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For World Mental Health Day, we've published the first edition of our new newsletter, Life Stories, that tells you more about the early success of Live Well. The innovative programme is tackling health inequality and is expanding across Glasgow. #CultureAndSport #GlasgowLife #LiveWell

Glasgow Life is proud to support Black History Month and share, celebrate and understand the impact of Black heritage and culture. There are various activities and events taking place at Glasgow Life venues in October to mark Black History Month. These include tours and talks exploring and reflecting on Glasgow’s colonial past and its legacies, community-led displays of clothing and music, and special collections displays at The Mitchell Library. More information can be found in the slides below, on the Glasgow Life Museums and Glasgow Life Libraries social media channels and on our website via the links in the comments section 👇

Glasgow Loves Christmas will host the much-loved Christmas Lights Switch-On celebration on Sunday 17 November, marking the start of the city’s 2024 festive celebrations. A ballot for free tickets to the hugely popular event opens at 10.00am on Wednesday 2 October and closes at 11.59pm on Sunday 6 October. This year’s event, hosted by Clyde 1 presenters George Bowie and Cassi Gillespie, will include live music and an appearance by performers from this year’s Pavilion Theatre pantomime, Beauty and the Beastie. Click the link in the comments to find out more 👇

We have published our Annual Review for 2023/24 today. It tells the story of another remarkable year for our charity and demonstrates, more than ever, how important our venues, programmes, events, festivals, and experiences continue to be to Glaswegians and visitors to our city. Fundamentally, it reinforces our belief that culture and sport have the power to transform people’s lives, helping to build happier, healthier, more prosperous and more productive communities. You can read our latest Annual Review by clicking the link in the comments below ⬇️

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Visitor numbers and spending in Glasgow saw a significant increase in 2023 compared to 2022. Scottish Tourism Economic Impact Model (STEAM) data shows: ✅ Visitor spending is up by almost 50% to £2.35 billion. ✅ Overnight visitor numbers are also up by almost 50%. ✅ The total number of people visiting Glasgow has increased by 26.6% to 25.75 million. The figures emphasise the positive impact tourism continues to have on Glasgow’s economy. In 2023, tourism supported 37,117 local full-time jobs, up from 28,840 in 2022. Visitor numbers and spending have been boosted by Glasgow hosting the first-ever UCI Cycling World Championships. The event attracted over 500,000 spectators and 8,000 athletes to the city. People from all over the world also travelled to Glasgow to experience street artist Banksy’s first solo exhibition in 14 years. More than 180,000 people visited Cut & Run at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art, which broke box office records. You can find out more by clicking the link in the comments below ⬇️ #Tourism #CultureAndSport #Glasgow2030TourismStrategy

Tomorrow is World Alzheimer’s Day and marks the 21st day of World Alzheimer’s Month. Alzheimer's Disease International says: “The 2024 World Alzheimer’s Month campaign will centre around the taglines ‘Time to act on dementia, Time to act on Alzheimer’s’. The global awareness raising campaign focuses on attitudes toward dementia and seeks to redress stigma and discrimination which still exists around the condition, while highlighting the positive steps being undertaken by organisations and governments globally to develop a more dementia friendly society.” Glasgow Life will continue to offer experiences which unlock memories, improve wellbeing, and give people living with dementia opportunities to reminisce. Check out the slide show below to find out more, or click the link in the comments to visit our website ⬇️ #WorldAlzheimersDay #WorldAlzheimersMonth #CultureAndSport

The £4 million restoration of Glasgow’s Elder Park Library has been hailed by its local community. Community groups and schoolchildren were invited to an official reopening ceremony at the facility, now known as Elder Park Library and Community Hub, following its refurbishment. In partnership with Elderpark Housing Association, significant improvements were made to Elder Park Library and Community Hub to make the A-listed building more accessible and sustainable and ensure it best meets the needs of the community. See photos of the reopening ceremony below and read our press release to learn what some of the groups who use the library and community hub make of its new look (click the link in the comments) 👇 Photography: Kris Kesiak for Glasgow Life

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is set to welcome back one of the world’s best and most famous orchestras. The Grammy-winning London Philharmonic Orchestra will return to the iconic venue to perform Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony on Saturday 15 March 2025. The concert, arranged by Glasgow Life, marks a rare appearance in Scotland for the orchestra, which last played at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in 2008. Read our press release for more information (see the link in the comments section) 👇

🚨 Current vacancies at Glasgow Life 🚨 Marketing Communications Business Partner - Internal Communications ➡️ https://lnkd.in/esUQ4b7s Project Manager ➡️ https://lnkd.in/egk6E79X Development Assistant ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eamnWpw8 Events Assistant ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eBwMggEX Interested or know someone who might be? #GlasgowLife #CultureAndSport