Dalmarnock, Castlemilk and Easterhouse are among areas where 17 projects have won a share of £6 million.
The cash investment will see support given to asylum seekers living in poverty, Molendinar Community Centre on Royston Road reopened and activities put on at Easterhouse sports centre among others.
Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis will also receive about £427,000 to empower women and girls who are survivors of sexual assault and violence.
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There were 81 applications for the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund with 64 bids rejected - and councillors approved the Glasgow communities and place fund awards yesterday.
Speaking at the city administration committee, council leader Susan Aitken, SNP, said: “These cultural, educational, health, and social projects will benefit many people and communities across Glasgow.”
Councillor Philip Braat, Labour, said it was “astonishing” that Sanctuary Housing, which he described as a “massive, large housing association” is to get £245,042.
He said: “Why them and why not others?”
Pointing out the “desperately needed” Garnethill Multicultural Centre missed out on funding, he asked about whether advice would be given to unsuccessful organisations to find cash elsewhere.
Councillor Aitken said it is “not appropriate” to talk in detail about applicants who have failed as it is “not helpful” to them in applying for funding elsewhere.
She said: “The community empowerment team are in regular contact with organisations around funding opportunities. The council directly funds the Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) who are the most appropriate body. We have funded GCVS to provide capacity building for organisations to attract and apply for more funding.”
Describing the process as very “oversubscribed,” she said it is a “finite fund” and the criteria for the process were agreed by the city administration committee.
A council officer said they can’t give individual feedback as there would not be time but they will set out guidance on “lessons learned.”
He said: “We didn’t have a sense that even if an organisation was large they were ineligible for this. The projects were assessed on the quality of projects put forward.”
As part of the process for deciding what projects got funding, organisational checks were carried out. A “panel of assessors” also carried out assessment and scored the projects.
The successful projects for the Glasgow communities and place fund for 2023 to 2025 are:
Organisation - Project title - Funding requested
Baltic Street Adventure Playground - Baltic Street Adventure Playground - £227,396
Basketballscotland Limited - Reanimating Easterhouse Sports Centre to Change Lives - £271,659
Bike For Good Limited - Bike for Good Community Upskilling Programme - £354,172
Castlemilk Youth Complex - Strength Through Art (S.T.A.R.T) - £204,077
Clydeside Initiative for Arts Ltd (widely known as SWG3) - Yardworks GRID Beyond Walls - £477,617
Centre for Contemporary Arts - CCA Community and Engagement Strands - £585,842
Community Central Hall Limited - Woodside Community Campus - £314,776
Community InfoSource -Asylum Seekers Skills Impactful Volunteering and Wellbeing Project £248,672
Eco Drama - Glasgow Communities Empowerment Project - £200,076
Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis - The G20 and G45 Heal to Thrive Project - £427,370
Inspiring Scotland - Creative Communities Glasgow - £745,000
Pollok United SCIO - Nethercraigs Space for All to Revive & Thrive -£365,921
Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association - Thriving Communities Priesthill, Househillwood , Nitshill - £245,042
Sniffer - Creative Climate Futures - £465,803
St. Paul’s Youth Forum - Blackhill’s Thriving - £403,805
The Galgael Trust - Making Just Futures - £243,182
YoMo (Young Movers) - North Maryhill Tackling Poverty Project - £365,246
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