All site groups
open group / 15 members
The Glasgow Social Centre is an initiative to bring a social and cultural meeting centre to the city of Glasgow.
The project is currently in its early stages and we are looking for people with ideas, skills, support, input, good flapjack recipes etc. to get involved.
open group / 9 members
Glasgow Parks and Public space
Like every other part of the Common Good we can no longer take it for granted that our parks can stay free from business interests - nor can we rely on the city council or any future city council to look after the publics interests concerning green space and parks. We [park users] need to take on this responsibility ourselves. Please use this space to create a collective shared knowledge base on what is happening in and to our parks and green spaces.
open group / 5 members
Creating awareness of what the common good is - what it is being used for and what it could be used for. Join this Bridge group - get your own blog and start connecting.
Some external links
The Common Good in Scotland (2007) VIDEO
Andy Wightman talk Edinburgh AUDIO
Common Good watch
Common Good for beginners
City Strolls
Common Good Awareness Project ON Facebook
open group / 6 members
If politics means anything it is "How groups of people organise" without organisation we will not get very far. Organisation creates power to change things - so how we organise is very important. Full description here
open group / 4 members
Scottish Tenant's Organisation
The STO was born out of the great Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915, when mass action by ordinary tenants and workers forced the government to intervene. As Glasgow's working-class men were dying in their thousands on the killing fields of Flanders, the women back home were faced with swingeing rises in their rent. Their refusal to be exploited by their landlords led to a historic strike movement, which was echoed in many other parts of Scotland and the UK, and compelled the government to freeze rents at pre-war levels. This movement led directly to the formation of the STO, which was seen by its founders as the most effective way to make the voice of ordinary tenants heard and, more importantly, listened to, by government and landlords.
