Recently we were given funding from St Margaret’s Scottish Episcopal Church in Newlands to run a parenting class for some of our Mums. Since April we have been meeting every Wednesday morning in Govanhill Free Church, with a group of mums primarily from a Pakistani background, but also one Romanian mum was referred to us […]
Category Archives: Life in The Well
I, Daniel Blake
Next week our volunteers will be watching the film “I, Daniel Blake” as part of their training for the work in The Well. If you’ve not seen it, then I encourage you to watch it. The harsh reality of sanctions and dealing with a system, which by its nature forces people into poverty, with little […]
Admin Worker
For the past 15 months we have been blessed to have had Ellen Cooke seconded from Interserve Scotland and Ireland, to help with our admin work in The Well. As Ellen’s role in Interserve will come to an end with Interserve Scotland and Ireland merge their England and Wales counterparts to form Insterserve GBI, Ellen’s […]
Lunch at The Space
We work in close partnership with The Space in Govanhill. A local organisation who do a fantastic work with Romanian Roma Families in the area. Recently Ailie from the People’s Bank of Govanhill asked if we would be willing to have a lunch for women in Govanhill, bringing together women from The Well and The Space. […]
We need people!
The Well depends on volunteers to function. I’m always encouraged with the sheer quality and commitment of our volunteers – they truly are a very special group of people. However we need more! We currently have gaps on both Wednesday morning and afternoon for the regular advice sessions. Perhaps you would be interested in helping […]
From there to here . . . .
As part of our development we’ve had a look at where our service users come from, the journeys they’ve taken, the churches that we have links with, and the partner organisations that we work with. All of us who took part in the exercise found it encouraging, challenging and really quite amazing to see that […]
Lunch time
Ever since I’ve been involved with The Well we’ve never closed for lunch. It was often quiet enough for folks to have their lunch together, have a blether and change shifts. I remember those days! In recent years The Well has become so busy that there times the volunteers never see each other, perhaps the […]
Annual Report
Finally our annual report for 2015/2016 is available. Click on the link below to read more of God’s faithfulness to us over the past year. Thank you to all our supporters who make this work possible. annual-report-2016
Partnership and Communication Worker
A few weeks ago I got a message from a friend that I’ve known for many years. Sarah enquired about The Well and how things were going. She has a marketing background, and as we talked the idea of Sarah working alongside Penny became a possibility which then became a reality two weeks later! We’re […]
“I’ve got you . . .”
Last week I received a phone call, I instantly knew the voice, but I couldn’t name the person. She asked if she could come into see us, she needed some advice. I asked what sort of advice, and she said “Personal”. I told her our opening times, and suggested she ask for me – Rhoda. […]
