Unity Centre Glasgow

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Unity has set up a new charity called ‘Unity in the Community’ (SCO40466) to extend the support we provide for asylum seekers in Glasgow and in July 2009 we opened  a charity shop selling clothes, toys, small household goods, books and videos and CDs.

 

 

The ‘Unity in the Community’ charity shop located at Govan Cross is being used for the collection, storage and distribution of free clothing to asylum seekers and other people in need. In the future we plan to use it as a venue for cultural events such as food tastings, film shows and fashion shows as well as for meetings, ESOL classes and so on.

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Using the free clothing service:To access the free clothing service you must be referred to us from another agency. The volunteers working in the charity shop cannot give out free clothing to people who haven’t got a completed ‘Clothing Voucher’.

If you wish to refer someone to the free clothing service please use the link below to print off and complete a Clothing Voucher which can be taken to the charity shop to access the service clothing-voucher.pdf

 Alternatively if you need to access the Free Clothing service and cannot print off this voucher then please go to the Unity Centre and collect a voucher from there first.

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Unity in the Community (registered charity SCO 40466) is a separate organisation from the Unity Centre and will be mainly focused on providing welfare services, where possible, for asylum seekers and other people in need in Glasgow.

 

If you are interested in getting involved with the new charity or want to help in the shop then please get in touch with us. Alternatively please just stick your head through the door at the shop anytime between 10.30am and 6.00pm – we’d love to see you

 

How to find the ‘Unity in the Community’ shop.

 

The shop is at 794 Govan Road, Govan Cross in the red shop next to the Royal Bank of Scotland, directly opposite the Govan Underground station and the bus station.

Google map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=794+Govan+road+glasgow&ie=UTF8&ll=55.864114,-4.311404&spn=0.011054,0.027637&z=15&iwloc=addr

If you have clothes, books, toys, videos, CDs or DVDs and small items of household items or bric-a-brac you would like to donate for the shop we can collect. Please phone the Unity Centre on 0141 427 7992.

Unfortunately for health and safety reasons and because of a shortage of storage space we can not take electrical items or large items of furniture.

If you do have these we suggest you contact the Starter Packs people (www.starterpacks.org.uk at 41 Burleigh St Glasgow, G51 3LA 0141 440 1008) or their sister organisation: Glasgow Furniture Initiative (http://glasgowfurnitureinitiative.org.uk) on 0141 336 6286.