Festival Events 2019

The Cost of a Good Measure

GRASP (Greenock Recovery Alcohol Support Project) are going to “count the cost of a good measure” by holding a grief café. The group would like to invite the community to join them over a cup of tea and a light buffet in remembrance of past members. The event is free and suitable for all ages.

GRASP provide a range of classes and opportunities for recovering alcoholics. For further information contact Robert on 07766692045

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Auchmountain Resource Centre, 32 Burnhead St, Greenock PA15 3LG

To Absent Friends at HMP Edinburgh

Marie Curie staff and volunteers will be holding 2 To Absent Friends events at HMP Edinburgh this year. In small groups, attendees will be invited to share their story of someone who has died. Tea and coffee will be provided and a calligrapher will be at hand to write down the names of people who have died onto leaf shaped pieces of paper. These will then be placed on a memory tree and at the end will be handed back to people along with a handmade origami daffodil. This is the second year the event has been run at HMP Edinburgh and follows very positive feedback from those who attended in 2018.

Tuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 November 2019
HMP Edinburgh

CVS Inverclyde Afternoon Tea

CVS Inverclyde would like to welcome you to an afternoon tea as part of To Absent Friends.

The idea is to raise a cup and remember the people that you have lost. Pop in for a cake and a chat and celebrate your memories as well as adding your own goals to the bucket list board.

For more information, telephone 01475 711733 or e-mail catriona.macleod@cvsinverclyde.org.uk

Wednesday 6 November 2019, 2pm - 4pm
Inverclyde Community Hub, 75-81 Cathcart Street, Greenock PA15 1DE

Hampden Memories

Modern football was arguably invented in the Southside of Glasgow. It is the home of Queen's Park (the oldest Association Football club in Scotland, founded in 1867); the first Hampden Park where the first international match (and the biggest recorded crowd) was held. And it was from here that Scots took football to the rest of the world and many of those pioneers of the early game are buried in Cathcart cemetery: Hugh McColl, who founded the Spanish club Seville and who, together with others such as John Harley (also buried in the cemetery) brought the passing game to South America. The cemetery is also home to one of the world’s first international football players, Joseph Taylor.

But these men, their working-class stories and the important part they play in sporting history are all but forgotten – a bit like the cemetery. The Friends of Cathcart Cemetery want to use the Southside’s footballing heritage as a basis for sharing memories of those who can no longer attend games.

Working in partnership with another local group, the Hampden Collection they are hosting a public event at the site of the first Hampden Park (now Hampden Bowling Club). Short talks on the football history of the area and on the cemetery and the famous footballers residing will be interspersed with opportunities for the audience to remember and share memories over a cup of tea.

There will be a stall with information about death and dying, conversation starters and signposts to further support.

Free, but book a place here

For more info, e-mail cathcartcemeteryfriends@gmail.com

Wednesday 6 November 2019, 7pm - 9pm
Hampden Bowling Club, 10 Kingsley Avenue, Glasgow G42 8BU