This calendar was interactive on the original site. These are the events it listed (from summer 2016).
Regular events
Men's group
Every Thursday, 14:00–17:00
GCIN have recently started a men's group, to emulate the welcoming, empowering environment created in our successful women's group. Our men's group will take place at our community flat at Flat 0/1, 40 Mosspark Heights, G51 2TX on Thursdays between 2-5pm.
Women's Group
Every Friday, 11:30–14:30
GCIN's women's group meets every Friday at Moss Heights Community Flat. The flat is a safe space for women to come together and share food, have discussions, participate in arts activities, go on outings and celebrate community events. Although there is a facilitator to set up the meetings and help organise the activities, it is the women who take the lead on topics and issues discussed and on decisions about activities, focus, workshops and talks/information sessions.
The group meets at Moss Heights Community Flat, flat 1, block 40, Moss Heights Avenue, G52 2TX. Every Friday from 11.30-2.30.
English Class
Every Friday, 13:30–15:30
'Unity ESOL' runs free drop-in english classes in Elderpark Library, 1:30-3:30. As always, new students are welcome. We'd also like to invite anyone who is interested in volunteering with us to come along, even if you can't commit to teaching every week. If you have a CELTA or TEFL qualification, or are working towards one, it's a great opportunity to practice and to learn from other volunteers and students.
Govanhill Free Dinner
Every Monday, 17:30–20:00
Drop In! Free Dinner every Monday evening at Govanhill Trinity Church, 28 Daisy Street, Govanhill, G42.
Sewing Club
Every 2 weeks on Monday, 18:00–20:00
Join us for the new Unity sewing club! Learn or share your skills for sewing and knitting. Lots of materials provided. Travel expenses available. Children are welcome.
English Class
Every Monday and Friday, 9:30–11:00
GCIN (Govan & Craigton Integration Network) runs free, drop-in English Classes every Monday and Thursday mornings.
Location: GCIN Community Flat, 0/1, 40 Mosspark Heights, G52 2TX
Unity Arabic/English Language Exchange
Every Wednesday, 18:00–20:00
Interested in learning Arabic? Interested in learning English? English speakers and Arabic speakers meet up every Tuesday evening to teach each other vocabulary and conversation. Travel expenses available. Ask at the Unity Centre for location details! Email: unitylanguageexchange@gmail.com
LGBT Unity
Every 2 weeks on Tuesday, 18:00–20:00
Closed bi-weekly meeting for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer asylum seekers, refugees, other migrants and allies. Travel expenses provided. Individuals can be referred to the group through Unity Centre or the Scottish Refugee Council. Secret city-centre location.
Unity Sisters
Every 2 weeks on Wednesday, 10:00–12:00
We’re a group of women going through the asylum and immigration system. We want to empower women against the system, and help each other to understand and improve our lives. We work on peer support: Supporting each other and talking with people who have been or are experiencing the same things, as well as thinking of practical action to take advice on dealing with the system, and different ways in which we can support each other. We discuss a wide range of things that affect women’s live.
Bi-weekly meeting. Travel expenses provided. Children welcome. Secret location. Referrals through the Unity Centre. Email: unitysisters@gmail.com.
One-off events
Gardening @ KPC
28 July 2016, 15:30–18:30
All welcome at our weekly Thursday Garden and Community Meal! Come along and help out from 3.30pm or just pop in for your tea! Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow G41 1BA. *Kinning Park Complex is ten minutes walk from the Unity Centre!*
Unity Centre's 10th Birthday Party!
29 July 2016, 10:00–22:00
Unity Centre is celebrating its 10th Birthday.
We are having a circus-themed party all day and into the night for all of Unity's friends and lovers. Kids and Adults welcome. There will be dancing, games, performances, music and food. Travel expenses provided on the day.
Free Pride!
20 August 2016, 14:00–03:00
Free Pride is back!
Last year, we came together to bring an inclusive, accessible & radical event for the LGBTQIA+ community in Glasgow. We didn’t think it was right to charge money to attend Pride, excluding those who can’t afford expensive tickets. So we created a free alternative, focusing on marginalised identities, promoting community and having a fun, safe space to celebrate pride. We had great feedback after last year's event, so now we're coming back!
Join us at the Art School after the Pride march for a day and night of talks, workshops, stalls, music, poetry & more!
DAYTIME 2pm–7pm
Music + poetry all day in the Vic Bar
Workshops + talks including
Ukblack Pride, Sex Worker Open University, disability workshop, trans identities workshop, vlogging masterclass + more! Stalls from LGBT Youth Scotland, Danii's House, Glasgow Women's Library, Glasgow Disability Alliance, Glasgow Rapecrisis, + more!
NIGHTIME 10pm–3am
DJ sets across two floors, and a selection of films from Scottish Queer International Film Festival and Lock Up Your Daughters Filmmaking on the top floor. Music from:
Deep Brandy Album Cuts (PVC/TRUANTS)
Wheelman (STEREOTONE)
Letitia Pleiades (PVC)
Junglehussy
Kaiserin
+ more TBC!
Performance from
Jak Soroka
Sgaire Wood
+ more TBC!
Hosted by Gloria ✨
Accessibility:
The event is completely free to attend.
The Art School is a wheelchair accessible building with a lift to each floor and disabled toilets.
Gender neutral toilets will be available throughout the events.
The event is family-friendly.
We are currently fundraising to have BSL interpeters present throughout the event, and the films we are screening will be subtitled.
There will be a Quiet Space available throughtout the whole event, day + night, for anyone needing time away from the main activities. It's not possible for us to make this totally quiet, but we'll provide things to make this as peaceful an environment as possible.
If you have any accessibility needs, or if there’s anything we can do to make attending the event easier, please get in touch and we will do everything we can to accommodate you.