🎰 TONIGHT!!! 🎰 One Last Spin Screening and Q&A
Plus, we've updated our regular activities page for those looking for a new 2023 class!
We are super excited that tonight we will be screening ‘One Last Spin’ as part of our Gambling Harms season. Come and join us and the documentary’s creators for a poignant film on the abyss that gambling addiction can be. The film will be followed by a Q&A. Come along at 6:30 for a slice of pizza and a chat before the documentary starts 🍕🍕
We’ve got lots more events in the pipeline that we are finalising including an exciting event with photographer Simon Murphy and a panel discussion on the rental crisis
A list of all the events you can get tickets for
9 February: What’s Happening With Our Lanes and Back Courts
23 February: South Seeds Energy Information Sessions
23 March: Writing Workshop with Eve Livingston
See the full event listings here.
Regular Activities Update 🧗♂️
We have been busy updating our handy weekly activities page to keep you up to date with all the regular clubs and meet-ups around Queen’s Park. Some of the new activities we’ve added include MILK’s new timetable and tai chi in amongst the verdant plants in Tramway’s Hidden Gardens.
Got an activity that you run or go to that you can’t find on the page?
Email jack@greatergovanhill.com with any updates.
We also have a noticeboard where we put notices for any goings-on in the area and one-off events. Fire Jack an email too if you would like to add anything to this.
From the website:
Community Cycling Projects in Govanhill Receive Funding Boost
Several initiatives around Govanhill are among the twenty-nine projects funded across the city in a move that has been welcomed by the local cycling community. The fund is designed to engage citizens with the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships taking place from 3-13 August.
From Tattie Howkin’ to Irn Bru: Scots-Polish Translation App
A new app developed by the Dictionaries of the Scots Language translate Scots words and culture into Polish. In our latest issue, translator Alicja Tokarska explored the need for the app and the history of Poles in Scotland. Read in both English and Polish.
MIND THE HEALTH GAP Hundreds of cervical cancer cases go undetected as Scottish screening rates fall
Continuing in our year-long partnership with The Ferret in which we are investigating health inequalities, Eve Livingston reveals how smear test rates are falling and how this is leading to hundreds of cervical cancers going undetected.
Eve also looked into potential solutions to the problem including how a Glasgow women’s football team is tackling cervical cancer screening