Community

Community Projects 

Maryhill Housing Association is currently involved in a number of community projects.

Community Development

Maryhill HA believes that community development is about building active and sustainable communities. MHA employs a Community Development Officer who is involved in a range of activities including:-

  • Developing and supporting registered tenants organisations (RTOs) and community groups
  • Schools Video Diary project (Ruchill and Our Lady of the Assumption primary Schools)
  • Ruchill Horticultural project
  •  Schools logo competition for Maryhill Community Council (Parkview and St Mary's primary schools)

Maryhill Burgh Halls Project

Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust is working in partnership with Maryhill Housing Association, Cube Housing Association and Glasgow City Council, to refurbish the Maryhill Burgh Halls and former Police Station in Gairbraid Avenue/Maryhill Road and bring the buildings back to life for community use. This will include a café, nursery, function hall, recording studio and youth/community music project.

Ruchill Park Adventure Playcentre

Ruchill Park Adventure Playcentre is a community led organisation who is developing a range of projects for children, young people and families. The projects include a summer Play and Sports Festival, Citizenship
Initiative, Outdoor Play Area, Parents Groups and Parenting classes and Mini Play for under 5s. We are working in partnership with Culture & Sport Glasgow, Glasgow City Council, Ruchill Youth Project and the Children's Inclusion Project.

Maryhill Regeneration Forum

The Forum consists of Maryhill HA, Cadder HA, Cube HA, Maryhill LHO and Summerston Acre LHO We are working in partnership together to develop joint community projects including:-

  • a tenancy sustainment project which will help vulnerable tenants
  • money and debt advice for local residents
  • neighbourliness project

Welfare Rights

Maryhill HA has an in-house Welfare Rights Officer who provides information and advice on a wide range of topics, including all social security benefits, which includes disability benefits, housing benefit and representation at appeals and reviews.

Maryhill Online

We have established a local training facility delivering a range of computer courses. We hope to develop more courses in the future including community empowerment and drugs & alcohol awareness.

Positive Health for the Elderly

Maryhill HA has assisted Eastpark Residents Association in developing a positive health project for the over 50 years old. A range of complementary and holistic services including massage, stress management and educational group work will be on offer.

School Photography

To celebrate Maryhill HA's 30th anniversary, we organised a schools photography project with 2 local primary schools (Wyndford and St Gregory's). The result was 4 fantastic collages of photos and pictures of the people and places of Maryhill. The collages will be displayed in an Open Community Exhibition from Feb - Apr 2008 at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow.

Community Self Build

Maryhill HA enabled the Ten Homes community self build project which helped 13 people build their new homes whilst gaining valuable construction and project management skills. On completion the tenants qualified for a reduced rent on their home in return for the sweat and toil.