THE heat winners for the 2023 Glasgow Community Champion Awards have been decided.
Amazing individuals and fantastic groups from every corner of the city entered this year’s contest, and almost 29,000 votes were cast in the public poll to decide who should triumph in the North East, North West and South regions.Council
The South winners of the Team Award are the Govanhill Community Garden Memorial Garden volunteers; Derek Reid, who runs suicide awareness initiative LD Let’s Talk, has won the Individual Award; and the Public Service Award goes to Turf Youth and Community Project. The Sports Award is a city-wide category and, based on the public vote the top four groups going through to the grand final are Braveheart Martial Arts, an inclusive and fun club which supports its community; Glasgow Phoenix FC, a new women’s football club in Dalmarnock; Pinkston Watersports, which runs a variety of affordable activities making the most of Glasgow’s canal; and the Disability Sports Camp, a Pepass and Disability Sport Glasgow inclusive holiday programme.