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Summer in the Garden at Gartnavel Royal Hospital
Now that Autumn is here and winter approaches, the Growing Spaces in the garden at Gartnavel Royal Hospital have started to take on new colours and shapes. Seed heads and falling leaves carpet the walkways and yet the Sunflowers still offer a striking reminder of the summer now gone.
![Gartnavel Garden Tour](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Garden%20Tours%20%282%29.jpg)
Getting Through the Pandemic Together at Wallacewell
![Mother's Day Balloons](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Mothers%20Day%20balloons%20and%20cakes.jpg)
Health Needs Assessment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Non-binary People in Scotland
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), NHS Lothian and Public Health Scotland are working in partnership to conduct a comprehensive health needs assessment of Scotland’s LGBT+ population. As part of the health needs assessment, an online survey is being conducted from 11 June to 20 August 2021.
![Graphic for survey](/sites/default/files/hero-images/LGBT%20survey.jpg)
Volunteers' Week Highlights Virtual Volunteering in Leverndale Hospital
This year’s Volunteers’ Week is from 1 to 7 June, and is a time to say thanks and recognise the fantastic contribution made by volunteers across Glasgow City Health and Social Care (HSCP) services.
![Picture of patients' pictures.](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Virtual%20Volunteering%20at%20Leverndale%20%282%29.jpg)
Hundreds of Homeless People Receive Covid-19 Vaccinations
Hundreds of vulnerable homeless people are receiving their first Covid-19 vaccinations in Glasgow as teams of nurses visit temporary accommodation and support services to provide injections.
![Image of person getting vaccinated](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Homeless_Covid_vax_1.5%20%282%29.jpg)
Glasgow City HSCP Team Supports Vulnerable Families this Christmas
Glasgow City HSCP’s Children and Families Team will be spreading festive cheer to some of the city’s most vulnerable children this Christmas.
![Xmas toys](/sites/default/files/hero-images/XMAS%20TOYS.jpg)
Glasgow's Winter Night Shelter now open with a change of name and a new location.
Now known as the Overnight Welcome Centre, the emergency accommodation for people at risk of rough sleeping in winter will be provided in a Glasgow hotel, rather than in Lodging Housing Mission in East Campbell Street.
New Advice and Support Centre for Homeless People
A brand-new multi-agency advice and support hub for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness was opened on 24 September in Glasgow’s Argyle Street.
![Homeless Access Centre](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Access%20Point%20picture.jpg)
Peaceful Haven in the Hospital Grounds
The Art in the Gart creative recovery programme at Gartnavel Royal Hospital has welcomed five times as many visitors as last year to the Growing Spaces sites in the hospital grounds during lockdown.
![Volunteers at Gartnavel royal gardens.](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Gartnavel%20Garden%20Volunteers.jpg)
Virtual Baby Group Supports New Parents
With the outbreak of COVID 19, Glasgow City HSCP’s Children and Families Health Visiting Teams in South Glasgow have adapted practice to meet the needs of families. This has included new and innovative ways of working.