Thank you for contributing to Rethink Glasgow!We have just discovered that Glasgow City Council has been awarded an allocation from the Scottish Government’s Place Fund. The fund seeks to support community wealth building, promote wellbeing and inclusive economic development, and support projects that help achieve carbon net zero.This is the first of five annual allocations from this Fund, and the Council is inviting applications to fund capital projects which address four key themes:<li>Transformational town centre works</li> <li>20-minute neighbourhoods</li> <li>Food inclusion</li> <li>Built heritage</li>This is a great opportunity to apply for funding to take forward any community focussed projects. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.surf.scot/glasgow-city-council-the-place-fund-2021-22-call-for-applications/">https://www.surf.scot/glasgow-city-council-the-place-fund-2021-22-call-for-applications/</a> The deadline for applications for 2021/22 is 12 noon on Friday 21st January 2022. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by 31st January.A further call-out for projects to be funded in 2022/23 will be made in spring 2022 which may be more achievable, given the tight timescales.We will be talking to Glasgow City Council over the next few months about the findings from the <a href="https://rethinkglasgow.commonplace.is/comments">heatmap</a> . Thank you again for participating. We will provide further updates in due course but in the meantime, if you have any local projects which you would like to apply for funding, we hope you will find this post useful.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1642524892/projects/rethinkglasgow/1c6d92af-301c-4f09-946d-92113ab7777e.jpg" />

Don't miss out on Glasgow City Council funding applications

On Wednesday 10th November, Mike Saunders CEO of Commonplace and Dr. Abi L.Glen from OnePlanet (and Lateral North &amp; ATP) came together to host an event at After The Pandemic, to showcase the collaborative project we have been working on together. “We aim to be the (Common)place that people congregate to collaborate with their community and influence positive change to the place they live, work or play.” (Mike Saunders, CEO of Commonplace). Both organisations believe that we can use data to empower better outcomes and help tackle problems more quickly. Commonplace has been using heat map technology to map issues raised by local people around Glasgow. Some of these issues are very personal and localised, such as the desire to transform an abandoned football pitch into a dog run or city-wide issues… including a push to get rid of the M8! This technology has been incredibly successful in helping local planning departments engage with their communities. It is giving everyone the opportunity to speak and raise issues they might not have thought other people in their community also cared about. Mike showed us through a graph of the most common themes, and we learned that community spirit was the most mentioned topic raised by Glaswegians. OnePlanet believes we can be the platform which combines all the community data to show how many people are wanting the same developments, and what is the fairest and most sustainable way of doing this. As Mike rounded up the event, he summarised the collaboration by saying we want to be the gel that helps the bottom up approach meet the top down. Abi added to the famed quote by Pankaj Tripathi: “science makes life easier but art makes it worth living&quot; by noting that &quot;data builds stories, but someone needs to tell them” – we believe by combining the two, we have a great opportunity for community engagement and development to help approach social, economic and environmental issues across all communities.

Rethink Glasgow Heatmap Event at #ATPatCOP

Thank you for contributing to Rethink Glasgow! The question you&#39;re now thinking is: &#39;but what happens now?&#39; <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/atp-x-commonplace-rethink-glasgow-heatmap-discussion-tickets-206188755117">Sign up and join us on Wednesday at 1pm to find out!</a> Mike Saunders, CEO/co-Founder of Commonplace, Fergus Bruce, co-Founder of After The Pandemic, and Abi L. Glen of OnePlanet will be hosting an interactive discussion session at the ATP venue. Come by to share your views, learn about the fantastic data that&#39;s been collected, and--most importantly-- how we can turn your suggestions into real-world action.

Reminder: Join us on Wednesday 10th November at Strathclyde University! ATP x Commonplace

We are experiencing both a once-in-a-century pandemic and an increasing volume of dramatic and unignorable wildfires, floods, droughts, heat waves and exceptional weather directly connected to climate change. Take part in this region-wide conversation to re-think a new vision for Glasgow’s future.