Market on the Green is part of the Gorbals Recycles Project. The head office is based in Commercial…read moreRoad in the Gorbals where the shop there is a bike shop. This branch is a charity shop with some cracking merchandise on sale. The charity shop offers free uplift for any old items you may want to give away. Gorbals Recycles aims to prevent land fill by recycling people's old furniture, brick-a-brac etc. They sell really good quality items and clean everything brought into the shop. The volunteers steam clean and tag the garments in the back shop. The shop is although in the city centre is a bit hidden away. It's located at the bottom of Saltmarket near to the high court. It's not got a lot of passing trade hence why I thought I should Yelp this project. Gorbals recycles supports volunteers and unemployed trying to get back into work. It's an excellent project and deserves lots of support. The shop is in a lovely spot where Glasgow Green is just over the road, so if you're ever swinging by to Glasgow Green swing by Market on the Green.

I used to visit St Margarets hospice quite often when they had one of their charity shops in…read moreSauchiehall street. They took over this old shop quite a few years ago possibly the second biggest charity shop other than the Salvation Army. Inside they have quite a large selection of furniture, Bric a brac, shoes and jewellery. Not often that l ever see anywhere that sells records these days these guys had 100's of them must have been a recent donation. I quite often donate items to this shop they always have a quick turn around of items. Some items can be expensive to buy one of my negatives at this shop when l donate a lot of items and they pick it up you are not given a time when they will be there for collection so feel it's such a waste of a whole day.

The Bambury is a great place for the local community, offering services such as after school care,…read morea creche and a cafe, as well as ever changing youth projects for local schools and the surrounding community. I first heard about this place when I was at school, intrigued that they had a decent music department and volunteers that were keen to get local kids with an interest in music on board. As a little drummer girl, I was dying to go along and see what was on offer. My friends and I went along and were amazed at the facilities, including a practice room with a drum kit, guitars and amps, as well as decent recording facilities. Absolutely free of charge, we were able to go along and practice, or even just try our hand at something new. On one occasion, there was a drum workshop, where there were all sorts of drums including toms and bongos, which were combined together, with lots of us playing at the same time. Lots of fun and a great local initiative to get kids involved in music and encourage them to get involved in their local community.

Undoubtedly another one of the mother's phases - an allotment or a plot. Apparently the obtaining…read moreand renting of one is rather urgently required due to the lack of sun and size of her own garden. Given, she's yet to actually venture a visit to the nearest allotments - never mind investigation - I surmise this will probably not materialise. Nonetheless, I did some digging on her behalf. This meant some mother brownie points as well as a very handy review. Talk about multitasking! Anyway, these are the closest allotments to me, at a tiny three minute walk. They are cleverly tucked away just off of Old Castle Road, which can give the impression that you're actually not in the middle of Glasgow. That's always nice. One of my elderly neighbour's rents an allotment here - and has done for at least five years. Needless to say, he's continually been pleased with their services. The allotment's are a decent - and manageable - size with good earth and handy gardening facilities. There is also extremely limited trouble of disturbance due to the adequate security and vandalism deterrents. These include big metal padlocked gates (as you can see from one of the photos) and 'anti-climbing' paint. You know, the never drying paint. So youth's will be more concerned with staining their track suits than ruining some veg. Excellent reports on these allotments - so should you wish to go all Charlie Dimmock this place is ideal.

I popped in for a quick look and to get shown around as we may want to use some of the rooms over…read morethe summer holidays for work. The building is huge, with lots of different rooms and even a small theatre. The work they do here with young people aged 12 to 25 is amazing and well needed in the area. They offer the young people group work, 1 to 1 sessions and just a place to hang out. They also offer reasonably priced food to insure they are getting a decent meal. Brilliant place that is well used by the local young people.

Spacious comfortable centre comprising Hillhouse Library a large hall and a reasonably sized room…read moreavailable for meetings and groups. Good facilities and well used by many groups. WHEB Credit Union are here on Tuesday evenings and Jobcentre Plus also hold various events here. Vending machines with drinks and snacks are in the foyer and staff are friendly and helpful. Modern facilities are also available as required. Noticeboard with lots of information is in the foyer.