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Whitehill Swimming Pool: Video

Dennistoun’s Whitehill Swimming Pool has now been closed for a year, with little information passed on regarding dealing with the aerated concrete (RAAC) problems.

In this video, local officials and members of the public discuss the pool’s legacy and current closure.

Video Sections

0:01 – Our swimming pool.
3:48 – Why is Whitehill Pool shut?
6:47 – What’s the new fence and gate all about?
10:15 – The community has fought to save Whitehill Pool once before.
13:16 – What now?
15:50 – Credits.

Direct link to the above video on the DennistounCC YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=X9tYVM1n_WA.

We're still here! Save Whitehill Pool. — We’re still here! Save Whitehill Pool.

Earlier This Year

In September, Dennistoun Community Council submitted a status update request to Glasgow Life directors as well as our elected representatives.

At virtually every Dennistoun Community Council meeting, for the past few years now, there has been a clearly evident high level of concern and strong feeling felt by the community in and around Dennistoun regarding the provision of local facilities and amenities.

The lack of communication and engagement by Glasgow Life regarding the status of Whitehill Pool in particular is leading to confusion, speculation and palpable anger.

The following post contains full details of our enquiry, and the responses received:

Whitehill Pool: Status Update Request

More Background

For additional historical information on Dennistoun Community Council’s actions relating to Whitehill Pool and the origins of the Save Whitehill Pool campaign, see dennistouncc.org.uk/tag/whitehill-pool and facebook.com/SaveWhitehillPool.

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Whitehill Pool: Status Update Request

Dennistoun Community Council has submitted the below enquiry to the following people:

2024 General Election Hustings Video

The video of the 2024 Glasgow North East constituency general election hustings event held on Monday 24th June is now available for viewing.

The full list of nine candidates was invited. Six attended. We appreciate their participation in what we believe was a successful event, judging by the positive comments received from many of the attendees afterwards.

2022 Council Election: Candidate Q&A

Introduction [jump to section]
Candidates Standing [jump to section]
Question From DCC [jump to section]
Answers From Candidates [jump to section]
Election Guidance [jump to section]

1. Introduction

The Scottish Local Government election takes place on 5 May 2022, between 7am and 10pm. 85 councillors will be elected to 23 wards in the Glasgow City Council (GCC) area. The Dennistoun and Calton wards both have areas within the Dennistoun Community Council (DCC) boundary. The names and descriptions of the candidates for these wards are indicated in the below lists.

DCC sent a message to each local candidate, asking about the biggest community engagement issue it has encountered in recent years: the future of Whitehill Pool.

Public Meeting Invitee Clarification

In advance of recent articles about Dennistoun Community Council’s Public Meeting, DCC was contacted by The Evening Times to clarify who was invited to our Public Meeting on Thursday 17th January 2019.

Our comments and attributable quotes made clear the circumstances around meeting invitations but they were not used by the journalist.

Public Meeting – Summary

Thank you to the more than 250 community members who joined DCC’s Public Meeting to save Haghill and Dennistoun leisure facilities from potential cuts. BoltFM‘s full unedited meeting footage is now online. View below or via this link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kKZ0s8iejQ

Public Meeting – Order of Business

Special Meeting Order of Business 17th January 2019 (click image for PDF)

As per the Scheme of Establishment to which all community councils adhere, a Special Meeting must have an Order of Business with certain items included.

Public Meeting – Save Our Leisure Facilities

DCC will be holding a public meeting to discuss potential leisure facility closures, from 7-9pm, on Thursday 17th January 2019, at Whitehill Secondary School Auditorium, 280 Onslow Drive, G31 2QF.

Meeting Notes: 8th January 2019

These draft notes are published with the intention of sharing and feeding information back to the public as fully and as quickly as possible. They were taken at the Dennistoun Community Council (DCC) meeting held on Tuesday 8th January 2019 at Dennistoun Library, 2a Craigpark, Dennistoun G31 2NA from 7pm, providing an indication of the topics discussed and opinions heard under agenda item ‘7a – Public Input – Local Leisure Amenities‘.

There have been news reports, social media discussion, and an online petition relating to a leaked report about an apparent costings exercise carried out by Glasgow City Council. This is said to include consideration of the closure of leisure facilities across Glasgow, with Whitehill Pool and Leisure Centre among the facilities identified for potential closure.