What can be done to prevent littering and fly tipping in our lanes and back courts, when they are privately owned and the council does not take any responsibility? How can we make our neighbourhood cleaner and safer? Share your experiences, and tell us what you think should be done.

After a six week pilot, the Scottish Child Law Centre is now seeking funding to find a permanent home in the area to offer legal advice to children and families.

The collaborative storytelling project, called It’s Criminal, will work with a group of people with direct experience of the criminal justice system and with people from communities often scapegoated or blamed for crime.

Our cover stars of Issue 8 of the magazine are mother and daughter Shayala and Zanib. In this interview, they explored their feelings about their Scottish-Pakistani heritage and what makes home.

Do you live, work or study in Govanhill? What changes would you like to see in Govanhill to make the neighbourhood more attractive, safer and better suited to your needs? Glasgow City Council are currently consulting on how to better respond to the idea of a 20 minute city.

Several initiatives around Govanhill are among the twenty-nine projects funded across the city in a move that has been welcomed by the local cycling community. The fund is designed to engage citizens with the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships taking place from 3-13 August.

A new app developed by the Dictionaries of the Scots Language translate Scots words and culture into Polish. In our latest issue, translator Alicja Tokarska explored the need for the app and the history of Poles in Scotland.

One of our Young Voices team, Anne Flynn, shares her experience of moving over six-thousand miles away, whilst also acknowledging her privilege she had making that decision in comparison to some friends she has made along the way.

On International Roma Day last year, Sammy and Natalia gave speeches to the crowd. Both took part in Romano Lav’s ‘Community Catalysts’ course, in which a  group of 12 Roma young people spent 8 weeks learning about their rights and how to fight for them.

Member of the Govanhill LGBT+ community told us they’re heartbroken, disgusted, appalled and tired — in reaction to the UK government block of Scotland’s Gender Recognition Rerform Act.

The South Asian community has long been a part of Glasgow’s cultural make-up particularly in the Gorbals and Govanhill. Summer Jamal explores how the community’s history is rooted in colonial history and in doing so offers a contextual critique on traditional integration ideas.

For the first few months of 2023 Greater Govanhill will be running several events that will inform community members on local issues as well as giving attendees the chance to have their say.

Simon Murphy has become well known around Govanhill for his photography project which celebrates the people that make up the community. Now one of his photographs, of our frequent contributor Dylan Lombard has been selected in the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Britain Awards

In 2022, we had more than 150 people contributors to the magazine in one way or another. Find out what our most read articles were from the past year as well as our staff’s favourite articles. 

Zainab Ashraf didn’t think she could manage even a few months of not shopping for new clothes, and wrote about her experiences for Issue 7 of the magazine. Now she has completed one year, and found that her habits have changed for good.

When Clare Skelton got sent a list of 100 small improvements to make in your life during 2022, she was intrigued and decided to try each and every one over the course of the year. Here’s what she learned from the experience.

For the festive issue of the magazine, we asked our readers to send us their best photos of Govanhill in the winter. Here are some of our faves of snow in and around Queen’s Park.

As the nights draw in, the lights get twinklier and we all start to coorie down for the winter months, we wanted to explore the diverse cultures in the area and discover how our neighbours are preparing for the coming festivities. 

Locavore is an award winning social enterprise selling ethically sourced food. Despite its success, it has turned to a Crowdfunder to fight for its survival amidst the current cost of living crisis and rising inflation.

Greater Govanhill is opening The Community Newsroom today in collaboration with investigative journalism co-op, The Ferret. The aim is to use the space for workshops, talks, discussions and other community building events.