Our vision is a creative powerhouse
Creative Regeneration have been carrying out feasibility work on the Glebe with plans to raise funds to acquire the building and to carry out significant capital works, making the building accessible, zero carbon and flexible for community use. We will organise events, activities and exhibitions within the refurbished building as well as manage the facility.
We believe that this iconic B-listed building still has a role to play in supporting our communities by delivering social, economic and cultural regeneration.
We aim to provide spaces which support, nurture and develop communities to realise and share their talent and skills, sustaining a creative future for Inverclyde.
We acknowledge the value of unleashing creativity, the community empowerment it can bring and the better future it can deliver for all of us.
Access to flexible, cost effective space builds the community resilience by enabling people to connect through shared interests, learn new skills, undertake training that may lead to lifetime employment opportunities or just come together for events and exhibitions.
Our aims are:
Creating, developing, and maintaining community facilities
Offering opportunities for people to meet, train and undertake creative, purposeful, and recreational activities
Reducing isolation of people in the area thus contributing to their physical and mental wellbeing
Developing the capacity of people to share their skills and knowledge with others in the community
The advancement of citizenship and community development
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science
The advancement of environmental protection and improvement
Our board
We meet regularly to make strategic & operational decisions, discuss partnerships, apply for funding and act in the best interests of our members and the wider Inverclyde public.
We are looking for people to join our board and help steer the ship, if you are interested and have something to offer, get in touch about serving as a trustee on our board.
trustee / chair
Alec galloway
Alec Galloway is a Scottish stained glass artist and painter based in Inverclyde on the west coast of Scotland. After studying at the Edinburgh College of Art, he spent some time working in the UAE, before returning to Scotland in 2000. In conjunction with taking up a teaching post at the ECA (2000-12), where he took over from his teacher Douglas Hogg, he also developed a commercial business, which in recent years has also included many public art projects.
trustee / treasurer
finlay campbell
Finlay is an experienced local Teacher with a passion for outdoor education and experiential learning. He’s a respected member of the Inverclyde community whose involvement with numerous sporting, cultural and educational institutions bring him great pleasure.
Finlay sees the creation of positive relationships as fundamental to any successful experience. Motivated by his two young boys, Finlay tries to cultivate a can-do attitude, a pride in their community and shows them how supporting others to succeed can be an empowering and positive life experience for all.
Finlay would describe himself as a ‘recalibrator of hope’.
(c) Garth Ivan
trustee / secretary
Bruce NewlandS
Bruce is a practising architect with over 20 years experience. He was a co-founder of MAKLAB, Scotland’s first Open Access Digital Manufacturing Centre and formerly the Technical Director of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre.
Bruce is a founding Trustee of the Inverclyde Shed SCIO and Creative Regeneration SCIO.
He currently manages the Shed’s Shore Street Community Gardens & Muirshiel Lane Market Garden and co-ordinated their East Blackhall Street Shed Renovation Project, Inverclyde’s first successful Community Asset Transfer.