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Holly Lennon

Community hubs to be created in city's deprived areas thanks to £2.7m funding boost

Four new community hubs in deprived areas and a historic bathhouse are set to benefit from £2.7 million worth of funding.

Money will be allocated to Elderpark Learning and Community Centre, Govanhill Baths, Milton Family and Community Centre, Old Basin and Provan Hall for major regeneration work.

Glasgow City Council have accepted the funding from the Scottish Government 's Regeneration Capital Grant Fund to provide financial support to community-focused projects that will help to deliver large-scale improvements to deprived areas.

With the money, the Govanhill Baths Refurbishment project will see the restoration of the former public bath house in Govanhill to their original function, as well as community events space and facilities. 

The Elderpark Learning and Community Centre project will refurbish and repurpose the A-listed Elderpark Library in Govan to provide additional community spaces in the building. 

A new community facility led by North United Communities (NUC) in Milton will be provided by the Milton Family and Community Centre project. The council will assist NUC to deliver a new community centre, which will be complemented by an adjacent early years' nursery and office accommodation.

The 15th century A-listed Provan Hall - situated in Auchinlea Park, Easterhouse - will be refurbished to act as a gateway for the Seven Lochs Wetland Park and form a new welcome hub.

At Old Basin House, an upper mezzanine floor will be adapted to create more community space following the refurbishment of the C-listed building.

Councillor Kenny McLean, City Convener for Neighbourhoods, Housing and Public Realm at Glasgow City Council, said: “This additional funding for these community projects that the council either leads on or works closely with means their delivery can be accelerated or progressed further. 

"What they all have in common is the central part they play in the economic and social lives of communities across the city, helping to drive the regeneration of these neighbourhoods.”

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