Where can you find a City Rep?
What services do the City Reps offer?
- To Local People and Visitors
- provide information on Glasgow’s facilities and attractions
- liaise with Glasgow Tourist Information service
- reunite groups which have become separated and can assist lost children in finding their parents
- trained in first aid and can call emergency services if required
- provide sailing information to passengers at Pride O’ Clyde
- give directions to shops, restuarants, banks etc in city centre
- To City Centre Businesses
- act as a link with local authority services
- ensure the area surrounding your business is free from rubbish
- monitor adjacent empty business units to prevent flyposting or vandalism
- put you in touch with other organisations
- keep you informed of any changes likely to impact on business
- Environmental Squad Reps - The Environmental Squad have a primarily cleaning and tidying role which involves:
cleaning and maintaining tourist signage, litter bins, parking meters and CCTV poles across the City Centre and West End
removing flyposting from derelict or unoccupied buildings and street fixtures
wash streeet furniture in city centre
general housekeeping role in public areas
What City Reps will not do
- take the place of, or act as police officers or parking attendants
- take the place of, or act as statutory services department personnel
- disclose to anyone outside the City Reps initiative any personal or commercial information gained from City Centre users whilst on duty as City Reps
Creating Jobs and Training
- the City Reps Project is designed to help unemployed people get back into full-time work
- each Representative is trained in:
- Customer Services
- Tourist Information
- First Aid, Administration
- Communications
- Health & Safety Legislation
- they also get help with personal development and time to look for future employment
- training is accredited to SVQ Level 2 or equivalent and the jobs are temporary for up to one year
If you are interested in becoming a City Rep you must be unemployed and meet the under noted criteria:
Further information can be obtained from your local Job Centre or directly from the City Reps at the address below.
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Contact Details:
Glasgow Community & Safety Services
City Representatives
82-86 Saltmarket
Glasgow
G1 5NA
Phone: 0141 552 5559
Fax: 0141 552 2508
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