Govanhill Baths Newsletter GBCT Centenary Conference
Keith 74
Administrator
Govanhill Baths Community Trust
99 Calder Street
G42 7RA
Health and Wellbeing: Power and Participation, Resistance and Regeneration
09:30 - 1600, Monday 16 June 2014
Baths Building, 99 Calder Street Glasgow
G42 7RA
This celebratory conference brings together eminent contributors to this area
of work. They will bring their own perspectives to bear on the key questions:
Professor Sir Harry Burns, (Professor of Global Health, University of Strathclyde (Formerly Chief Medical Officer for Scotland)
Nicola Sturgeon (MSP and Depute First Minister, Scotland),
Lesley Riddoch (Journalist and author of celebrated book "Blossom: what Scotland needs to Flourish")
Patrick Harvie (MSP), Leader of the Green Party Scotland
Bruce Whyte (Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Co-Director of Glasgow Indicators Project and Public Health Information Network Scotland).
progress.
Trust Members and volunteers will describe and report on their work inFinal Year Honours Students of the Strathclyde University Architecture Department
will present an Exhibition of the their project, "Designing a Bath House for the 21st Century".
The theme of this conference is contained within the title. The Purpose
is to celebrate the laying of the baths foundation stone in 1914 and to
consider the effectiveness or otherwise of social regeneration in the context of health inequalities, wellbeing and community resistance.
Please circulate to anyone else you know who may be interested in this conference
The conference is predicated on the assumption that the overall “health” of
communities and individuals varies considerably according to socio-economic
factors and the provision of resources by government and local authorities.
The conference will also explore the ways in which public services can be
integrated with and aligned to existing community assets in programmes of
positive action and resource sharing within "participatory democracies".
By addressing these issues the Trust wishes to expand its own understanding of
these complex issues and provide a platform for further discussion and action around regeneration. It will publish the conference proceedings and hold monthly Centenary
Seminars from September until December 2014 drawing on conference discussions.
The key questions underpinning the conference are;
- What forces and factors act as barriers to community/individual ill health and what might be done to overcome them?
- What is the role of regeneration in challenging ill health? Does it work?
- How can community members and third sector groups be helped to take part in effective and fair participatory decision-making processes with local authority and government?
- How, why and in what ways can and/or should a communities resist and challenge local authority decisions in the provision of health-giving facilities?
The Conference will be of interest to academics (including students and researchers), medical practitioners, community health specialists, social sciences – power, resistance, politics and empowerment, local authority and government officers including regeneration specialists, political and community activists, politicians,Trust Friends, members and supporters, third sector workers and of course community members!
Held in the grand main Edwardian pool as above (with seats!), the conference will provide a unique environment to explore these matters. Lunch will be provided by the Trust's "Govanhill Grub" Volunteers.
The conference acts also as a fund raiser for the Trust and the development of the Wellbeing Centre.
Photo of swimmers courtesy of Simon Murphy and National Theatre of Scotland.
Fees and Information: £35.00, including lunch and refreshments. GBCT Members £10.00, Concessions on enquiry. On receipt of your registration an Email will be sent with confirmation and payment details.
Email: in...@govanhillbaths.com
Call Admin on 0141 433 2999, Jim Monaghan
Conference Organiser Andrew Johnson (Chairperson GBCT) M.07779995483 for detailed enquiries.
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