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The campaign to save Queen’s Park Glasshouse has welcomed major investment in Glasgow’s Winter Gardens, while calling for the Southside landmark to remain council-run, free and fully accessible to the public.

When writer Syeda Sadaf Zaidi first spotted a teenager sitting alone in a field, she wondered why he wasn’t at school. A conversation with the boy and his family told a wider story of different learning styles, unmet potential, and unequal access to sport.

As a parent-volunteer involved in youth cricket, community reporter S.A. Jaffery regularly sees how much enthusiasm there is for the sport in Glasgow, but also how a lack of support could endanger it. He explores both the benefits of – and the barriers facing – one of the Southside’s most popular sports.

From an urban myth about a thrown pineapple to a solid silver trophy: Glasgow Women’s Library takes home a unique new award honouring the community groups powering local activism and transformation.

Live music, DJs, dance, performance and sound installations will take over streets, parks and our own Community Newsroom today [Sunday 16 August] for the Govanhill Street Music Festival. Here’s where to find it all.

For many in Govanhill’s diverse community, food plays an important cultural role and provides a connection to home. Community reporter Grace Nthara explores the difficulties in finding some multicultural food and the initiatives working to improve access.

The Southside has no shortage of musical talent, from wavy pop tunes to headbangers. Writer Andrew Stark checked them out at Scotland’s annual Kelburn Garden Party and shared how their sounds are shaping the stage and getting the festival’s crowd on their feet.

Sport was always important to Shaimaa Alrashwanii’s family in Syria, but years of conflict made it difficult to keep taking part. She writes about how moving to Glasgow helped the family rediscover sport and find a community.

They might be thousands of miles apart, but Lahore, Pakistan, and Glasgow’s Southside share a love of kite-flying. Community reporter Farhana Ahmed explores the similarities between Pakistan’s Basant festival and Glasgow’s Pollok Kite Fest.

Rugby sevens and cricket didn’t feature at Glasgow 2026. Their absence removed two sports whose histories are deeply intertwined with the British Empire.

When Glasgow agreed to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, it raised important conversations about the historical and ongoing legacies of colonialism. As the city says goodbye to the Games, those questions remain.

Saturday saw the tenth annual Govanhill International Parade & Carnival. Over 1000 people took part in Govanhill Parade this year with many more attending the festival in Govanhill Park after. Photographer Rob Reid captured the day on film.

Campaigners have vowed to fight plans to close Queen's Park Glasshouse, arguing the historic building is a vital community resource used by families, students and visitors from across the Southside.

One Thursday, nearly 40,000 voters in Glasgow Southside went to the polls to elect their new MSPs for the Scottish Parliamentary Election. The Scottish Greens’ Holly Bruce secured one of the first ever Green constituency seats for the local area. Speaking to Greater Govanhill, the MSP spoke about how she will tackle the issues you care about. 

In the run up to the Scottish Parliament Election, we asked residents in Glasgow Southside what issues are most important to them. We sent the most common responses as 11 questions to candidates. Read their responses to stay informed ahead of polling day on 7 May.

Greater Govanhill joined community media organisations from across Scotland at the Scottish Parliament to highlight the role of local journalism in strengthening communities – and the need for greater support for the sector.

Patricie Zbila, Young Catalyst sdílí, jak komunitní práce a vzdělávání v oblasti lidských práv od Romana Lava jí daly nástroje k boji proti rostoucí anti-migrační rétorice.

Patricie Zbila, a Young Catalyst, shares how community work and human rights education from Romano Lav gave her the tools to challenge rising anti-migrant rhetoric.

Tell us, what are the big issues in 2026? We are building a Citizens Agenda for the Holyrood election this summer and we need your help to do that. It’s as easy as responding to a short online survey.

As urban spaces like Mount Florida Bowling Club are bought to build private rentals, communities lose access to green spaces. Community Right to Buy is one way communities can reimagine belonging in urban spaces through community ownership. But one writer's research highlights deeper concerns of how the land reform movement leaves some communities feeling they don’t even have the right to be in public spaces.

As Community Wealth Building is passed into law in Scotland – in a world first – Lucas Batts of Greater Community Media explores how community media such as Greater Govanhill can play an important part in doing just that.

Several Glasgow based youth charities, including Govanhill’s Community Renewal Trust’s Roma Youth Project received a funding boost.

While community council meetings may seem dull, they give residents real influence. Low attendance risks losing our collective voice on local issues that shape a fairer, cleaner, more connected neighbourhood. One resident explores the topic further.