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Postcard Wellbeing Project

We have a new project to support and improve people’s wellbeing. We are distributing free postcard packs in Govanhill through shops, community groups, and GPs for people to collect.

Each pack contains six commissioned designs that focus on a simple activity or exercise that people can follow to improve their health, relax or be creative.

The cards include simple and accessible practices for yoga, mindfulness, Shiatsu and breathing, along with drawing, poetry and mask-making. Each pack also contains extra postcards for people to give to a friend or neighbour.

We want to invite people to actively join in by making each postcard their very own, by colouring it in, adding to the drawings or writing a motivational note to help during this challenging time. We would be delighted if people would like to share their postcards with the rest of the community after they’ve decorated them, and we have added a free post envelope so they can send them back to us if they wish to do so. We will then use them to make a public art piece in Govanhill for all to enjoy. This will have people’s messages of hope for themselves and the whole community as we get ready to move on from COVID-19.

You can download the postcard images from our site, or get in touch to get your own pack.

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Order a Seed Growing pack today!

After last year’s amazing success #GovanhillGrowing is back! Did you take part in last year’s workshops and want to carry on? Or, are you brand new to growing veggies and flowers and would like to learn more? You can order a Govanhill Baths seed growing pack that has EVERYTHING you need to start growing and join us and the amazing Urban Roots gardeners via Zoom for tips, advice and troubleshooting. These packs and classes are for anyone living within a mile of Govanhill and who are not currently working.

#GrowingGovanhill

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Click to book onto the Zoom classes.

Make Durable Fabric with Plastic Fusing

Plastic bags are a nuisance! Learn how to fuse them together to make a durable fabric which will enable you to create eco-friendly and sustainable DIY projects.  Fused Plastic is the technique where layered, safely heated, and pressurised, plastic bags are melted to each other or themselves creating a new type of durable, waterproof, sewable material.

Follow Gail Power Design instructions in this video to find out how to make this amazing upcycled material using waste and simple equipment from home.

What you’ll need

• An iron
• A hard heat-resistant surface like a wooden cutting board
• Thick cloth or old towels
• Baking parchment paper
• Some plastic bags! There’s no shortage of those in the world and they are making an unfortunate come back due to Covid-19
• Scissors

Have fun and keep safe!

Please consider your health and safety and that of others, especially children and vulnerable adults, if you plan to replicate the activities in this video.

Beginner’s Guide to Photography

In this two-part Beginner’s Guide to Photography, Martyna Maz talks through some key techniques for working with natural and artificial light and with composition. With just a few simple tips and tricks these videos will teach you how to take some great photos on any camera or camera phone.

Part One: Light

Part One: Composition

Martyna Maz is a local artist with a passion for photography. Since graduating from the Glasgow School of Art she has been developing her practice using a variety of digital and film cameras and working in her self built darkroom.

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