SPORTS VENUES SET TO REOPEN REVEALED
GLASGOW Life has revealed which sports facilities it plans to open first as lockdown restrictions are slowly lifted. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s announced outdoor exercise adhering to distancing measures and non-contact activities, such as golf, could return last week.
No date has been provided for when Glasgow Life, the city council’s sporting and leisure arm, will reopen its venues as it works ensure visitors can be kept safe.
But Knightswood and Lethamhill golf courses; Kelvingrove, Queen’s Park and Drumchapel Tennis and Kelvingrove, Queen’s Park and Knightswood Bowls will return in phase one.
Risk assessments are currently being carried out and more staff will be working, to ensure social distancing, when the venues are open again.
A spokesman for Glasgow Life said: “The global Covid-19 pandemic has required a reassessment of how people use and access sports facilities in order to keep everyone safe.
“Glasgow Life is working as quickly as possible to put in place a number of new systems to allow people to enjoy these public facilities.
“These include ensuring appropriate staff training, booking processes and cleaning and maintenance regimes and Glasgow Life is carrying out required risk assessments before opening facilities.”
He added: “We expect venue opening will be phased and appreciate everyone’s patience.
“All venues will have increased levels of staff when they re-open, to ensure government guidance on social distancing is followed.” to
GLASGOW councillors have agreed to accept £4.75million in government funding to make homes in the city more energy efficient.
As part of the Scottish Government’s Energy Efficient Scotland programme for 2020/21, the money will be used to
In line with government guidance, Glasgow Life suspended all its services at the close of play on Tuesday, March 17.
All Glasgow Club membership fees were automatically frozen and museums, libraries and concert halls were closed. Online workouts were introduced.
By May 7, more than 120,000 home workouts had been completed and the Glasgow Club app had been downloaded thousands of times since lockdown began.
improve owner occupied and private rented homes in wholly-owned and mixedtenure blocks.
The scheme’s objectives include upgrading housing stock, tackling fuel poverty and reducing carbon emissions.
Councillor Kenny McLean, city convener for
Glasgow Club video content had been viewed over 100,000 times on Facebook and YouTube.
The organisation’s online library services had seen over 2500 people register and ebook issues increased by more than 50 per cent with almost 8,000 issued in one month.
Audiobook use had also continued to rise week-on-week with almost 5000 having been accessed in the previous four weeks while, in the same period, more than 10,000 emagazines were downloaded.
neighbourhoods, housing and public realm, welcomed the funding. He said: “Better energy efficiency in our homes not only saves money, but reduces carbon emissions and contributes to curbing climate change.”
Areas and homes to be targeted will be those with: the lowest Scottish Index
Multiple Deprivation ratings; in Council Tax Band A-C and Tax Band D in certain conditions; low income households and fuel poor households; areas missed out of social landlords’ investment programmes; and areas where people are living in vulnerable conditions to the cold.