Document The Common Good Awareness Project
Sat 11 October 2014
Film (2pm) and discussion (3pm).
The film was made to create awareness and understanding of the Common Good, and to support the Portobello Park campaign, where a dangerous precedent through the use of private bills could have a devastating effect on Common Good assets across the country.
We will be discussing 3 issues concerning the Common Good:
- Scotland’s Common Good Fund is 500 years of our common stuff!
Our publicly owned assets preserved from across Scotland are now worth tens of millions of pounds- but their value has dwindled, mostly due to mismanagement of the fund by the elected city councillors who are its stewards. We believe these assets, part of our working class history, should be used for us- as a social networking tool across the country, and to help empower communities, particularly young folk, who have most to lose if these assets are allowed to conveniently disappear.
- The Farmhouse
The Farmhouse is an old building in Elder Park, Govan and is part of the Common Good Fund. By transforming it into an independent resource centre, we are creating a template for Scotland, showing others how to identify and bring Common Good assets back into community use.
- Participatory Action Research
The Farmhouse Project welcomes all participants from the planning stages to building as well as deciding how the resource will be used. By documenting the project on video, we will capture the key interests and concerns of those involved. Our local issues are in reality citywide ones, so the model could be spread across the city as a whole. Come and find out how we will do this.
