Glasgow City Council’s Executive Committee today approved the creation of a charitable company - Culture and Sport Glasgow - to deliver culture and sport services to the city. The new company will be established on 1 April and fully operational by 31 May.
Councillor Steven Purcell, Leader of Glasgow City Council, said: “This decision is good news for culture and sport in Glasgow. The new company will be able to attract investment in ways which the Council cannot, and so improve these services in communities across the city. We will achieve all of this while retaining ownership of the city’s assets. The people of Glasgow will continue to own every brick in every building, every painting in every art gallery and every tile in every swimming pool.”
The committee also approved the appointment to the board of charitable company of The Rt Hon The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden KT, Sir Angus Grossart, The Rt Hon George Reid MSP, and Lord Stevenson of Coddenham.
The remainder of the board will be comprised of the following: The Lord Provost, Liz Cameron, The Leader of the Council, Councillor Steven Purcell, Executive Member for Culture and Sport, Councillor John Lynch, Convenor of the Culture and Sport Policy and Development Scrutiny Committee, Councillor Archie Graham, City Treasurer, Councillor Ruth Simpson, a Member of the Opposition and Bridget McConnell, Executive Director (Culture and Sport).
The report from today’s Executive Committee will now go to the Full Council meeting on 8 February for consideration.