Alex Wilde, chairperson of the Govanhill Baths Community Trust, writes about the baths refurbishment and the ways local residents can get involved

Lisa Ann Pasquale is an architect whose focus is on building performance sustainability through low-energy designs. Throughout lockdown, she retrofitted her own tenement flat. She shares what she learned along the way.

Tenement living offers some beautiful flats with luxuriously high ceilings in lovely stone buildings. But these homes are not necessarily designed with energy and heat conservation in mind. Retrofitting is a means of making our homes more energy efficient. Taken from Issue 5 of the magazine, Rhiannon Davies spoke to Loco Home Retrofit to find out more.

Greater Govanhill are pleased to announce a new, free training course teach young people who are under-represented in the media with a variety of journalism skills including interviewing, video producing, writing and podcasting.

Govanhill has recently become known as something as a hub for the queer community in Glasgow. Yet the history of the LGBTQ+ people and places in the neighbourhood goes back much further. For LGBTQ+ History Month, Jack Howse digs into some of Govanhill’s queer history.

Issue 5, the first of 2022, is out now. It includes: The 15 Minute City - Women and Non-Binary Tradespeople - Retrofitting Your Tenement - Solidarity Across the Lines - Exploring Fatherhood Through Photography - Gentrification - Decluttering Your Life - Litter Picking - Recipe for Chinese New Year - Regular Activities You Can Join - Pull Out and Stick Up Poster for Your Close - and more.

In Issue 5 of the magazine, we featured a story on a new football team for women and non-binary people, written by Sarah Cochrane, one of the players.

Today marks the start of LGBT History Month here in Scotland. The theme for this year has been titled ‘Blurring Borders’. Read on to discover why this theme was picked and to read the perspectives of some Govanhill locals.

Last weekend saw the second in a series of demonstrations by Southsiders who oppose the Nationality and Borders Bill, which makes claims for asylum from anyone arriving in the UK, by an ‘illegal route’ inadmissible, while criminalising them and anyone who seeks to save their lives.

Continuing in our series of recipes from Govanhillians, poet Sean Wai Keung offers up a take on Buddha’s Delight just in time for Chinese New Year.

For many, January is a time when we think about changes we want to make in our lives or how to improve them for the year ahead. For many, too much clutter - whether it be mental, emotional or physical can be an issue. Professional declutterer, Zemirah Moffat, shares her advice.

“It is only until you have carried your own water that you know the value of it” - African proverb. Writing for our COP26 special publication, The Scottish Beacon, Chinyanta Kabaso looked at the importance of climate justice in the struggle against at climate change - and how young people with the YCSA have been working towards a more diverse climate movement.

There’s nothing quite like your grandmother’s cooking to transport you to a more familiar setting. And the kitchens of Govanhill tenements are filled with the aromas of a multitude of different cuisines reflecting the diverse make-up of the neighbourhood. This issue comes from Naomi who shares her family recipe for a restorative chicken noodle soup.

Located between Cathcart Road, Albert Road, Eskdale Street and Dixon Road, the Crosshill Quad has been completely renovated to became a sanctuary for more than 200 residents.

Southside community leaders organise two demonstrations against the government's proposed 'Nationality and Borders Bill'

In recent weeks, residents across Glasgow have been complaining about rising rubbish levels, with bins not being collected for several weeks. Meanwhile one group of residents has come up with a solution to simply the messaging around refuse.

We’ve been looking back at what we achieved this year. Firstly, we couldn't have done any of this without you: our members, readers, contributors, advertisers, funders and supporters. So a very heartfelt thank you! Numbers by no means tell the whole story, but it's still a nice way to reflect what we've been up since January.

We’re so excited to bring you the fourth episode of our radio show for Radio Buena Vida. In this episode we took a look at the post-COP legacy in Glasgow with experience of hosting and drumming from Minga Indigena and collective music making. We also got a little festive, talking Christmas traditions from around the world.

As we start to wind up work and studies for the year and enter the Christmas festive period, we wanted to find out how the holidays are celebrate by people from all over the world who call Govanhill home.

Greater Govanhill spoke to Daniel Radu, co-founder of Transylvania Shop and Coffee. Daniel discusses his life previous to opening the shop in 2020 and his love for Christmas trees.