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All set for summer in the city It’s festival time -


and it’s all for free GLASGOW is the place to be this summer for fun, free and fascinating activities. From some of Scotland’s most colourful


festivals to unusual and inspiring collections at Glasgow’s museums, there’s something for everyone. The Glasgow Mela, the country’s


biggest free multicultural festival, takes place on 2 July at Kelvingrove Park in the west end.


It’s a glorious and colourful celebration of diversity, with entertainment, performances and some mouth- watering food. Visit www.glasgowmela.com for more


details. The Merchant City Festival, from 22-30 July, includes the best street art, music, comedy, film, theatre and visual art. The nine-day event features dozens of


free activities and performances – and plenty for the kids to do as well. Meanwhile, the unique history of Scottish showpeople is the focus of a new display, A Fair Life, at Riverside Museum. The display features fairground staples including a traction engine, a speedway


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bike and a Waltzer car – which might spark some memories from childhoods spent at the Kelvin Hall or even the SECC carnival. For more on free family events in museums this summer, check out www.glasgowmuseums.com/ whatson


GHA is on target for success


GHA aims to deliver excellent services – and we set targets to measure how we’re doing.


The Scottish Housing


Regulator also expects all social landlords, including GHA, to perform well and monitors what we do.


Here are our latest performance figures:


• percentage of tenants satisfied with the overall


service provided by GHA – 89.06%


• reactive repairs completed right first time – 97.27% (target 96%)


• average time to let homes – 13.03 days (target 14.5 days)


• gross rent arrears – 3.66% (target 3.85%)


• value of sitting tenant arrears - £3.54m.


Ferry good news for Govan folk


THE iconic Govan ferry has been re-launched – with a little help from GHA. GHA helped fund the free passenger carrier, which crosses the Clyde from the Riverside Walkway to the Riverside museum during the summer. GHA’s South Area Director Jennifer Russell said: “This is a great way of supporting


free trips for families.” More than 25,000 passengers used the ferry in 2016.


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