Glasgow Science Centre

👋 It’s been a busy winter for Glasgow Science Centre, and we’ve already hit the ground running in 2025 – from delivering STEM learning to pupils across Scotland, thanks to funding from our friends at Morrison Construction, to celebrating the second year of our partnership with Drax Group. 📰 You can read all about these achievements and more in our latest Stakeholder Newsletter, which landed in our subscribers’ inboxes this afternoon. 📬 To make sure you don’t miss hearing about our latest news, you can sign up to our email newsletters here: https://lnkd.in/eTSZnZm2

🤖 This week, we were proud to host a meetup for schools taking part in FIRST Tech Challenge UK. ⚙️Pupils from the schools were able to meet each other, learn about robotics and prepare their designs, ahead of a robotics competition in April. 🪛 With special thanks to the The National Robotarium and the Heart of Midlothian FC Innovation Centre for helping to make the event a success.

⚒️ At Glasgow Science Centre, we’re working with industry to open doors for young people across Scotland. We’ve recently teamed up with Morrison Construction, who have funded select local schools to receive free school membership to the Science Centre for the current academic year. The school memberships give pupils and teachers at the chosen schools access to curriculum-aligned learning resources, including our innovative Learning Lab and STEM Futures programmes – as well as a free, fun day out to the Science Centre. 🎤 Welcoming the continuation of our partnership with Morrison Construction, our Chief Executive Officer Stephen Breslin said: “At Glasgow Science Centre, we believe that no young person should face barriers to careers in STEM. With the demand for skills in science and technology continuing to grow, it has never been more important that government, industry and educators work together to bolster STEM attainment in a way that no one gets left behind. “As a charity, none of the vital work we are able to achieve at Glasgow Science Centre would be possible without the funding of our valued partners, like Morrison Construction, who enable us to drive forward change.” ➡️ Read more about our latest partnership here: https://lnkd.in/e-FdcvCR

🎉 We want to wish our partners and visitors a Happy New Year, after what has been another innovative and action-packed year at Glasgow Science Centre! 🧬 From welcoming 220K visitors into our Science Mall, to delivering our learning programmes to 1400 classes across Scotland, 2024 has been a fantastic year for STEM learning and engagement. 🌟 We’ll be closing at 4pm today and will be back open on 2nd January to kick off 2025!

❄️ 2024 may be winding down, but our wetlands are still a hive of activity, even during the cold Winter months! 🦢 You might remember our resident signets from earlier this year who are now all grown-up, though still like to stay close to their nest – which our visitors can watch from our viewing platform. 🌾 The floating wetlands, which we installed in 2023, now play host to over 2k native plants and nesting sites for wildlife to enhance biodiversity. 

🌟 As 2024 wraps up, we want to take a moment to say a huge thank you to all our amazing clients – both new and returning - our fantastic suppliers, and of course, our wonderful colleagues! 🚀 This year, we’ve been thrilled to host 81 incredible corporate events, welcoming nearly 23,000 delegates to Glasgow Science Centre. 🚀 We’ve had the pleasure of working with some great clients, including Scottish Powerlifting, The Marketing Society Scotland, ABPCO, The Data Lab - Innovation Centre, Aridhia – Digital Research Environment – DRE, National Space Academy, All-Energy Exhibition and Conference, European College of Sport Science (ECSS), Kidney Research UK, Right There , The Water Management Society, Scottish Refugee Council, and many more! 🚀 From conferences and exhibitions to team-building days, weddings, awards ceremonies, dinners, and drinks receptions, we’ve hosted a wide range of events at our unique and versatile venue – we’ve even had the exciting opportunity to be used as a filming location! 🎥 🗓️ If you're planning an event in 2025, we’d love to help make it a success. Get in touch via our event enquiry form, and our Corporate Events Team will get back to you in the New Year: https://lnkd.in/eNWbXHUn

🎄 Christmas has arrived early for our Community Team!  ♻️ Today, our Earth Allies friends from Glasgow Clyde College came into the Science Centre to try their hands at making Christmas decorations out of recyclable materials. 💚 Our 12-session Earth Allies programme empowers young people to raise awareness of environmental issues and be climate activists – learning how best to mobilise others and effectively campaign for change. 🫶 This is just one of the ways we’re helping to give back to our local community. To find out more about the work our Community Team does, visit: https://lnkd.in/eJimQtab

📬 We’ve just published our final Stakeholder Newsletter of 2024! 🎄 Our CEO Stephen Breslin has penned an end-of-year message – reflecting on the many successes and achievements we’ve enjoyed this year, as well as the current challenges facing charities and third-sector organisations. 🤝 To learn more about what we’ve achieved in 2024, you can sign up to and read our Stakeholder newsletter here, or subscribe to receive the latest news straight to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eTSZnZm2

🤔 Who do you think wore it best? ❄️ As the temperatures drop in Glasgow, some of our team have been keeping warm and celebrating the season in style for #ChristmasJumperDay! 🎄

🎶 It’s beginning to look a lot like 🎄 🎅 ❄️ 💫 Glasgow Science Centre has been transformed into our very own riverside winter-wonderland – complete with an abundance of Christmas trees, decked halls and a festive photo-op. We’ve also been busy filling our calendar for December with Christmas themed science shows, festive family-favourites in the IMAX and Planetarium. 🕰️ We’ll be open right up until 4pm on Christmas Eve for all your science fun and activities. Have a look at our festive opening hours here: https://lnkd.in/eNphjnS4