News and events
Community events, recovery cafés and activities happening across Glasgow. Please check with organisers for the latest dates, times and venues.
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1 Errol Gardens, Gorbals. Free to attend.
A friendly, laid-back weekly session for adults in the G5 area who are at an early stage of learning the guitar — you know basic chords and simple strumming.
More advanced players can be added to the waiting list for the Strum for Life group.
Get in touch to enquire about joining: 0141 280 0053 · laldiecommunity@gmail.com
Gorbals Leisure Centre — please arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
Free to attend. Soft shoes or trainers only for the sports hall. Runs every Friday apart from public holidays.
Contact 07715 940716 or 0141 429 3900 · millera353@gmail.com
12 Commercial Court, at the bottom of the flats.
Affordable food for the community — two shopping prices, £3 or £6, whichever suits your budget. Pantry membership is £5 per year.
Facebook @gorbalscommunitypantry · 0141 429 3900
St Francis Centre, Gorbals.
Free to attend and open to anyone aged 16+ who lives in the Gorbals. Basic art materials — paper, pens, pencils and charcoals — are provided.
www.gorbalsideas.org.uk · contact Melissa on 0141 429 3900
Glasgow Green Football Centre, 28 King's Drive, Glasgow G40 1HB (seminar room).
Free community dance sessions in the Gorbals. Everyone welcome, over 16s, all abilities, no experience needed.
Contact Marie Innes on 07930 153881 · melissa@newgorbalsha.org.uk
Ibrox Recovery Café (Mondays 5.30–8pm), Women's Group (Tuesdays 10.30am–1.30pm), Alcohol Focus Group (Tuesdays 2–4pm), Cessnock Recovery Café (Thursdays 12.30–3.30pm), and RAFT and MAT meeting on Fridays.
Venues across the South Side including Ibrox Community Complex, Playbarn Youth Centre, Ibrox Parish Church and St Francis Community Centre.
Food and hot drinks are served at all cafés. Main office: 51 Greendyke Street, G1 5PX · admin@scrn-recovery.co.uk · 0141 429 8181
Weekly activities include the Arty Farty Group, Springburn (SPARC), Parkhead (PARC), Jim's Addiction Recovery Café, RENEW and North East Recovery Day, plus meditation on Zoom every Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm.
Recovery cafés and groups run at venues in Springburn, Parkhead, Garthamlock, Calton and Bridgeton.
20 Broad Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow G40 2QL · 0141 554 5235 · nercglasgow@gmail.com
Welcoming drop-ins with recovery groups, holistic activities, peer support, free hot and cold meals and refreshments.
Knightswood: Men's Group Mondays 2–5pm and Mixed Group Thursdays 11am–3pm. Possilpark: WINGS Women's Group Wednesdays 10.30am–2pm and Mixed Group Fridays 11am–3pm.
Drumchapel: Mixed Group Wednesdays 2–4pm at Drumchapel Community Centre, 320 Kinfauns Drive, G15 7HA.
ESOL classes at every level (online and in person), mental health 1:1 support on Mondays and Fridays, and homework clubs for primary and secondary pupils.
Digital drop-in and SIM card drop-in on Wednesdays (no registration needed), Women's Group Fridays 11.30am–2pm and Men's Group Fridays 4–6pm.
Registration is needed for all other activities. WhatsApp 07762 988153 · home@govancommunityproject.org.uk · 0141 445 3718
Evening drop-in with dinner served every weekday, 6.30–8pm.
Daytime groups include Urban art drop-ins, women's groups, rehab pathways groups, a singing group, advice and support, an ESOL conversation café and the Thursday Gathering.
Counselling on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11am–4pm — appointments by self-referral on 0776 054 9072 or counselling@glasgowcitymission.com
An anti-racist festival of creativity, solidarity and liberation, hosted by Govanhill Baths Community Trust.
These activities have already taken place and are kept here for reference only.
Gorbals Parish Church, 1 Errol Gardens, Glasgow G5 0RA.
Givin' it Laldie welcomes you to an evening of good food, good tunes and good company — autumnal photography by Crown Street Camera Collective, songs from Sing for Life and a singalong with Strum for Life.
Free to attend, all welcome. Soup served 7–7.20pm, with a vegan and halal option. Under-16s must be accompanied by an adult.
0141 280 0053 · laldiecommunity@gmail.com
Glasgow Green, next to the People's Palace.
A free celebration of Glasgow's recovery for National Recovery Month — family fun, food, music, holistic therapies, information stalls and activities.
Hosted with Glasgow City Alcohol and Drug Partnership, Glasgow City HSCP, Rapid Relief Team and Freed Up CIC.
Project Ability exhibition of work by young artists.
Artwork shown here is part of the Going for Gold: Young Talent 2026 programme.
A full month of free workshops, drop-ins and groups: wellbeing walks, craft clubs, creative expression and songwriting workshops, gambling support drop-ins, grief and menopause cafés, yoga and meditation.
Highlights include a themed wellbeing walk for World Suicide Prevention Day on Monday 8 September and live painting with Delson on Friday 12 September.
All events are free — sign up on Eventbrite.
Free activities all summer long — holiday camps, family cookery, youth drop-ins, cold water therapy, sporting tasters and community meals.
Reidvale Neighbourhood Centre, 13 Whitevale Street, Glasgow G31 1QW · reidvale@thehallidayfoundation.org.uk
The Gorbals Ideas Fund asked residents about local spaces and places to help shape the next Gorbals Ideas Gathering.
This questionnaire has now closed.
If your organisation runs an event that would be helpful for the people we support, get in touch and we may be able to share it here.
