October 2019

A range of alternative courses, qualifications and scholarship information and signposts helping to improve destinations and career pathways are published in the new improving social mobility brochure and now available online to Glasgow schools and pupils.

Homeless people have been helped to apply for over £500,000 in benefits in Glasgow.

An event to highlight the availability of grant funding of up to £10,000 to retrofit taxis so they meet LEZ emission requirements to protect public health; has seen operators attend in their numbers to find out more.

St Joseph's Primary has teamed up with city bus operator First Glasgow, as part of their school's packed week of activities to mark Scotland's Climate Week.

Targeted grant funding of £1.09 million in 2019/20 for vehicles to adapt to meet new Low Emission Zone rules has been announced this week by Transport Scotland, with a Retrofitting Fund now available for HGVs, taxis and micro businesses.

Up to 50 hectares of Glasgow grassland is set to be maintained as traditional meadows as part of a plan to promote biodiversity in the city.

The NASUWT union has informed the council of planned industrial action at Rosshall Academy on Tuesday 8 October and Wednesday 9 October.

Glasgow City Council's Glasgow Guarantee has been refreshed, and this means that support will be given to unemployed people - resident in the city - of all ages through the scheme.

Thirty-four formerly homeless people are settling into new homes following the closure of Glasgow hostels.

People power is set to drive the future of the People's Palace and Winter Gardens following a decision of the council's City Administration Committee.

City cycle ways are being sprayed with salt solution for the first time this year as a way to keep people on their bikes this winter.

Keen environmentalists at three city primary schools have been working in partnership with air quality specialists, Ricardo Energy & Environment, as part of a Citizen Science project to measure levels of air pollution within their own school estate.