Ibrox & Cessnock Community Council
Minutes of Meeting held on 20th September 2017 At 7pm at Clyde Community Hall. 1. Attendance and Apologies Community Councillors: Shona Craven SC, John Foster JF, Chris Fyfe CF, Grace Smith GS, Serena Hay SH , Iain Henderson IH, Mark Hughes MH, John McKinstry JM, Avril Williamson AW. City Councillors: Stephen Dornan SD, John Kane JK, Allan Young AY MP’s: Chris Stephens MP CS. Residents: Jacqueline Hopkins, John Hopkins, Archie Henderson, Anne Henderson, Sheila Muirhead, Stephanie McCulloch, Jerome Joly, Margaret McLean. 4 Members of Glasgow Night Shelter. Police Scotland: Scot Hutchieson and Susan Gilmour Glasgow Homeless Shelter: Phill Jones, Clare Stephenson, Kenneth Wilson, Margaret Sweeney. Apologies: Cllr Ricky Bell, Kirsty McDowall, Margaret Prunty, Janet Keddouh. 2. Police Update Match Days
2.5 Glasgow Homeless Shelter - Agenda amended to allow for this last minute addition. Members of Glasgow Homeless Shelter noted below addressed the community council.
Glasgow Homeless Shelter discussed a planning application they are soon to lodge regarding the refurbishing a premises on Fairley Street as temporary emergency accommodation for primarily asylum seekers. They have spent the last 3 years looking for a suitable premises before finding the unit on Fairley Street. There current Anderston venue is too small and is does not have suitable storage or showering facilities. The premises on Fairley Street is affordable for them to rent and refurbish although more fundraising would be needed. The position of the premises within easy access to the city centre makes it ideal. The accommodation would operate between 20:00 and 8:00. The accommodation will be over 2 floors housing around 30 men and 15 women. It is unlikely residents would be hanging around the local area during the day. Anyone who causes problems within the local community is no longer allowed to stay or access services provided. The accommodation will provide an bed to stay and hot food for its residents. Currently there is no provision for women something this new building would rectify. The accommodation would have a full CCTV system. Men and women will have separate accommodations. No children would be using the service, as the Home Office stops asylum seekers with children from becoming homeless. Children also become the responsibility of the social work dept. On the rare occasion children may spend a night in the accommodation while social services find suitable accommodation. Residents are not able to access homeless services through lack of National Insurance, passports, documents, or finances to get back home. Due to this they are also not allowed to work. Chris Stevens MP reported that 40% of MP's case work is asylum because Home Office will only deal with MPs when considering cases. Glasgow Homeless Shelter currently attend Anderston CC to keep a open dialogue with the community. They would happy to have this kind of relationship with Ibrox & Cessnock CC. The planning application has not been lodged yet as assessments are still being made on the new premises to ascertain if it is suitable for renovation. As change of use needed for the building this is why they are engaging with the local community about the project. 3. Minutes from previous meeting. The minutes of August's meeting were approved. 4. Matters Arising
5. Correspondence Received IH received a letter from Susan Aitken council leader to say Govanhill has been allocated the first of the Neighbourhood Officers. Up to 50 of these neighbourhood officer will be appointed across the city. 6. Local Residents Forum
7. GCC Councillor Updates Cllr Allan Young
8. Litter Meeting Follow Up
9. Community Council Business
10. Planning/Licensing Updates
11. Rep Updates
12. AOB GS pointed out that the CC’s 3 planters are still needing branding. This will be looked into and ordered asap. GS is to also calculate how much it will cost for replenishing the plants. 13. Next Meeting
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