We run gardening volunteer sessions, open to all. Friendly and relaxed environment and no prior skills required! March - November: every Monday and Thursday 11am - 4pm November - February: monthly sessions, dates vary. Best to check our website or social media or email us at [email protected] to check! We usually have an optional shared potluck lunch around 1pm at our volunteering sessions. Bring a dish to share or if it feels more comfortable to you, you can just bring lunch for yourself. :)

Urban Roots is a community led environmental charity working across the Southside of Glasgow. We empower local people to make choices and lifestyle changes that are beneficial for them, their communities and the environment.

The Lunch Club runs every week on Fridays at 12noon. A two course meal is served, followed by tea or coffee and a biscuit. The lunch is aimed at older people who live on their own and are at risk of social isolation but no-one is turned away. There is a charge of £3.90. The lunches are provided by the school meal service.

Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust are very proud to welcome you to our very first in-house café. Whether you are popping in for refreshments after a gym session, taking a pit stop when walking along the canal or just having a rest after checking out our latest exhibition, we can’t wait to welcome you to your Maryhill’s community café. The café name was one of many suggested from members of our local community, and was finally chosen after a public vote in 2022. ‘Nolly’ is a local term of affection for the Forth & Clyde Canal, which flows behind our building. All purchases help support the charitable work of Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust.

To assist the “Homeless” and others on the pavement, or in hostels, or in the community generally, who are in need of assistance. This may be visually / verbally / writing asking for help, looking like they need assistance or simply presenting as in need of assistance. Assistance comes in the form of our 2 initiatives - the TWALK and the TDROP The TWALK, every Wednesday evening, around the city centre and the west end, provides hot drinks, soup, other foods and warm clothing on a non-judgemental basis for those who present as needing support. And it provides a listening ear for people who find themselves living in isolation and provides information on services and organisations available to assist those in need. The TDROP, promotes the ethos of ‘zero waste’ by working with stores in Glasgow to ensure that any food that they have, due to be disposed of, can be used by the Project. Our TDROP activity takes place 5 nights a week and we make 15 different collections during the week. By distributing these goods to those who present as needing support or to “Homeless” shelters., or to Community food initiatives.

The Whiteinch Centre is a vibrant community hub, delivering activities and improving people's lives through wellbeing activities: training; financial advice; health and wellbeing activities: and employability; empowering local people. We are seeking funding towards project development staff, external trainers, volunteers; and costs to ensure the continued running of services and activities offered. The Centre operates distinct but interconnected projects – The Whiteinch Academy; The Whiteinch Centre food Pantry; Digital Literacy & Volunteer projects as well as General Public Classes, Activities& Room Hire and the provision of warm spaces.

SiMY aims to alleviate the mental, physical, and social impact of long-term poverty experienced by young people and their families in the Townhead area of Glasgow, help them recover a sense of agency over their lives, and work with them to achieve their aspirations for themselves and their communities. We run a range of support and development activities for both young people age 8-18, and adults, based on the community garden at Lister Street and further afield. All our activities take place outdoors.

Providing a free public service every Autumn for the people of Glasgow and beyond. We are all volunteers who support people to make use of the yearly apple glut, to share their bounty, and enjoy making local diy food and drink.

Propagate works in partnership with with a broad range of organisations to organise and deliver community, local and sustainable food projects. This includes (but is not limited to): - Helping set up and establish community gardens and growing spaces, or increasing organic growing skills - Supporting fair and equal access to good food, for example through establishing community food shops and food hubs - Facilitating projects that increase knowledge and understanding of sustainable food and farming, agroecology and food sovereignty - Developing networks that build capacity & resilience involving a range of actors and stakeholders in the food system

Our Home Comforts 5-week women's cooking course is back & this time the theme is 'celebration food! If you have a passion for cooking & would like to share your own traditional recipe with others then this is the program for you! Join our 5-week program to meet new people, learn new cooking skills & share a traditional recipe which you like to make/ eat during cultural celebrations. This program will run on Fridays 10am-1pm at Gilded Lily 3rd Nov - 1st Dec, women with refugee/ asylum-seeker status are particularly encouraged to sign-up. All food made during this program will be vegetarian & participants should make us aware of any food intolerances/ allergies etc. There are very limited spaces & participants must be able to attend ALL 5 sessions. To sign up please contact Heather via email: [email protected] or tel: 07763 894258