Economic and Social Initiatives

Glasgow has developed a wide range of programmes designed to address economic and social inclusion.  Within the Council Development and Regeneration Services is responsible for managing a wide range of programmes, including:

• the Social Inclusion Budget (SIB), which funds over 150 organisations or projects which addressing key priorities such as of the anti-poverty programme, families and young people, community care, community safety/community health, Equalities, and lifelong learning/training. 
  
  
• support for a wide range of voluntary bodies which provide information, advice and services to the many communities which make up the city
  
  
• support for the labour market access and training programmes operated by a number of social economy organisations in the city
  
  
• support for the development of the community credit union movement
  
  
• support to develop the social economy
  
  
• support for the many community based economic development initiatives which operate across the city, and particularly the network of local Development Companies (LDC’s)
  
  
• the provision of information on social inclusion issues in Glasgow

For more information on the Council’s approach to promoting inclusion contact:

Head of Economic & Social Initiatives
Development & Regeneration Services
Exchange House
229 George Street
GLASGOW
G1 1QU

Phone: 0141 287 7294
Fax: 0141 287 7292