Category: From Us

Hello Students!

Last week, we had an inspiring morning connecting with students and recent graduates at the University of Glasgow’s Creative Connections Careers Fair. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to chat with us and sign up for updates—we loved hearing your stories and learning about your creative journeys. Exciting Opportunities Ahead! We’re thrilled […]

Creative Glasgow Newsletter: 6 March 2025

Click below for all the latest news, events and opportunities from our creative community. We love highlighting what our members are up to, and we’re always eager to share your news, events, and creative opportunities. If you’ve got something you’d like us to shout about in the next Newsletter, just send us the details and […]

Last Thursday

It was an absolute joy to spend the afternoon with so many of you at our monthly members meet Last Thursday. Thank you to CCA’s Third Eye Bar for hosting and to our spotlight contributors CCA, /Buzzcutt//, and Sauchiehall Street Culture and Heritage District team. But most of all thank you to everyone who jumped up to share their own updates. […]

Find a Solution: paid internship programme

Find a Solution, the University of Glasgow’s paid internship programme is now live! Deadline: Monday 3 March Third sector organisations do incredible work, and UofG’s passionate and highly skilled students want to get involved. And the School of Culture & Creative Arts is particularly keen to involve organisations in the arts and cultural sector. If your organisation has […]

Creative Glasgow Newsletter: Fri 21 Feb 2025

We’re back with all the latest news, events, and exciting opportunities from Glasgow’s thriving creative community. Whether you’re looking to expand your skills, discover new events, or connect with fellow creatives, this newsletter has something for everyone.

Last Thursdays: Members Meet – Thu 27 Feb

You told us you wanted MORE in-person networking opportunities, and we listened! This month, we’re bringing our regular monthly members’ meet into the city! Join us at CCA’s Third Eye Bar on Thursday 27 February for an afternoon of creative connections, inspiring conversations, and plenty of opportunities to get involved. Spotlight presentations for February’s event include: CCA’s team will share […]

Creative Glasgow SOUP: A Night of Inspiration, Laughter and Support!

On Thursday 20 February we hosted our first SOUP event – a night of inspiring pitches, delicious food from Parveens, and meaningful connections. Inspired by the Detroit SOUP model, this event gave our members four minutes to pitch their innovative ideas with the audience before a vote for the winning pitch. Congratulations to Lauren & Fi from Girls […]

Shape Glasgow’s Creative Future

Join Us for a Day of Ideas and Action! Hosted by Creative Glasgow and led by freelance producer Helen Voce, this event explores the future of creative spaces in the city—studios, workshops, offices, and more. With insights from local and international experts, we’ll discuss how we can learn from others and build a better infrastructure […]

Call for Contributions: Creative Education, Training & Skills Showcase Day

Creative Glasgow invite Higher and Further Education Institutions, creative organisations, students, recent graduates, and practitioners to join us on 26th March 2025 to celebrate the creative education, professional training, and skills development opportunities that exist across the city. This event will explore: Widening access to, and participation in, creative and cultural education Student experiences: partnerships […]

SOUP: Extra Tickets Released

Due to incredible demand we are delighted to make additional tickets available to our SOUP event! Based on the famous Detroit SOUP model, this event is all about community, creativity, and giving back. We have an incredible range of pitches lined up and can’t wait to see who walks away with the cash raised on the door (recommended donation £10+) When: […]

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