Hello KPC Members and Supporters, Welcome to our October Newsletter! This month we celebrate a new member joining our team, more birthdays and the spooky season. Our delicious Community Meals are still running every Tuesday and Thursday now offering frozen meal service with a brand new hatch where you will be able to see much more of our Community Food Team. Some more exciting news that our KPCouturé is finally coming back! There are many upcoming events from our tenants and partners, as well as creative workshops from our Community Arts and Crafts Facilitator Stef coming up in November. The KPC Team |
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🎂 Happy Birthday, Clare! 🎂 |
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A very Happy Birthday to our Lead of Marketing and Communications, Clare! We hope she has an amazing day! |
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We are happy to welcome Ellen to our team. “Hi, my name is Ellen and I am the new Community Learning and Development Worker at KPC! I’m so happy to be here and look forward to getting to know the wonderful community and working alongside others on exciting projects like the local place plan, Because We Say So. In my spare time I love to spend time outdoors, whether that is going for a run in the park or climbing a hill.” |
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🎃 Happy Halloween from KPC Team! 👻 |
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We are excited to share a new service we have been working on with thanks to funding from The Asda Foundation. From this week freshly cooked frozen meals will be available to take home at our Tuesday and Thursday meals as part of our take table. A big thank you to our volunteers for your help on this! Join us every week: Tuesdays 12 - 2:30pm Refreshments from 12 noon, food served 12:30pm. Thursdays 5 - 8pm Refreshments from 5pm, food served 6pm. |
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🌃 Glasgow Science Centre Trip 🌃 |
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We had a great visit to Glasgow Science Centre to watch their African Skies show in the Planetarium. We experienced the night sky from Africa and learnt about the importance of the stars in cultures across the world ⭐ Thanks again to Glasgow Science Centre for hosting us, it’s always a fun and fascinating time! |
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🎨 Creative Workshops Coming Soon! 🎨 |
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A series of new workshops being hosted at KPC by local artists and creatives begin in November that will run over winter to brighten our days and teach us new skills and perspectives. |
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From movement, songwriting and making to self defence, creative writing and an opportunity to build a rocket and go to space! These classes will be a mixture of drop in and bookable at various times throughout the week. We will publish a full list of workshops, times and dates shortly so keep an eye out. Transport costs and childcare can be provided on request. |
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Full list of artists involved in this programme: Declan Welsh, Katie Wills, Ivy Decon, Maya Edwards, Demelza Kingston, Muhammed Fofana, Harry Gould, Morven Mulgrew, Eilidh MacGilp, Aniela Piasecka, Lauren Bryden, Maria Tolia, Helen Sulis Bowie, Hannah George, Tara S Beall and Elisa Coffey. Funded by Creative Scotland and programmed by Kinning Park Complex. |
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We are relaunching our plastic recycling project very soon! We are looking for volunteers to come on board to help sort, clean and process the plastic as well as work together to design and make accessories and objects. We will all be learning, creating and experimenting together to do our bit for the planet. |
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To register your interest email stef@kinningparkcomplex.org and list any relevant knowledge, experience and what you would like to learn from or contribute to the project.
To read more about the past project:
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💡 Community Learning Development Update 💡 |
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Developing a Capital Health Inequalities Impact Assessment Tool Our Community Learning and Development team and a longstanding local activist attended the Scottish Community Development Centre to begin the process of developing a Capital Health Inequalities Impact Assessment Tool. The tool will be developed through partnerships with statutory stakeholders, and community activists. The scope of the project has the potential to be transformative to communities in terms of checks and balances to determine the health impacts and benefits caused by significant big capital expenditure developments. |
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Key demographic group We will be running a weekly men's group for men to meet up and discuss any issues they may be experiencing. The focus of the men’s group is still to be determined by the group, though there has been some feedback that they want to work on health improvement. The CLD team and partners are currently developing a referral system for gym access for men who attend the group, the aims and objective being health improvement though we are not being prescriptive but responsive to the needs of the men's group. |
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Scottish Community Development Network Conference & AGM Lastly the CLD team attended the Scottish Community Development Network conference and AGM last week. We heard from some inspiring speakers about community resilience in the face of adversity (Cost of Living (GREED) Crisis and energy costs) We valued the workshops focused on maintaining hope. |
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🎥 Paisley Road West Fest 2022 🎥 |
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Thank you to everyone who braved the rain and road closures to join us for #PaisleyRoadWestFest2022 celebrations on Sunday 2nd October! 🙌 Shoutout to Red Sunday School, Brass, Aye?, Glasgow Food Policy Partnership, Music Broth, Unity Sisters, Glasgow Tool Library, Glasgow Community Food Network, Gal Gael, our very own Stef Cheong and Kinning Park Community Kitchen, and other staff and volunteers for making it happen.🙏
We had a blast and can’t wait to welcome you all back in the future!🌟 |
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Thank you GalGael for hooking us up with more comfy benches. |
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Thursday, 17th November, 3–5.30pm Gathering the Seeds
Whether you’re a keen gardener or just getting started, drop in to a friendly seed sorting event before our Thursday community meal. Get hands-on with different kinds of seeds, learn how to clean and process them, and how we can prepare them for a safe sleep over winter.
Rowan Lear, Alkmini Gkousiari and Louise King from Glasgow Seed Library will be on hand to demonstrate wet and dry seed processing, and to chat and answer your questions about seed-saving. If you have seeds to deposit in the library, please bring them along for collective sorting and packing. Tomatoes and chilies can be brought in as ripe fruits, and pea and bean pods should be dry and crispy. Squash, courgette and cucumber fruits need to be matured into tough gourds and marrows, while other plants can be brought as whole seed heads for processing together. Please make sure your seed deposits are clearly labelled. |
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ESOL Classes Inclusive Homework Club are running ESOL classes at KPC every Wednesday. 10am–12pm – beginners class for all ages 1pm–3pm – beginners class for young people 16–25 (other ages welcome in this class if the morning one doesn’t suit) To register please contact: carly@inclusivehwclub.org.uk |
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Glasgow Zine Library's Festive Market Fundraiser!
Saturday 19th November, 2:30-8:30pm
Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow G41 1BA
Come to KPC on the 19th of November and browse some tables of beautiful, locally-made wares, including prints, jewellery, homeware, art, and many more gift ideas. In the next few days we'll be spotlighting some of the awesome people and groups who you'll see there on the day!
Alongside the market, we'll also have hot drinks, baked goods, a raffle, and activities for the whole family!
It's free entry, and all proceeds from raffle and bake sale will go back into the GZL programme! |
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Kinning Park Complex SCIO is a registered charity SC048399 |
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