News 9 The new Glasgow Gold


WIN AN iPAD 2 We have another


four iPad 2s to win in our latest competition for Glasgow Gold members. If you want to win one of these


amazing tablet computers, all


you have to do is answer this simple question:


How much are Glasgow Gold community chest grants worth? (a) Up to £5 (b) Up to £50 (c) Up to £500


FULL STEAM AHEAD: Castlemilk Pensioners’ Action Group board the Waverley


Dance in the South Side will continue to learn in a safe environment – after using a grant from Glasgow Gold to buy new fl exi-roll cheerleading safety mats. And the 208th Glasgow Boys’ Brigade Company, based in Pollok, enjoyed a trip to London for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, with the help of £500 from Glasgow Gold.


Glasgow Gold education grants have also proved a lifeline for many struggling students across the city.


If you’re a Glasgow Gold member and are ready to start any form of training or education, there’s still time to apply for an education grant.


From help with travel expenses to covering the cost of textbooks, grants of up to £500 have been making a big difference.


The grants are available to Glasgow Gold members who are engaged in any form of training or education. Iwona Majzuk-Soska, from Yoker, is studying Travel and Tourism at Glasgow Caledonian University and benefi tted from an education grant last year. Iwona said: “I was very glad to receive money towards my travel expenses from Glasgow Gold. I have two children, so the grant has really helped.


CASH BOOST: Michelle Stevenson of Belle Vie Salon in Drumchapel received a business start-up grant of £1,000 from Glasgow Gold


“I would thoroughly recommend it to other Glasgow Gold members.” Glasgow Gold awarded its fi rst business start-up grants earlier this summer – to the Belle Vie beauty salon and a tenant setting up her own cross-stitch design company.


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Send your answer to Communications Dept,


the Key, GHA Freepost, NAT22631, Glasgow, G1 3BR by 25 September. Please include your full name, address and contact number. Terms and conditions can be found on our website www.gha.org.uk


Lisa Dilworth, William Boyle, Carolann Galbraith and Mrs E Carlin correctly answered the iPad 2 competition in the June issue of the Key magazine. Our Glasgow Gold business start-up grants are worth up to £1,000.


Mosspark Housing Offi cer Alan McKinnon presented previous winner Elizabeth Boyd with her iPad 2


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