Issue 11 – Finding Strength in Community – Out Now!
It’s that time again! We’re so excited to share with you the latest issue of the magazine, focused on how the community is responding to health inequalities.
A Letter from the Team
Dear Members and Subscribers,
I first met Mary, our cover star, when she and her three children bundled into The Community Newsroom when we were hosting our workshops for this year's Refugee Festival Scotland. While she and her eldest learnt the basics of video storytelling, me and the two wee ones drew octopuses and drank juice. Mary talked to me about the beauties of being a mum and how a charity had helped her through all the challenges.
The story stuck with me much much longer than the scribbles her two sons left across my desk. When she brought in some handwritten pages, I knew we had to feature her writing in the magazine.
The theme that links the articles in this issue are how communities themselves are creating solutions that make a real difference in people's lives. As we come to the end of our year-long project exploring solutions to health inequalities, it only seemed right to talk about what people are doing to support each other to overcome the structural barriers that exist.
While I should have been editing our magazine (don’t worry, I think I’ve got most of those typos), I have also been trying to solve the magazine’s first cryptic crossword – perhaps the world’s first with a Govanhill-based theme? Set by the elusive ‘Anymen,’ even here at the Community Newsroom, we don’t have the answers. But I hear in good faith they will be delivered by owl soon, along with a prize for one lucky solver.
But before you melt your brain trying to decipher it, first get a cuppa and enjoy the rest of the magazine.
Jack Howse
Editorial Assistant
Of course we couldn’t create such a packed magazine without the help of our community members, subscribers and members. Thanks so much to everyone who played a part in this magazine…
And if you can help out with distribution, feel free to come and collect some copies from our Newsroom on Bowman St.
And we are already thinking about Issue 12!
We want to focus on the arts, subcultures and everything in between for the next issue. Is there some topic you are dying to write about? Are you part of a club of a marginal sport? if you’re interested in contributing to a future issue - whether writing something or through photography or illustration, please email newsroom@greatergovanhilll.com
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We have eight new members who have signed up over the past week — but we would love more of our newsletter subscribers and readers to become members too! We are at 180 and hoping to get up to 250 by the end of the summer.
"... me and the two wee ones drew octopuses and drank juice". Oh, why aren't my working days as good as that sounds? 😀