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.

Glasgow City Council and Glasgow City Health & Social Care Partnership are working together to increase the amount of COVID-19 testing capacity in the areas affected by the current outbreak.

To mark Children’s Mental Health Week (1 - 7 February 2021), Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu (SGG) (Glasgow Gaelic School) staff have created a podcast specific to Mental Health.  https://ceilisgg.buzzsprout.com/

Glasgow has five COVID-19 mass vaccination centres which are all wheelchair accessible.

Vaccination centres are operated by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and it is the NHS who will invite you to an appointment at a vaccination centre (not the council).

The Annual Report for Glasgow City Health Improvement is now available.  This report provides an insight into the progress made by Health Improvement to improve health and reduce health inequalities in 2019/20.

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.

Glasgow has been shortlisted for an award in a top international competition.

A new short film launched by the Gender Friendly Nursery programme aims to promote awareness of the impact of gender stereotypes on what children believe they can and can’t do, how they should dress and behave, and what society expects of them.

Anthony Leebody, Senior Finance Officer in Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, reached out to his neighbours at the start of lockdown. He set up a neighbourhood chat group to bring people together and help identify those who needed extra support.