Funders

Much of our work would not be possible without financial support and expertise from our funders. Below are a selection of our current and recent funders. Our thanks for their support which goes beyond grants.

Current Funders

	Robertson Trust currently support us with unrestricted funds to cover core costs and overheads.
	Support from Glasgow City Council comes through the Integrated Grant Fund. Occasionally we also benefit from Area Committee support.
	Comic Relief have funded GalGael through their Core Strength fund for two years ending January 2019 - this has made possible the work to produce our Charter and helped with development and overhead costs to strengthen GalGael as an organisation.
	Historic Environment Scotland have been a key partner over the last 4-5 years. They recently funded our Anchor & Sail project and trips to their sites for our participants. We're currently planning some future work and collaboration.
	Glasgow Housing Association fund our activity and volunteer programme through their Better Lives work.

Recent Funders

	Heritage Lottery Fund were the main funder of our Anchor & Sail Project which was successfully completed in Jan 2018.
	People & Communities Fund have been a main funder of our Journey On programme since 2016. GalGael were also lead partner for Stage 1 Aspiring Communities project titled, Weans, Work & Wisdom.
	NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have funded our main activities programmes for over 10 years through their health improvement remit.
	Resilient Scotland supported the start of GalGael's social enterprise with part grant, part loan.
Other Anchor & Sail Funders	Agnes Hunter Trust, Hugh Fraser Foundation, Barcapel Foundation, Trusthouse Foundation, Radcliffe Foundation, William Grant Foundation
Barmaddy Funders	Argyll & Bute Alcohol & Drugs Partnership, An Suidhe Community Fund

Latest

Referring Someone

More information for referral agencies supporting someone to access what GalGael offers.
Making Just Futures

Making Just Futures is a big new piece of work for GalGael. Over two years, Making Just Futures will empower communities to imagine, determine and ultimately make just futures that meet their needs for living well and sustainably in an increasingly uncertain world.
GALGAEL TEMPORARILY CLOSED

WE'LL BE CLOSED FOR THE NEXT WEE WHILE... Glasgow City Council has declared the derelict building next door unsafe and have suspended access to the workshop. We'll let you know as soon as we get an update but for the time being we need to suspend much of our workshop activity - including Practical Woodwork and Thursday evenings 🥲
A new state

Govan Free State: living in the early days of a better nation. So COP26 is coming to town, about the same time as GalGael enter our 25th year. And so we thought what more appropriate way to mark all this than to declare a new free state - returning to our roots in Pollok Free State - an anti motorway camp. A playful, creative exploration of power and legitimacy in the face of climate emergency. An act of solidarity with those communities struggling for recognition of their territories.

Timber and firewood

We produce a number of Scottish hardwoods - often by working with partners within Historic Environment Scotland and Glasgow City Council to bring locally produced timber for sale to the public and for use in our products.
Boat building

GalGael works together on demanding common tasks that build community and demonstrate ways of living with more humanity. Working together on boats of all shapes and sizes is one of the ways in which we do just this.
How to participate

There are many ways to get involved in our work. Find out how to become part of what we're doing, visit us or stay connected.
Why we need volunteers

GalGael offers activities that help people reclaim skills, agency and sense of worth. Without our crew of dedicated volunteers, these activities wouldn't happen nor would the many other adventures we have.
About our social enterprise

Our range of products and services - activities that generate meaning and income to help us become self-sustaining.
GalGael Next?

Big changes at GalGael
Open Workshop Nights

We have a workshop with tools and benches so every Thursday we open that up to the wider community. Thursdays are open format - they very much depend on who shows up and what they bring. But we can promise workshop space, a basic meal and some banter.
A new state

Govan Free State: living in the early days of a better nation. So COP26 is coming to town, about the same time as GalGael enter our 25th year. And so we thought what more appropriate way to mark all this than to declare a new free state - returning to our roots in Pollok Free State - an anti motorway camp. A playful, creative exploration of power and legitimacy in the face of climate emergency. An act of solidarity with those communities struggling for recognition of their territories.
Our story

Our story is crafted by many people. It starts in one of the most deprived areas of Glasgow, where the GalGael grew from an environmental campaign. We created GalGael as a vehicle to take forward what we’d learned and to move from being about what we didn’t want to what we did want.
Colin's passion shared in BBC Alba documentary

BBC Alba documentary Birdman of Pollok, Curaidh na Coille tells the story of Colin Macleod our founder - a power story for our times. "An inspiring insight into a quest for justice, equity & sustainability of people and place" Broadcasting on 30 December