About us

Govanhill Baths Community Trust is a grassroots organisation supported and developed through active involvement by members of the local community.

We were established in December 2004 from the “Save Our Pool” campaign and many of our active members have been involved since the Trust began, having first joined the occupation of the pool in 2001.

Our story

The campaign to save Govanhill Pool formally began in January 2001 when Glasgow City Council informed the community and the users that it was to close the baths on March 31st that year.

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Partners

Govanhill Baths Community Trust is generously supported by a wide range of partners and funders.

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Team & Board

The GBCT Board consists of up to 12 members with the option to co-opt up to three directors (included in the 12). The members are elected annually at the AGM.

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Publications

GBCT produces an Annual Report each year, as well as collaborating with other publications on a regular basis.

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WHAT WE DO

Govanhill Baths Community Trust runs wide-ranging community arts, heritage and wellbeing programmes. These are aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at people from the G41/G42 postcodes.

The Trust has a successful social enterprises project and leading plastics, textiles, and woodworks upcycling hubs. It also runs the innovative food justice project People’s Pantry, a membership-based initiative aimed at tackling food poverty and reducing waste.

The Trust operates as a Limited Company by Guarantee, a Charitable Trust and a Preservation Trust. It has an elected board, which consists of up to 12 members. The members are elected annually at the AGM. We also run the Friends of Govanhill Baths scheme in which people can form the work we do, represent in the AGM, and help us to reopen the Baths.

AIM

Our goal is to re-open the Baths as a Wellbeing Centre and to contribute to the wider social, cultural and built regeneration of Govanhill as a community through a range of activities. The Centre will be run by the community for the community in association with local voluntary and statutory partners.

PURPOSE

  1. To preserve and conserve, for the public benefit, buildings of historic or architectural interest, in particular Govanhill Baths; and
  2. To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Govanhill and its environs without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, political, religious or other opinions by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities or assist in the provision of facilities, in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation so that their conditions of life may be improved.

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

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Vision

We will preserve the heritage and secure the future of the Govanhill Baths as a place at the heart of the community.

Values
  • We are Activists
  • We are Inclusive
  • We are Ambitious
  • We are Community Centred
Aims
  1. To create and promote for public use a Wellbeing Centre in the property formerly known as Govanhill Baths incorporating its present contents and to do so through a variety of sporting recreational, wellbeing and cultural activities and other relevant activities as the directors from time to time decide.
  2. The advancement of community development, (including the advancement of urban regeneration) principally within the Community.
  3. To advance health, both physical and mental, and address health inequalities and social isolation to support people to live happy, healthy and enriched lives.
  4. To promote equality and diversity by providing accessible facilities and a diversity of activities.
Objectives
  1. Our Wellbeing: Wellbeing is enhanced by combatting health and inequalities and providing healthy and safe spaces for our community to thrive.
  2. Our Community: Community bonds are strengthened by combatting disadvantage and discrimination and celebrating identity.
  3. Our Heritage: Discovering, celebrating, and promoting, the living history of Govanhill and recognising the rich and diverse contribution of our evolving community.
  4. Our Creativity: Investing in and promoting accessible arts to inspire and encourage creative expression and cultural identity.
Outcomes
  1. Wellbeing is higher in Govanhill.
  2. Community cohesion is stronger.
  3. Heritage is preserved and celebrated.
  4. Creativity is thriving in Govanhill.