As our 30th anniversary celebrations have come to a close, our trustee Annabelle reflects on one of her favourite events from the programme: a tour of Govan with Radical Glasgow Tours. It’s been great to see and attend a variety of events programmed at KPC over May and June as part of the 30th anniversary of the community sit-in. I really enjoyed and learnt a lot about the local area and past local people from the Radical Glasgow Tour. The tour started at the Aitken Memorial

Thank you to our wonderful volunteer Lesley for the following blog! This is part 2 of 3 blogs detailing how Kinning Park Complex was saved from closure in 1996. Watch this space for the final chapter of the story! The campaign hots up … 3/5 A sit-in starts The Council formally announced the facility was "surplus to requirements" and ordered its closure. Keys were handed over to Property Service by Community Education to officially close the building at 6pm. The Management

Thank you to our wonderful volunteer Lesley for the following blog! This is part 1 of 3 blogs detailing how Kinning Park Complex was saved from closure in 1996. Watch this space for the next chapter of the story! A bit of background … In 1976 Strathclyde Regional Council converted a Victorian schoolhouse on Cornwall Street in Kinning Park into a neighbourhood centre. The Kinning Park Neighbourhood Centre was overseen by Glasgow City Council and hosted a variety of educational

At this April’s AGM, I stepped down as a board member of KPC after two years. I’m sad to go, but it was the right decision for me personally and I am so proud of what we’ve achieved together in this time of major transition for the organisation. I continue to be involved with KPC - at the moment I’m supporting the 30th anniversary celebrations (check out the programme here). However as I leave, I wanted to share some of the things I learned that could be useful for future tr