Govanhill Community Development Trust

How We Started

The Trust is a wholly owned subsidiary of Govanhill Housing Association and was initially established to develop physical, social, economic and environmental regeneration initiatives additional to the mainstream housing development and improvement programmers in the Govanhill area of Glasgow.

What We Do

The Trust owns, leases and manages a portfolio of commercial offices and workspaces for small and medium sized enterprises and provides supported accommodation for homeless women.  The Trust also provides a Factoring service to private residential and commercial proprietors.  The Trust's commercial activities support the development of community initiatives and projects which respond to identified local priorities.  The Trust is engaged in a range of activities including:

• Community Development, Empowerment and Capacity Building
• Projects and Programs in learning, training, education, recycling and environment, youth work, employability, addictions, community engagement.
• Working in partnership to deliver and create a range of opportunities that enable local people to improve and develop their own quality of life.