25-year lease of Molendinar Community Centre to local charity approved by council

The PMGC programme offers the opportunity for interested organisations, groups, and individuals to become involved in the delivery of local services and projects by operating and occupying venues in their communities. The programme has already delivered a number of successful such operations at community facilities, including Park Villa Football Development at Glasgow Club Drumoyne, Pollok United at Nethercraigs Sports Complex and Castlemilk Community Football Trust at Barlia Sports Complex.

Molendinar Community Centre has a large sports hall, gum, dance studio, community café, meeting room and IT suite, and was operated by Glasgow Life until 2020 when the facility was closed due to the pandemic. After the pandemic, Glasgow Live had no immediate plans to reopen the centre and it was made available to lease through the PMGC programme - St Paul's Youth Forum applied and since April 2023 have operated the facility under a License to Occupy.

The Forum wished to secure a long lease to run the centre, and this has now been granted. St Paul's Youth Forum was established in 2011, offering crucial support to the community and intends to use Molendinar Community Centre as a venue best suited for the delivery of its core services and from which to expand.

Councillor Ruairi Kelly, Convener for Neighbourhood Services and Assets at Glasgow City Council, said: "The granting of this long lease to St Paul's Youth Forum for Molendinar Community Centre will allow the charity to not only continue to deliver the vital services they deliver at and from the centre, but that the local community can benefit as the Forum expands their support in the years to come."