone lines closed toallow removal

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Monday 16th August 2010

• Office and phone lines closed to allowcompletion of removal and set up

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Tuesday 17th August 2010

• Office at 40 Helenvale Street opens forbusiness at 9.30am

NB the Gallowgate office will closepermanently at 3.00pm on Thursday 12thAugust 2010.

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Parkhead Housing Association

www.parkheadha.org.uk

Our registered office is at: 40 Helenvale Street, Parkhead, GLASGOW G31 4TFTelephone 0141 556 6226 • Fax Number 0141 554 6331 • Email: [email protected]

Helenvale StreetParkhead Housing Association is rightfully proud of the completed refurbishment at 52 & 64 Helen-vale Street. The comprehensive refurbishment of the 16 flats was completed at the beginning of August 2011. The properties are Grade C Listed Buildings designed by John Hamilton in the Glasgow Style and erected between 1902 and 1904.

Prior to Parkhead Housing Associa-tion taking ownership of the individual flats the majority of them were in a terrible state. James Strang Chief executive advises “We were appalled by the conditions that some people were living in; unfortunately even in this modern age slum landlords are still operating.” Over the space of 18 months PHA negotiated with the individual owners

and bought all of the flats. As the buildings are Grade C Listed the Plan-ning Department insisted that they were returned as much as possible back to their original condition. Mr Strang advised “This was a challenge for us, mainly because we wanted to protect the heritage that these proper-ties offer our community and we also wanted our tenants to benefit from the flats having increased insulation, double glazing, noise reduction etc. Full credit must go to the design team and the contractor for ensuring that not only do the properties look great, but they are also fully modernized and reach the same high insulation values as our new build flats.” The improvement works were comprehensive and included renewing bathrooms and kitchens, new heating, electrical and plumbing installations, structural repairs, stone repairs, new roof coverings, upgrading common closes and works in general including external repairs and improvements.

Salamanca Street GRANADA Bingo formerly stood on this site and now some of the local residents are shouting ‘house’ for a very different reason. The site is located at Duke Street Parkhead, opposite the Forge Shopping Centre.

This mixed use project combines 25 quality, new build homes mainly for elderly residents, with a new ground floor office unit. The development provides 2 and 3 bedroom flats for residents in the heart of Parkhead town centre at a highly accessible location.

Collective Architecture were the project architects and they advise that the buildings were designed to have a strong frontage and corner to Duke Street, reinstating the historic block that used to dominate this corner site. The building is 6 storey at the Duke Street and

Salamanca Street corner, with the ground floor occupied by office accommodation. The massing of the building reduces to 4 storeys in height along Salamanca Street.Like many RSL’s the demand for disabled adaptations is increasing year on year. With costs increasing and grants monies decreasing Parkhead Housing Association decided to be proactive in their approach and create 21 amenity flats all with wet floor showers, this has increased the number of tenants who have homes to suit their needs and free up mainstream properties for others on their waiting lists. The remaining 4 units are mainstream flats.

All of the new build flats meet the Eco-Homes Very Good rating which basically means the homes are very well insulated and designed to be kinder to our environment; all of which will go

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Parkhead Housing Association Summer 2010

www.parkheadha.org.uk

PHA is coming home!Parkhead Housing Association will open forbusiness in their extended and refurbishedoffice at 40 Helenvale Street on Tuesday 17thAugust 2010.

The works, which saved over £1 millionagainst the other option of a new build office,have produced a building which is now fit forpurpose and will provide a base for theAssociation’s operations for years to come.

The office extension has resulted in a newboardroom being created and additionalspace to accommodate the staff team.Tenants coming through the front door willenjoy the refurbished reception andinterview areas.

John Ferguson Chair of the Associationcommented “It will be great to move back.The fact that over two thousand people havebeen through our temporary office at theGallowgate since we moved out in Januaryproves just how integral our office is to thelocal community”

Chief Executive Jim Strang was equallydelighted “We made the decision to extendthe existing building rather than incur theadditional cost of a new build. Having seenthe completed works it justified our decisionand will provide quality accommodation forour quality service. We look forward to seeingall our customers from the 17th of Augustback at 40 Helenvale Street.”

The telephone number remains the same0141 556 6226.

The timetable for the move back is afollows:

Thursday 12th August 2010

• Gallowgate office closes at 3pm

• Phone lines close at 5pm

Friday 13th August 2010

• Gallowgate office and phone lines closed toallow removal

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Monday 16th August 2010

• Office and phone lines closed to allowcompletion of removal and set up

• Customers should use emergency numbersover the page in the event of an emergency

Tuesday 17th August 2010

• Office at 40 Helenvale Street opens forbusiness at 9.30am

NB the Gallowgate office will closepermanently at 3.00pm on Thursday 12thAugust 2010.

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towards reducing tenants heating and electricity bills.

The development has been nominated for the prestigious Glasgow Herald Property Awards, under the category Social Housing Development of the Year. The results of which will be announced at an awards

ceremony later this month.The demand for these properties has been exceptional and the tenants lucky enough to be allocated one are delighted.

James Strang, Chief Executive of Parkhead Housing Association explains “We are delighted with this development and

it is a great addition to our existing portfolio. Our tenants are aware that it has taken us a considerable amount of time to get this project moving, due to planning restrictions and other hurdles. But we stuck at it and McTaggart Construction have delivered yet another quality product for us”

www.parkheadha.org.uk

The Buildings are Grade C Listed, designed by John Hamilton in the Glasgow Style and erected between 1902 and 1904.

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YOUNGSTERS who cause trouble on the streets after drinking can expect a knock on their door - from housing officers. GHA, Scotland’s biggest social landlord, announced today it will visit parents jointly with the police to warn them their tenancy could be at risk if their children continue to cause problems through alcohol. The move is part of GHA’s support for the Joint Group on Alcohol, which announced yesterday a package of measures to end booze culture in Glasgow, including targeting underage drinkers, tougher measures for people committing offences while drunk and more sharing of information between agencies. The group comprises Glasgow City Council, Strathclyde Police, the Procurator Fiscal Service, GHA, the Licensing Board, Glasgow Community and Safety Services and Strathclyde Fire and Rescue. Welcoming the tough joint stance on tackling alcohol, GHA Chief Executive Martin Armstrong said: “We are fully behind this initiative and we are working hard with our city partners to tackle the problems caused by drinking. Alcohol abuse is far too often at the root of the anti-social behaviour blighting communities across Glasgow. “We want our neighbourhoods to be safe and good places to live in and we will do everything possible, with our other partners, to address problems identified.

This includes sharing intelligence and working with the police by visiting parents of youngsters causing trouble through drink to warn them their tenancy could be at risk. “We will also work with parents to help them change their youngsters’ behaviour. But the message has to get through that alcohol abuse and the problems it causes will not be tolerated. Tenants convicted of alcohol-related crimes need to know they could be in serious danger of losing the roofs over their heads.” Council Leader Gordon Matheson said: “We welcome GHA’s strong stance in tackling problems caused by alcohol abuse and their efforts to address anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods. He added: “The new measures we’ve announced show we are serious about tackling Glasgow’s drink problem. “People need to take responsibility for their actions, whether it’s parents who have no idea what their children are up to at night, or the people who come into Glasgow at the weekend and make a fool of themselves after binge drinking. They’ve all got a month to change their ways, and then we are cracking down.” GHA is already working closely with the police to crackdown on tenants who have rowdy, drunken parties. In one pilot scheme in the East End recently, police

identified 67 homes as holding regular noisy parties. 60 of these are now no longer classed as ‘problem homes’ after joint visits from police and housing staff.

GHA supports Council Leader’s package

of measures to tackle city’s drink culture

“People need to take responsibility for their actions, whether it’s parents who have no idea what their children are up to at night, or the people who come into Glasgow at the weekend and make a fool of themselves after binge drinking. They’ve all got a month to change their ways, and then we are cracking down.”

A Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games site whose development will help to breathe new life into the east end was also at the centre of a revolution which helped to transform the lives of Glaswegians some 200 years ago.

The site of the new Athletes’ Village at Dal-marnock was also home to the world’s first at-tempt to create a public water supply - the Glas-gow Waterworks Company.

Over the past two years, archaeological work has identified and recorded many elements of the huge waterworks complex which was the first to pipe filtered water to Glasgow homes and businesses.

The then Glasgow Town Council supported the creation of a municipal waterworks by investing £1000 along with other like minded individu-als and entrepreneurs who were ahead of their time in seeing the importance of clean water to a growing city population.

The Dalmarnock site opened in 1809 supply-ing water raised from the River Clyde via pipes, filtering ponds and reservoirs to the city’s rap-idly expanding population for a small water rate charge.

The works employed cutting edge steam tech-nology of the time and was constructed under the advice of top Scottish engineers James Watt and Thomas Telford.

Hugh McBrien, Manager of the West of Scotland Archaeology Service, said the Dalmarnock site is a great example of a project which has integrated good planning, development and archaeology principles to get the most out of the site without having an impact on project completion time-scales.

Mr McBrien said: “Having access to a site as important as this and being able to excavate its buildings and to collect and record artefacts is vi-tal for Glasgow’s sense of place and identity. It is also helping to build up a meaningful picture of our city’s past and our place in the world.

“Many Glaswegians are aware that Loch Katrine has been supplying Glasgow’s water since the 1850s. But what they might be surprised to know is that 50 years earlier our city was the first in the world to attempt to have a complete municipal water supply.

“Indeed London councillors in the 1820s want-ed to improve drinking water supplied to their voters, they came to Glasgow en masse to learn about the filtering and distribution technology

used at the Glasgow Waterworks plant. It was that cutting edge and before its time.

“The archaeological work carried out at the Ath-letes Village site now means that that story of the Glasgow Waterworks Company will be preserved and remembered rather than been forgotten as just another footnote in a history book.”

Councillor Archie Graham, Deputy Leader of Glasgow City Council and Executive Member for the Commonwealth Games, said: “I am amazed that the Athletes’ Village site which is playing a pivotal role in the development of our city today and into the future played such a vital role in our past regeneration.

“Through the work being done on the site we have been able to collect and document the im-portance of this site for all the growth of our city. It is nice to see that Glasgow’s entrepreneurial and engineering heritage put us at the forefront of bringing clean water to our city and helped inspire others to do the same.

“I know that this site and its history will play a part in educating all our citizens about Glasgow past and its future.”

Ed Monaghan, spokesperson for City Legacy Homes, said: “City Legacy Homes was happy to follow the advice of West of Scotland Archaeol-ogy Service to uncover these extraordinary ar-tefacts.

“It seems very fitting that a development, de-signed to breathe new life into the East End of Glasgow 200 years ago was discovered on the Athletes’ Village site, as it now plays a vital role in transforming this area once again.”

Archaeologists from AOC Archaeology Group and CFA Archaeology Ltd have been able to build up a meaningful picture of the site and exca-vated boiler houses and engines houses, one of which originally housed two massive steam en-gines called Samson and Goliath, which pumped water around the works and into the city.

The massive waterworks site was built on both sides of the Clyde. On the Dalmarnock side, all the main office buildings, boiler house and engine house were located along with the final filtering ponds on an area the size of four foot-ball pitches. On the Cuningar Loop, the primary filtering and settlement ponds were located over a site the size of 11 football pitches.

A pipe designed by James Watt drew water under the River Clyde from the Cuningar Loop ponds into the final filtering ponds on the Dal-

marnock side before being pumped out of the site to be distributed around Glasgow.

The archaeologists have also discovered other significant industrial archaeological remains nearby. The Springfield Print and Dye Works carried out experiments on refining the Turkey Red dying process in the early 1800s, just down-stream of the waterworks.

Turkey Red, named because the process was believed to have been invented in Turkey, was introduced to Scotland in 1785 by George Macin-tosh (of the Macintosh coat fame), who invited a French chemist, Pierre Jacques Papillon to Scot-land to explain the dyeing process.

They set up the Dalmarnock works, along with David Dale (who later established New Lanark and the largest cotton mill in Scotland which was further enhanced by his son-in-law Robert Owen) and began production of long-lasting red dyed cloth. The process used ammonia, sulphuric acid, sheep’s dung and bulls’ blood.

The archaeologists on the Athletes’ Village site found ingots of glass and pottery which would have been used in the experiments into Turkey Red process.

The successful development of the 32.5 hec-tares site in Dalmarnock is a key component in the delivery of the Glasgow 2014 Common-wealth Games. The Athletes’ Village will provide accommodation and facilities for 6500 competi-tors and officials during the Games.

After the Games, the Athletes’ Village – the first stage of the City Legacy Homes develop-ment - will become a desirable new residential community including 304 private homes, 400 homes for rent and a new 120 bed care home for the elderly. The removal of the temporary facilities within the Athletes’ Village after the Games will release additional land for further residential development.

Glasgow City Council as owner of the site took advice from the West of Scotland Archaeology Service to ensure that archaeology investiga-tions were built into every element of the con-tracts from the preparatory work to the start of the build programme. That has meant that the archaeology digs have not had an impact on de-livery timescales.

The Athletes’ Village will be built by the City Legacy Consortium, which is made up of devel-opers and contractors CCG, Cruden, Mactaggart & Mickel and W H Malcolm.

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GHA signs up another 30 housing apprenticesGLASGOW Housing Association is helping another 30 youngsters get their first foot on the career ladder.

The housing apprentices will spend the next two years working with Scotland’s largest social landlord where they will gain UK accredited housing qualifications as well as frontline experience.

The new intake of Modern Apprentices is made up of:• 25aged16to19and• fiveaged20to24.Therecruitmentdriveispartof

GHA’s increased focus on creating more opportunities for tenants to reach their full potential in life.

It is the second intake of Modern Apprentices since the programme launchedin2009aspartofGlasgowCity Council’s Commonwealth ApprenticeshipInitiative.

A total of 73 per cent of the latestintakeofapprenticesliveinGHA communities.GHAChiefExecutiveMartin

Armstrong said: “We’re already deliveringonourpromisestomakeour homes warmer, drier and safer.

“But better housing alone will not help people break out of the cyclesofpoverty,unemploymentandcrimemanyfindthemselvesin.

“Our aim going forward is to provideasmanyopportunitiesaswecanforourtenantstoimprovetheirlives.Thatincludesworkingwith our partners to create more jobs and training places through initiativessuchasourModernApprenticeship scheme.“I’mdelightedtowelcomethe30

new recruits to GHA and wish them everysuccessintheircareers.”

GHA will employ the apprentices fortwoyearsandprovideon-the-job experience in local housing offices and area or corporate teams.

Work experience is complementedwithin-housetraining in the GHA Training Academy and leads to nationally recognised qualifications including a SVQ in business Admin andCIHlevel2CertificateinHousing Practice.

The scheme is supported bytheCouncilandreceivessome funding from the ScottishGovernmentandSkillDevelopmentScotland.Itisalso supported by Glasgow Regeneration Agency.ApprenticeRobynLang,19,

from Nitshill is a GHA tenant. She left school in fifth year to look after her son Kaydyn.Robynsaid:“Mycareeradvisor

told me about the apprenticeship at GHA and it sounded really interesting. I’d looked around atvariousapprenticeshipprogrammes, but I was delighted to get picked for this one.

“I’m really looking forward

to getting started. Hopefully, I can go on to a long career in housing.”DanielMcCrann,20,from

Craigend, swapped a career working outdoors for a chance to become a GHA apprentice.

Daniel had been working in aGHA-supportedprogrammeas a Community Janitor since May where he was cutting grass and hedges and keeping GHA neighbourhoods tidy.

He said: “I’d worked in an office before I became one of the Community Janitors. I heard about the scheme through a friend of my family. I applied and got an interview.NowIwanttolearnmore about housing and go as far as I can in the company and work mywayupthecareerladder.”InDecember2010,the

scheme was recognised by Skills DevelopmentScotlandwinningthe Large Employer category

in the Modern Apprenticeship Awards2010.

The judges were impressed by thesupportgiventothemostdisadvantagedpeoplewithinGHA communities who would not otherwisehaveaccesstotrainingand employment.Around70%ofthe2009intake

ofapprenticeshavenowsecuredjobs with the remaining trainees well placed to secure posts at GHA as they come up.

GHA Chief Executive Martin Armstrong joins some of the 30 youngsters who have signed up for the Modern Apprentices programme.

GHA’s vision …

this perfectly sums up what we are all about.

Since stock transfer in 2003, we have concentrated on providing tenants across the city with modern, new homes that are warmer, drier and – in every sense – better. Our £1.2BN investment programme, the biggest of its kind in Europe, is now in its final phase. By increasing our focus on creating safer, cleaner and healthier neighbourhoods, continuing to empower our tenants and their communities and creating more jobs and learning opportunities, we will create “better lives” to go with the “better homes” we are providing across the city.

www.gha.org.uk

Glasgow Housing Associationwww.gha.org.uk

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Whatyou need to know

John Wheatley College, Haghill Road G31 3SR

All welcome, lunch provided.To book a place please call

Siobhan Harkin or Tony Devine0141 232 0172 or 0141 277 7540

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Saturday 1st Oct. 11am-3pm

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“Wishing PYP all the best on their 15th Anniversaryand will continue to enjoy partnership working with Liz and the team”

WORRIED about money, heating, housing, health? Don’t know where to turn to. Come along to the free community event on Saturday 1st October at John Wheatley

College, Haghill Campus. George McGuiness, MBE, Chair

of the North East PPF said,“The PPF represents many

local organisations and our members agreed that we should

use our annual event to provide information that would make a real difference to people in the current economic climate. The event brings together staff from money advice and welfare rights

services, Energy Action Scotland, local NHS services, and Glasgow Housing Association”.

In Glasgow there are many children living in povetry. There are schemes such as Healthier Wealthier Children where parents of young children can be referred for income maximisation , also Ccarers can check they are receiving the everything they are entitled tocorrect benefits.. Its important people get all the help they are entitled to.

We want local people of all ages to come along. Young People from Urban Fox are members of the PPF and they have really helped us to make the day more accessible to young people. Scottish Youth Theatre will be perfoming the play

“SKINT” in the afternoon which shows how povery traps people and how small changes can make a big difference.

The day will start with information sessions on housing benefit, Money Advice Credit Unions, as well as enerfgy efficiency information. There will be interactive workshops and the drama performance “SKINT” by the Scottish Youth Theatre. Staff will also be there rom many organisations to give individual advice and answer questions.

The event is free, open to all and runs from 11am - 3pm, with

lunch and refreshments included. It has been organised by the Public Partnership Partnership Forum (PPF) of Glasgow City Community Health Partnership (CHP), North East Sector with support from Glasgow Housing Association, John Wheatley College, and Urban Fox Youth Services.

To book a place contact: Siobhan Harkin 0141 232 0172 [email protected]

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“IT’S BEYOND A JOKE NOW”

FOLLOWING the aftermath of th

e

Football Match

between Celtic and

Rangers last S

unday there were

over 300 arrests with accid

ent and

emergency units filled to capacity

and

as usual when it a

ll calms down what is

being done about it.

The police

have been briefed and

de-briefed this week with high level

meetings being held in the run up to the

next encounter but given that their h

ands

are tied as to

what they can basica

lly

do it is up to US the general public t

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get a grip of the situ

ation and put it on

the line that w

e will not to

lerate this

anti-social behaviour any longer.

The

problem has been with us for around

110 years and during that tim

e 2 World

Wars have been fought w

ith comrades of

opposite religions la

ying down their lives

for their co

untry. V

ictoria Crosse

s have

been awarded to heroes of both religions

yet when it c

omes down to a football

match which at the end of th

e day results

in three points being awarded to the

winning team (NOTHING MORE –

NOTHING

LESS) th

ere is mayhem and serious in

jury

meted out for ju

st being “O

NE OF TH

EM”.

Football ri

valry between teams is

normally healthy and the crazy thing is

that when, ta

ke for instance, St

. Johnstone

play Kilmarnock, th

ere are players from

different re

ligions in oppositio

n, there is

no need for 1000 police officers o

n duty in

fact the majority

of these type of games

police themselves.

Why then is i

t that w

hen the “Old Firm

meet there is t

he need to have a high

alert and tension in the air fr

om early

morning till midnight and beyond? O

ne

thing is for su

re ...It Has N

othing To

Do With Football!! So what happens

now? Well fo

r a start w

e all could act

responsibly, but th

is is easier sa

id than

done. Drink is a

major factor and with

the kick-off la

st week being 12.30 many

supporters began drinking early in the

morning, whether th

ey had it in the

house from the Saturday night, o

r were

served in the MANY public houses th

at

open their back doors t

hinking they are

doing their customers a

favour. Number

One Problem..... ALCO

HOL. The majority

of supporters w

ho rush down four of five

pints, a couple of sp

irits or a bottle

of

Buckfast, in

such a short space of tim

e

then go on a supporters bus w

ith a couple

of cans or bottle

s (yes w

e know that drink

is not su

pposed to be allowed on buses,

but we all know a blind eye is t

urned),

then get caught up in the atmosphere

of the songs etc...

, is a certain recipe for

trouble. What happens th

en is that th

ey

enter the game and being surrounded

by police and ste

wards they seem to

be able to keep a lid on their e

motions

albeit some will e

ither be warned or even

arrested for minor offences.

It’s on the

road home when the drink has begun to

kick in and the hatred that they have for

each other spills

over. Now the people

we are speaking about here are NOT the

usual perceived “Thugs”,

these are

people who are run of the mill n

eighbours

and have “Friends” o

f opposite religions,

who in any other circumstances w

ould

normally do everything they could to help

anyone in need. The problem is t

hough,

that in the run up to an “O

ld Firm” game,

all the hype that has been spouted by

some of the tabloid newspapers

in an

effort to sell th

e paper basica

lly fuels

the bigotry and hatred. Just t

he slant

put on stories ca

n stir up feelings of

bigotry or perceived bigotry and even

photos which in the normal ru

n of the

week would be accepted as part o

f the

story, all o

f a sudden are construed as

being too much of one side or th

e other.

BIGOTRY, no matter w

hat shape it t

akes

is unacce

ptable and to put a spin on a

phrase or paragraph in a newspaper can

be part of it.

In a newspaper th

is is easy

to do...Take for example both teams of th

e

“Old Firm” w

in 1-0 they week before they

both meet.

Headlines proclaim Celtic

Cruise To

Victory,

Rangers Scrape Win, (

or vice

versa), such headlines are perceived as

favouring one team or the other and in

some cases as bigotry, which to normal

people sounds crazy but w

hich paper

would you take, obviously the one that

hypes up your team and seems to

bring

down the other. FOOTBALL S

ONGS and

CHANTS, many of th

ese are hilarious and

show the fun side of fo

otball but w

hen

it comes to

the “Old Firm

” fun goes out

the window. Most o

f the songs su

ng at

“Old Firm” m

atches are now aimed at

inciting the oppositio

n by bringing the

“Irish Tro

ubles” into them and make no

mistake BOTH SIDES ARE A

S BAD AS ONE

ANOTHER. Of co

urse no one will agree

on this as each sid

e proclaims it is p

art of

their herita

ge to sing such songs.

The answer to

that is that it

is part

of EVERYONE in

the area’s herita

ge to

walk along a street on the day of a

football match and not be subjected to

the violence, bigotry or abuse that is

happening now after “Old Firm

” games.

Families, Housewives, P

ensioners etc,

have the right to

enjoy a day of rest

without all the hassle

that accompanies

an “Old Firm

” match.

We could rave on

and on about the negatives th

at happen

when the “Old Firm

” meet and the cost

to every one of us for th

e policing, fo

r the

ambulances and medics needed, fo

r the

upset of our daily lives and much, much,

more, suffice to say that....

If you spotted

someone trapped in a car cr

ash or a house

fire, would you sto

p to think...”I wonder if

that person is a diffe

rent religion to me?”

before trying to save them.

If you’ve got

to think of the answer , t

hen not only do

you have major problems....”WE A

LL DO.”

Sizzling Suzie’s

Spring

Spreads

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A Sandyhills Loan shark this week

admitted to illegally lending money

from his home in Glenturret Street

and at other addresses in the city at

Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Colin Morrison (46) provided several

illegal cash loans to a vulnerable

couple who were forced to move home

to escape his clutches after being

charged interest which amounted to

over 719,000%. Joseph Rankin and

his partner Angela Clements (who

suffers from the muscle wasting disease

Miotonic Dystrophy), borrowed cash

from Morrison and struggled to pay the

high interest levied on the loan. Often

the couple were left to scrimp on around

£15-00 a week as the pressure became

too much to pay off the loan, forcing

them to get deeper into the mire by

borrowing from other illegal lenders

just to pay off Morrison. Two other

women, Elizabeth Cassells and Georgina

Close also fell under the grasp of the

Sandyhills Shark as they both borrowed

money unaware that they would be

paying back extortionate rates of

interest. Appearing at Glasgow Sheriff

Court last Wednesday Morrison admitted

the charge as the Crown accepted a plea

of Not Guilty to assaulting Joseph Rankin

and a Breach of the Peace charge.

Morrison’s partner Roseann, was also

charged with lending money illegally

but her not guilty plea was accepted by

the Crown.

Prosecutor Richard Hannay told the

court that Mr Rankin and Ms Clements

borrowed between £10-00 and £400-00

from Morrison and it was estimated they

had paid back around £1500 a year for

six years.

It was stated that the couple would

borrow from other lenders just to meet

the repayments on Morrison’s loans.

Eventually it became too much for the

couple and they were forced to flee their

home to escape from the money lenders

in the East End. Elizabeth Cassells

borrowed cash from Morrison around

Christmas time in 2007 and continued to

do so for the next three years.

Widow, Georgina Close (50) also

borrowed sums but always repaid them

the following week at an Interest Rate

of 30%.

When the matter was reported to

the police a warrant was issued to

search the Morrison home in the quiet,

leafy, suburbs of Sandyhills and

officers found £7,230 stashed in his

wardrobe. Prosecutor Hannay stated

that Colin Morrison had not

been employed or in receipt of

benefits during the period in

question. Sheriff Martin Jones

told the accused, “Those who

prey on the poor, weak and

vulnerable in this way will be

severely treated by the courts.”

He also stated that Morrison

had pled guilty to a very

serious charge. Sentence was

deferred until later this month

for background reports and

Morrison was released on bail. He also

faces proceedings under the proceeds of

crime act.

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WHY ARE THEY NOT IN “ACCORD”

PRIOR to being returned un-opposed

as First Minister, Alex Salmond joined

newly elected Shettleston MSP John

Mason and East End Councillors, Alison

Thewliss, David Turner and David McDonald at a meeting with carers and

service users at the closure threatened

Accord Centre in Dalmarnock. The Accord Centre which provides day

care service for people with learning disabilities is due to close to make way for

the Commonwealth Games car park and

athletes transport hub. The loss of this vital service has been

fought every step of the way by the East

Carers group, service users, families and

friends. The closure of the Accord centre

leaves the east end with just one day care

facility in Riddrie. At the meeting Carers presented the

first minister with information from minutes of a previous meeting of the

Community Health and Care Partnership

which explained that the service offered

at the accord would be replaced in a new/re-furbished building. This stands

in contrasts to the Councils current view

which is the close the Accord and not

replace the service. This is part of a wider

Council policy called Personalisation which

has seen a round of large cuts to people’s

personal budgets. David McDonald, the SNP spokesperson

on Social Care said of the meeting; “It

was great that the First Minister could join

carers and service users from the East End

at the Accord Centre and to give them his

support in their fight against Glasgow City

Council’s proposals to close the centre and

cut this much valued service. The East End of Glasgow must not lose out on services as a result of the

Commonwealth Games, the closure of

the Accord leaves just one day centre for

people with learning disabilities, and even

this centre is going to be outwith the price range for people as the Council are also introducing a series of brutal cuts to people’s care packages”. When the Re-Gen contacted, Councillor Matt

Kerr, the council’s Executive Member for Social Care, he said: “We have been working closely with the Accord carers for several months to find a solution

which is acceptable to everyone.“Alternative day care support has already been identified for a significant number of service users who have the highest and most complex support needs. The move to this centre will begin on Monday next

week. “The remaining services users have all been offered places in another centre and we are extremely confident there will be a positive conclusion for those who

continue to attend at the Accord Centre.“It’s

disappointing the First Minister didn’t feel

able to accept our invitation to meet today

when he was already in Glasgow to discuss

the Accord Centre, but the offer remains

open. “It is also regrettable the SNP government seems intent on treating this

issue as political football when they appear

to have no real understanding of what

needs to be done.”We at the Re-Gen are not in the least

concerned about anyone scoring political

points but what we are concerned about

is that a vulnerable group of people who

deserve much better are being passed from

pillar to post and could end up with no premises to meet their needs. What is called for here is for the two opposing parties to iron out a solution (such as using somewhere like the old Fernan Street premises which would be capable of housing the group either short term or even

long term). What we don’t want is for a group who

are dependent on stability to be messed

about. Get it sorted out quickly or we will

start going after those who don’t seem too

bothered as to where the Accord service

users are housed as long as they can say,

“We did our bit for the Party” We are

watching the outcome with interest so

please get it sorted as soon as possible.

VOLUNTEER’S WEEK THE GLASGOW EAST 5K FUN RUN & BIG DAY OOT IS BACK!

Cllr David McDonald, New MSP John Mason and First

Minister Alex Salmond pictured at the Accord Centre.

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and the environment in the process! GFI helps low-income residents to furnish

accommodation. Our activities also save over 1000 tonnes of unwanted goods

going to landfill each year!

WE UPLIFT FROM ALL OVER GLASGOW - FREE!THESE DAYS WE FACE MORE DEMAND THAN EVER BEFORE

CALL OUR DONATION LINE NOW...0141 314 1450

...and give a new life to your furniture or white goods and a better life to others

WE WELCOME ANY OFFERS OF HELP AND DONATIONSFor more information on Glasgow Furniture Initiative and our service, please call our administration

office direct on 0141 781 0100 or visit www.glasgowfurnitureinitiative.org.uk Glasgow Furniture Initiative, 253/257 Blairtummock Road, Queenslie, Glasgow G33 4ED

Email: [email protected]

HELP US...PLEASEREAD THIS!

We UPLIFT your unwanted furniture-FREE!WHO ARE WE...

Glasgow Furniture Initiative – A Scottish Government funded local city-wide charitable organisation.

WHAT WE DO...We re-use all donations of quality household goods to provide a low-cost home furnishing service for low-income clients, many of whom are finding their feet following illness, or recovering from hard times... often in unfurnished accommodation.

WHAT WE NEED...Furniture, Suites, White Goods, Electrical appliances...in fact almost anything from the home! All we ask “Is this an item you would pass on to a friend?”From televisions to freezers, from electrical cookers to fridges and beds.

WE NEED DONATIONS

ONE CALL TO OUR DONATION LINE IS ALL IT TAKES

0141 314 1450AND ASK FOR GFI DONATIONS

Before you leave unwanted furniture for roadside collectionTHINK GFI... HELP SOMEONE ELSE... AND SAVE TONNES OF LANDFILL IN THE PROCESSOur staff will remove all goods from your home FREE. No need to struggle across gardens or down flights of stairs. You don’t have to lift a finger... just the phone!

PLEASE TELL YOUR NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS

We UPLIFT your unwanted furniture

-FREE!WHO ARE WE...

WHAT WE DO...

WHAT WE NEED...

ONE CALL TO OUR DONATION LINE IS ALL IT TAKES

0141 314 1450AND ASK FOR GFI DONATIONS

Before you leave unwanted furniture for roadside collection

THINK GFI... HELP SOMEONE ELSE...AND SAVE TONNES OF LANDFILL IN THE PROCESS

Our staff will remove all goods from your home FREE. No need to struggle across gardens or down flights of stairs. You don’t have to lift a finger...just the phone!

Glasgow Furniture Initiative

Can You Help?If you, or perhaps your neighbour, have any

unwanted househol;d goods then call us. Rather than just throwing them out we’ll find a new home for them, helping local families

and the environment in the process! GFI helps low-income residents to furnish

accommodation. Our activities also save over 1000 tonnes of unwanted goods

going to landfill each year!

WE UPLIFT FROM ALL OVER GLASGOW - FREE!THESE DAYS WE FACE MORE DEMAND THAN EVER BEFORE

CALL OUR DONATION LINE NOW...0141 314 1450

...and give a new life to your furniture or white goods and a better life to others

WE WELCOME ANY OFFERS OF HELP AND DONATIONSFor more information on Glasgow Furniture Initiative and our service, please call our administration

office direct on 0141 781 0100 or visit www.glasgowfurnitureinitiative.org.uk Glasgow Furniture Initiative, 253/257 Blairtummock Road, Queenslie, Glasgow G33 4ED

Email: [email protected]

HELP US...PLEASEREAD THIS!

We UPLIFT your unwanted furniture-FREE!WHO ARE WE...

Glasgow Furniture Initiative – A Scottish Government funded local city-wide charitable organisation.

WHAT WE DO...We re-use all donations of quality household goods to provide a low-cost home furnishing service for low-income clients, many of whom are finding their feet following illness, or recovering from hard times... often in unfurnished accommodation.

WHAT WE NEED...Furniture, Suites, White Goods, Electrical appliances...in fact almost anything from the home! All we ask “Is this an item you would pass on to a friend?”From televisions to freezers, from electrical cookers to fridges and beds.

WE NEED DONATIONS

ONE CALL TO OUR DONATION LINE IS ALL IT TAKES

0141 314 1450AND ASK FOR GFI DONATIONS

Before you leave unwanted furniture for roadside collectionTHINK GFI... HELP SOMEONE ELSE... AND SAVE TONNES OF LANDFILL IN THE PROCESSOur staff will remove all goods from your home FREE. No need to struggle across gardens or down flights of stairs. You don’t have to lift a finger... just the phone!

PLEASE TELL YOUR NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS

Glasgow Furniture Initiative

Can You Help?If you, or perhaps your neighbour, have any

unwanted househol;d goods then call us. Rather than just throwing them out we’ll find a new home for them, helping local families

and the environment in the process! GFI helps low-income residents to furnish

accommodation. Our activities also save over 1000 tonnes of unwanted goods

going to landfill each year!

WE UPLIFT FROM ALL OVER GLASGOW - FREE!THESE DAYS WE FACE MORE DEMAND THAN EVER BEFORE

CALL OUR DONATION LINE NOW...0141 314 1450

...and give a new life to your furniture or white goods and a better life to others

WE WELCOME ANY OFFERS OF HELP AND DONATIONSFor more information on Glasgow Furniture Initiative and our service, please call our administration

office direct on 0141 781 0100 or visit www.glasgowfurnitureinitiative.org.uk Glasgow Furniture Initiative, 253/257 Blairtummock Road, Queenslie, Glasgow G33 4ED

Email: [email protected]

HELP US...PLEASEREAD THIS!

We UPLIFT your unwanted furniture-FREE!WHO ARE WE...

Glasgow Furniture Initiative – A Scottish Government funded local city-wide charitable organisation.

WHAT WE DO...We re-use all donations of quality household goods to provide a low-cost home furnishing service for low-income clients, many of whom are finding their feet following illness, or recovering from hard times... often in unfurnished accommodation.

WHAT WE NEED...Furniture, Suites, White Goods, Electrical appliances...in fact almost anything from the home! All we ask “Is this an item you would pass on to a friend?”From televisions to freezers, from electrical cookers to fridges and beds.

WE NEED DONATIONS

ONE CALL TO OUR DONATION LINE IS ALL IT TAKES

0141 314 1450AND ASK FOR GFI DONATIONS

Before you leave unwanted furniture for roadside collectionTHINK GFI... HELP SOMEONE ELSE... AND SAVE TONNES OF LANDFILL IN THE PROCESSOur staff will remove all goods from your home FREE. No need to struggle across gardens or down flights of stairs. You don’t have to lift a finger... just the phone!

PLEASE TELL YOUR NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS

Glasgow Furniture Initiative

Can You Help?If you, or perhaps your neighbour, have any

unwanted househol;d goods then call us. Rather than just throwing them out we’ll find a new home for them, helping local families

and the environment in the process! GFI helps low-income residents to furnish

accommodation. Our activities also save over 1000 tonnes of unwanted goods

going to landfill each year!

WE UPLIFT FROM ALL OVER GLASGOW - FREE!THESE DAYS WE FACE MORE DEMAND THAN EVER BEFORE

CALL OUR DONATION LINE NOW...0141 314 1450

...and give a new life to your furniture or white goods and a better life to others

WE WELCOME ANY OFFERS OF HELP AND DONATIONSFor more information on Glasgow Furniture Initiative and our service, please call our administration

office direct on 0141 781 0100 or visit www.glasgowfurnitureinitiative.org.uk Glasgow Furniture Initiative, 253/257 Blairtummock Road, Queenslie, Glasgow G33 4ED

Email: [email protected]

HELP US...PLEASEREAD THIS!

We UPLIFT your unwanted furniture-FREE!WHO ARE WE...

Glasgow Furniture Initiative – A Scottish Government funded local city-wide charitable organisation.

WHAT WE DO...We re-use all donations of quality household goods to provide a low-cost home furnishing service for low-income clients, many of whom are finding their feet following illness, or recovering from hard times... often in unfurnished accommodation.

WHAT WE NEED...Furniture, Suites, White Goods, Electrical appliances...in fact almost anything from the home! All we ask “Is this an item you would pass on to a friend?”From televisions to freezers, from electrical cookers to fridges and beds.

WE NEED DONATIONS

ONE CALL TO OUR DONATION LINE IS ALL IT TAKES

0141 314 1450AND ASK FOR GFI DONATIONS

Before you leave unwanted furniture for roadside collectionTHINK GFI... HELP SOMEONE ELSE... AND SAVE TONNES OF LANDFILL IN THE PROCESSOur staff will remove all goods from your home FREE. No need to struggle across gardens or down flights of stairs. You don’t have to lift a finger... just the phone!

PLEASE TELL YOUR NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS

The music festival for young people returns and this time it’s got RHYTHYM! Last year our dedicated Music Programmer, Alun Woodward launched Flutter Echo; a truly unique musical experience dedicated to children and young people. Hundreds came along and took part in workshops, taster sessions and watched captivating performances from some of the most talented musicians our city has to offer. This year is going to be bigger and better with events extended across three packed days and the addition of workshops and performances for schools. On Saturday there will be taster sessions in beatboxing, re-percussion, steelpans, tuned percussion, taiko drumming, pop promos and found sounds as well as

performances from Rhythms In the City and the Starcatchers Rhythm Section. This fantastic is completely free and we guarantee there will be something for everyone from the seasoned professional to the absolute beginner; all you need is yourself! Don’t miss out!

FLUTTER ECHO10 SEPTEMBER 10AM – 4PM - FREE

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER & NOVEMBERVARIOUS TIMES

ALL TICKETS £5 /£3 (child)

WEE DAYS IN RETURNS TO PLATFORM

Always wanted to visit a magical land? Travel back to the past and meet a king? Or how about playing with a polar bear? Well you can do all that and more at Wee Days In; our celebration of Children’s Theatre and Art. So come and explore Platform this season; you never know who you might meet or where you might go!

MY HOUSE SEP MON 12 & SEP TUE 13- 10.30AM & 1.30PM My house is orange. The ceiling is furry. The walls are jaggy. I like my house. It’s a lot like me. Come and visit a very special house where all is not as it seems! Recommended for: 2 – 3yrs

POLAR BEARS OCT THU 6 10AM & 1PM / OCT FRI 7 10AMThis exciting interactive show follows the adventures of two polar bears who need your help to find their way home! Recommended for: 3 – 5yrs

THE HUNTED OCT TUE 11 1.30PMInspired by the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, our journey follows the end of childhood, the lessons of adulthood and taking the biggest risk of all; love. Recommended for: 12yrs+

HOW THE KOALA LEARNED TO HUG OCT WED 12 1.30PMA charming musical tale about a friendly koala bear and the importance of a good hug! Recommended for 4yrs+

ARTHUR, STORY OF A KING OCT THU 13 1.30PMThe epic story of a King, involving magic, magicians, good and evil! Recommended for 8yrs+

UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARDS OCT TUE 25 10AM & 1PMCome with us on a magical and enchanting journey to discover a strange and wonderful world underneath the floorboards! Recommended for 3 – 5yrs

THE INCREDIBLE SWIMMING CHOIR OCT THU 27 10.30AMGrab a towel, get changed and come along for a swim and a sing to mark 1000 days to go to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow! Recommended for 0 – 4yrs

THE CURIOUS SCRAPBOOK OF JOSEPHINE BEAN NOV WED 2 1.30PMPage-by-page, the scrapbook becomes the window into a secret world and a curious life unfolds before us. Recommended for 6yrs+ Duration: Approx 50 mins

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Detectives in Shettleston are continuing enquiries after a man was seriously assaulted in Tollcross, Glasgow on Monday (5 September). Around 4.30pm, a 39 year-old man was walking along Tollcross Road near Parkhead Cross, when a silver coloured car came from Sorby Street, mounted the pavement and struck him. The 39 year-old man then tried to get away but the occupants of the car, four men, then attacked him. He suffered a serious stab injury to his back, in the assault, and was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary where medical staff

describe his condition as serious but stable. There is a limited description of the suspects. They are all white and two are aged in their 20s, around 5 ft 8 inches in height and thinly built. The third suspect is described as around 50 with grey, thinning hair.Police are treating the incident as attempted murder. Officers are in the process of gathering CCTV and conducting door-to-door enquiries. Detective Sergeant Kenny McCartney said: “The motive for this attack is unclear although enquiries so far have revealed that the man may have been targeted. At the time of the

incident this area would have been busy with people and traffic. The Parkhead Bus Depot is not far from there the attack took place and it’s possible that someone may have driven past and witnessed the attack or noticed the silver car – I would appeal to anyone who was in the area at the time to get in touch with us.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Shettleston Po-lice office on telephone number 0141 532 4800. Alternatively, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be given anonymously.

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“IT’S BEYOND A JOKE NOW”

FOLLOWING the aftermath of th

e

Football Match

between Celtic and

Rangers last S

unday there were

over 300 arrests with accid

ent and

emergency units filled to capacity

and

as usual when it a

ll calms down what is

being done about it.

The police

have been briefed and

de-briefed this week with high level

meetings being held in the run up to the

next encounter but given that their h

ands

are tied as to

what they can basica

lly

do it is up to US the general public t

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get a grip of the situ

ation and put it on

the line that w

e will not to

lerate this

anti-social behaviour any longer.

The

problem has been with us for around

110 years and during that tim

e 2 World

Wars have been fought w

ith comrades of

opposite religions la

ying down their lives

for their co

untry. Victo

ria Crosses have

been awarded to heroes of both religions

yet when it c

omes down to a football

match which at the end of th

e day results

in three points being awarded to the

winning team (NOTHING MORE –

NOTHING

LESS) th

ere is mayhem and serious in

jury

meted out for ju

st being “O

NE OF TH

EM”.

Football ri

valry between teams is

normally healthy and the crazy thing is

that when, ta

ke for instance, St

. Johnstone

play Kilmarnock, th

ere are players from

different re

ligions in oppositio

n, there is

no need for 1000 police officers o

n duty in

fact the majority

of these type of games

police themselves.

Why then is i

t that w

hen the “Old Firm

meet there is t

he need to have a high

alert and tension in the air fr

om early

morning till midnight and beyond? O

ne

thing is for su

re ...It Has N

othing To

Do With Football!! So what happens

now? Well fo

r a start w

e all could act

responsibly, but th

is is easier sa

id than

done. Drink is a

major factor and with

the kick-off la

st week being 12.30 many

supporters began drinking early in the

morning, whether th

ey had it in the

house from the Saturday night, o

r were

served in the MANY public houses th

at

open their back doors t

hinking they are

doing their customers a

favour. Number

One Problem..... ALCO

HOL. The majority

of supporters w

ho rush down four of five

pints, a couple of sp

irits or a bottle

of

Buckfast, in

such a short space of tim

e

then go on a supporters bus w

ith a couple

of cans or bottle

s (yes w

e know that drink

is not su

pposed to be allowed on buses,

but we all know a blind eye is t

urned),

then get caught up in the atmosphere

of the songs etc...

, is a certain recipe for

trouble. What happens th

en is that th

ey

enter the game and being surrounded

by police and ste

wards they seem to

be able to keep a lid on their e

motions

albeit some will e

ither be warned or even

arrested for minor offences.

It’s on the

road home when the drink has begun to

kick in and the hatred that they have for

each other spills

over. Now the people

we are speaking about here are NOT the

usual perceived “Thugs”,

these are

people who are run of the mill n

eighbours

and have “Friends” o

f opposite religions,

who in any other circumstances w

ould

normally do everything they could to help

anyone in need. The problem is t

hough,

that in the run up to an “O

ld Firm” game,

all the hype that has been spouted by

some of the tabloid newspapers i

n an

effort to sell th

e paper basica

lly fuels

the bigotry and hatred. Just t

he slant

put on stories ca

n stir up feelings of

bigotry or perceived bigotry and even

photos which in the normal ru

n of the

week would be accepted as part o

f the

story, all o

f a sudden are construed as

being too much of one side or th

e other.

BIGOTRY, no matter w

hat shape it t

akes

is unacce

ptable and to put a spin on a

phrase or paragraph in a newspaper can

be part of it.

In a newspaper th

is is easy

to do...Take for example both teams of th

e

“Old Firm” w

in 1-0 they week before they

both meet.

Headlines proclaim Celtic

Cruise To

Victory,

Rangers Scrape Win, (

or vice

versa), such headlines are perceived as

favouring one team or the other and in

some cases as bigotry, which to normal

people sounds crazy but w

hich paper

would you take, obviously the one that

hypes up your team and seems to

bring

down the other. FOOTBALL S

ONGS and

CHANTS, many of th

ese are hilarious and

show the fun side of fo

otball but w

hen

it comes to

the “Old Firm

” fun goes out

the window. Most o

f the songs su

ng at

“Old Firm” m

atches are now aimed at

inciting the oppositio

n by bringing the

“Irish Tro

ubles” into them and make no

mistake BOTH SIDES ARE A

S BAD AS ONE

ANOTHER. Of co

urse no one will agree

on this as each sid

e proclaims it is p

art of

their herita

ge to sing such songs.

The answer to

that is that it

is part

of EVERYONE in

the area’s herita

ge to

walk along a street on the day of a

football match and not be subjected to

the violence, bigotry or abuse that is

happening now after “Old Firm

” games.

Families, Housewives, P

ensioners etc,

have the right to

enjoy a day of rest

without all the hassle

that accompanies

an “Old Firm

” match.

We could rave on

and on about the negatives th

at happen

when the “Old Firm

” meet and the cost

to every one of us for th

e policing, fo

r the

ambulances and medics needed, fo

r the

upset of our daily lives and much, much,

more, suffice to say that....

If you spotted

someone trapped in a car cr

ash or a house

fire, would you sto

p to think...”I wonder if

that person is a diffe

rent religion to me?”

before trying to save them.

If you’ve got

to think of the answer , t

hen not only do

you have major problems....”WE A

LL DO.”

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Spreads

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A Sandyhills Loan shark this week

admitted to illegally lending money

from his home in Glenturret Street

and at other addresses in the city at

Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Colin Morrison (46) provided several

illegal cash loans to a vulnerable

couple who were forced to move home

to escape his clutches after being

charged interest which amounted to

over 719,000%. Joseph Rankin and

his partner Angela Clements (who

suffers from the muscle wasting disease

Miotonic Dystrophy), borrowed cash

from Morrison and struggled to pay the

high interest levied on the loan. Often

the couple were left to scrimp on around

£15-00 a week as the pressure became

too much to pay off the loan, forcing

them to get deeper into the mire by

borrowing from other illegal lenders

just to pay off Morrison. Two other

women, Elizabeth Cassells and Georgina

Close also fell under the grasp of the

Sandyhills Shark as they both borrowed

money unaware that they would be

paying back extortionate rates of

interest. Appearing at Glasgow Sheriff

Court last Wednesday Morrison admitted

the charge as the Crown accepted a plea

of Not Guilty to assaulting Joseph Rankin

and a Breach of the Peace charge.

Morrison’s partner Roseann, was also

charged with lending money illegally

but her not guilty plea was accepted by

the Crown.

Prosecutor Richard Hannay told the

court that Mr Rankin and Ms Clements

borrowed between £10-00 and £400-00

from Morrison and it was estimated they

had paid back around £1500 a year for

six years.

It was stated that the couple would

borrow from other lenders just to meet

the repayments on Morrison’s loans.

Eventually it became too much for the

couple and they were forced to flee their

home to escape from the money lenders

in the East End. Elizabeth Cassells

borrowed cash from Morrison around

Christmas time in 2007 and continued to

do so for the next three years.

Widow, Georgina Close (50) also

borrowed sums but always repaid them

the following week at an Interest Rate

of 30%.

When the matter was reported to

the police a warrant was issued to

search the Morrison home in the quiet,

leafy, suburbs of Sandyhills and

officers found £7,230 stashed in his

wardrobe. Prosecutor Hannay stated

that Colin Morrison had not

been employed or in receipt of

benefits during the period in

question. Sheriff Martin Jones

told the accused, “Those who

prey on the poor, weak and

vulnerable in this way will be

severely treated by the courts.”

He also stated that Morrison

had pled guilty to a very

serious charge. Sentence was

deferred until later this month

for background reports and

Morrison was released on bail. He also

faces proceedings under the proceeds of

crime act.

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WHY ARE THEY NOT IN “ACCORD”

PRIOR to being returned un-opposed

as First Minister, Alex Salmond joined

newly elected Shettleston MSP John

Mason and East End Councillors, Alison

Thewliss, David Turner and David McDonald at a meeting with carers and

service users at the closure threatened

Accord Centre in Dalmarnock. The Accord Centre which provides day

care service for people with learning disabilities is due to close to make way for

the Commonwealth Games car park and

athletes transport hub. The loss of this vital service has been

fought every step of the way by the East

Carers group, service users, families and

friends. The closure of the Accord centre

leaves the east end with just one day care

facility in Riddrie. At the meeting Carers presented the

first minister with information from minutes of a previous meeting of the

Community Health and Care Partnership

which explained that the service offered

at the accord would be replaced in a new/re-furbished building. This stands

in contrasts to the Councils current view

which is the close the Accord and not

replace the service. This is part of a wider

Council policy called Personalisation which

has seen a round of large cuts to people’s

personal budgets. David McDonald, the SNP spokesperson

on Social Care said of the meeting; “It

was great that the First Minister could join

carers and service users from the East End

at the Accord Centre and to give them his

support in their fight against Glasgow City

Council’s proposals to close the centre and

cut this much valued service. The East End of Glasgow must not lose out on services as a result of the

Commonwealth Games, the closure of

the Accord leaves just one day centre for

people with learning disabilities, and even

this centre is going to be outwith the price range for people as the Council are also introducing a series of brutal cuts to people’s care packages”. When the Re-Gen contacted, Councillor Matt

Kerr, the council’s Executive Member for Social Care, he said: “We have been working closely with the Accord carers for several months to find a solution

which is acceptable to everyone.“Alternative day care support has already been identified for a significant number of service users who have the highest and most complex support needs. The move to this centre will begin on Monday next

week. “The remaining services users have all been offered places in another centre and we are extremely confident there will be a positive conclusion for those who

continue to attend at the Accord Centre.“It’s

disappointing the First Minister didn’t feel

able to accept our invitation to meet today

when he was already in Glasgow to discuss

the Accord Centre, but the offer remains

open. “It is also regrettable the SNP government seems intent on treating this

issue as political football when they appear

to have no real understanding of what

needs to be done.”We at the Re-Gen are not in the least

concerned about anyone scoring political

points but what we are concerned about

is that a vulnerable group of people who

deserve much better are being passed from

pillar to post and could end up with no premises to meet their needs. What is called for here is for the two opposing parties to iron out a solution (such as using somewhere like the old Fernan Street premises which would be capable of housing the group either short term or even

long term). What we don’t want is for a group who

are dependent on stability to be messed

about. Get it sorted out quickly or we will

start going after those who don’t seem too

bothered as to where the Accord service

users are housed as long as they can say,

“We did our bit for the Party” We are

watching the outcome with interest so

please get it sorted as soon as possible.

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Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111 information can be given anonymously.

Harley’s Bar at 498 Tollcross Road, formerly known as Cotter’s Bar, has been the subject of a Premises Licence Review by Glasgow Licensing Board and on evidence presented has had it’s licence revoked with im-mediate effect. As such Harley’s Bar now cannot sell or supply alcohol.It was presented to the board that individuals linked to the premises have been the subject of a report to the procurator Fiscal in relation to Misuse of Drugs and Firearms offences.B’ Division, Strathclyde Police would like everyone to know that we will endeavour to do all we can to keep our communities safe. In order to prevent crime and disorder and to ensure the security of the public we will target both individuals and premises that are involved in criminality. If you have any information which you think will help make our com-munities safer then please contact your local Community Police Officer or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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THE Re-Gen is hosting an Awards evening for the “Stars in the Community” and the “STARS” we are looking for are those unsung heroes who work away in the Community and don’t look for praise or attention. Everyone knows someone within their own community who helps others, be it by running errands for elderly neighbours, coaching youngsters in sports or a shop assistant who has a cheery disposition. Here we list the categories we are looking for and we want our readers to have a look and see if they can nominate someone who they feel fits the criteria. Nominations to Re-Gen Newspapers. 85 Main Street Baillieston Glasgow G69 6AD to reach us by 30th September.1) Service with a Smile Award : Do you know someone, or a group or company who provides outstanding service way above what might be expected? Then this award is for them. Tell us how they operate and what it is about their service that is so outstanding and makes them way above average for customer care.2 Improving Lives in the Community Award : Judges will be looking for outstanding teams, individuals or organisations

working in the community who try that little bit harder to improve the lives of others. For example, a good neighbour, or someone working with a company or organisation whose extra efforts have made a real difference to the life of someone within their area.3) Building Stronger Communities : The judges will be looking for individuals, teams, organisations from any sector who have worked consistently to promote community relations. Tell us especially how the work of your nominee(s) has made a difference, and how they achieved their results.4) Community Business of the YearThe judges will want to hear about commercial organisations which provide added value to the communities they serve. Do they support a local charity in some way, sponsor a football team, never fail to show up at community events? Don’t forget companies that have high standards when it comes to reducing their environmental impact, or who promote the green agenda to customers and the community.5) Engaging in the Community Award : The winner will be an individual/group or project who organises an event which

brings the community together. This could be a “Fun Day,” a Christmas Party for the Community, a Fund Raising event for the good of the Community etc.... In fact any event that has created a “Feel-Good” factor within the community.6) Action in the Community : Know an individual, project or business that works to improve their community and make life better for residents living there? It could be a business or a particular fund has contributed to the community, or a person that has gone that extra mile to ensure that their communities voice is being heard and that action is taken on issues that affect them. The judges particularly want to hear about positive results that have been achieved.7) The Re-Gen “STAR” Award : This Award is chosen by The Re-Gen Newspaper Group and will be awarded to either a company, project, organisation or individual who has in our opinion personified the feeling of Well-Being within the community. No Nominations will be accepted for this category. It will be down to the Directors of the Re-Gen to select the winner.8) Shining Star Award : This is a very special award to commemorate someone either living or dead whose legacy has been to help others and change the community for the better. Someone who has worked tirelessly throughout their life to help, assist and promote their community and instil a sense of pride and well being. Someone who was NOT afraid to challenge authority and dedicated their life to working on behalf of others

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JUNIOR chiefs have secured a third season of Scottish Cup sponsorship with Emirates Airlines.National Secretary Tom Johnston, who also revealed an option to ex-tend the deal further, admitted: “We are delighted to have the support of such an iconic sponsor as Emirates for at least another year.“I think it is an arrangement that has been mutually beneficial to both par-ties.”The first round draw at Hampden Park gave Vale of Clyde a welcome

FINNART, from the Scottish Amateur Football League, have been given a home draw against Paisley and District League opponents, Clydesdale United, in the Scottish Amateur Cup sec-ond round. The East End could host another excellent cup tie if Dennistoun defeat first round hosts Port Glasgow OBU to guarantee a home draw against Craigneuk. Garrowhill Thistle have a tricky away match at Tar-bert. The winners will earn a home tie against Clark Drive

(Ayr) or Dalziel HSFP. Some big names are set to travel with the following cup pairings - Bearsden v Postal United; Blochairn Star v Bail-lieston United; Corkerhill v Celtic Community Academy; Fenwick Thistle v Jimmy Johnstone Academy; Gryffe v Mount Vernon Juniors; and Overtown Thistle v Well-house Amateurs. Meanwhile, WELLSHOT and SANDYMOUNT AFC carry local hopes in the Fos-ters Scottish Sunday Ama-teur Trophy. DRAW: Glasgow Section:

Lochgreen v Crown Inn; Scaur v Woodpecker; West-hill v Lochans United; Murray v Cleland; Wellshot AFC v Bothan; Sandymount AFC v East End United; Coatbridge Rovers v Lanarkshire Eagles; KSC United v Rutherglen Vultures; Kirkwood Thistle v AFC Independent; Mac’s Bar v Normandy Star; Manhattan Blacks v Holytown Phoenix; New Stevenston Thistle v Sandbank Rangers; Bar 12 v Thrashbush; Rutherglen Vogue v Kirkhill. All other clubs received a bye.

Under-21 Premier Division - Baillieston Juniors 1, South Camlachie 2; Campsie Black Watch 4, Busby 1; Drumchapel United 9, Dumbarton Accies 2; Knightswood 5, St Peters 2; Tower Hearts 1, Steins 2; Harmony Row 3, Glencairn 3; Dumbarton Accies 1, Baillieston Juniors 4; Glasgow Ams 0, Tower Hearts 2; Steins 1, Harmony Row 3; Glencairn 4, Campsie Black Watch 3; Knightswood 5, Drumchapel United 1; South Camlachie 2, Busby 1; Har-mony Row 3, South Camlachie 4. First Division - Bonnyton 0, Goldenhill 2; Clydeside 2, East Kilbride Thistle 1; Renfrew F.C. 2, Rossvale 1; Hillwood 9, Dumbarton Harp 3; Strathclyde Colts 6, Neilston 2; Balmoral 2, Clydeside 3; Goldenhill 4, Strathclyde Colts 3; East Kilbride Thistle 2, Renfrew F.C. 1; Ross-vale 4, Bonnyton 1; Neilston 6, Dumbarton Harp 1; Broomhouse 3, Hillwood 1. Second Division - East Kilbride YC 3, Campsie F.C. 1; Johnstone Burgh 1, Giffnock United 2; Blantyre Vics 2, Mossvale 2; Barrhead Arthurlie 0, Clydebank 6; Clydebank 3, Johnstone Burgh 1; Campsie F.C. 1, Blantyre Vics 7; Giffnock United 9, Barrhead Arthurlie 1; Mossvale 6, Erskine 3. Third Division - Drumchapel Ams 3, JBM 1; Kilsyth 1, Falkirk 4; St Joseph’s 1, Bellshill 2; The Celtic BC 5, East Kilbride F.C. 3; East Kilbride F.C. 4, Petershill F.C. 1; East End 11, Kilsyth 0; JBM 2, Bellshill 1; Falkirk 3, Drumchapel Ams 4; St Joseph’s 2, The Celtic BC 3. BROOMHOUSE Boys’ Club and SOUTH CAMLACHIE have been handed tough away pair-ings in the draw for the first round of the Scottish Under-21 Challenge Cup. Games: Broxburn v JBM; Campsie F.C. v Bonnyrigg Rose; Balmoral v Dalkeith CYP; Ren-frew F.C. v Bonnyton; Cavalry Park v Dumbarton Accies; Glasgow Ams v Larkhall; St An-drews v Camelon; Tynecastle F.C. v South Camlachie Youth Project; Haddington v Broom-house; Glasgow University v Kilsyth; Eastwood v Claremont; Cramond v Strathclyde Colts; Goldenhill v Easthouses; Tranent v Johnstone Burgh; Vale of Leven v Harestanes; Clyde-bank F.C. v Shawventus. Remaining clubs receive a bye.

AROUND THE GREENSFOXLEY Bowling Club will again host the N.E. Jubilee Trophy finals - and BLACKHILL are chasing a treble on Sunday, September 11 (2pm), writes JACK HIGH.

Dear Tom,Thanks for the write-up in the latest Re-Gen (Issue 62). I received my copy today. The boys will enjoy reading it. We are already planning next year’s trip, and I will be sure to send you a report with photographs. Kind Regards, Andrew Williams, Lomond Vale F.C.

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SCOTTISH AMATEUR CUP ROUND-UP

MATCH ACTION REPORTS SPECIALLSK SUPPLIES WEST OF SCOTLAND LEAGUEWELLHOUSE AMATEURS 12, GRANGEMOUTH AFC 2. SUBSTITUTE Peter Gor-don hit six goals in this Cen-tral Scottish League Division 1B clash - including one shot from 30 yards. Thomas Sin-clair managed an amazing effort from the half-way line in his three-goal haul. Gary Gaitens, a 30 yarder, Chris Hopkins and Lewis Stewart completed the rout.WELLHOUSE AMATEURS 4, GREENOCK HSFP 2. THE visitors led 2-0 after only 20 minutes, but Craig Hal-liday sparked a comeback when he rifled home a superb free kick. Stephen Anderson netted a 22 yard equaliser on the resumption, and Ste-phen Sinclair put Wellhouse ahead. Chris Hopkins met a Thomas Sinclair corner, flicked the ball into the air and drilled No 4 past the helpless ‘keeper.WELLHOUSE AMATEURS 1, EASTFIELD 0. A good three points for Wellhouse, who were restricted to very few chances. Just before half-time, Stephen Anderson was upended and Thomas Sinclair sent the ‘keeper the wrong way with the resultant penalty kick.SANDYMOUNT AFC 3, THORNWOOD 5. A bad day for the entire ‘Mount team just about sums up this Sunday Central Premier clash. Scor-ers: Joe McQuarry (25 mins), and Craig Stewart (72, 81).BAILLIESTON JUNIORS 1, SOUTH CAMLACHIE YOUTH PROJECT 2. NEW-LY promoted as champions into the West Under-21 Pre-mier Division, SCYP came from a goal down at Lochend. Donaldson opened the scor-

ing, but Andrew Moore con-trolled a long goal kick from Alan Cuthbert and equalised before half-time. On the hour mark, Ryan McLean slot-ted home the winner. Moore also hit the bar, and Juniors’ ‘keeper Meek produced a brilliant save to keep out sub-stitute Darryl Still.VALE OF CLYDE 0, NEILSTON JUNIORS 3. FORMER Vale boss Bobby Crilly was back at Tollcross, and steered the Brig O’Lea club to victory. An own goal, McDade and Jackson count-ed for the visitors. ALBION ROVERS 5, WELL-HOUSE BOYS’ CLUB 0. ‘HOUSE were well short of players for their opening GADYFL game of the sea-son, and never recovered from conceding a 5th minute goal. Another followed before half-time, plus three other goals on the resumption. SOUTH CAMLACHIE YOUTH PROJECT 2, STEINS THISTLE 2. DROPPED Premier Division points by SCYP despite goals from Alan Clark and Darryl Still.PORT GLASGOW 2, VALE OF CLYDE 5. STRIKER John Connolly bagged a hat-trick to help Vale secure a wel-come league win. He netted in 26, 48 and 93 minutes. Up-ton netted twice after 21 and 32 minutes.SANDYMOUNT AFC 3, WESTBURN 2. ‘MOUNT should have scored more goals, but in the end had to thank Craig Stewart for a su-perb 75th minute winner. He finished off a solo run past three players by drilling home a right-foot shot. Stewart (43 mins) and Ricky Addison (15)

netted earlier goals.GLASGOW GIRLS 7, FALKIRK LADIES 2. THE Under-15 Girls booked a place in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals after Char-maine McGuire gave them the perfect start inside 75 seconds at Greenfield Foot-ball Centre. Falkirk equalised through Tweedie, but Baillie, McGuire (pen) and Jeffrey quickly gave Glasgow a 4-1 interval lead. McGuire com-pleted her hat-trick before Reid headed home a Falkirk corner. However, Girls’ sub-stitutes, Docherty and Wat-son, both netted to complete an excellent result.SOUTH CAMLACHIE YOUTH PROJECT 2, BUS-BY 1. UNDER-21 scorers - Alan Clark and Andrew Moore.HARMONY ROW 3, SOUTH CAMLACHIE YOUTH PRO-JECT 4. A brilliant Monday evening victory at Brae-head. On target were Ryan McLean (2), Aarron Douglas and Craig Buchanan. Man of the Match was Brian McIlear.DRUMCHAPEL AMA-TEURS 1, WELLHOUSE AMATEURS 1. A game of two contrasting 45 minutes. Lewis Stewart hit a brilliant equaliser from 25 yards.BANNOCKBURN 3, WELL-HOUSE AMATEURS 1. ‘HOUSE tumbled out the League Cup. They were left to reflect on missing a “sitter” at 2-1, and watching Burn break clear for No 3. Lewis Stewart scored for Well-house.WELLHOUSE BOYS’ CLUB 2, MARYHILL 4. THE Un-der-17s have still to hit top form, but led twice in this GADYFL match.

SURRIDGE SPORTS SECTIONAL LEAGUE CUPSection Three P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.Petershill 4 4 0 0 15 2 12Thorniewood 4 3 0 1 12 4 9St Roch 4 2 0 2 11 11 6Shettleston 4 1 0 3 6 16 3Bellshill 4 0 0 4 5 16 0Section Four P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.Cambuslang 4 3 1 0 9 4 10Blantyre 4 2 1 1 10 6 7Glencairn 4 1 2 1 5 5 5Vale of Clyde 4 1 1 2 7 12 4East Kilbride 4 0 1 3 5 9 1 Petershill and holders Shotts Bon Accord will meet in this season’s October final.

Fixtures: SINGLES - Garrowhill (A Palmer) v Parkhead (J Foy). PAIRS - Blackhill v Ruther-glen. TRIPLES - Blackhill v Carmyle. FOURS - Blackhill v Tollcross. GARROWHILL recently completed their Finals Day. Alan Purdie retained the championship, while Linda McDougall won the Ladies’ title. In the Monklands Bowling Association Finals, Garrowhill Ladies pair, Catherine Graham and Mary McCluskey, were narrowly beaten, as were Andrew and Emma Gardiner in the Junior Pairs Final. East End clubs have performed well in the Lanarkshire Leagues with three overall winners - Mount Vernon (Division 4), Garrowhill (Division 15) and Sandyhills (Division 20). Thanks again to Alex Morrison (Garrowhill) for his excellent round-up of information.

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bye, while Shettleson were paired against Dunbar United at Green-field Park on Saturday, October 1. Kick-off 3pm.United, who play in the McBookie South Division League, took Peter-shill to a replay (and penalty kicks) in the fourth round at Springburn last season. Manager Davie Lees has brought in several new sign-ings during the summer after finish-ing 10th in their division - including former Dunfermline Athletic reserve captain Aaron Sinclair, Alister Les-

lie (Dunbar United Colts), and Stu-art Robertson (Dalkeith Thistle).FIXTURES: Central District First Division. Saturday, September 10 - Shettleston v Greenock; Larkhall Thistle v Vale of Clyde. Saturday, September 17 - Shettleston v Vale of Leven; Vale of Clyde v Bellshill Athletic. Kick-offs 2pm. D&D Programmes, who already promote the Central League Cup, have now offered help to an Un-der-19 team. John Alexander’s Pol-lok Juveniles are being sponsored

over an 18-month period. Football Programme Shop owner Douglas Stevenson told me: “I have been impressed with the work John does, and hopefully this backing will help him become even more successful.” FORMER Vale of Clyde Boys’ Club Under-19 centre-back Darren Shaw is hoping to make more headlines at Young Harris College, Georgia, after securing a prestigious soccer scholarship. Darren, 6ft 2ins, won the Central Regional Cup with Vale last season, and trained at Partick

Thistle by way of preparation for the Stateside trip. His family live in Springboig, and Darren, who played in the Glasgow Schools League cham-pionship final at Ibrox Stadium in 2008, said: “This has been the biggest decision of my life, but I have confidence in my ability to succeed in the USA. I would like to thank my parents, coaches and teachers who have played a big part in helping to secure this scholarship.”

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Cup opponents Bannockburn in a match that should have gone the other way in our favour.“When you are building a team results like that can happen, but over the season I firmly believe we won’t see too many of them!”Meanwhi le, WELLHOUSE Boys’ Club, who won promotion at the first attempt last season, have a new manager in charge at Under-17 level. Willie Sam-son takes over for what will be a demanding top-flight campaign. The Glasgow and District Youth League First Division club have managed to retain most of last season’s squad - including Thomas Porter, who repre-

FOSTERS Scottish Sunday Amateur Trophy will be played on the following dates. Round 1 - September 4, 11 and 25. Round 2 - October 2, 9 and 16. Round 3 - November 20. Round 4 - December 11. Round 5 - January 8, 2012. Round 6 - February 5. Round 7 - March 4. Semi-finals - March 25, April 1, 8, 15 and 22. Final - May 6. SCOTTISH Amateur Cup games for Saturday teams are due as follows: First Round (West Section) - October 1. 2nd Round (West Section) - October 22. 3rd Round (all-in)- November 5. 4th Round - December 3. 5th Round - January 7, 2012. 6th Round - January 28. 7th Round - March 3. 8th Round - March 31. Semi-finals - dates to be arranged. Final - date to be confirmed.

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WELLHOUSE Boys’ Club star Thomas Porter, wearing yellow RBS jersey, played for the SYFA West Regional squad at the Denmark Cup.

TOM SCOTT. Founder-member Noble will celebrate a remarkable 35-year-old association with the Central Scottish Amateur League club this month. There have been plenty of highs and lows during that time span - none more so than win-ning the West of Scotland Cup after a nail-biting penalty kick shoot-out against Dumbarton Academy at Hamilton in 2004. Two seasons ago, the club suffered relegation from the Central Premier Division - and that still rankles a man who eats, breathes and lives for Wellhouse A.F.C. He told me: “Bringing the Gan-try set-up on board has been like a breath of fresh air. “Up till now it has been a suc-cess. I can look forward to our games because, if the truth be told, I did not enjoy it last season. “I have known guys like Peter Taggart and James Skinner for a long time. We looked at the situation last season, and our entire committee reckoned this move was the best way forward.

“Peter, in particular, knows the expectations at Wellhouse. He won silverware with us before, and their officials have already made huge changes within the playing staff.” In fact, only Davie Fisher re-mains from last season, and few can argue with the experi-ence and quality arriving at Stepford Road. One-time Stenhousemuir and Vale of Clyde signing Thomas Sinclair was a stand-out in the Super Premier Division at Kirkintilloch Rob Roy last sea-son, while Craig Halliday and Chris Hopkins have played at junior level. Pre-season, the trio put that to good use as they thrashed Sectional League Cup quarter-finalists Cambuslang Rang-ers 5-2 in a friendly. Placed alongside other warm-up wins against Broomhouse, Colville Park, Bothwell Amateurs, and Lochan it gave the Wellhouse committee every reason to feel optimistic about the next nine months. Added Robert Noble: “Recent-ly, we lost 3-1 against League

SUNDAY CUP DATES

GARROWHILL Thistle have landed an away clash against Stedfast in the Cinema Cup second round. Other games are Linwood v Eastfield; Steins v Waterside; Kilsyth v Motherwell Miners; Scotia v East Kilbride; Drumchapel United v Cam-busnethan; Ashvale Vics v Stirling City; Brightons v Drumchapel F.C.; Grangemouth v Cumbernauld Clyde; Harestanes v Greenock HSFP; Mearns v Campsie Minerva; Gourock v Arthurlie United; St Patricks v Chryston; Wellhouse Amateurs v Colville Park; Wishaw HSFP v Pollok; Bannockburn or Redbrae v Uddingston Anvil.

CINEMA CUP DRAW

WELLHOUSE Boys’ Club Under-17, who train every Tuesday at Stepford Road (8pm-9pm), require additional outfield players for their newly promoted Glasgow and District Youth Sunday League team. Contact 0141 774 9178 or 07946371645. This age group is under new management.VALE OF CLYDE Boys’ Club require to strengthen their 1996 and 1997 squads for this season’s Glasgow and District Youth Football (Sunday) League at Under-15 and Under-16 level. Contact Jim McGarrity on 07511356561.JIMMY JOHNSTONE ACADEMY require players born 1997 and 1998 (all positions). Call Garry O’Rourke on 07946390387, or check out their website: www.jimmyjohnstoneacademy.comWELL established Glasgow-based club looking for outfield play-ers born 1999, and a coach to run their 2000 team. This person should have a good commitment in taking training sessions, and the squad for games. For more information, call 07772075018.

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sented the SYFA West Regional squad at the Denmark Cup. ‘House officials would like to thank Arthur Lennon (Butchers) for another excellent sponsor-ship deal.The Shettleston Road-based shop helped out last season, and the year before when they operated under the banner of another Glasgow club before going out on their own with ad-vice and help from Wellhouse Amateurs. Mr Lennon has always been keen to help the local communi-ty, and this latest gesture is very much appreciated by everyone at Wellhouse Boys’ Club.

GLASGOW CITY Ladies’ exploits in the UEFA Champions League has given them second place in the all-time European goalscoring charts for British women. City are behind Arsenal Ladies and ahead of third-placed Everton with 63 European goals. The Scottish Premier League champions are looking forward to a last 32 clash against Valur Reykjavic, and play the first leg at Petershill Park this month.

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