Category: From Us

September highlights

The clocks haven’t gone back yet, but the jumpers are out and the diaries are filling up fast! September’s LAST THURSDAY took us to City Halls, where we teamed up with Glasgow CREATE to dig into what the changes to the Scottish Curriculum mean for creative education in Glasgow. Almost 40% of our members work […]

A Festive Fundraiser

Thursday 3 December 2026 Pop it in the diary now: we’re throwing a festive evening of creative chaos, collective wisdom, good food and drinks, all to raise funds to keep our member meets FREE in 2027. More info soon, but limited tickets so get on it! Can you donate a prize? We’re looking for local […]

Split Screen returns!

Creative Glasgow x Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Split Screen is back for a second year, and we’re delighted to be partners on it again alongside the Citizens Theatre, Arcadia and The Work Room, led by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Innovation Studio and supported by the Scottish Government’s Ecosystem Community Fund. Split Screen brings creative […]

Raise Your Game National

Through our partnership with Creative Edinburgh on Raise Your Game National, we’ve been able to offer 12 members free professional development and creative business skills training this September and October. 55 of you applied, which says plenty about the demand for this kind of support. We’re looking at how we meet more of it!

August Highlights: Last Thursday at The Pyramid

The city has had its summer – the Games, train trips to Edinburgh for the festivals, the long stretch of not-quite-normal – and now everything starts again at once! Autumn, is that you calling? August’s LAST THURSDAY took us to The Pyramid in Anderston, where we teamed up with Film Hub Scotland to ask what comes next for film […]

July highlights

We took a little break last month – but the city didn’t! We were so happy to join Glasgow 2026 for Leading Women at the Commonwealth Games. Lunch high up at the Radisson Red SkyBar, then the best seats in the house for the netball at the Hydro, with leading women from the creative sectors […]

We’re recruiting!

We’ve announced two roles that we’re now seeking applications to fill: a freelance, fixed term Researcher and a voluntary Trustee position.  

May Highlights and June Events

Welcome to summer! We hope you’re all enjoying the Glasgow sunshine! We had an energetic May! The second in our Culture Matters series explored what kind of cultural legacy the 2026 Commonwealth Games could leave behind. It was a busy event, with contributions from Gayle MacPherson (Professor of Events and Cultural policy at the University of the West […]

CULTURE MATTERS

Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 – What Legacy for Culture this time? Wednesday 6th May, 5.45-7.30pm / £FREE   In the second event in this series we’re discussing the impact and legacy of mega events and International sports competitions on the local cultural sectors that receive and contribute to them. We’ll be exploring this through the lens […]

Creative Glasgow Privacy Notice

Last Updated November 2024

This Privacy Notice for Creative Glasgow (‘we’, ‘us, or ‘our’), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share (‘process’) your personal information when you use our services (‘Services’), including when you:

  • Visit our website at http://www.creativeglasgow.co.uk, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
  • Use Creative Glasgow, a membership organisation for the creative and cultural sectors in Greater Glasgow. Creative Glasgow is a Limited Company with Charitable Status, registered in Scotland with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) (SC053016).
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including our marketing activities and events

 

Questions or concerns?

Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed in keeping with all relevant legal requirements, including the UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our services. If you still have questions or concerns, please contact us at admin@creativeglasgow.co.uk

What personal information do we process?

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us. This may include the following: names, email addresses, job titles, usernames, passwords, contact preferences, contact information, date of birth, and authentication data.

When you visit, use, or navigate our services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services we provide, the choices you make, and the features you use. You must notify us of any changes to personal information.

We do not process sensitive personal information (for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs) through this website. We also do not collect any information about you from third parties.

Some information – such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics – is collected automatically when you use our services. Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

How do we process your information?

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our services, communicate with you, and to comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

The UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. In our case this includes:

  •  Consent: we may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e. consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Performance of a contract: We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations to you, including providing services to you.

Creative Glasgow are the ‘data controller’ for the purposes of this Privacy Notice. We determine the means and/or purposes of the data processing we perform.

We may, from time to time, share information in specific situations with third parties. This includes vendors, consultants and third-party service providers who perform services for us on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Contracts will be in place to safeguard your personal information. We may also use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information, this includes allowing third parties to access this data for the purposes of online analytics (such as Google Analytics).

How do we keep your information safe?

We only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required by law (for example for accounting, reporting or other legal requirements). We have adequate organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. If this occurs we have a legal obligation to inform the Information Commissioner https://ico.org.uk/

What are your rights?

You have the right, under the UK GDPR, to (1) request access and obtain a copy of your personal data; (2) to request rectification or erasure; (3) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (4) request data portability to another service; and (5) not to be subjected to automated decision-making.

How to contact us?

For any questions relating to our storage or processing of your personal data please contact us at admin@creativeglasgow.co.uk

Or write to us at

Creative Glasgow
Civic House
24 Civic Street
Glasgow
G4 9RH