SDG 1 - No Poverty

Coffee roasters & café in Glasgow's City Centre, on Gordon Street right outside the Glasgow Central Station. A great locally-run option when arriving to or departing from Glasgow via train!

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.

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.

A not-for-profit cooperative secondhand clothing shop in Glasgow's Southside, supporting the work of the Glad Foundation (link below) - which is also supported by the Glad Café, a separate listing here on Glasgow Green Map (link also below!)

Food bank for pets run by Canine Campus Rescue. Collects & distributes to pets in need of additional food support in Scotland, collecting food treats & bedding for rescue dogs & dogs whose owners are experiencing crisis.

Pre-loved children's clothes, toys, & baby goods.

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.

The Sandy Road Community Garden features raised beds & communal growing spaces for members. The project is led by a committee of dedicated volunteers, & was set up with support from Partick Housing Association & the NHS.

Small & friendly indie coffee shop serving coffee, cakes, & toasties. Vegan options available. All produce is sourced locally, supporting other small businesses, including locally-baked goods (some vegan!) & a bespoke espresso blend from The Good Coffee Cartel (based in Kinning Park, Glasgow - also listed here on the Green Map!). Beans are available to buy for home brewing in reusable, infinitely-recyclable tins, with a small discount available on refill.

A beautiful community garden which has been built by volunteers & is now enjoyed by local residents & visitors alike. Run by Heart of Scotstoun (HoS) Ltd. (a registered charity), the community garden is part of Heart of Scotstoun community centre which also has events & a café (link to the other Heart of Scotstoun listing here on Glasgow Green Map, below).

Dear Green (a reference to Glasgow, which is often referred to as the 'Dear Green Place' ['glas' means 'green' / 'grey-green' in Scottish Gaelic]) is a local coffee roasters who roast specialty coffee with passion, ethics, & good vibes at the centre of all they do.

*Please note - City Centre (St.Enoch) store is now closed. ApparelXChange has a new store in the Southside, at 65 Nithsdale St, Glasgow G41 2PZ.

In the grounds of the community  hub on Kirk Street are several raised beds made from pallets and other recycled materials. These are used to grow produce for the food bank and provide an opportunity for staff, volunteers and clients to enjoy spending time outside. The team are planning to build several more beds this year so more volunteers are always welcome.  For more information contact hubgrubhub@gmail.com

It is the mission of Kirkcaldy Foodbank that nobody in the Kirkcaldy area goes hungry and that everybody shares what they have.

Greener Kirkcaldy is a community led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people through fuel poverty and food insecurity. Check out our website Home - Greener Kirkcaldy

Located in South Glasgow in the Strathbungo area, Merry-Go-Round is a registered charity & social enterprise, supporting local families by offering..

Not solely a public library, Giffnock Library is also a Heritage Centre, & home to the Maguire Collection - a collection of oil paintings by the famous Scottish painter, John Elliot Maguire (1866–1920). The collection constitutes the core of East Renfrewshire Council's painting holdings, & was donated to East Renfrewshire Council's Heritage Service by the artist's grandson.

Known colloquially as the 'Squiggly Bridge' because it makes a slight 'S' shape when viewed from above, the Tradeston footbridge is a pedestrian bridge that crosses the River Clyde, linking the Anderston area (on the North bank of the river) with Tradeston (on the South bank of the river).