SDG 3 - Good Health and Well Being

Founded in 1807, the Hunternian is the oldest public museum in Scotland. The Hunternian is home to an extensive, distinguished public art collection, & one of the largest collections outside of the National Museums. From Rubens to Rembrandt, the Scottish Colourists to the Glasgow Boys, its permanent collection alone is one of the best around, recognised as a 'Collection of National Significance', & the museum is one of Scotland's most significant cultural assets.

A walk along the banks of the River Kelvin that winds through Glasgow (9.8km, from the city all the way to Milngavie!) is a beautiful experience at any time of the year. Today, it's taken for granted that the Kelvin is thriving & healthy, a Glasgow City link to nature. Yet, it is only in recent years that the river's clean-up has supported its being such a rich natural habitat & thread of calm, right in the middle of the city.

Category Is Books is a Glasgow's local, independent, queer/LGBTQIA+ bookshop in the city's Southside. Everyone welcome (they're emphatic about that)! Founded & run by a couple, Category Is "hope[s] to create a space for the LGBTQIA+ community to learn about, be inspired by & share in [their] love of queer books, art, history, activism, writing & storytelling."

Public library located in the Gorbals area of Glasgow's Southside.

With three screens exclusively showing specialised cinema, Glasgow Film Theatre is Glasgow’s centre for film-lovers. Built in 1939, originally called the Cosmo, GFT is a time-capsule of Art Déco architecture & an era when Glaswegians attended the cinema an average of one time per week. At the same time, through renovations & refurbishment, GFT is today a thoroughly modern venue.

Led by the work of artist Eleanora Jaroszynska, in collaboration with Friends of Garnethill Green Spaces (FRoGGS), Garnethill Bread oven is a community project aimed to empower the local community to gather around the ancient practice of making wood-fired bread, as well as providing the opportunity to learn traditional building skills during the oven's construction.

Wing Hong Elderly Group (also known as Wing Hong Centre / Wing Hong Chinese Elderly Centre) is a charity organisation, a group established with the aim of enhancing the quality of life for the Chinese elderly based in the Glasgow area & promoting equal opportunities for Chinese elders in accessing social, health, welfare, & housing services.

Garnethill Park is a beautifully-landscaped, partially-terraced public park in Glasgow City Centre's Garnethill area. Opened in 1991, the park has a large play area with wooden play equipment, small waterfalls running over rocks, low-bench seating for relaxing chats, & grassy areas with brick/cobblestone paths in between (please refer to accessibility note below). One of the park's beautiful features is its unusual lighting, made of square metal light-boxes created in a style similar to the architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (a famous Scottish architect whose work can be found throughout Glasgow).

Charity shop whose proceeds benefit the Oxfam organisation, offering a wide variety of secondhand books. From fiction to non-fiction to vintage books, Oxfam bookshops are famous for their amazing finds!

Cycling Scotland is the nation’s cycling organisation, a Scottish Charity working in partnership with other organisations, & with funding from Transport Scotland, to help create an environment for everyone in Scotland to cycle easily & safely.  

Located just to the north of Glasgow City Centre, the Lambhill Stables Community Garden is bordered by the historic Forth & Clyde Canal on one side & Possil Marsh Nature Reserve on the other.

Located just to the north of Glasgow City Centre, on the banks of the historic Forth & Clyde Canal, the award-winning Lambhill Stables Café at the Canal is the heart of Lambhill Stables, & is run almost entirely by a team of loyal & dedicated volunteers. They focus on providing simple yet healthy food at accessible prices & they use fruit & vegetables from their extensive community garden, whenever possible.

Located in the heart of Strathbungo in Glasgow's vibrant & diverse Southside, The Bungo is a popular neighbourhood restaurant with a great local community spirit, serving up a contemporary menu that changes with the seasons to reflect what is plentiful & available within only a few 'food miles'.

Bike for Good is a cycling charity & social enterprise with two locations in Glasgow - one in Glasgow's South Side just off Victoria Road, & the other in Glasgow's West End on Haugh Road.

Bike for Good is a cycling charity & social enterprise with two locations in Glasgow - one in Glasgow's South Side just off Victoria Road, & the other in Glasgow's West End on Haugh Road.

Located just a short trip to the North of Glasgow City Centre, The Courtyard Pantry & Café is a membership shop & café providing access to good quality food at a low cost for the Glasgow community.

A skate shop that cares, located in Glasgow City Centre's Garnethill area.

Suresh & Sons is located in Glasgow City Centre on Argyle Street in Finnieston. From high-quality organic wholefoods at affordable prices, loose fruit & vegetables, an amazing range of in-house-made Indian foods (including amazing vegan samosas!), vegan & gluten-free/'free-from' goods, & select beauty & ecologically-sound household products, Suresh & Sons is one to visit.

Scottish Canals is the official body that (in their own words) "look[s] after the Scottish canals, conserving them as part of our heritage, & transforming them to play a vital role in Scotland today." The offices are located on the banks of the Glasgow Canal that stretches across Glasgow City, this canal, itself, being a section of the Forth & Clyde Canal that crosses central Scotland.

The Willow Tearooms (interchangeably used as Tea Rooms) aka Mackintosh at the Willow is located at 215–217 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow City Centre. Mackintosh at the Willow re-opened to the public in September 2018 after an extensive restoration. The original Willow Tea Rooms building was initially opened by Miss Cranston, designed by the famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1903. You can now dine in the historic tearooms (or on the outside-seating rooftop terrace, when open), learn more at the new interactive visitor centre about the living-history that is the tearooms, & visit the retail store.

Charity shop benefiting the British Heart Foundation.

Located in Glasgow's Garnethill area in City Centre, Garnethill Multicultural Centre is a perfect fit for the longstanding strong diversity of the neighbourhood it calls home.

Founded in 1451, University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest in the UK & the second-oldest in Scotland, with more (architecturally) 'listed' buildings than any other university in the UK. Originally located in the High Street in Glasgow City Centre, UofG was relocated in 1870 to its current location in Glasgow's West End. At that time, the West End consisted of countryside, farms, & country-houses of Glasgow's most wealthy citizens, & adding UofG to the area was a significant part of the city's expansion, by adding the academic elite to the location's social landscape which expanded the horizon for those who might have otherwise remained in City Centre.

The Forth & Clyde Canal that crosses central Scotland includes the Glasgow Canal which stretches across the city, & the Forth & Clyde Spur Towpath is 7.7-kilometers of green-space just a short walk (or wheelchair-roll!) to the North of Glasgow's City Centre.