A CASH POT of £36,000 is to be injected into projects aimed at breathing new life into north Glasgow’s canal.
Boat taxis and trips, community food events and an outdoor classroom for children are just some of the innovative projects to benefit.
The cash, from the National Lottery’s Heritage Project Fund overseen by Glasgow Canal Co-operative, will be used by local groups once Covid-19 restrictions have lifted.
Among those to benefit is Navvies’ Barge, a free monthly boat bus service along Glasgow’s stretch of the canal , supporting organisations and charities working in deprived areas nearby.
The floating social enterprise, based at Applecross Basin, will train volunteers to be qualified skippers, paint the barge in a traditional canal art style and transform the boat’s back room into a ‘history snug’ exploring the background of the waterway.
Hamiltonhill Family Learning Centre will receive funding to create an outdoor classroom for children and families, and Gathering Ground, a new social enterprise which runs food-focused events, will design and create a large set of hand-thrown crockery based on people’s ideas, memories and stories of the canal district.
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Other groups to benefit include Agile City who plan to create an outdoor cooking and eating area and Saracen Street Traders, part of Business Improvement District (BID) Possilpark.
Christine Kuhn, Glasgow Canal Co-op chairperson, said: “Glasgow’s canal is a truly special landscape with a unique history. This pot of funding will help empower people to help capture the strong cultural identity and sense of place that is engrained within communities lying along the edge of the canal, or for those that have lived in, worked near or enjoyed the canal over generations.
“It’s fantastic to see such a breadth of projects put forward with the canal’s heritage at the centre which will engage local communities, attract new visitors and help the continued regeneration of our area, from within. We can’t wait to see them come to life – it gives us lots to look forward after what will have been a tough time for all.”
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