School of Health & Wellbeing

Journey through our escape room style fun challenges using your talents or some new skills you will learn along the way to ‘Transform Glasgow’s Health’ in less than one hour! Staff and students from the School of Health and Wellbeing and volunteers from some of our Hub groups such as Sight Scotland, BSL Cafe's, Weekday WOW Factor, Differabled and Scribble Creative Writing Group and community partners, Scottish Ambulance Service, Halo Arts and The Ideas Club will be on hand to share their knowledge and maybe even some clues!  Then design headlines you want to see about Glasgow's Health in ten years from now.

Before or after taking part in the Transform Glasgow's Health challenge, please visit the Hub to view the Scottish Learning Disability Observatory's 'This is Me', 'Drumming up Change' and 'Research for Everyone' exhibitions, The Healthy Working Lives Group's display tower exhibition, Human Georgraphy's 'Art in the Box' exhibition where you can have go at producing some art yourself, Maryhill Intergration Network's 'Monument for Equality' exhibition, our School's 'Glasgow's Health' exhibition, music, and free refreshments.  

Come along yourself or with friends or family. The first hour of opening (11am - 12noon) will be a more sensory friendly, quiet hour and a wellbeing room will be available throughout the afternoon. Other public facilities in our Clarice Pears Building include a Changing Places toilet, accessible toilet, faith room and baby changing facilities. Everyone is welcome in Byres Community Hub. 

 

We are proud to be bringing you this event as part of three of our City's largest festivals: Glasgow Science Festival, WestFest Cultural and Community Festival and Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art. 

Thank you to The Ideas Club and The School of Health and Wellbeing for supporting our community day. 

 

View our promotional video!

 

Date: Saturday 8th June

Time: 11:00 - 15:00

Venue: Byres Community Hub, Clarice Pears Building, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, G12 8TB

 

Byres Community Hub and Level 1 (fully accessible ground floor) of our School of Health and Wellbeing's Clarice Pears building is usually open to the public Monday - Friday from 8am - 5pm and Cafe Omni from 8am - 4pm. This special Saturday opening is a good chance to see around our spaces which are available for booking by not-for-profit organisations for free via byreshub@glasgow.ac.uk. 

 

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First published: 3 May 2024