Glasgow: The Louise Project seeks trustees

The Louise Project in Glasgow is recruiting trustees.

The Louise Project is a Christian antipoverty project operating in Govanhill, Glasgow, to enable families living with hardship to live flourishing lives and to enable communities to thrive. We welcome people of all faiths and none.

Govanhill is the most ethnically diverse area of Scotland, and home to some of the poorest 5-10% of people living in Scotland. The most recent migrant population to arrive are the European Roma from Romania and Slovakia and they are the dominant group support by the project.

The project offers families access to our Model for Enablement, a pathway of 5 well researched programmes of support, designed to break the cycle of generational poverty:

Community Drop-in: Focuses on building relationships, home visits, providing a 'space to be' and access to essentials & a project shop that is run by beneficiaries.

Community Advocacy: Support to manage issues such as immigration status, housing, debt, utilities, welfare benefits.

Building Better Futures: Supports personal growth to enhance wellbeing and the development of transferable skills, i.e., literacy & digital skills, budgeting, college entry level classes and supported employment.

Building Community: There are over 60 languages spoken in Govanhill, racial tension can be palpable. Building social trust across ethnic groups reduces anxiety and discrimination.

Hopeful Futures: develops a sense of self, life skills and a knowledge and understanding of systems and the causes and consequences of poverty.

The project was started in 2013 by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul and became a legally independent charity in 2017. It is also part of a group of charities under the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul Services (DCSVP).

We would like to recruit some new trustees to strengthen our board and, in particular, we would be pleased to hear from those with a legal or a finance background.

If you wish to speak to someone informally about the roles and the charity, please email our Chief Executive, Margo Uprichard at margo@spaceglasgow.org.uk.

More details are available in our Trustee recruitment pack which can be obtained by emailing recruitment@dcmillhill. To apply please forward a CV with a supporting letter to recruitment@dcmillhill by 30th November 2024.

Read more about The Louse Project here: www.thelouiseproject.org.uk/