Welcome to Finn’s Place

Finn’s Place is a community wellbeing hub for the southside of Glasgow. We aim to create a warm, welcoming space where individuals feel safe, seen, and connected, and can access activities and opportunities that can help them flourish.

We offer free, volunteer-led initiatives like craft clubs and music groups, alongside professional wellbeing-related services including massage, counselling, yoga, tai chi, and meditation. We run our own listening service. Each week, we host a community meal and an after-school kids’ club, which use produce from our community growing space ‘Square Yard’. We also work with local partners to offer community classes and peer support groups.

Finn’s Place and Langside Parish Church

Finn’s Place evolved out of a project started by Langside Church back in 2012. Members of the church are part of our community. However, Finn’s Place exists to welcome people from any faith or none, and to share the building for the benefit of everyone. You need to be comfortable with and aligned to our values to work at Finn’s Place, but you do not need to hold any particular religious belief.

Langside Church itself is an affirming church that welcomes and fully includes LGBTQ+ people. It is important to both Finn’s Place and the church that this is a welcoming and inclusive space for everyone, whatever their religion, background, sexuality, or gender.

Join us as our new Community Development Worker to help grow our work

We’re recruiting for a new role at Finn’s Place to help us keep developing our work, funded by the National Lottery’s Community Action Fund. The key elements of the role are to:

• Help to ensure Finn’s Place is a warm, welcoming place where people feel listened to and can build a sense of belonging.
• Take a community development approach to developing and growing our free and accessible offers to the community.
• Develop the Finn’s Place volunteer programme to be structured and supportive for volunteers, define our volunteering opportunities, and build our volunteer base, taking a strength-based approach to supporting volunteers.
• Engage with our local partners to be part of place-based work in Battlefield that supports wellbeing and community connection.
• Work with the board of trustees to keep imagining and shaping a sustainable future for Finn’s Place.

We are looking for someone who is warm, approachable, and brilliant at building trust and rapport with a range of people with different backgrounds and experiences. You’ll bring an understanding of community development approaches and experience working with volunteers.