NEWS

We are pleased to confirm that for the 14th year in a row Glasgow City Mission will open our Overnight Welcome Centre (OWC) on 1 December 2023.

Our Overnight Welcome Centre (OWC) has been honoured by Police Scotland. Our manager, Elyse MacKinnon, accepted the award on behalf of the OWC at the City Chambers.

Sometimes our guests find themselves struggling in stressful circumstances. In this case, our Housing Settlement Officers helped sort out a difficult housing issue.

We recently had fabulous support from friends on Tiree which allowed our men’s group to take an exciting trip to the island and enjoy a few days away from Glasgow.

Our Overnight Welcome Centre (OWC) ran from 1 December 2022 until 31 March 2023. For the first time the OWC was operated from our Crimea Street building to allow us to access emergency beds from a variety of venues in Glasgow.

Our men's group recently went to Muirshiel park for a hill walk.

Marion Carson, writing for the European Freedom Network, highlights the global issue of human trafficking and urges Christians to be aware of the problem and take action to help victims.

At our Child and Family Centre in Govan, we offer a weekly coffee morning for women to connect, relax, and learn new skills.

Clare, our Urban Co-ordinator, reflects on our brilliant volunteers at Urban art and highlights an exciting exhibition that will take place from 17 to 26 March 2023.

We were delighted to be able to offer those who take part in our weekly art class an opportunity to display and showcase their work at Sloans Ballroom in December.

Recently, we collaborated with the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) to provide a pop-up cinema experience in our building for our guests. Charming and delightful comedy, The Angels Share was screened and a panel discussion about the film and Glaswegian culture in cinema was held immediately after.

Our Child and Family Centre held a men’s event on Wednesday the 14th of December, where they cooked chicken and vegetable pakora, had chicken tikka burgers and a lot of good chat. Read the article to find out how sharing food connected people together and facilitated an environment for connection.

Our Wellbeing Course we have been hosting in Urban has recently come to an end. Read the article to find out a little about the course, and how it benefitted those of our guests that attended.

On the eve of the opening of the Overnight Welcome Centre, Winter Project Manager Elyse MacKinnon shares how her team have been preparing during the past few weeks in preparation to aid and assist the most vulnerable people in the city over the next four months.