No citizen will be turned away from any open Glasgow Life venue, council chiefs say.
Warm ‘welcoming places’ will open in Glasgow next month to support residents struggling with soaring energy costs.
She was responding to a question, during a full council meeting, from Bailie Patricia Ferguson, Labour, who then asked whether energy firms could be asked to contribute to the cost of running these venues. The Glasgow Life chair also said a mapping exercise is currently underway to identify the network of venues which will be open. Talks are ongoing with charity and faith groups to “establish the capacity to deliver activity and welfare services in any identified venue”.
“Glasgow Life buildings have greater potential to be welcoming places through the availability of space and the provision of services that support social connection, access to information, advice and other welfare services, including the opportunity to access hot food and drinks. “It is important that they are reopened as they are vital to provide activity for young people whose parents perhaps now don’t have the option of taking them on an excursion to the cinema or the theatre because they are just not financially viable.”
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